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[Steam]-vember. Time to stuff yourself full...of games.

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  • cardboard delusionscardboard delusions USAgent PSN: USAgent31Registered User regular
    I'm pretty sure Watership Down ruined my childhood.

    The book right? Never saw the movie, but recall bits from youtube.

    Yeah, the book. I've never seen a movie version.

    I figured as much, we're still cool :heartbeat:

  • IsornIsorn Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    You know. There is a mystery I would like to solve. How is @Orivon still doing this day after day. Definitely a monster. Thank you. <3<3
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  • FoefallerFoefaller Registered User regular
    Madican wrote: »
    el_vicio wrote: »
    Viking wrote: »
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Persona 4 Golden success spurs Sega to consider more PC ports
    “We remastered Persona 4 Golden, a title previously sold on the PlayStation Vita, and released it for sale on Steam this fiscal year. Because of the game’s critical acclaim and its low selling price, sales were much stronger than expected. We will continue to actively promote porting previously released titles to Steam and new platforms. We are also negotiating with platform holders for new games in the future, and we’re considering ways to sell under favourable conditions for each title. Among them are measures such as preparing PC versions of the titles from the beginning, with multi-platform releases in mind.”
    gimme dat sweet Skies of Arcadia

    man
    wasn't there some super rad summon spell or sth where your crew flies in from space, exploding the earth?

    e: hell yeah there was

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAcbSvmixPw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIQSs8aFMNU

    The best part about this is that you didn't need to do anything to earn this, like find the technique or do a quest or anything. Just at some point pretty early in the story you just see this as an option in the special attacks.

    Was usually way more worth it to use low cost specials though, like Cutlass Fury

    Once you had your own ship that could ship battle FYI. Or at least the one that you were the actual captain of.

    And yeah, it was completely invalidated by Vyse's Pirate's Wrath special, which did just as much damage to a single target, which is 99% of bosses, and didn't require you to max out the SP bar to do it. Which in most cases was 4-5 turns of everyone focusing, when Pirate's Wrath could easily done way more often (think every turn by the endgame if you're ok with only Vyse doing anything other than their best Super Sayan 3 Goku impersonation.)

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  • BetsuniBetsuni UM-R60L Talisker IVRegistered User regular
    Isorn wrote: »
    You know. There is a mystery I would like to solve. How is @Orivon still doing this day after day. Definitely a monster. Thank you. <3<3
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    I'm going to wait for the 365th day...

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  • JaysonFourJaysonFour Classy Monster Kitteh Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    So, finally, I can move something into the beaten column. I've managed a run-through to the end of every game included in Capcom's Beat-Em-Up Bundle, and I have to admit, there were a lot of fun memories in there- I remembered a few of the titles, but at the same time, there were a few I'd never, ever seen before- either they didn't sell cabinets in my area of the States, or they just weren't successful in bringing them over.

    But one of the most definite is that there are a few that you can tell were designed to be quarter-munchers at the arcade. Stuff like Final Fight, well, you could beat that one on maybe a buck or two of quarters if you knew what you were doing, but there are a few more where it is incredibly fucking easy to get combo'd to death, and yes, some of the later bosses are cheap and overpowered as hell- in other words, you'd bring twenty bucks of tokens and then wonder if you needed to run and get more, all the while watching as one glance costs you half your power bar and leaves you wide open to be picked up and combo'd into oblivion yet again.

    I wish the other Final Fight games had seen a Steam release, and I'll fire this up again to play a few through again or go chase that last cheevo, but honestly... I'd have to call this one kind of "meh" in the end. It's a fun time, but in the end, what's left after you've beaten through a side-scroller beat-em-up? Especially a bunch that were designed to be as grindy as possible to wring out every last token or quarter they could? They start out fun, but by the time you get to the next boss that can knock you out with one little twitch...

    Eh, I'll take the victory of moving a game off my backlog. Let's see, what looks good now...?

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  • jclastjclast Registered User regular
    And I've done it! Not just beaten, but completed. That's a gold medal in all levels, and all achievements gotten.

