Steam Controller

drunkmonkey · 15-10-2015 10:05PM

Are they rechargeable batteries?

Tipsy McSwagger · 16-10-2015 08:52AM

I'm going to ask the gf to get me both of these for Xmas.

Tar.Aldarion · 16-10-2015 10:19AM

Don't think they are rechargeable we will have to buy our own.
Gamestop rang me saying they have my controllers today and have rocket league and portal two codes.

Supermensch · 16-10-2015 11:29AM

Got mine from gamestop this morning, ar deireadh thiar thall

ionapaul · 16-10-2015 11:42AM

The Steam link looks more attractive to me than the controller; have two Xbox ones for my PC and they work fine.

Anyone getting the link?

Damo 2k9 · 16-10-2015 12:30PM

Im the same as ionapaul, more interested in the steam link then the controller, but will probably buy both to try out the whole living room PC gaming thing. I went to two gamestops this morning in hope they got one or two extra by accident, or someone cancelled their order, but no luck

Will have to wait till next month so.

drunkmonkey · 16-10-2015 06:52PM

Controller feels good in the hand, nice weight and good clicky feeling pads..will give it a whirl later and see how I get on..considering it comes with a micro usb charger and cable I can't understand why it doesn't have batteries that can be charged while it's plugged in.
Will be setting up the link with wifi later on as well, hoping it'll be ok.
Steam key for portal 2 and rocket league on the GameStop receipt.

Hanzer · 16-10-2015 08:51PM

Did anyone who got theirs delivered get an email about the Portal 2/Rocket League keys?

drunkmonkey · 16-10-2015 09:49PM

How's anyone getting on with the controller, I'm struggling, I'm at the fup this for a game of soldiers stage, now give me back my thumb-stick.
Time for a pint, I'll have another go tomorrow night, really thinking this is the controller to have http://www.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/accessories/controllers/elite-wireless-controller or any other controller tbh.

Tar.Aldarion · 16-10-2015 10:00PM

Picked up mine now, came with bonus animal.

People are telling me they are having great success with the likes of CSGO, which to me would be amazing.

First impression is that it fits in your hand really nicely. and that the packaging is cool, on the inside is the "blueprints" of how the controller fits together.
Will have to test.

Got 2x rocket league and 2x portal 2 with it. Guy at the counter was v jealous

FAILSAFE 00 · 16-10-2015 10:10PM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Picked up mine now, came with bonus animal.

People are telling me they are having great success with the likes of CSGO, which to me would be amazing.

Thats ridiculous, how can a cat use a steam controller?? he lacks the strength and the opposable thumbs.

drunkmonkey · 16-10-2015 11:30PM

Tar have you any links to correct set up for cs, I've tried some of the public and default setting and there of no use, had a google myself and couldn't find them..

Tar.Aldarion · 18-10-2015 03:45PM

I was just using the default, been away for a few days so not played since, think I'll make my own as the default is crap

ondafly · 19-10-2015 09:46AM

so mine arrived also - no sign of my rocket league or portal 2 key though. Gamestop failed me.

Set it up for a quick spin, to notice the mouse wavering a bit on screen. Thought ah ****e, its borked - however loaded up steam, opened big picture mode, and it required a firmware update to the controller which fixed the mouse movement. Didn't get to play anything really as I'm in work, but it feels nice, decent weight to it also with the batteries installed.

Jet Black · 19-10-2015 01:21PM

ondafly wrote: »

so mine arrived also - no sign of my rocket league or portal 2 key though. Gamestop failed me.

Probably be a week before you get them due to the 7 day online return policy.

I'm liking the controller so far. I only really bought it for games I can't play on keyboard like dark souls, metal gear and platformers. I can't see it replacing the k/m for fps, tried CSGO and I was worse than I normally am, but for most of the other games it's great.

Really like the community templates for controls. Instead of having to tweak the 100s of setting you can just flick through and choose the one you want.

chrislad · 19-10-2015 01:24PM

The more I'm reading about the controller and link makes me more inclined to pick up a Xbox One controller with the Link rather than the Steam Controller.

imitation · 19-10-2015 01:34PM

I prefer ordered through steam, I guess I made the suckers choice if you can get it from Games too right now, ho hum

TireeTerror · 19-10-2015 01:39PM

I was looking forward to this being good so I could play Rocket League on my big TV in the living room by streaming my pc to the steam streamer thing, but nearly all reviews I have read are negative about this controller. So much so that Im not going to get it now.

