Controller versus mouse and KB

THC_SsSsSnake · 22 Sep 2007 at 19:36

Does it get a lot easier the more one plays or is it just the nature of controllers to be harder to target the enemy?
thanks

Rackerz · 22 Sep 2007 at 19:44

Easier as you go, but it's never like PC gaming.

pumaz · 22 Sep 2007 at 19:47

I can always play fairly well with mouse and keyboard but can only play ok after using a controller for FPS for a long time, If i have a break from FPS on controller it's like i have to re-learn it all over again.

I think it's harder for PC users to play console FPS games than it is for none PC owning console gamers.

Cannaton · 22 Sep 2007 at 20:17

Practice, practice, practice. You soon improve, vastly.

THC_SsSsSnake · 22 Sep 2007 at 20:19

Thanks guys,at least that has given me some hope

nichorob · 22 Sep 2007 at 20:35

It also depends on the game, you couldnt really play a twitch FPS like CS on a console, but games like COD4 are perfectly playable with a pad.

NokkonWud · 22 Sep 2007 at 20:42

Some games are better suited to Mouse and Keyboard, some are better suited to joypad.
As with either, you get better with practice.

Bossy papa · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:16

the feel of a keyboard and mouse in your hands is pure gaming nirvana and will never be beaten...
joypads be damned

NokkonWud · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:20

Gaming Nirvana?!
You what? You talk some nonsense you matey.

Cannaton · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:25

As nokkon said, it all boils down to the game. Certain games are lovely on kb/mouse, others are plain arkward on them and would be better suited to a pad. It really is individual games, within the genre of RPGs some are better with the use of a mouse, the likes of neverwinter nights, while otheres are obviously oriented to the pad side, the likes of final fantasy etc.

I gamed using only WASD and mouse for about two years until the 360 was released, and while i sucked at first, i soon got better.

gurusan · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:26

for FPS and RTS games there's no better setup than keyboard and mouse.

NokkonWud · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:28

gurusan said:
for FPS and RTS games there's no better setup than keyboard and mouse.

I'd agree for RTS, I'd say you're a million miles wide of the mark for FPS though.

Bossy papa · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:35

I'd say you're a million miles wide of the mark for FPS though.

you would use joypad over k/m for fps
man i feel for you

NokkonWud · 22 Sep 2007 at 21:38

Did I say that?
God, what it must be like to wander through life being ignorant of other possibilities.

Bengaboy · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:03

NokkonWud said:
Did I say that?
God, what it must be like to wander through life being ignorant of other possibilities.

wow , who ****ed on your fire?

No swearing please.

Zefan.

Bossy papa · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:06

the feel of a keyboard and mouse in your hands is pure gaming nirvana and will never be beaten...
joypads be damned

i think it's this comment by me
i take it back
joypads are good for racing games

weringo · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:17

Bossy papa said:
i think it's this comment by me
i take it back
joypads are good for racing games

And fighting, aventure, RPG and platform games.

Warbie · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:21

You'll never be able to aim as quickly, but using a joypad has certain benefits that using a m&k don't. I enjoy both methods equally for quite different reasons.

Gerard · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:26

Warbie said:
You'll never be able to aim as quickly, but using a joypad has certain benefits that using a m&k don't. I enjoy both methods equally for quite different reasons.

Like what? Auto aim?

NokkonWud · 22 Sep 2007 at 22:58

I'm so sick of 'gamers' who are so ignorant to the fact that control pads are much more flexable to the kinds of games they are good in, including first person titles.

PC elitists should go back to where they came, they clearly aren't gamers.