I simply cannot play fps games with a controller
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The (IMO) crazy thing that happened with this for me is that I played mostly FPS games for most of my life predating, but really kicking off with, Halo CE in 2001. I was a hardcore competitive FPS player on consoles for give or take 20 years. I finally switched to PC partway through Destiny 2's lifespan in 2019.
Now that I've been playing FPS titles on mouse and keyboard for the last few years and only really picking up a controller for platformers and action games, I cannot play Halo or any other FPS game on a console to save my life.
Really makes it hard to brag about how much I used to play lol
Now that I've been playing FPS titles on mouse and keyboard for the last few years and only really picking up a controller for platformers and action games, I cannot play Halo or any other FPS game on a console to save my life.
Really makes it hard to brag about how much I used to play lol
If you commit a few months to playing exclusively with a pad, you'll get used to it what with potential gyro options and generous aim assist pad players get in a lot of games
I think at the higher levels the performance gap between pad and mouse players is definitely felt but unless you're playing tournaments or Diamond and onwards equivalent competitive lobbies in your game of choice, you won't notice it and may even have an advantage over lower ELO mouse users in games that allow mixed inputs
I think at the higher levels the performance gap between pad and mouse players is definitely felt but unless you're playing tournaments or Diamond and onwards equivalent competitive lobbies in your game of choice, you won't notice it and may even have an advantage over lower ELO mouse users in games that allow mixed inputs
I've long harboured thoughts of having some kind of hybrid mouse and controller set up like maybe with a wiimote, joycon or whatever, but have never gone through with it. My aim with a mouse is substantially better than using a right stick but I do dislike using a keyboard.
As it is for FPS now I settle with multi button mice just to avoid having to reach so many keyboard functions at once.
As it is for FPS now I settle with multi button mice just to avoid having to reach so many keyboard functions at once.
I played Portal on PC with a controller+mouse hybrid setup. Had the mouse in my right hand and the left side of an Xbox controller in my left hand. Felt great, and games should allow this without outside keybinding apps. Playing Baldur's Gate 3 right now, and I wish I could move around with the control stick while using the mouse for everything else.
That's usually a latency thing.
Honestly, it might be my biggest complaint about the Steam Deck.
Input lag is so much higher in many games than my desktop PC with a VRR display.
You can have this with no/minimal hassle if you're willing to fork over the money for a vertical mouse with an analog stick or the Razer mini keypad + analog stick thingy they sell
It depends on the style of FPS. I'm quite comfortable with both. Got through Doom Eternal just fine on Ultra Violence with a controller, but if I'm playing a PC-Ass-PC shooter like an Ultrakill or Turbo Overkill where speed + precision are the name of the game, give me a M+KB.
Other than basic point and click games like visual novels or puzzle games, I can't use M+KB for basically any game. After growing up on consoles it's such an enormous learning curve to do anything at all, and moving around with keys just feels wrong to me.
You need to throw your computer and your mouse and keyboard away. Then you are motivated enough to learn to play FPS with a controller.
This is the reason I'll never play an FPS on console if I have the choice of PC. It feels horrible to move and aim with a control stick after spending so many years using M+KB. A lot of it is experience I'm sure, but tracking and flicking are just so much more difficult using sticks in comparison to mouse where I don't even need to 'think' about how to move the mouse to get it to point where I want.
Me too :(
I'm always complaining in threads or asking if certain game has mouse and keyboard support on consoles :(
I've been wanting to create a thread to ask this: can a dev or someone with experience tell me how hard it actually is to implement M&K support on consoles?
I'm always complaining in threads or asking if certain game has mouse and keyboard support on consoles :(
I've been wanting to create a thread to ask this: can a dev or someone with experience tell me how hard it actually is to implement M&K support on consoles?
FPS games simply aren't great on controller. Gyro closes the gap but it's no replacement for KB+M.
I grew up using dual analog sticks and never thought twice, but as soon as I started using m+kb there was no going back. Sticks feel like there's an extra layer between me and the game (either ridiculous aim assist or clunky awkwardness - both feel like they're removing control); mouse feels like I'm aiming directly 1:1. Controller is tolerable for some slower paced games that are built primarily around gamepad, but I'll avoid it whenever possible if precise aiming is involved.
I didn't realize how just much I disliked it until I got my Steam Deck. I had to really shift what kinds of games I play on there, because sticks are intolerable for a lot of things.
I actually used to really love IR aiming on Wii games; that really closed the gap for me until I got a PC. Gyro helps too, but not enough to be worth it.
I didn't realize how just much I disliked it until I got my Steam Deck. I had to really shift what kinds of games I play on there, because sticks are intolerable for a lot of things.
I actually used to really love IR aiming on Wii games; that really closed the gap for me until I got a PC. Gyro helps too, but not enough to be worth it.
I thought the same thing. For the past 7 years I was on kb/m. Switched back to controller and it took forever to get used to again...
As the first post said...
...alongside flick stick, they're a godsend in Fortnite & CoD's PS5 version.
There's a reason why 75-80% of Splatoon players use gyro.
