I must say I find it an odd choice for a combo deal!

Shows up as £43.98 for me on Steam atm...

Cold.

The game is great and can be picked up for 20 quid.

Bit of shopping around will get you a ds4 or Xbox one pad for 25quid. Xbox 360 pad for less.

Steam controller is rubbish, flimsy and poor build quality.

Whilst I appreciate K/M will not be replaced by a controller I am umming and ahhing over what to use for my living room Nvidia Shield streaming from my upstairs PC. I really don't like the Shield controller so I'm trying to decide between Steam controller or the upcoming Roccat Sova lapboard which is receiving very good reviews but is considerably more expensive.....

A mouse is still far superior for first person shooters. There's a reason people aren't playing Counter Strike with controllers.

Edit the settings? The steam controller is one of the most configurable in history!

It takes some getting used to but it's awesome for single player first person shooters. The key is to have the right trackpad AND the gyro set to mouse. You use the trackpad for larger movements and the gyro for fine aiming. It works incredibly well and has a nice tactile feeling to using it.

I've only played through the demo for Doom and the steam controller works a treat. I've played through Bioshock Infinite, Borderlands 1+2, Dishonored etc with the steam controller with ease.

For 3rd person games like spec ops, saints row 3 + 4, Metal Gear Solid V etc it's godlike. You need to make sure to use a config that uses mouse + gyro and not "mouse like joystick" which a lot of people initially did.

I basically never use my xbox pad anymore. I still use my ps4 pad for the odd platformer as I prefer the dpad. For competitive fps kb + mouse is still king.


PC gamer has a decent article on configuring the controller here.
Woodsie has a decent intro video here
One thing to note that unless it's been created by the developer the top configuration on steam usually not the best. It was probably just the first good one. Usually someone has created a more recent one that uses mouse + gyro and maybe some more recent features of the controller.

If you have the patience to learn how to use it and to build up new muscle memory you'll love it.

I have the steam controller. It is literally a waste. I thought the steam controller was dead. As it should be.

Far too expensive for a notoriously flimsy pad.
While it might be a cheap price it's also cheap and nasty construction.

Funny thing is, even when you launch Doom it says best played with mouse and keyboard. So it is an odd choice.

Better on a controller, but not this one.

I would actually really like to get a steam controller but even this is still too pricey for me and I really object to the fairly expensive shipping charge, as it's essentially a forced shipping fee since steam is online only so you can only have it shipped anyway.

Would still like one though as while I wouldn't use it for FPS games as the bundle appears to suggest, I have heard it is great for bringing more relaxed gaming experiences to the living room like point and click adventures, a genre I really like but find a bit awkward on the trackpad I usually use with my HTPC....

I actually have both steam controller and doom, tried playing it on steam link in the lounge using the steam controller and its an awful experience, good price but its an odd bundle indeed

I must say I find it an odd choice for a combo deal!

I like the steam controller... but the pad isn't fast enough for fps games so it probably won't be good with doom... unless you can edit the settings ?

Oh yes, I just realised :disappointed:
Edited the thread thanks.

+ £7.40 shipping (to me at least)

= £51.38 total