If you're playing BioShock 2 on the PC, don't expect to be using a controller -- the game simply doesn't support it. And the Internet is not happy about the decision.
In a 14-paged (at the time of this writing) thread on the official 2K forums, many PC gamers are voicing disappointment over the lack of support. Some are saying they canceled their orders, others have started up a petition urging for an update. The original BioShock had support for the Xbox 360 controller out of the box.
In 2K's defense, this shouldn't come as a surprise -- it's been forthcoming about the decision to drop controller support prior to release, stating "The decision was made early on not to support controllers at all in order to ensure that we got the mouse and keyboard control absolutely right." This included changing certain HUD elements to better fit the keyboard layout.
We've pinged 2K to see what its official response to the uproar is, and to see if there's any hope for PC gamers waiting for a patch. We'll keep you updated.
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10:20 AM on 02.10.2010
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But seriously, man up and use a key board and mouse if you love pc so much.
"Design Decision" is another way of saying "We're lazy"
Joy2Key motherfuckers.
I'd keyboard and mouse Bioshock 2, but I'm not gonna buy it, not until a price drop anyway.
Now they can't control it as if it were an xbox and they are again in an outrage.
note: Im sure Ill get yelled at for not noting that a typical high end PC can play games at better resolutions, and higher graphics settings, than an xbox as well.. but COME ON
^THIS
"This is hilarious! PC gamers always get on their high chair about how spending 2000$ on a PC to play essentially the same game you can play on a 200$ console, is entirely worth it cause of the control scheme!"
Nobody is saying it's worth it because of a control scheme. That's hardly the only reason to game on a PC. It just happens to be a fact that a mouse has more precision. That's a sidebar. The main reason (in my opinion) to game on a PC is that they can do anything, because they're a friggen computer. Such as.. get around this problem of 2K not supporting a controller.
"Now they can't control it as if it were an xbox and they are again in an outrage."
4 People on the internet who don't realize they can circumvent their problem with a small software app is hardly "they". Trust me.. most PC gamers will never even realize that 2K doesn't support a controller in Bioshock 2.
I'm still downloading via steam so I don't know how bad the ratio issue is.
Sure those are not retarded consoleplayers who think that they cant use their pad anymore?
Buncha whiny bitches... I'm just glad I didn't have to wait a year for the PS3 version of the game this time.
How many must die before we can all just get along?
Good job not reading anybody's comment. Your comment was so awesome, why bother seeing if your rant was rebutted 30 different ways by now, right? Which it has.
just because you don't like joypads, doesn't make them inferior. they may not be as accurate for aiming, but movement is better, and there are plenty of couch gamers that find M+KB inconvenient to use. i personally have grown to hate gaming at a desk when i could be on my couch staring at a 120" projected screen.
@ runtheplacered
i've been using pinnacle game profiler for a long time now. it works better than xpadder, but it's still not as good as proper pad support. analogue movement feels restricted at best, and there is no support for analogue triggers or vibration.
amazing amount of "I LIKE THIS AND I'M RIGHT SO WHY DON'T YOU LIKE IT" in this thread. do you people not even read your own comments?
Actually, it's better, because it actually has to do with actually playing and enjoying the game!
Seriously, I'm NOT a PC gamer and I understand that something like this has a direct effect on the gaming experience for PC gamers. This is complain-worthy compared to a lot of issues console gamers tend to complain about.
I'm not sure what I think of this story. On the one hand controller support out of the box is pretty standard, but on the other hand, how lazy are these gamers? Ignoring that KB+M offers more control, there are things out there like XPadder, as mentioned above. Those who use a controller will, in the majority of cases, have a rebinding program to use on games that don't support controllers as standard. So they're whining because they're too lazy and want someone else to do the work, is that it?
Anyhoo, I thought GfWL games were supposed to support at least the 360 controller?
Sure people, keyboard and mouse are more precise, but they still largely require the user to play their games glued in front of a monitor. Here's the interest bit, a lot of people who are gamers out there, work in front of PC monitors all day. When they get home, they want to play but give their eyes a rest.
Hooking up a PC to a HDTV, is piss easy these days and offers more comfort. In the same regard using an 360 USB controller is another form of ease and comfort, and lets face it is a far better all round interface to experience the most games possible. That's right, you try playing SFIV online with your keyboard and mouse, and see how much you win.
An ap might work, but its 2K's game and responsibility, they should sort it.
We all whine about anything after all. I think we PC gamers would be very used to the keyboard and mouse by playing Valve games and what not.
my pc can barelly handle bioshock 2 and yet i preferet to play with all the settings in low than all fancy graphics on my ps3
If you really prefer the gamepad maybe you should just join us console kiddies :)
The bigger screw up is the aspect ratio problem. Something the first game had to get a patch to fix, you'd think they wouldn't fuck it up again the 2nd time around. Oh well, wait for yet another patch to fix something that should never have been screwed up in the first place.
Anyone dare to compare Xbox 360 versions of games to their (properly released) PC versions? (Inferior "ports" don't count.) 'Show me again how FO3 on the 360 or PS3 compares to its PC version.
I love all those mods you can use on the 36...oh wait.
I can still play all my older PC games on my current PC. Can you play PS2 games on a PS3? How many Xbox games can you (or would want to) play on your 360?
Check all the things you can play and do on a console, compare it to a PC, then get back to me.
I like playing some PC games with my 360 controller and others I don't. Cry me a fucking river, every time a PC issue comes up the usual uproar makes everyone remember why most PC gamers are classed as dickheads.
Am I the only one reading that and thinking 'that doesn't make sense'?
Just slap the Xbox 360 control scheme on it, it's not that difficult to do - hell I expect a mod for this within the week.
So now they want to use controllers?