    Deluxe Poutine sounds delicious but it is an absolute bitch to make. Unavoidable attacks in the last area definitely made me a better player, but I maintain that it's lame to give me an upgrade system that allows me to negate those attacks until I suddenly can't because plot. And NorthernLion's and KateLovelyMomo's voice work at the Iron Cook Speedway was great!

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    Foefaller wrote: »
    Madican wrote: »
    el_vicio wrote: »
    Viking wrote: »
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Persona 4 Golden success spurs Sega to consider more PC ports
    “We remastered Persona 4 Golden, a title previously sold on the PlayStation Vita, and released it for sale on Steam this fiscal year. Because of the game’s critical acclaim and its low selling price, sales were much stronger than expected. We will continue to actively promote porting previously released titles to Steam and new platforms. We are also negotiating with platform holders for new games in the future, and we’re considering ways to sell under favourable conditions for each title. Among them are measures such as preparing PC versions of the titles from the beginning, with multi-platform releases in mind.”
    gimme dat sweet Skies of Arcadia

    man
    wasn't there some super rad summon spell or sth where your crew flies in from space, exploding the earth?

    e: hell yeah there was

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAcbSvmixPw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIQSs8aFMNU

    The best part about this is that you didn't need to do anything to earn this, like find the technique or do a quest or anything. Just at some point pretty early in the story you just see this as an option in the special attacks.

    Was usually way more worth it to use low cost specials though, like Cutlass Fury

    Once you had your own ship that could ship battle FYI. Or at least the one that you were the actual captain of.

    And yeah, it was completely invalidated by Vyse's Pirate's Wrath special, which did just as much damage to a single target, which is 99% of bosses, and didn't require you to max out the SP bar to do it. Which in most cases was 4-5 turns of everyone focusing, when Pirate's Wrath could easily done way more often (think every turn by the endgame if you're ok with only Vyse doing anything other than their best Super Sayan 3 Goku impersonation.)

    I loved Skies but admit the mechanics were a bit flawed when it made more sense to have 2 or 3 other party members just focusing to feed Vyse a steady supply of points to chain fire Pirate's Wrath most of the game.

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  • CorriganXCorriganX Jacksonville, FLRegistered User regular
    Persona 3 Portable was my favorite persona game. I really loved the much darker storyline. The characters werent as good as 4 or 5, but the story was amazeballs. If it came out on steam I would 100% try to play through it again.

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  • IoloIolo iolo Registered User regular
    jclast wrote: »
    And I've done it! Not just beaten, but completed. That's a gold medal in all levels, and all achievements gotten.

    Deluxe Poutine sounds delicious but it is an absolute bitch to make. Unavoidable attacks in the last area definitely made me a better player, but I maintain that it's lame to give me an upgrade system that allows me to negate those attacks until I suddenly can't because plot. And NorthernLion's and KateLovelyMomo's voice work at the Iron Cook Speedway was great!

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    Yum. I could go for some Deluxe Poutine right now. Do you offer curbside pickup?

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    CorriganX wrote: »
    Persona 3 Portable was my favorite persona game. I really loved the much darker storyline. The characters werent as good as 4 or 5, but the story was amazeballs. If it came out on steam I would 100% try to play through it again.

    I'm loving P5R so far. It's just so god damn stylish. Like, I don't think I've seen anything as stylish at this game.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4dUIW4N7nk

    Still need to play the others, though.

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  • an_altan_alt Registered User regular
    CorriganX wrote: »
    Persona 3 Portable was my favorite persona game. I really loved the much darker storyline. The characters werent as good as 4 or 5, but the story was amazeballs. If it came out on steam I would 100% try to play through it again.

    I didn't pay P3P, but I did play the other two versions and agree. It's like when you hear a band's first album and it's a little raw, but original and fresh. Then later albums are more polished, cleaner, have stronger songs, and are better by any objective standard, but it just doesn't feel the same. I loved P5, but it just doesn't feel as special as P3.

    If we do get Persona 3 on PC, put me down for a "Definitive Edition" where it includes FeMC, The Answer, and walking between locations.

