My young cousin's birthday is coming up. He's recently gotten big into games on his PC, and Grandma wants to buy him a joystick for it, as he's mentioned several of his favorite games would do better with one. She however, knows less about this than I do. He plays all sorts of games, RPGs, action/adventure, sports, strategy, etc. He prefers RPGs, though he plays all kinds. And apparently he downloads a lot of free games off of the Gametap website. (The kid's being raised by a single mother on little money; she doesn't have the money to buy him consoles or games. In fact last year some of us pooled money together and bought him his first PC.)
So, I'd like some basic things explained to me, if you can, so I can help her pick out something he will like. I will admit right now that I know very little about gaming, so I'm sorry if these questions seem very elementary; I just want to make sure we know what we're doing when we pick one out.
1) Are PC joysticks universal to all games, or do they tend to be game/game company specific?
2) Do some PC games simply not work with joysticks? As in, they are written in such a way that you can only use keyboard/mouse on them?
3) Would a Best Buy/Circuit City carry them, or would we need to order them online or something?
4) any other info you think we should know, I'd be glad to hear it.
Thank you for any information you can give me.
So, I'd like some basic things explained to me, if you can, so I can help her pick out something he will like. I will admit right now that I know very little about gaming, so I'm sorry if these questions seem very elementary; I just want to make sure we know what we're doing when we pick one out.
1) Are PC joysticks universal to all games, or do they tend to be game/game company specific?
2) Do some PC games simply not work with joysticks? As in, they are written in such a way that you can only use keyboard/mouse on them?
3) Would a Best Buy/Circuit City carry them, or would we need to order them online or something?
4) any other info you think we should know, I'd be glad to hear it.
Thank you for any information you can give me.
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