Logitech Rumblepad 2 Vibration Feedback Gamepad

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It's "sort of plug n play" If you have real simple games and dont have win7 64-bit i suppose. I just went and got pinacle game profiler to make this work easily. now i just gotta figure out pinacle. haha. overall a decent controller for the price and feels good just wish it was really 100% plug n play but maybe i need more simple games?

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Warning this gamepad does not work with imac apple computer. The 3.5 inch disk will jam in the CD slot. The software is not compatible with the imac snowleopard OS system. The product specifications should be updated to reflect these major problems. Don't buy it if you have a MAC computer!

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This a great controller. It feels right and has everything you'd want in a game controller but for one huge issue.
That important issue is that most games which support (and would potentially work best with) the use of a game controller and the rumble ability do not work properly (if at all) with this game controller when it comes to creating rumble effects. So the most important aspect of this game pad is wasted and rarely if ever used with popular games which would best be played with a game controller on a PC. One major reason is that these games (many being XBox360 ports) use Microsoft's Xinput system to create rumble effects instead of the open HID standardize system for input devices. This basically means you'd be better off buying an XBOX 360 controller instead given that you'll end up having more console ported games which support rumble features with the Xbox 360 game controller itself. Also there are very few official profiles for games with this pad which is another negative point.

I've found that while Logitech has a tendency to create well thought out and solidly built game controllers, joysticks, gaming keyboards, etc they do a horrible job at actually updating their gaming profiles for their products and software. Essentially you receive no official updates in regards to gaming profiles (My Ideazon Fang gamepad had better support for game profiles) with their products and the few available are for old and outdated games. So essentially you are stuck using their software to manually create profiles on your own and hoping that their hardware works with the game you want to play. For the most part the majority of (non-ported) PC games do work with most of their gaming hardware product line. Yet in regards to game controllers and playing XBOX 360 game ports you will find a huge gaping hole of games which do not work, work half-arsed or work incorrectly with this product. In retrospect this is not entirely Logitech's fault as they do adhere to industry standards but unfortunately Microsoft has a habit of making up their own proprietary standards which ends up locking out competitors such as Logitech.

So as stated before if you want to play a "Games for Windows" product (aka Xbox 360 port) and need a game controller that will work 100% of the time with such a product then stick with a PC version of the Xbox 360 controller. For any other game which supports the open industry standards of the HID system then this is a good product but there are very few if any new products which do and would work best with this gaming controller (aka console to PC ports) instead of a mouse and keyboard or which feature rumble effects.

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Simply put, it's a good controller for a good price. I've only had the controller a couple weeks, but it seems to have a solid construction. It works well with Windows 7. Buttons are easy to press and the dpad is good. It's basically just like the old PS2 controllers. The only thing I don't like much is the analog sticks; the case around them is square instead of circular like the Playstation controller. This controller works really well with emulators. Very slight lag, but it's so small that it doesn't take much to get used to.

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The controller seems to work for most games, and looks good doing it. The analog sticks work great, but the digital thumb pad seems to be less accurate that I would have liked it. The buttons work fine and are well placed. The grip is comfortable.