Do you like "force feedback" in controllers?

[Zed Clampet]

To me it doesn't increase immersion at all. In fact, the main thing it does is cause my controller to vibrate itself off of my desk when I'm using m/kb to play.

There's just no correlation to real life. Never once have I done something that caused my hands to vibrate. Even the earthquake.

 

[Zloth]

I've used that plenty. I think I would probably turn it off if my controller wasn't wired, though, just to save battery power.

 

[Colif]

I think I left it on when I played Journey... that is only game I have used my controller on. Its handy in the game as it vibrates at useful points, from memory.

I generally don't like the effect.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

Sometimes its used in games to show that there might be a secret in the area or to telegraph an ambush or attack. Theres also the lockpicking rumble in Skyrim or Fallout. I guess if youre not using a controller much on PC you wouldnt see that as much.

Im OK with it, apart from when you arent holding the controller and it makes a horrible noise on the desk like Zed said.

 

[Pifanjr]

Sometimes its used in games to show that there might be a secret in the area or to telegraph an ambush or attack. Theres also the lockpicking rumble in Skyrim or Fallout. I guess if youre not using a controller much on PC you wouldnt see that as much.

Im OK with it, apart from when you arent holding the controller and it makes a horrible noise on the desk like Zed said.

I do like the functional rumbles, which indicate that the player is supposed to/can press a button. It can be nice with, for example, a fishing mini game to be able to play without even looking at the screen or having the sound on.

I don't really mind non-functional rumbles though. Maybe if they're overdone, like you get a rumble every time you chop a tree in a survival game, but that doesn't seem to happen very often.

 

[Kaamos_Llama]

I do like the functional rumbles, which indicate that the player is supposed to/can press a button. It can be nice with, for example, a fishing mini game to be able to play without even looking at the screen or having the sound on.

I don't really mind non-functional rumbles though. Maybe if they're overdone, like you get a rumble every time you chop a tree in a survival game, but that doesn't seem to happen very often.

Yea I barely notice it most of the time, its been around so long its just part of everything. I dont recall ever being bothered by it.

Now Im wondering if anyone ever made a rumble keyboard.

 

[Alm]

I do quite like force feedback but if I had to go without it I wouldn't be too bothered.

 

[BeardyHat]

Don't care for it and find it annoying in wheels and joysticks. I get the purpose, but the controller is just being ripped out of my hands and I find it annoying.

Similarly, my controller often has to be unplugged, as it'll just sit on my desk and vibrate, which is also obnoxious.