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purseowner · Mar 14, 2017

After this excellent thread sang the praises of gyro aiming (http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352348), I thought it would be good to compile a list of games that utilise it, as I can't find any elsewhere.

Nintendo Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (also Wii U)
Splatoon 2

Wii U
Splatoon
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
Nintendoland
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Game & Wario
ZombiU
Fatal Frame/Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water
Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition
Pikmin 3 (for the camera)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (for gadgets)
Wii Fit U
Wii Sports Club

3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
The Denpa Men series
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball/Darumeshi Sports Shop
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
Spirit Camera
Resident Evil Revelations

Wii
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Goldeneye 007

PS4
Gravity Rush Remastered
Gravity Rush 2
Flower (also PS3/Vita)

Vita
Gravity Rush
Uncharted: Golden Abyss
Killzone: Mercenary

PS3
Folklore
Heavenly Sword
Uncharted: Drake's Fortune
Killzone 2
Warhawk

PC (Native Steam Controller support)
Portal 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2
NB: Aiming in all games can be mapped to the Steam controller's gyro

febLey · Mar 14, 2017

3DS
Majora's Mask 3D
Ocarina of Time 3D

Beyonce Beytwice · Mar 14, 2017

Ocarina of Time 3D
Majora's Mask 3D

nbnt · Mar 14, 2017

Wind Waker HD
Twilight Princess HD

Echoplx · Mar 14, 2017

PC

Every game ever made if you have a Steam Controller or DS4

MetalKnick · Mar 14, 2017

Wii U:
Wind Waker HD
Twilight Princess HD

Skarnet · Mar 14, 2017

purseowner said:
After this excellent thread sang the praises of gyro aiming (http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=1352348), I thought it would be good to compile a list of games that utilise it, as I can't find any elsewhere.

Nintendo Switch
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild (also Wii U)
Splatoon 2

Wii U
Splatoon
Batman: Arkham City - Armored Edition

PS4
Gravity Rush Remastered
Gravity Rush 2

Vita
Gravity Rush
Uncharted: Golden Abyss

3DS
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Resident Evil Revelations

Wii U also has Nintendoland, Wind Waker HD and Twilight Princess HD..

TheMoon · Mar 14, 2017

Wii U:
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Fatal Frame/Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water
(note: the Wii U version of Resident Evil Revelations did not have gyro aim like the 3DS version)
Game & Wario
ZombiU
Nintendo Land
Star Fox Zero
Star Fox Guard

3DS:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
The Denpa Men series
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
Spirit Camera

Cow1337killr · Mar 14, 2017

PS3:

Flower
Heavenly sword

Phoenix944 · Mar 14, 2017

Killzone on PS3 if I remember correctly

robotrock · Mar 14, 2017

Vita:

Killzone Mercenary

TheMoon · Mar 14, 2017

TheMoon said:
Wii U:
The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker HD
The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD
Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Fatal Frame/Project Zero: Maiden of Black Water
(note: the Wii U version of Resident Evil Revelations did not have gyro aim like the 3DS version)
Game & Wario
ZombiU
Nintendo Land
Star Fox Zero
Star Fox Guard

3DS:
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
The Denpa Men series
Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
Spirit Camera

added

Game & Wario
ZombiU
Nintendo Land
Star Fox Zero
Star Fox Guard

to Wii U list

robotrock · Mar 14, 2017

Does anything on the PS3 actually count as gyro aim?

miller.skippins · Mar 14, 2017

PS3:

Killzone 2
Flower
Warhawk
Uncharted 1

Drewboy64 · Mar 14, 2017

Didn't Skyward Sword use the wii motion plus gyro for aiming, rather than the IR pointer? Or am I remembering wrong?

TheMoon · Mar 14, 2017

Drewboy64 said:
Didn't Skyward Sword use the wii motion plus gyro for aiming, rather than the IR pointer? Or am I remembering wrong?

yes

gingerbeardman · Mar 14, 2017

GoldenEye 007
Wii

KainXVIII · Mar 14, 2017

Echoplx said:
PC

Every game ever made if you have a Steam Controller or DS4

Yeah, but what game is benefit from gyro most? (especially with DS4)

rjc571 · Mar 14, 2017

Rusty's Real Deal Baseball uses it for the catching fly balls minigame. It's pretty much the coolest thing ever.

Echoplx · Mar 14, 2017

KainXVIII said:
Yeah, but what game is benefit from gyro most? (especially with DS4)

Every game that requires aiming? I play all FPS and TPS games with gyro.

Drackhorn · Mar 14, 2017

PS3: Folklore.

TheMoon · Mar 14, 2017

Wii U
Pikmin 3 (for the camera)
Splinter Cell: Blacklist (for the spycam and other gadgets, sadly not the shooting)

was also used in
Wii Fit U
Wii Sports Club
but not sure how deep we wanna go here.

gingerbeardman said:
GoldenEye 007
Wii

Did that have enhanced gyro support and not just regular IR aiming?

TrynUrLuck · Mar 14, 2017

Echoplx said:
PC

Every game ever made if you have a Steam Controller or DS4

How do you do this? I love gyro aiming, might get me back to beating half life 1 lol

Echoplx · Mar 14, 2017

TrynUrLuck said:
How do you do this? I love gyro aiming, might get me back to beating half life 1 lol

It's built into the Steam client, enable DS4 support in steam then bring up the in game overlay and enable gyro, it's that easy.

