Any controller with a right anal stick is automatically trash. The steam controller is all you need.
>But the dpad
A correctly configured dpad is objectively better than any other dpad available. I played through super meat boy and shovel knight using haptics only touch and it offers way more control since you don't even have to depress the button. The hapics give you thumb the exact same info.
>but twin stick games
Just correctly configure the right trackpad to be an analog stick that starts wherever your thumb lands and use the haptics to feedback the intensity.

You know why console FPS for you? because right analog is inherently a BAD input for controlling a POV. This is completely fixed with a trackpad. Only shitters terrified of having their skill checked like right analog sticks.