So I decided to buy an xbox 360/pc controller

[Toastyone]

really no offense, but why would any one to play FPS with a gamepad?

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:p Because you can.... A buddy of mine is unreal when he plays with his and I play on my keyboard I am not bad either.....

[Meshuggah]

i personally like keyboard and mouse for FPS, but i wanted to try it....but im used to hearing your comments now. Anyway, NFS is pretty damn awesome with the xbox 360 controller... This demo has really made me want this game....Can't wait for it to be at best buy

[icecaveman]

When you are tired from sitting at the office or on your home PC you'd want to relax somewhat, either play laying down or in a couch, you can't do that with a mouse.

[nekrosoft13]

but im used to hearing your comments now.

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:shifty:

sorry about that haha

so how would you compare it to lets say to logitech rumplepad

[Meshuggah]

Well, its a lot more comfortable than the logitech ones...around the same buttons, but i dont know what the drivers are for the Logi's...

Software sucks for this, but I'm hearing that they are already working on solving that part. Aside from that, it's not bad at all. I've been running from the cops on NFS and the analog stick works pretty well. It took me a little getting used to the sensitivity of NFS, but once you establish that, it's smooth sailing,

[nekrosoft13]

ea sports games are very picky with controllers, what is the name of the xbox 360 controller in windows?

so i could check if it would work with fifa 2006

[wilson05]

thats like driving a car with a joystick, and flying a plane with steering wheel

every controller has a purpose, and I'm sorry but gamepad purpose is not to be used for FPS games.

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Agreed. Controllers are absurd for FPS games.

[Meshuggah]

ea sports games are very picky with controllers, what is the name of the xbox 360 controller in windows?

so i could check if it would work with fifa 2006

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Xbox 360 For Windows is what Windows picks it up as...something i just noticed is the right analog stick isnt centering right at all...i may go return this one tomorrow and get a new one and see if it fixes the problem. Pretty bad :/

[nekrosoft13]

i like my logitech cordless rumblepad 2, analog sticks are amazing, far better then whats on ps2 and xbox controller, haven't tried xbox 360 controller.

[Meshuggah]

Well, I just got back from best buy and exchanged my 'old' 360 controller for a new one....this one's analog sticks are much better, lol, they almost actually stay centered.... Microsoft is definatly goign to have some user complaints with these new controllers since it seems I'm not the only one

If you buy one of these controllers, I suggest you buy the 8 dollar replacement plan for 2 years, you're probably going to need it. Also, make sure you test your controller's analog sticks, if they aren't close to being centered, return it before it's too late.

[Jazza]

Can you use the 360 controller with the USB adapter on the Xbox?? Just wondering as I need to replace a contoller on my Xbox, and I'm planning on getting a 360 early next year

[Ryan Versaw]

Has anyone else with this controller found any game that takes advantage of its "vibration feedback"? I couldn't get it to do anything in NFS Most Wanted, so I was curious what game I could test it on.

[Samduhman]

Etremetechs review of the XBOX 360 controller

They tell you its exactly same as the one sold for the 360 and all you need to do (if you by the 360 version which is $5 cheaper) is when it looks for drivers have it look online and it will download them for you automatically.

By the way a gamepad is great for Mame!