WTF EA

[OCTO]

First off, I'm glad that we've finally got this gem here on Steam, but I'm once again baffled at EA's laziness - no modern controller support, no cloud saves, no achievements, nothing. For ♥♥♥♥'s sake, this game deserves better.

[ParaBOT]

Do you think there are mods for fixing it?

[HeOfManyGames]

Controllers work fine with the game (or at least they should) I played 60+ hours on the origin version and my xbox controller worked absolutely fine, plug and play.

Tis a shame about the lack of achievements, but personally I don't care for cloud saves as for me they tend to cause more trouble than anything else.

[Zero]

So wait, WILL the xbox one controller work for this? And does it show inputs?

[Mailer]

Originally posted by HeOfManyGames:

Controllers work fine with the game (or at least they should) I played 60+ hours on the origin version and my xbox controller worked absolutely fine, plug and play.

Tis a shame about the lack of achievements, but personally I don't care for cloud saves as for me they tend to cause more trouble than anything else.

Correct. EA never marked this game as having 360 controller support on the store page, but in fact it does. If you use DS4Windows you can get non-xbox controllers to work as well. Steam Input also works for the Deck.

I don't know why EA abstained from using Steam integration properly but maybe they'll remedy it in a later patch.

[Floorkiller74]

Controller works fine, and yes, the game's prompts will adjust to your controller.

[Zero]

Alright, thank you for the response.

[V3ntilator]

The thing is that Xbox 360 controller became the standard on PC back in 2007 and is the controller that have the highest priority among developers.

This is why i only used Xbox controllers since 2007 on PC as they are the most supported.

Xbox 360 / XOne /Series X controllers have native support in Windows and don't need any driver at all.
In fact you can even upgrade firmware in Series X controller with official app in Windows instead of using Series console.

I used Xbox Series X controller on PC last 2 years and it works perfect in "The Saboteur" too.

People are forgetting this, or don't know it.

When "The Saboteur" released on PC 15 years ago (Year 2009), Xbox 360 were the only console controller that worked in PC Games.

If you want compatibility with any PC game made last 17 years, use Xbox.

[Gunsaremagic]

No cloud ? why does Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri™ Planetary Pack have it and even older game

[xShapelessx]

Originally posted by Floorkiller74:

Controller works fine, and yes, the game's prompts will adjust to your controller.

No it doesnt. Only xbox. ps5 controller doesnt work even with ds4. I know sony is not microsoft, but its bs lol. Ps controllers are simply more advanced and better. FF 15 also somehow has the same issue. I cannot use a ps5 controller with it at all

[Χάρης]

Seems like my xbox one controller works fine.

[Floorkiller74]

Originally posted by xShapelessx:

Originally posted by Floorkiller74:

Controller works fine, and yes, the game's prompts will adjust to your controller.

No it doesnt. Only xbox. ps5 controller doesnt work even with ds4. I know sony is not microsoft, but its bs lol. Ps controllers are simply more advanced and better. FF 15 also somehow has the same issue. I cannot use a ps5 controller with it at all

I'm using a controller and it works fine, gives me all the proper prompts. It's not a Microsoft/Xbox controller. I didn't try a Sony controller. I didn't say all controllers worked, but some do.

[V3ntilator]

Originally posted by xShapelessx:

Originally posted by Floorkiller74:

Controller works fine, and yes, the game's prompts will adjust to your controller.

No it doesnt. Only xbox. ps5 controller doesnt work even with ds4. I know sony is not microsoft, but its bs lol. Ps controllers are simply more advanced and better. FF 15 also somehow has the same issue. I cannot use a ps5 controller with it at all

Also. Sony sucks hard when it comes to drivers. They are so clueless that they still don't have any as of 2024.
WTH are they doing at Sony when their controllers needs homemade hacks?

Sony can't even get their shop right as people lost a lot of their purchases there since 2023, and Sony pretend it didn't happen like they always to.

[OCTO]

Originally posted by HeOfManyGames:

Controllers work fine with the game (or at least they should) I played 60+ hours on the origin version and my xbox controller worked absolutely fine, plug and play.

Tis a shame about the lack of achievements, but personally I don't care for cloud saves as for me they tend to cause more trouble than anything else.

A lot of games on Steam attempt to include Playstation support as well, thankfully in 2024 they have finally understood that a good chunk people play with non-xbox gamepads on PC.

And you can disable cloud saves if you want to, but they're a must have for people like me who move a lot.

[OCTO]

Originally posted by V3ntilator:

The thing is that Xbox 360 controller became the standard on PC back in 2007 and is the controller that have the highest priority among developers.

This is why i only used Xbox controllers since 2007 on PC as they are the most supported.

Xbox 360 / XOne /Series X controllers have native support in Windows and don't need any driver at all.
In fact you can even upgrade firmware in Series X controller with official app in Windows instead of using Series console.

I used Xbox Series X controller on PC last 2 years and it works perfect in "The Saboteur" too.

People are forgetting this, or don't know it.

When "The Saboteur" released on PC 15 years ago (Year 2009), Xbox 360 were the only console controller that worked in PC Games.

If you want compatibility with any PC game made last 17 years, use Xbox.

Or people just don't like the form factor of Xbox controllers and prefer other options. I know I don't. The asymmetrical layout is counterintuitive, I couldn't get used to it. They're also ugly as hell. On the other hand, dualshocks are iconic amd feel nice in my hands.
Thankfully Steam and some games on it have full Dualshock support, I hope it's only going to improve in the future.
Also, why doesn't Steam version of The Saboteur have patches from GOG/Origin? I had to go to PCGamingWiki to get them so that my game could work properly.