Schlomo · Mar 14, 2017

Echoplx said:
It's built into the Steam client, enable DS4 support in steam then bring up the in game overlay and enable it, it's that easy.

But can you also use it in addition to stick aiming, just for fine-tuning?

TrynUrLuck · Mar 14, 2017

Echoplx said:
It's built into the Steam client, enable DS4 support in steam then bring up the in game overlay and enable it, it's that easy.

Wow, I had no idea, thanks! After playing uncharted on vita it's hard to not want it in every game tbh

Echoplx · Mar 14, 2017

Schlomo said:
But can you also use it in addition to stick aiming, just for fine-tuning?

Yes of course, you can even set a modifier for it so it only enables when zoomed in or you can have it always on.

lensoftruth · Mar 14, 2017

PC
Portal 2
Left 4 Dead
Left 4 Dead 2

Schlomo · Mar 14, 2017

Echoplx said:
Yes of course, you can even set a modifier for it so it only enables when zoomed in or you can have it always on.

Sounds great, I really have to try that! I guess the game still needs normal controller support for it to work, otherwise it would be a godsend for many older games.

Echoplx · Mar 14, 2017

Schlomo said:
Sounds great, I really have to try that! I guess the game still needs normal controller support for it to work, otherwise it would be a godsend for many older games.

You can bind keyboard and mouse controls to gamepads within Steam so even games that don't natively support gamepads work.

Valve have done amazing work with their controller support.

For example here's a config for Return to Castle Wolfenstien on a gamepad

gingerbeardman · Mar 14, 2017

All Wii:

Red Steel 2
The Grinder
Wii Sports Resort (kind of)

TheMoon · Mar 14, 2017

gingerbeardman said:
All Wii:

Red Steel 2
The Grinder
Wii Sports Resort (kind of)

The Grinder is a game that doesn't exist/never came out

(ignoring that weird XBLA thing they did at some point)

gingerbeardman · Mar 14, 2017

Ah then I'm thinking of the other game by that developer.

The Conduit

Pokemaniac · Mar 15, 2017

gingerbeardman said:
Ah then I'm thinking of the other game by that developer.

The Conduit

Wii FPSes generally used IR aim, which is distinct from (and arguably better than) gyro assisted aim.

Skyzard · Mar 15, 2017

Killzone Mercenary really nailed it.

So much easier and faster to do small corrections at a low sensitivity with gyro aiming. Tracking is much more enjoyable.

Was really a 10/10 game considering the platform.

-Checked the metacritic out of curiosity, 78% lol. User rating 8.9

PLASTICA-MAN · Mar 15, 2017

PLASTICA-MAN said:
The only well used DualShock 4 feature is the mono speaker that even multiplatform games use it.
The trackpad is only used to display multiplayer stats or map by a click and not the full features like different positions of clicks and directions of swiping.
The lightbar is mostly used with indie games like Fez but not well exploited in gameplay like for example in Thief where the lightbar goes brighter or dimmer to show how far you are exposed to light and I like the little touch of getting lit suddenly when lightning strikes.
Even First party Sony studios don't use the gyro movements in DualShock 4 which is neglected in most games, let alone in multiplatform games. The only game that used it well is Tearaway: Unfolded.

OP, you forgot to add Tearaway: Unfolded for the PS4 list.
Edit: I thought your list was about gyro aim not just gyro controls. You can aslo add Warthunder on PS4 to control movemenst and camera (you can even do it by PS4 Camera). Also MotorStorm games use the gyro too to turn left and right and many otehr racing games.

Agent X · Mar 15, 2017

Little Deviants and Smart As are two Vita games that probably aren't too well known, but utilized gyro aiming during certain portions.

b00_thegh0st · Mar 15, 2017

I don't remember MGS3D using the gyro. And I played that a lot.

gingerbeardman · Mar 15, 2017

TheMoon said:
Did (GoldenEye 007 Wii) have enhanced gyro support and not just regular IR aiming?

yes

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-30-wii-goldeneye-has-wacky-controls

Shiggy · Mar 15, 2017

TheMoon said:
Did that have enhanced gyro support and not just regular IR aiming?

Yeah, Golden Eye did not really have gyro aiming. Was basically IR aiming there.

gingerbeardman said:
yes

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-09-30-wii-goldeneye-has-wacky-controls

Oh, I think I know what they mean. While aiming with the sensor bar, you were able to lean left and right with the rather basic Wii Remote gyro sensors.

illm · Mar 15, 2017

3DS:

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Bulzeeb · Jul 17, 2017

wait, I dont remember Zombi U having Gyro aiming, and thats one of the reasons why I never finished it (I really suck at aiming with dual analogs, gyro or mouse when on pc are my default options for all games that allow it)

Toadthemushroom · Jul 17, 2017

3DS - Rusty's Real Deal Baseball (aiming your baseball, fielding)
Switch - Little Inferno, World of Goo, Human Resource Machine (Gyro as pointing device)

Bulzeeb said:
wait, I dont remember Zombi U having Gyro aiming, and thats one of the reasons why I never finished it (I really suck at aiming with dual analogs, gyro or mouse when on pc are my default options for all games that allow it)

It had it, but only for the scanner on the prepper pad.

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