My 360 controller for Windows is a little bit cracked because i threw it in a fit of rage at Fifa cheating me! Anyone tried the Xbox One Elite controller on Windows? Its expensive, but is it worth the money? I could buy another 360 controller cheap as I still have the wireless adapter, but I always want to upgrade whenever Im replacing parts and if the xbox one controller is much better...

Thargor · 19-10-2015 01:55PM

Im just going to go with a black 360 controller for the plug and play aspect, games are being designed for it atm and probably will be for years to come.

ondafly · 19-10-2015 02:03PM

Jet Black wrote: »

Probably be a week before you get them due to the 7 day online return policy.

amazingly they replied with the 2 codes ! I was expecting to have to visit a shop to get them.

jumbobreakfast · 19-10-2015 07:04PM

Thumbs up for Gamestop here as well. A staff member supplied me with the codes that I forgot to collect with the controller.

I think the reviews were quite negative and didn't take into account the fact that this is an all-rounder controller so it has to act like a controller and a mouse. I've no problems with the weight or balance of the controller and even though the ABXY buttons are a bit too small, I'm sure I'll get used to them. I've been using mine for some simple games like Toybox Turbos (micro machines) and it works fine but I really like that I can use it like a mouse and scroll through websites so it give my hands a break from the usual keyboard and mouse positions.

Jet Black · 19-10-2015 07:34PM

ondafly wrote: »

amazingly they replied with the 2 codes ! I was expecting to have to visit a shop to get them.

I seen from an earlier post they were sent at a later date. Im still waiting on mine. How did you order and how did you get the codes?

Shred · 19-10-2015 10:12PM

Ever since I first saw the steam controller I've been dying to try it. But once the lukewarm/bad reviews started coming in and I said screw I'd hold off until it was out a while and stick with the X1 controller and juat buy the link in the meantime. But then I got a gift of a €100 one for all voucher and said screw it (again!) and decided to pre-order both the controller and link this evening...I still have big doubts though and I'm considering cancelling the controller pre-order

I do hope with time it will become easier to use, similar to it taking me quite a while to adapt to dual thumb sticks.

ondafly · 20-10-2015 11:32AM

Jet Black wrote: »

I seen from an earlier post they were sent at a later date. Im still waiting on mine. How did you order and how did you get the codes?

ordered on gamestop.ie the first day it was possible to do so. Didn't know about the free games until reading this thread, and when the joypad arrived, there was no sign of the them. I emailed their sales address and quoted my order number asking for the codes. They replied with them via email a few hours later.

Tar.Aldarion · 20-10-2015 11:42AM

I have to say we love the controller so far, mostly been using it for portal atm but I couldn't use a normal controller again after using the "mouse" area of this pad.

ondafly · 20-10-2015 11:49AM

I didn't know it could do motion contol either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43ibnztDLc

Thargor · 20-10-2015 11:56AM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I have to say we love the controller so far, mostly been using it for portal atm but I couldn't use a normal controller again after using the "mouse" area of this pad.

Would you play a proper FPS like Fallout 4 in it? Would you play something that was mouse/inventory heavy like Mass Effect/Witcher kind of games?

Tar.Aldarion · 20-10-2015 12:56PM

ondafly wrote: »

I didn't know it could do motion contol either

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B43ibnztDLc

It's class isn't it!

Thargor wrote: »

Would you play a proper FPS like Fallout 4 in it? Would you play something that was mouse/inventory heavy like Mass Effect/Witcher kind of games?

Yep once I get good at it it will have no problems with those games, guy selling me it was getting it specifically for witcher too. Lots of customization with sensitivity and buttons makes it pretty good, I imagine I will get a lot better with it.

You have to do a lot of tweaking to get games like that played like you want but once more people do it valve will use the data to make that the default config. Basically the more it is used the better it will get.

Shred · 20-10-2015 04:18PM

All good to hear Tar!

Thargor · 20-10-2015 04:33PM

Yeah thanks for that Tar, wish I could get a play of it before I buy but I suppose I can adverts it for not much of a loss if I dont like.

Does it work well outside of Steam infrastructure, like would it connect to an XBMC or Linux box in the living room and do its mouse/controller role?

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