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famousringo on 11 March 2008
mesoteto said:
i think the wii mote for fps is dead on, also the pointer function could chisel away some of mouses dominence for RTS--but not sure just yet

 The pointer does a fine job of replacing a mouse for RTSes. It's the keyboard full of hotkeys that the wiimote can't compete with.



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shio on 11 March 2008

Mouse+Keyboard is the best gaming controller combo. It totally crushes gamepads and Wiimote on:

FPS / TPS
Strategy games
Puzzle/Card games
MMO's
RPG
Action/Adventure
Adventure (But I'd say Wii is on par here)

The only genres where I think gamepads are more suitable are only Racing, Sports and Platformers.



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royalcaribcruiser123 on 11 March 2008

Best gaming controllers for me will always be the Segas Genesis and Saturn Controllers along with the Playstation Controllers. I like having everything close at hand and only a few buttons i need to memorize

Tried to get into computer gaming with the mouse and the keyboard but only ended up playing games like the sims, simcity, and civilization. never got a comfortable feeling for all those assigned keys



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mmnin on 11 March 2008

right now its the gamecube controller. Mainly because that's what I'm using to play Smash with, and anything that can entrance me into that much fun HAS to be good.




Username2324 on 11 March 2008

For shoorters, yes, for everything else, no it is horrible. Especially racers.



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TKoTD on 11 March 2008
shio said:
Mouse+Keyboard is the best gaming controller combo. It totally crushes gamepads and Wiimote on:

FPS / TPS
Strategy games
Puzzle/Card games
MMO's
RPG
Action/Adventure
Adventure (But I'd say Wii is on par here)

The only genres where I think gamepads are more suitable are only Racing, Sports and Platformers.
 QFT 

Also i think that KB+M is better for Golf games. :P, For racing the best option is the wheel. And for Plats gamepads are as capable as KB+M.



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dschumm on 11 March 2008

Ug.

While this is a personal choice I guess the only thing I can stand to play with the mouse is RTS and generic card/puzzle internet games.

I think the stylus on the ds is almost as good as the mouse for RTS. See Age of Empires.

I played a fighting game for 3 minutes once with the mouse keyboard and vowed that it was the worst controller game combination I have ever used.



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Strategyking92 on 11 March 2008

I like that it is just more accurate, when the wiimote doesn't require a sensory bar, and I can play it up close to a screen, then it'll be better.



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Ickalanda on 11 March 2008

The Mouse is definitely the best out there.

I prefer it for FPS, RTS, and RPGs the most.



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CaptainPrefrences on 11 March 2008

i like the mouse is the best for rts (obviously)

but i prefer the dual shock. ive been raised on those controllers.