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  • McMoogleMcMoogle Registered User regular
    Persona 3 was my first persona. I went into it blind based solely on the trailer. I beat it but didn't care for it at all. The AI battle system made one fight (I think the final boss) take like 45 minutes cuz one of my guys kept casting thunder on him every turn which healed him.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    an_alt wrote: »
    CorriganX wrote: »
    Persona 3 Portable was my favorite persona game. I really loved the much darker storyline. The characters werent as good as 4 or 5, but the story was amazeballs. If it came out on steam I would 100% try to play through it again.

    I didn't pay P3P, but I did play the other two versions and agree. It's like when you hear a band's first album and it's a little raw, but original and fresh. Then later albums are more polished, cleaner, have stronger songs, and are better by any objective standard, but it just doesn't feel the same. I loved P5, but it just doesn't feel as special as P3.

    If we do get Persona 3 on PC, put me down for a "Definitive Edition" where it includes FeMC, The Answer, and walking between locations.

    P3-5 all have different tones. 5 is somewhere between 3's pushing back against doomsday tone and 4's Scooby-Doo with demons and Jungian themes tone and likewise between 3's more epic focus and 4's more grounded one while still having its own sense of direction. 3's setting and plot had a sense of mystique about them that matched up with all the mechanical changes to the series you had to figure out.

    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    For reasons, I picked up The Witcher 3 on Switch. Downgraded it may be but it's a remarkable port that runs well. But it has an extra feature I'd not seen mentioned anywhere - it can actually access cloud saves from Steam or GOG.

    Cross-platform saves is something we really need to see more of, I think (especially as a multi-platform player who has a bad habit of picking up favourite games on multiple platforms) and the Switch's nature makes it an ideal machine to be able to do that. I haven't checked yet to see if it can save to the Steam (or indeed GOG) cloud and then that version then being able to pick up where the Switch leaves off, but I don't see why it wouldn't.

    Anyway, what a fantastic feature!

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    It's been days since I wrapped up the game but I still have music from Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass stuck in my head. I wasn't surprised to learn that the dev that made that game has also worked as a composer on others.

    Big Dookie wrote: »
    I found that tilting it doesn't work very well, and once I started jerking it, I got much better results.

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Persona 4 Golden success spurs Sega to consider more PC ports
    “We remastered Persona 4 Golden, a title previously sold on the PlayStation Vita, and released it for sale on Steam this fiscal year. Because of the game’s critical acclaim and its low selling price, sales were much stronger than expected. We will continue to actively promote porting previously released titles to Steam and new platforms. We are also negotiating with platform holders for new games in the future, and we’re considering ways to sell under favourable conditions for each title. Among them are measures such as preparing PC versions of the titles from the beginning, with multi-platform releases in mind.”

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    Have you seen how much day one DLC Yakuza 7 has? My worry is that Sega sees "PC fans like our games" and decides it means "PC fans will enjoy getting reamed up the butt"

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    I'll throw my recommendation in for the switch pro controller, especially if you're looking for a better dpad. I randomly found out that it would work from a Halo 3 review on the steam store, tried it out in H3 multiplayer and actually did well (playing Halo 3 on PC with a Nintendo controller, 2020 is weird). From there I've tried a couple other games and it makes a great alternative to a 360 or XBONE controller.

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    Kill It With Fire... for all those times you wanted to take a shotgun to a spider in your house...

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  • BasilBasil Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    That reminds me ...

    Genie check, genie check.

    I wish for the ability to remotely convert mattresses into equal masses of live cockroaches, on demand.

    Let's see if tha

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  • ZavianZavian universal peace sounds better than forever war Registered User regular
    PSA: You can get Troy: Total War for FREE on EGS for a few more hours!

    (I know it's not Steam, please don't ban me!)

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  • LD50LD50 Registered User regular
    anoffday wrote: »
    I'll throw my recommendation in for the switch pro controller, especially if you're looking for a better dpad. I randomly found out that it would work from a Halo 3 review on the steam store, tried it out in H3 multiplayer and actually did well (playing Halo 3 on PC with a Nintendo controller, 2020 is weird). From there I've tried a couple other games and it makes a great alternative to a 360 or XBONE controller.

