Within Steam’s “Big Picture Mode,” games are shown with a half- or full-controller to signify partial- or full-controller support, respectively.
However, many of the games listed as “partial controller support” I’ve played for hours with a gamepad, without ever needing to use a mouse or keyboard. These include
- Vessel
- Prototype 1+2
- Batman: Arkham Asylum and Arkham City
- Beat Hazard
- LA Noire
- The Last Remnant
- Bastion
And many others. So, what exactly determines if a game has full- or only partial-controller support?
Answer
The Big Picture Release Sale page on the steam website has an answer. Here’s a screenshot of the right hand side from that URL:
And here’s the text for completeness:
Full Controller Support
Games with Full Controller Support will work without a mouse and keyboard on hand, from installation to play and beyond.
Partial Controller Support
Games with Partial Controller Support may require a keyboard and mouse from time to time, during installation or for limited interactions.
So, basically, it would appear that a game with full support never needs input from anything that isn’t a controller, whereas games with partial support can mostly be played with a controller but you’ll probably need a keyboard and/or mouse to do something at some point (which might just be to click ‘OK’ on a window to install DirectX or enable controller in options on the first run or maybe click ‘Play’ in a launcher every run, etc).
Attribution
Source : Link , Question Author : BlueRaja – Danny Pflughoeft , Answer Author : Community