No rumble, and you can't use the home button. It also has limited compatibility, some games just refuse to work with it. You can get a 3rd party dongle that completely spoofs a Dualsense as a Dualshock 3, and that works pretty phenomenally. I got one on Amazon for $40, which is expensive but worth it to me. I've been playing like OP, and it's really hands down the best way to play PS2 games imo.