    The switch pro controller does not have a good dpad, like at all.

  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    LD50 wrote: »
    anoffday wrote: »
    I'll throw my recommendation in for the switch pro controller, especially if you're looking for a better dpad. I randomly found out that it would work from a Halo 3 review on the steam store, tried it out in H3 multiplayer and actually did well (playing Halo 3 on PC with a Nintendo controller, 2020 is weird). From there I've tried a couple other games and it makes a great alternative to a 360 or XBONE controller.

    The switch pro controller does not have a good dpad, like at all.

    I never said it was good, but it's worked fine for me, but please don't tell me you are trying to say that the Xbox controller has a better one?

    But yes, the controller as a whole is really good.

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  • QuestorQuestor PAX Aus Tabletop [E] Melbourne, AustraliaRegistered User regular
    I thought the Switch pro controller had an excellent dpad

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  • anoffdayanoffday To be changed whenever Anoffday gets around to it. Registered User regular
    Questor wrote: »
    I thought the Switch pro controller had an excellent dpad

    I mean it's not my favorite, but compared to our other options for PC, I'd say yeah it's pretty good.

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    The games I played with my brother in law were stuff that uses the sticks so I don't have first hand experience, but I've read the XBONE controller's d-pad is massively improved over the XB360's?

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  • Talus9952Talus9952 Registered User regular
    Well, I just beat covenant 8 on Monster Train. I'll consider it finished, but I'll revisit every now and again to try my hand at higher covenant levels. Thanks again to @destroyah87 for such an amazing game!

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    Level 100 achieved in Fallout 76!

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    Armello is exactly the kind of game that I'd rather play in the physical realm in person with people I at least like instead of "folks on the internet" or "against a computer that's smarter than you and knows all the rules better than you". It's not that it's a bad game, it's just that I'm an old board game curmudgeon and I likes my board and card games in person.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

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  • DaringDirkDaringDirk Daddy CEO Oakland, CARegistered User regular
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    I use a Dualshock 4 because that's what I had.

    I tried using a Switch controller but was having some issues.

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  • Steel AngelSteel Angel Registered User regular
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    . . . I think @DaringDirk is really an ARG for another Octodad game . . .

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  • JazzJazz Registered User regular
    H3Knuckles wrote: »
    The games I played with my brother in law were stuff that uses the sticks so I don't have first hand experience, but I've read the XBONE controller's d-pad is massively improved over the XB360's?

    Massively, yes.

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  • el_vicioel_vicio Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    Madican wrote: »
    el_vicio wrote: »
    Viking wrote: »
    Dr. Chaos wrote: »
    Persona 4 Golden success spurs Sega to consider more PC ports
    “We remastered Persona 4 Golden, a title previously sold on the PlayStation Vita, and released it for sale on Steam this fiscal year. Because of the game’s critical acclaim and its low selling price, sales were much stronger than expected. We will continue to actively promote porting previously released titles to Steam and new platforms. We are also negotiating with platform holders for new games in the future, and we’re considering ways to sell under favourable conditions for each title. Among them are measures such as preparing PC versions of the titles from the beginning, with multi-platform releases in mind.”
    gimme dat sweet Skies of Arcadia

    man
    wasn't there some super rad summon spell or sth where your crew flies in from space, exploding the earth?

    e: hell yeah there was

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAcbSvmixPw
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIQSs8aFMNU

    The best part about this is that you didn't need to do anything to earn this, like find the technique or do a quest or anything. Just at some point pretty early in the story you just see this as an option in the special attacks.

    Was usually way more worth it to use low cost specials though, like Cutlass Fury

    Didn't it even scale with the number of crew members you had? Pretty sure one of those "everybody attacks" specials did

    I would like to see a remaster on PC for sure. But I think the obvious choice would be P5R/P3, keep that Persona train running

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    The Xbox One controller is the de facto best PC controller in that every game targets it and shows the correct button prompt graphics, but any controller will work thanks to Steam's controller settings feature. I'd go with whatever you want to use, armed with the knowledge that most games only support button graphics for xbox buttons, or occasionally PS4 buttons. This messes me up with Nintendo controllers where the A/B and X/Y buttons are flipped.

