I use it everyday for playing games in my computer, and it works great. It makes gaming experience so much interesting and pleasant. It's great, I have tried Fable, Street Fighter, FIFA 10, & Fallout 3. Everything is more fun!.

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This controller is very good and functions exactly the same as a regular Xbox 360 controller. I used it to play Saints Row 2 since the controls for PC are terrible. I also used it with Beat Hazard, an indie game on Steam. It seems to be durable enough. It hooks up with USB, and is plug and play. No need to install any drivers or discs or batteries or anything like that. You can also use it on a normal Xbox 360. My only complaint is that the analog sticks do not have the rubber bumps on them like a regular 360 controller. But it's no big deal since those rub off eventually anyway.

**Use the controller as a mouse - download a free program called 7plus. It will enable you to use the controller like a mouse, with right click/left click functionality, etc. 7plus also has a bunch of good hotkeys that some of you may find useful.

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I got 2 of these to round out my number of controllers to four. I use them when playing Blur 4-player on my PC. They are solid little controllers, especially for the price, though they do feel a bit "cheaper" than other controllers. Overall, I would say they make good secondary controllers for multi-player games. The Hori Pad EX 2 Turbo is still my favorite, though. I'd recommend having one really excellent controller like the Hori Ex 2 for your 1 player gaming, and picking up these cheaper Madcatz controllers for multiplayer stuff as I did.

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Video gaming is one of my favorite activities to do in the lazy times of the day. I'm a console stud by heart and have a deep love for the console games. It is for that very reason I am very skeptical working with a video game that only works via a mouse and keyboard. Worst of all there are just so many people daily who seem to spam the hell out of others like me saying " Get used to it, it's way better!" and while this could be considered with games that REQUIRE keyboard and mouse use such as final fantasy/etc When it comes to games like first person shooters, you learn to grow a deep hate for the W,S,A, and D keys. Not to mention in the heat of the matter who wants to reach halfway across their keyboard to tap R to reload, or hit U to talk, or N to switch weapons?! I'm a shooter by heart and games like Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, Borderlands and Call of Duty it takes much more than just skill mastering a keyboard. You break your fingers on the pads and lose a lot of esteem working that way if you aren't into it. It is why that when I had recieved this controller for said games I was in heaven. I had spent weeks attempting to master the games and even as I had grown used to them the fact had remained I was not a PC gamer. With the mad Catz xbox controller I felt like I had the control again and the edge. Most of all I had a one up factor over even the console controller: A smoother compact feel, a more sensitive grip, and full access control mapping to give me the comfort on which buttons I felt better with. I will say I was deeply skeptical over getting a controller for the PC just as much as playing on it. For all I knew I was getting a piece of junk and that worried me. I am glad to say I had it all wrong and in the end I now have another new console to work with that will provide me another full year of entertainment. :)

A few things I should mention however about the controller that is not specified is that this is not an exact replica of the 360's version. This was designed to be more compact and the controls to remain tighter as a group. The layout is designed, in my opinion at the very least, more forward for quicker response and certain buttons were redesigned larger for use of ease such as the left and right bumper. The biggest thing I should mention is the Left and Right triggers which were made in a hook like mannor that when tapped feels so much greater than the 360 version. The bonus side to all of this is that it doesn't just stop on the pc though. This controller can also work on your very console providing the same awesome control. A word of advice however to users who are playing Team Fortress 2: In order to gain the full function of your controller you must enter your options menu, go under the keyboard section, go into advanced options and click " Enable developer console" upon returning to the menu press the wave key "`" and then enter on the command "exec 360controller" without the " " at which point your controller will auto tune to the original controls featured on the 360. For all other games the controls easily adjust and can be tuned. :)

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My grandson sent me Lego Star Wars for the PC for my birthday so that the next time we we visited, he and I could play it together. I realized very quickly that it would be no fun to play from the keyboard, so I did some research and found that the Xbox 360 game pad would work on a PC and work with this game. The Mad Catz version of the game pad came with the adapter included and at a very good price on Amazon. I checked reviews on it and found them to be generally positive, so I bought two of them for the game. The only real knock I read on the game pad was its construction, which was described as flimsy. In my evaluation, if this is flimsy, the original must be built like a tank. As for the playability, I have found it very responsive and easy to use on this game. I have not used it with anything else, but I would give it high marks overall.

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A review of a controller is a funny thing. To a certain extent it comes down to "do the buttons work, yes or no?" :-) And obviously this third party Madcatz controller's durability over time as compared to the official Xbox controller can't be quickly compared. But I will say this I bought it for use on a Windows 7 running laptop (because playing Batman Arkham Asylum with a keyboard and mouse isn't quite the same) and was worried it would not work since there was nothing specific about it being for use on a computer and no driver disk. It linked up and the laptop installed it no problem. It works flawlessly. The button layout works well as do the analog sticks. I suppose overall all I can say is that I'm happy with the purchase at this time.

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