There it's generally that anything before the PSX is played using mouse and keyboard and anything PSX and after is played using a controller aside from handhelds.In July of 2012 we had an invite-only mixer for single retro games, kind of like a speed-dating thing.
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Dishonored is in a first person perspective but contains the same Stealth elements as Batman games however keyboard and mouse control is great and the game mainly plays like a shooter so aiming is required and thus keyboard and mouse win.)Īll No's for both sets of questions means it's up in the air which I'll play with.Īnd I know you asked about PC Games but funnily enough the rules don't apply to emulation. Assassin's Creed actually plays rather well with keyboard and mouse but the need for precision movement is fairly substantial due to all the platforming and free-running/parkour movment so it's played with a controller. Is the game clearly optimized for controllers with keyboard and mouse control ending up and awkward afterthought?Ī Yes will mean I play with a controller (and the question about movement may override decent keyboard and mouse control if the game features stealth or parkour style free-running providing the other keyboard rules aren't met and or aren't common in the game) (that override however gets quite complicated.for instance 3D Batman games feature aiming.but it's not that important and the need for precision movement for stealth "platforming" is greater so they are played with a controller. So to summarize it mainly depends on the following questions:ĭoes it play well with keyboard and mouse?Ī Yes to any of them will mean I'll play the game with keyboard and mouse.Īnd if it's all No's then controller use will depend on the following questions:ĭoes it require precision movement and/or active movement in a 3D spectrum?
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For instance the Elder Scrolls series falls into 3rd person RPG and thus would be played with a controller BUT because it contains "precision" selection of items around the environment, like raiding the dinner table of it's nourishment and utensils, it's played with keyboard and mouse instead. This means all management games, RTSs, Turn-based strategy, anything requiring pointing and clicking (such as isometric ARPGs using that for movement rather than WASD), SRPGs, CRPGs, and Point and Click Adventures and then also steals some games from the controller side. These games are often identified by the existence of a cursor within the game. So these are actually best played with a Joystick.providing the game will allow me to use and configure one.Īnything requiring "precision selection" is best played using a mouse and keyboard. Flight games are equally plagued on both controller and keyboard and mouse.on controller I get inability for precise flight thanks to lack of co-ordiantion using analog sticks and on keyboard and mouse I get the same but mainly due to loss of analog adjustments. Arcade racers often stay with keyboard UNLESS they're clearly optimized for controller and handle very poorly on keyboard and/or contain really weird unconfigurable keys on the keyboard (as in poor menu control or command assignment often hinting at a lazy console port). Often I end up playing the 2D Platformers and other 2D games with a controller simply because it feels more authentic. Most I generally try with mouse and keyboard first. Then we come to games where I don't have any real preference such as pure arcade racers, 2D Platformers and other 2D Games and flight games. This means basically every 3rd person game that's not a shooter and semi-sim racers and Sports games.Īnything that's a Sim or Semi-sim Racer would ideally be played using a wheel but I'm often too lazy to set it up and then these revert using a controller. The games are often characterized by no cursor or crosshair being present in the game as well as prompts for 360 controller buttons regardless of control method used.
I just can't co-ordinate the crosshair to save my life using the analog sticks.Īnything requiring minute movement adjustments or movement within a 3D spectrum NOT containing shooting elements (with the exception of an archer class in an RPG which I usually don't play) MUST be played on a controller. Regardless of how bad keyboard and mouse control is every fight takes 10 times as long (and would be completely impossible without the cheats I almost always play with) using a controller. I can't aim with a controller to save my life. These games are usually characterized by the existence of a crosshair/targeting reticule. Hmm, it hugely depends although these days I play most things on controller.Īnything requiring any sort of aiming I MUST play with keyboard and mouse.
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