We get hands-on with the OnLive Bluetooth controller, which connects to your iPad for the full console gaming experience.
We love touch controls here at TouchGen towers, but when a mysterious black package arrived late last month we weren’t prepared for how much that love would be tested. We’ve said many times that virtual-sticks and button layouts just can’t beat the real thing. For puzzlers like Contre Jour or Strategy titles like Anomaly: Warzone Earth the touch controls can match and sometimes exceed traditional control methods. Even Gameloft’s games do a great job of virtually replicating a gamepad experience. But, for console grade action games the tactile feel of real joysticks and shoulder buttons have the upper hand.
OnLive allows not only the ability to stream and play grade-A games on your Touchscreen (see our article on the OnLive service for iPad), but also to hook up a fully operational twin-stick gamepad with all the trimmings. It really is the best way to play. Check out our hands-on video of the controller and OnLive service in action running on an iPad 2.
