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candy
12-28-2010, 10:13 PM
I was wondering if a 360 controller would make a decent peripheral for arcade racers and platformers. Would it work with games like Splinter Cell / Sands of Time / Burnout Paradise? Is it more comfortable in general than using the mouse + KB for these sort of games?

Your experienced opinion will be appreciated

JeffHCross
12-28-2010, 10:44 PM
Yes, the 360 controller works well for those types of games on the PC. Most of those games recommend a "gamepad" controller anyway, so might as well use the 360 controller.

If you think about it ... all the games you mentioned are on consoles, so it's obvious that using a gamepad would work for them.

JBHuskers
12-29-2010, 10:25 AM
So can you just use the USB Charger then to play? Never tried, but got Super Meat Boy off of Steam the other day.

JeffHCross
12-29-2010, 03:49 PM
You need the drivers from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=Gaming), but other than that, yeah. You just plug it in and play.

JBHuskers
12-29-2010, 06:57 PM
You need the drivers from Microsoft (http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/download/download.aspx?category=Gaming), but other than that, yeah. You just plug it in and play.

Good to know.

morsdraconis
12-29-2010, 06:58 PM
Actually, if you have Windows Vista (I'm pretty sure) or Windows 7 (I'm positive) you don't need to download any drivers at all.

NEOMAX
07-10-2011, 03:47 AM
I was wondering if a 360 controller would make a decent peripheral for arcade racers and platformers. Would it work with games like Splinter Cell / Sands of Time / Burnout Paradise? Is it more comfortable in general than using the mouse + KB for these sort of games?

Your experienced opinion will be appreciated



You may need to download and install drivers before go ahead, just try Google.