Pad or keyboard

Makes no odds to me as I can have both plugged in at once and switch when required. For example, in GTA V I'll use a controller for vehicles and switch to KB+M when I need to aim properly with a weapon on foot.

Saying that, I'm not sure it's that seamless for all titles. I'll use KB+M when I need precision aiming in shooters. Can't remember the last time I purely used a controller in a game, probably Forza Horizon 4.
 
I find driving games and a few console ports, mainly fighty type games, are easier with the pad. I do hate the damn thing though, and don't leave it plugged in because some games auto-detect and assume that's the option I want. I have to close the game, unplug it and restart. TBF, these games do the same if I leave my HOTAS connected too, as mine registers as a generic Windoze controller.
The pad lives in a drawer until I fire up something that works better with it.
 
I use M/KB for RTS, Civ and Xcom type games, pad for everything else.
 
I don't play many FPS, but it would be my preference to use KBM, with games like Batman, Shadow of War, Witcher 3, definitely the pad. Tactical/strategy games, definitely mouse and keyboard.
 
Pretty much just driving games I use the pad for. There are some odd titles that do work better with pad but for the most part it's KBM all the way
 
Wrightyuk said:
I think games like resident evil are defo pad tho
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Why? When you have to aim with guns then a good portion of PC players are going to prefer a mouse to do so. I've not played it but a quick look at a gameplay video I can tell I would want to be aiming with a mouse rather than a controller.
 
Use a beautiful Xbone pad with "rubberised diamond grip" for every game. It's just a delight. Interestingly, it looks like the DualSense for PS5 is almost a match for the shape of the Xbone controller so maybe that'll be the next best thing.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Why? When you have to aim with guns then a good portion of PC players are going to prefer a mouse to do so. I've not played it but a quick look at a gameplay video I can tell I would want to be aiming with a mouse rather than a controller.
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Something like gears of war, I've flip flopped between mouse and pad. Generally end up with mouse though.
 
Ayahuasca said:
Why? When you have to aim with guns then a good portion of PC players are going to prefer a mouse to do so. I've not played it but a quick look at a gameplay video I can tell I would want to be aiming with a mouse rather than a controller.
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Well i always used pad for resi back in the day as they were console games things like fifa and driving as well i prefer cod games fps game for kbm
 
I very rarely play with a gamepad, only the few times when I want to play PC games on my sofa. Even most third person games I feel more comfortable using a kb/m

Everything else is done with kb/m, or flightstick for flying games, and a wheel for racing games.
 
its really easy for me
third person: pad
frst person: KB+M

somthing just feels wrong using keyboard/mouse when i can see my character.
same with first person gamepad just feels wrong
 
smogsy said:
its really easy for me
third person: pad
frst person: KB+M

somthing just feels wrong using keyboard/mouse when i can see my character.
same with first person gamepad just feels wrong
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Defo agree here couldnt put it better myself but adding fifa and driving to the pad list haha
 
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