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darklich13 on 11 March 2008

The best controller of all time is the keyboard. Its great for games like Zork and A Mind Forever Voyaging.



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Daddo Splat on 11 March 2008

like a light gun 2 inchs from the screen so hard to hit what your aiming at mouse is good I just prefer consoles and controllers 360 PS3 over it because I prefer console gaming over PC I cant sit over a mouse and keyboard with out aggravating my back. thats just me Iam OLD!



Strategyking92 on 14 March 2008
supermariogalaxy said:
No....I played Halo:CE and there were lots of buttons on the KB....Maybe I'm playing the wrjng game?

Thats's how I beat the first halo, then I got the console version and tried to play it.... it wasn't as good and the keyboard and mouse.



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Strategyking92 on 14 March 2008
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
twesterm said:
I use to prefer mouse and keyboard for RTS and FPS games, but after Metroid Prime 3 I think it's only best for RTS games.

doesn't MetroidP3 use auto aim though?


 No. The lock-on is for missiles and camera control. It's entirely possible to lock on to one target and blast away another one.


That's still not the same as the computer fps's, you don't get the camera centered on the enemy, you gotta stay on him yourself.



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famousringo on 14 March 2008
Strategyking92 said:
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
twesterm said:
I use to prefer mouse and keyboard for RTS and FPS games, but after Metroid Prime 3 I think it's only best for RTS games.

doesn't MetroidP3 use auto aim though?


 No. The lock-on is for missiles and camera control. It's entirely possible to lock on to one target and blast away another one.


That's still not the same as the computer fps's, you don't get the camera centered on the enemy, you gotta stay on him yourself.


 Why should it be the same? You can play the whole game without using it at all, if you like. Personally, I like the distinction between camera control and gun control. Most PC FPSes link the two directly together, as if the bullets were actually coming out of your eyes.

You could easily implement the same feature in a PC shooter by binding lock-on to the shift key, or something. Would feel a little strange for breaking the mouselook world that PC shooters have been tied to for a decade now, but it opens up some interesting gameplay possibilities.



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thekitchensink on 14 March 2008
zeldaspimp69 said:
Strategyking92 said:

I think the mouse is the best gaming controller ever, it's easy to move, lets your hands not be clumped together like a system controller(besides wii that is) and it is very accurate if you're using an optical mouse(the balled ones are weird, they get messed up after a while.)

 

Anyway, the keyboard and mouse is the best way to play games I think.

I would say yes and no. it is great for an RTS (the best in my opinion) and pretty good for a FPS, but for racing i would def choose the 360 controller or a steering wheel. and to 68 soul, the wiimote isnt the future, unless you meann the futre of 8 year olds and shovelware inc (aka Ubisoft)

 


Topic title: Is the mouse your favorite gaming controller?  A controller is not the game.  A controller is the thing you operate the game with.

 

OT: Personally, I prefer the Wii-mote, because it makes gaming fresh.  The N64 pad and the 360 tie for second.



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Kasz216 on 14 March 2008
twesterm said:
I use to prefer mouse and keyboard for RTS and FPS games, but after Metroid Prime 3 I think it's only best for RTS games.

How I feel. I also perfer it for turn based Strategy games though. Probably SRPGs too but I don't really know of any computer SRPGs that i can think of. Which is odd to me.

If anyone knows of any good ones... or even medicore ones.  Let me know. 



Strategyking92 on 14 March 2008
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
twesterm said:
I use to prefer mouse and keyboard for RTS and FPS games, but after Metroid Prime 3 I think it's only best for RTS games.

doesn't MetroidP3 use auto aim though?


 No. The lock-on is for missiles and camera control. It's entirely possible to lock on to one target and blast away another one.


That's still not the same as the computer fps's, you don't get the camera centered on the enemy, you gotta stay on him yourself.


 Why should it be the same? You can play the whole game without using it at all, if you like. Personally, I like the distinction between camera control and gun control. Most PC FPSes link the two directly together, as if the bullets were actually coming out of your eyes.

You could easily implement the same feature in a PC shooter by binding lock-on to the shift key, or something. Would feel a little strange for breaking the mouselook world that PC shooters have been tied to for a decade now, but it opens up some interesting gameplay possibilities.


But, like I said, it's not the same.  It takes more skill.



And that's the only thing I need is *this*. I don't need this or this. Just this PS4... And this gaming PC. - The PS4 and the Gaming PC and that's all I need... And this Xbox 360. - The PS4, the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360, and that's all I need... And these PS3's. - The PS4, and these PS3's, and the Gaming PC, and the Xbox 360... And this Nintendo DS. - The PS4, this Xbox 360, and the Gaming PC, and the PS3's, and that's all *I* need. And that's *all* I need too. I don't need one other thing, not one... I need this. - The Gaming PC and PS4, and Xbox 360, and thePS3's . Well what are you looking at? What do you think I'm some kind of a jerk or something! - And this. That's all I need.

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Auron on 14 March 2008

RTS and FPS only. The rest SNES or PS.



Kasz216 on 15 March 2008
Strategyking92 said:
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
famousringo said:
Strategyking92 said:
twesterm said:
I use to prefer mouse and keyboard for RTS and FPS games, but after Metroid Prime 3 I think it's only best for RTS games.

doesn't MetroidP3 use auto aim though?


No. The lock-on is for missiles and camera control. It's entirely possible to lock on to one target and blast away another one.


That's still not the same as the computer fps's, you don't get the camera centered on the enemy, you gotta stay on him yourself.


Why should it be the same? You can play the whole game without using it at all, if you like. Personally, I like the distinction between camera control and gun control. Most PC FPSes link the two directly together, as if the bullets were actually coming out of your eyes.

You could easily implement the same feature in a PC shooter by binding lock-on to the shift key, or something. Would feel a little strange for breaking the mouselook world that PC shooters have been tied to for a decade now, but it opens up some interesting gameplay possibilities.


But, like I said, it's not the same. It takes more skill.


And it takes even more skill to play a FPS using dual analog because dual analog sucks for FPS. I actually find it harder though to have a visual camera that isn't tied to the crosshairs.

In a fairly simple FPS game that doesn't need many mapped keys, the wiimote plays better if you ask me... just because the nunchuck is a lot less awkward then the keyboard when it comes to things like strafing and makes things liked diagonal strafing a LOT easier... the percision issue is likely more due to having less practice or treating the wiimote like a lightgun zapper instead a different form of mouse imput.