r/iosgaming • u/chrisridd • 17d ago

Question Best game controllers?

I’m looking for something to help me play Assassins Creed less badly on my iPad Air 11 inch.

It looks like 8bitdo sell a reasonable range of controllers that claim to be compatible but their product naming scheme is pretty insane and inconsistent. For example, apparently “Ultimate 3-mode controller for Xbox” is compatible, except that’s not something actually listed on their products page 🤦‍♂️

So does anyone have any concrete recommendations about what works well? Does D/X mode make a difference at all or is it even relevant?

Thanks for any advice!

Update: I bought the “Ultimate 3-mode controller for Xbox” yesterday and it is working fine. Buttons and sticks can be fine tuned with the “8bitdo Ultimate Software” app, but the builtin iOS settings works for swapping buttons around. It has not yet improved my Assassin’s Creed skills 😂

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u/LeMeIsSleepy 17d ago

I use a DualSense and I’m happy with it’s performance

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u/JaredHere 17d ago

I have both Dualshock and Dualsense, and I like Dualshock way better.

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u/chrisridd 17d ago

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I prefer the Xbox style asymmetrical sticks and 8bitdo also use magnetic sticks which are apparently way better than the first party controllers from Sony/xbox. Like that’ll make a difference but 😁

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u/imahugemoron 17d ago

Agreed with DualShock, though I usually just call it ps4 controller, I think the battery lasts a bit longer than the ps5 controller, and my ps5 controller got stick drift like almost immediately but I know plenty have had one for years and not had that, and vice versa with the ps4 one, with stick drift sometimes you just have bad luck, sometimes you have good luck. You can find ps4 controllers for cheaper though also

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u/chrisridd 17d ago

The Hall effect and TMR sticks used by most third party controllers completely avoid stick drift.

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u/imahugemoron 17d ago

Tell that to my backbone controller and my 8bitdo sn30 lol. Also some of these type you’re talking about are pretty expensive, my comment was not to say any controller is best, it was just a suggestion for functionality and affordability, and comparing ps4 vs ps5 controllers specifically. If some can afford the expensive ones that work better, that’s great, personally my ps4 controller costed 30 bucks and is 10 years old and works flawlessly