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I hear that the PC version of Braid only let's you use XInput controllers.
What controller do you have? I have an 360 controller emulator that worked fine in Braid and my Logitech Rumblepad II.
Xpadder let's a gamepad emulate keyboard and mouse input. It sounds more like they were talking about something that let's something else emulate a 360 controller.
More like 6, but still the arrow keys + shift + space is hardly asking for much.
Then again I've never understood the whole "use a controller instead of keyboard/mouse" thing. It's like people want to handicap themselves and remove the flexibility available through a massive number of buttons to assign.
Seriously though, some games are just better with a controller. Like platformers, which our friend Braid is a representative of. Although, I like using d-pads for 2D stuff and the 360's d-pad bloooooooooowwwws, so it's a toss up.
This is what you're looking for, well until you get yourself a real 360 gamepad anyway
As for GFWL, I think it's kind of unnecessary. Especially with Dawn of War II where I have the Steam Client over the GFWL client over the game. But, it doesn't seem to hinder performance, I now have 2 games that use it, so I don't care. It's pretty harmless. And it's a lot easier to send messages over Xbox live with a keyboard then controller.
All Xbox 360 accessories are USB I think? So just getting a wired one should be fine. You'll need a special (super ugly and overpriced) dongle if you want to go with the wireless.
Any wired 360 controller will work (it uses a standard USB connection).
You should really get it, it works REALLY well with any modern game.
Four arrow buttons doesn't give nearly the precision an analog stick does when playing a driving game like Burnout Paradise or Wheelman. And the aforementioned platformer thing. If you play a platformer with a controller and then a keyboard, you will know where we are coming from.
XInput is way easier to program for than DirectInput's gamepad API.
(I agree that it's annoying, however).
I have played a platformer all the way through with both a controller and a keyboard and found the experience to be nearly identical. And that was a game which used eight buttons
I'd like to add that no modern platformers are so incredibly fucking picky about the EXACT pixel you have to land on to complete a jump/whatever any more so you don't need any extra awesome precision. I'm not trying to play I Wanna Be The Guy.
And yeah, I've played tons of sonic and mario, I still prefer the D-pad, which is essentially four arrow buttons...
I'm happy using the keyboard for platformers, it works fine, and I usually prefer it to a gamepad. But then again, I've been doing it since before Commander Keen, so maybe I'm just used to it.
The dongle is pretty fugly, but they sell them bundled with controllers, and the nice thing is that they also support the wireless headset (with or without the controller), which can then be dedicated to apps like Ventrilo, while still having your game audio on your sound system.
NintendoID: Nailbunny 3DS: 3909-8796-4685
For 2D platformers, there is usually no difference between using a controller or a keyboard, but for 3D platformers I prefer a controller.
Yeah 3D platformers need more control since you're working off a 3rd dimension. Those I usually stick to a gamepad. Although I did actually play through Sands of Time quite happily with keyboard and mouse, the controls worked really well for me. Something a bit more complex like DMC 4 though, it's best to use a gamepad.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/10560/
I know nothing of this game or its qualities, sadly.
I may be wrong, because I never bothered to look at the series any further than that.
NintendoID: Nailbunny 3DS: 3909-8796-4685
I could never get into it, but it's pretty popular with soccer nuts. My best friend owns like the last 5 editions.
Whhaaat? Nooo. Damn. Damn. Damn. Why. Why. Whyyyy. 2 crappy weekend deals in a row?
Edit: Wait. There's hope. It doesn't say anything about it being the weekend deal. Maybe it's just on sale? Oh pleeasseee.
Edit: RAAAAAAGE. RAGE.
So "crappy waste of time" would be more accurate?
Pistols at dawn.
I'll bring the shotgun.
I'll bring the rope as well.