#Steam Controller

[eleanoranimates]

Livin the dream ❤️💙💚

[leam1983]

Steam Controller - Thoughts

Splurged on the thingy on eBay a while back, been messing with it for a few days, now.

I can see the appeal, especially for anything that isn't a typical third or first-person game, or anything that qualifies as your typical Controller Fare. Swapping the right joystick with a trackpad is a bold move that makes menuing or engaging with games that don't have native gamepad support a breeze, but it also makes everything else harder. Forget trying to perform snap-turns or quick aim corrections in a shooter; what feels like a small surface when you're looking at it feels like the mother of all trackpads, when your eyes are on the screen. If you're a fan of punchier titles, you definitely have to bring your tracking sensitivity all the way down.

Or, well, it's either that, or you spend weeks coaching yourself to replace the thumb sweeps you'd perform on a joystick with tiny little flicks across the textured surface. It's a very fiddly device that's almost nothing without Steam's provided software companion - and especially without Steam Input. If it weren't for Valve's pie-in-the-sky project to universalize controller inputs, the very idea of tackling something like a Civilization game with a gamepad would feel like pure insanity.

In a lot of ways, it's like I gave myself a precision multitool and now have to calibrate it for every single use case I run into, as opposed to Sony's very one-size-fits-all approach to game controllers. Or, if you'd like me to sound even more pedantic, I could say the Steam Controller is the Linux of game controllers.

Oh, and kudos to Valve for designing a controller dongle of respectable size, for once. It's about the size of one of the smaller USB stick formats on the market and just a little thicker.

[racciimy]

The Steam Controller is easily the best and most comfortable controller I’ve ever used and nobody can do anything to change my mind

[fictional-seviper]

Most controllers are pretty basic. (Use one and you've used them all.) The Horipad for Steam seems determined to be anything but basic with every piece of input on it diverging from norms in the most quirky ways possible.

[metallicumbrage]

Chibi commission for flobluu!  [ID: Chibi depiction of a polar bear character with a large, dark colored beard. They are sitting cross-legged and holding a steam game controller in their hands. Their outfit consists of a mostly-unbuttoned long sleeve shirt with orange wavy lines, torn jean shorts, red shoes, and round glasses.]

[violetreminder]

My trash gamer opinion is that I actually think the Steam Controller was a really cool idea and couldve benefited from more refinement but since it was made by Valve there was no way this would happen I mean I guess they kinda did that with the Steam Deck but its not the same. Sure trackpads have their issues but they dont wear down in the same way analog sticks do. Like I'm always thinking about how so many games have us constantly holding a direction with the stick and the wear that causes over time as opposed to a trackpad where you just hold your thumb over a spot and theres no elastic or springs to wear out or dislocate.

[gamebuntu]

HORIPAD - Анонс геймпада HORI для Steam

Компания HORI, производитель популярных игровых аксессуаров, представила беспроводной геймпад для Steam.  Устройство разрабатывалось совместно с Valve. На странице обновления Steam Input компания Valve подтвердила, что добавила поддержку нового HORIPAD для Steam и "работала с командой HORI, чтобы их контроллер хорошо работал со Steam Input".

https://www.gamebuntu.ru/hardware/horipad-anons-geympada-hori-dlya-steam/

[emcee334]

I really like my Steam Controller, but I picked this up while traveling and decided to give it a go while playing Monster Hunter: Rise last night. I think my biggest pain so far is switching from an Xbox style button layout to the Switch style layout.

We'll see if I keep using it regularly, or if it gets relegated to use by player 2 for things like Jamestown...

I could just use it with the switch too...

[randomsufff]

My thought process as I played through Control for the first time after getting into Alan Wake II

Btw this is not me bashing on any ships- tbh they’re both good in my opinion - I just thought it was funny how I thought I immediately clocked Darling and Trench (which- if we’re going by Ao3 statistics I did), got blindsided by Darling and Zane, and then immediately understood why they were on the top of the tag after watching them interact for literally 1 minute 💀💀💀

[moldsporr]

Something something puppetisms

[eleanoranimates]

Made a steam controller 2 consept

[corndog-patrol]

did y'all know Grim Fandango is 25 years old this year? it's one of my favorite games of all time, and the perfect thing to start off spooktober! 🖤🦴💀🦴🖤

[bembwashere]

Gueeessss who completed Psychonauts 1 again.

Wanted to draw Raz so I decided to sorta test out new markers I got a good bit ago and with different styles!

[majimasleftasscheek]

heads up, those who wish to preorder the physical editions/collectors edition of funny haha pirate game may do so on amazon 👍 other editions such as standard are there as well. the west finally got something other than a steelbook lmao. (there is also a steelbook for pc release but is unavailable at the time of making this)

info for the western physical items:

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for those interested in the japanese version, it is also an amazon preorder. same dealio, standard/collectors are available. as usual for jp items, gotta go thru a proxy/forwarder

info for the jp physical items:

both also include in game bonus like cosmetics, characters, and music

another alternative is amiami with the same physical releases:

they also have more pirate stuff and things for the Tokyo game show such as the hannya pin, it's a chunky boy @ 3.5in (90mm) if you're into big, detailed pins

[thebabygirlenthusiast]

I swear to god the biggest sin of re village is that they somehow DIDNT MAKE CHRIS A WEREWOLF. HES LITERALLY ON THE COVER ART OF THE GAME HEADSHOT W A LYCAN/WEREWOLF. IM STILL SO PISSED CAPCOM

like are you fucking serious