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Best PC games for use with a gamepad?

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swamyg1

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I just hooked up my pc to my widescreen tv and I'm looking for any games that port well to the pc for use with a gamepad... any suggestions people?
 
Racing - wheel ( I have a DFP..woot!)
Flying - Stick. no questions asked.
Adventure - I guess you could use a pad, but i like my keyboard and mouse combo
 
All that you listed are decent for a gamepad. Sports hands down are the best for gamepad/controllers though. Couldn't imagine using anything else.

For racing, I have a wheel as well as a 360 controller but its nice to use the controller when I don't feel like lugging out my wheel and pedals. Plus in most games I can do better with the controller but prolly cause I'm not that good with the wheel. That reminds me, I need to setup separate profiles on all my racers and configure the settings and sensitivity perfect to each one then time trial myself. And for arcade racers like Burnout, the newer NFS games, Trackmania, etc, a gamepad is a lot better IMO. No point getting fancy with a wheel when the retarded game is arcadey as hell.

Adventure games I like the controller. Well I guess action adventure are more controller suited (anything more combat heavy). Could you imagine playing Xmen legends, God of War, or Ninja Gaiden (yes I know only one is for PC) with a kb+mouse?? But if you mean games like Grim Fandago adventure, well hell yeah kb+mouse is way more suited.

Sorry I don't have any specifics... the majority of PC game ports that should have good gamepad support (i.e. San Andreas) usually skimp on it so it doesn't work well, such as when you cant set it up like you play it on a console.

One thing you can do is use something like Pinnacle Game Profiler or ControlMK to emulate kb+mouse commands with a gamepad. So you could use the gamepad for pretty much any game. There are plenty of profiles to use it on FPS games if that's your thing. But I haven't bothered to try that yet...
 
there are games I've played that work well with gamepads
1. Crimson sky
2. Colin McRae Rally
3. Prince of Persia
4. Sports games (NBA Live, Winning Eleven)
 
PSYCHONAUTS!!!! PC version, of course.

Grid wars. (which may be semi-illegal to use as it's a knockoff of an XB360 game).

NFS:MW.

Prince of Persia games would be a great idea!!! I haven't tried them on PC, but since they were also for consoles they should work well with a gamepad.
Altho:
Sorry I don't have any specifics... the majority of PC game ports that should have good gamepad support (i.e. San Andreas) usually skimp on it so it doesn't work well, such as when you cant set it up like you play it on a console.
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Sucks.
 
Originally posted by: swamyg1
What about any of the Star Wars games? Does anybody have any experience with those?
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Well, Episode1 and Pod Racer worked well with my gamepad when they came out.
I keep my gamepad in a drawer most of the time, but for Console ports, it seems to come in especially handy. (Evil Dead: Resurrection being the most recent case I can think of).

I used to flip flop between thinking my gamepad was better than my joystick for Mechwarrior games, but it really just comes down to personal taste.
 
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