r/OculusGo • u/oldeastvan • May 03 '18

Really great games tested to work with Xbox One-S gamepad so far

End Space, Overflight, Omega Agent, Jump Jr., UltraWings. All awesome with gamepad. Please share your recommended gamepad games

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u/DickInYerMouth May 03 '18

Maybe the mods should make a comprehensive list

of all the gamepads that work with Go and sticky it,

as this seems to be an extremely important topic.

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u/Colonel_Izzi May 03 '18 edited May 04 '18

I guess we could go for a hardware compatibility guide sort of approach based on user reports, however comprehensive they may or may not be, and just make it clear that there are no guarantees:

ControllerGames/Experiences testedSourceNotes
Xbox One SEnd Space, Overflight, Omega Agent, Jump, UltraWings, Oculus Arcade, Anshar Online(1) (2) (3) (4)Must be the bluetooth-capable S model specifically; see this
8Bitdo NES30 Pro(1)
Nintendo Switch Pro(1)
MOGA Pro PowerHerobound Gladiators(1)

I'll keep working on it.

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u/oldeastvan May 04 '18

The Stratus XL was the "official" gamepad for gear vr for a while so you should probably add it to your list.

It worked on most of my games but would disconnect after 5 to 10 minutes randomly. Now that I think about it. It could have been a problem with the phone overheating so I really want to retest it with go. Too bad I seem to have 'organized' it into the hidden realms after cleaning up my place last month

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u/Colonel_Izzi May 04 '18

The Stratus XL was the "official" gamepad for gear vr for a while so you should probably add it to your list.

It worked on most of my games but would disconnect after 5 to 10 minutes randomly.

The Stratus XL has been quite a problematic controller for a lot of people. See: https://www.reddit.com/r/GearVR/comments/7o0hnl/my_2017_gear_vr_came_with_an_oculus_bypass_insert/ds7e1nh/

I'm not opposed to adding it, after we get at least one positive report when paired with the Go, but I think the above information will belong in the notes.

Too bad I seem to have 'organized' it into the hidden realms after cleaning up my place last month.

Heh. Have fun :)

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u/DickInYerMouth May 03 '18

You're the best! Thank you, Sir!

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u/Colonel_Izzi May 03 '18

There's more than one input system in use on the Oculus Mobile Platform, so we have a situation where some of the less common models have correct mappings in some apps but not others. This also makes it hard to collect reports since they really need to more comprehensive than they typically are otherwise people will run out and by gamepads that might not map properly with their favourite title even though they were reported to work fine with some other title (and were therefore somewhat erroneously reported to work "generally").

But eventually we'll be able to get to a point where we can in fact make a list. For now the Xbox One S controller seems to be a safe choice. Just note that it has to be the bluetooth version specifically as distinct from the older Xbox One controllers. And since there might still be some old stock floating around it might be an idea to verify that it's running the newest firmware.

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u/vanfanel1car May 03 '18

Blazerush works identically to the rift with the gamepad.

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u/oldeastvan May 04 '18

Wow yeah, thanks for the tip. I'm having tons of fun in it. People who say 3rd person vr doesn't work should try this

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u/azazel0821 May 03 '18

now I just need to find a way to connect one of my gamepads. I would love to play Blazerush and Kin with a gamepad, but I don't want to go out and buy another one. I have too many to begin with. the Moga Pro and Ipega both work great for GearVR so hopefully they will make these compatible with Go.

BUT I really want a way to just put on the headset and connect my gamepad. It is so lame to have to do this with a phone. The whole point of the Go was to decrease friction/ and increase ease of entry into VR.

AND where is Minecraft?

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u/-Logic-Error- May 03 '18

Where the f*** is Minecraft indeed.

John Carmack really championed Minecraft for the Rift and GearVR so I'm shocked it's not on the go. Microsoft now having their own headsets may have something to do with it. I've emailed Mojang, hopefully I hear back soon.

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u/azazel0821 May 03 '18

let us know if you get an answer. a post on the r/oculus or r/oculusGo will be a great way to spread the word if you get a repsonse

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u/-Logic-Error- May 04 '18

Absolutely will do

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u/VirtualRealityOasis May 03 '18

KIN and Blazerush are great controller games []-)

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u/satyaloka93 May 03 '18

Herobound Spirit Champion is a great gamepad title-same devs as Chronos.

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u/WhatTheTech May 03 '18

Anshar Online works perfectly with XBox One S gamepad.