Recommend Me: a wireless game controller (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by TxTechnician@lemmy.ml to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I need a wireless controller for my linux laptop (Kubuntu 23.04).

I don't care how it connects (bluetooth dongle). I just want one that works. The most intense game I play is stardew valley.

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[-] Silejonu@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I use a DualSense, an 8BitDo Pro2, and a Switch Pro controller.

My favourite by far is the DualSense: motion control works (unlike the 8BitDo), and the touchpad is really useful to control the mouse cursor in menus. The buttons are also shorter and real more reactive. It's on the bigger size, which may or may not be a good thing for you. I have smaller hands, so for me it's not as comfortable as the 8BitDo, but it's definitely bearable, and I still use it over my 8BitDo Pro2.

The Switch Pro controller is a pain in some games (last time I tried, it was so bugged it was unusable with Dead Cells), and I don't see any real advantage it would have over an 8BitDo Pro2. Maybe the motion control? I don't know if it works or not, I have never tested it.

[-] robotopera@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

I love the switch pro, but the trigger buttons being straight up buttons is a deal breaker for some games. DualSense is goat, and target has occasionally had them on sale for $45.

[-] Silejonu@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

Oh, yes, I forgot that. It's been a while I have touched my Switch.

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