The Next Generation...

[Violet]

That's the best you could find?

Wonder what that means.

[pocaracas]

A few forums:
http://www.alienwarearena.com/forums/top...ontroller/
http://n4g.com/news/919135/keyboard-and-...#c-6198302
http://www.gamespot.com/bioshock-infinit...-65791771/
http://www.reddit.com/r/skyrim/comments/...ouse_or_a/
http://steamcommunity.com/app/107410/dis...075256751/

An article on the theme (subjective to the author, of course):
http://www.techhive.com/article/246176/c...ouse_.html

Some guy that talks too much:

[Jackalope]

I like FPS and can't understand how you can play those with the controller....

It's just what certain people are used to.

Personally I can not aim for shit with a mouse and using a keyboard for gaming I find very unintuitive.

I don't doubt that familiarity has a lot to do with it.

However, there are moves that are trivial with a mouse/keyboard... For example, how quickly can you execute a 180 to check your six / eliminate someone behind you, and then another to resume your original course?

With a controller, it seems to take an eternity. I better hope that no one manages to flank me and attack from behind, or I have no chance of returning fire.

With a mouse, that 180 degree turn is a flick of the wrist that takes a small fraction of a second.

There's no doubt in my mind that if I were to go head-to-head against myself mouse vs. controller, controller-me would get royally pwned. But that's just me.

[Violet]

I don't doubt that familiarity has a lot to do with it.

However, there are moves that are trivial with a mouse/keyboard... For example, how quickly can you execute a 180 to check your six / eliminate someone behind you, and then another to resume your original course?

With a controller, it seems to take an eternity. I better hope that no one manages to flank me and attack from behind, or I have no chance of returning fire.

Turn up your controller sensitivity. Might make you feel more at home with it.

Careful, though... you may not yet possess the mechanical skill necessary to execute such. You'll probably have to stick with baby steps

As an aside: ITT if someone manages to flank you with a gun... ball's in their park. You're dead, or they're not worth the dirt they stand upon. I don't care if your apm reach 6000 on a bad day, if it's a skill match, and one player has the positional advantage: you lose. Unless the skill levels involved are so low as to make any such advantage irrelevant, of course (you haz the barrel square in his back, three feet away, and YOU MISS?! Better hope there's an avalanche handy).

With a mouse, that 180 degree turn is a flick of the wrist that takes a small fraction of a second.

There's no doubt in my mind that if I were to go head-to-head against myself mouse vs. controller, controller-me would get royally pwned. But that's just me.

Aye, but that's joystick you vs mouse you... tells us nothing about best mouse player vs best joystick player. Just as mouse me being even more worthless at drawing than I am with a pen tells us nothing about the best mouse-drawer vs the best pen-drawer.

The latter competition being the one we're all interested in, yes?

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Edit: I hate sickness, witches can't cast spells when sick. Also, I recently attempted to revisit one of my favorite games, being Ratchet and Clank 3, and found myself woefully unable to play it. Maybe it's like with PC games: if you take long enough of a break, you need to relearn it to return to your previous proficiency?

Theory: small-handed males are more likely to be gay or transwomen than medium and large-handed males. That was random, but I'd love to look into it. Maybe I'm just a petite fluke

[Napoléon]

Turn up your controller sensitivity.

This. A thousand times this.

I usually play COD with a sensitivity of around 12/13. Please don't tell me how easily you can turn around with a mouse, I can do about five 360 spins in the time it takes you to move the mouse behind you

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There's no doubt in my mind that if I were to go head-to-head against myself mouse vs. controller, controller-me would get royally pwned.

But as Vae said, that tells us nothing about which is better.

I'm much better with a controller. Again, it means nothing.


I'll say again though, for me I don't prefer a controller because I think it's better for aiming, nor do I care if one particular input method allows for more skilled opposition (and again this one can be debated). I only use a controller for the simple reason it is more comfortable for me to use than a mouse and keyboard.