I'm using an Xbox controller to play, but the game does not seem to recognize input from the joystick, I can only use the d-pad. Is that expected behavior?
I believe so. It's been a few years so I don't remember the specifics, but the game does only have limited controller support. IIRC detecting joystick input was weird and the game doesn't have any use for graded levels of input so I left it alone.