I had the same problem with elden ring… turns out if I unplugged my Nintendo Wii IR sensor from my pc it allowed the Xbox controller to work.

Guessing it’s something to do with detecting a certain peripheral as player one but I honestly have no idea!

I’m two chapters in to House in Fata Morgana and that has been great so far. Rather dark and moody (to say the least) but a really good read so far.

Can’t express how much I love Aegis Rim! Id definitely consider it a VN but with an actual game in there aswell.

Cannot recommend enough!

Nyaa.si is good for manga and anime