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  • H3KnucklesH3Knuckles But we decide which is right and which is an illusion.Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    Frem wrote: »
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    The Xbox One controller is the de facto best PC controller in that every game targets it and shows the correct button prompt graphics, but any controller will work thanks to Steam's controller settings feature. I'd go with whatever you want to use, armed with the knowledge that most games only support button graphics for xbox buttons, or occasionally PS4 buttons. This messes me up with Nintendo controllers where the A/B and X/Y buttons are flipped.

    You can blame Sega for that. The original Genesis/Mega Drive controller named its 3 face buttons ABC in western left-to-right reading order, whereas Nintendo had named their 2 buttons BA for Japanese right-to-left reading order. Then Sega added the second row of face buttons with XYZ. Things got weird when they cropped it down to four for the Dreamcast (YBAX in clockwise order), which just left us with a reversed version of Nintendo's layout (XABY in clockwise order). MS just lazily copied Sega's button-naming scheme.

    Compare The Duke to the Dreamcast controller.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    Xbox One controller / 360 controller have the most universal support. Can't go wrong getting one of those. The Series X controller coming out later this year should be in the same boat since it's basically the same (except with a share button and slightly adjusted ergonomics). Steam's controller interface means most other controllers fit the bill, though. The touchpad and gyro in the PS4 controller can be used, too, if you go to the effort of setting them up for games.

    I dunno, personally I think the Xbox One controller is the best, most ergonomic controller I've ever used. I'll get a Series X controller, too, just because I wanna see how the new ergonomics feel. And maybe an Elite controller down the line when I'm flush with cash.

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  • DrovekDrovek Registered User regular
    edited August 2020
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    Xbox One controller / 360 controller have the most universal support. Can't go wrong getting one of those. The Series X controller coming out later this year should be in the same boat since it's basically the same (except with a share button and slightly adjusted ergonomics). Steam's controller interface means most other controllers fit the bill, though. The touchpad and gyro in the PS4 controller can be used, too, if you go to the effort of setting them up for games.

    I dunno, personally I think the Xbox One controller is the best, most ergonomic controller I've ever used. I'll get a Series X controller, too, just because I wanna see how the new ergonomics feel. And maybe an Elite controller down the line when I'm flush with cash.

    Do they even make any of the XBox controllers wired anymore? I was looking at them and could only find Bluetooth, but would greatly prefer USB.

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  • Stabbity StyleStabbity Style He/Him | Warning: Mothership Reporting Kennewick, WARegistered User regular
    Drovek wrote: »
    DaringDirk wrote: »
    Bedlam wrote: »
    The Xbox One Controller is great!

    The D-pad is great!

    I played a game exclusively with the d-pad recently!

    I cant remember which one!

    Edit: It was Pac-man championship edition 2!

    IS there a preferred PC controller? I have a 360 wireless with working USB adapter, a dualshock 4, a Nintendo Switch Pro controller, and a couple Steam Controllers. Oh, and a pair of the 8bitdo SNES looking things for Switch with pro controller stuff minus the HD rumble I guess. Which should I PC Game with, or is there a better option?

    Xbox One controller / 360 controller have the most universal support. Can't go wrong getting one of those. The Series X controller coming out later this year should be in the same boat since it's basically the same (except with a share button and slightly adjusted ergonomics). Steam's controller interface means most other controllers fit the bill, though. The touchpad and gyro in the PS4 controller can be used, too, if you go to the effort of setting them up for games.

    I dunno, personally I think the Xbox One controller is the best, most ergonomic controller I've ever used. I'll get a Series X controller, too, just because I wanna see how the new ergonomics feel. And maybe an Elite controller down the line when I'm flush with cash.

    Do they even make any of the XBox controllers wired anymore? I was looking at them and could only find Bluetooth, but would greatly prefer USB.

    They have a micro USB ports on them, so you can get a long micro usb cable and leave it plugged in if you want it wired. I personally do it wireless and got like 8 rechargeable batteries on Amazon along with a charger and swap em out as needed.

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