Sulphur on 12/12/2010 at 12:16
Yeah, it's been the case since the DS2. I think the GT games use it for acceleration too.
Zerker on 12/12/2010 at 13:06
Quote Posted by EvaUnit02
3rd party 360 pads work fine with MS' drivers.
Eg I bought a pad specifically playing games that relied heavily on D-pad usage, i.e. Fighters and Platformers likes Bionic Commando Rearmed. It's made by Hori, a Japanese peripheral company with a reputation for making good quality accessories suited for Fighting games.
Yes, but this still excludes the multitudes of existing PC gamepads. It limits you to wired gamepads unless you also buy the official 360 controller wireless bundle first. Additionally, controllers like the Hori are quite a bit harder to find.
That being said, other PC perhipheral makers are slowly making XInput compatible pads. I'm considering getting something like (
http://www.logitech.com/en-ca/gaming/controllers/devices/7361) this Logitech specifically for games with more of a D-pad focus.
Quote Posted by Zerker
(although there's the newer one with improved D-pad lately)
However, right now if you want one for PC, you need to ALSO buy the older wireless bundle for Windows AND the new gamepad, because you cannot buy the dongle on its own, and you cannot buy the new pad bundled with the dongle.
june gloom on 12/12/2010 at 20:27
That Logitech looks awesome. If I could get one like it but with a cord I'd be a happy, happy man. My Rumblepad 2 is nice, but it's got some things that irritate me, mostly to do with the thumbsticks.
Jason Moyer on 13/12/2010 at 03:10
That Logitech pad looks pretty nice, then again so did the last 2 and they had the shittiest quality control ever.
gunsmoke on 13/12/2010 at 14:35
Quote Posted by Subjective Effect
I really can't see the point of that. Maybe it's that video but what?
And I only just found out last week that all of the Sixaxis buttons are pressure sensitive. Does anything, apart from GT5, use this feature for the face buttons?
A ton of games even back on the PS2 use it for acceleration (like GTA and racing games).
Zerker on 13/12/2010 at 22:38
Quote Posted by dethtoll
That Logitech looks awesome. If I could get one like it but with a cord I'd be a happy, happy man. My Rumblepad 2 is nice, but it's got some things that irritate me, mostly to do with the thumbsticks.
If you check around the website, there are also listings for wired pads: one with rumble and one without. I have the Logitech Cordless Action for PS2 and it's probably one of my favourite pads. Considering the D-Pad seems to be the same design, it looks promising to me.
lost_soul on 14/12/2010 at 07:18
and what about online gaming? The Dreamcast allowed us to play together, cross-platform. Players in Quake 3 for the PC could play with Dreamcast users, and PC gamers could even host Dreamcast servers! You don't see anything like that anymore, because every manufacturer has to have their own little walled garden now.
Koki on 14/12/2010 at 08:33
Because the mouse and keyboard players would trash the gamepad players.
Last game that allowed both PC and console users play together was what, that Shadowrun game? And the console players had auto-aim, special button for 180 degree turns, and so on.
june gloom on 14/12/2010 at 08:34
No, it's because some Dreamcast games ran on a ginned-up version of Windows CE, and also THAT WAS TEN FUCKING YEARS AGO. Do you have any idea how complicated netcode is these days? Fuck off, lost_hole. You're delusional and an idiot and nobody wants you here. Even Koki thinks you're an idiot.
Koki on 14/12/2010 at 08:43
Uh, right. Even though Shadowrun was released three years ago for 360 which is still current gen, and even though most 360 ports you play online force you to use Games for Windows Live which is almost exactly the same on PC and 360... complicated net code. Sure thing bro.
