I just bought a PC gamepad to play Team Fortress 2.

[DudeistBelieve]

Seriously, I tried the mouse and keyboard thing for about five minutes before I declared it simply unreasonable.

Does anyone else rightfully feel a real controller is the only way to play video games?

EDIT:

No way in hell?
Good luck aiming with a real 3D world nudging analog sticks.
I have a PS 2 and a PSP. I like consoles and handhelds. But there should be a law against FPS on analog stick systems - as good as Peace Walker was.

People wil OBLITERATE you on the pc. It's fine for RPGS and such but honestly, M+KB is *standard* for FPS games.
Saying it's "Unreasonable" ...is hilarious.

Heres my argument... I can't stand aiming and turning the camera with the mouse. I feel like I'm playing with a flippin' n64 controller.

 

[Nargleblarg]

Only for certain games especially if I owned them on a console first. As for team fortress 2 there is no way I could play it with a gamepad, but hey if that's what works for you then more power to you.

 

[D_West]

Nope.avi
Mouse and keyboard is the only way to go.
My advice is to play through Half Life 2 or another single player FPS before playing TF2 to get the controls down.

 

[Vhite]

Good luck playing against people who can actually use mouse and keyboard. If you can play like that without failing then you got my respect.

 

[New Troll]

Nope. Not at all. I do agree some games play easier on a pad, but a good majority are best with keyboard/ mouse. Team Fortress 2 along with most other shooters I would prefer keyboard/ mouse while playing.

 

[HerbertTheHamster]

the f2p players are so bad the game could actually be playable with a gamepad.

controllers are awful. any cross platform fps multiplayer has been abandoned because keyboard+mouse completely annihilates.

so to answer your question: no.

 

[Appleshampoo]

Lemme know what Server you play on and I'd be more than happy to collect the free kills that'll be you.

KB+M is far far faster than the sticks.

 

[Sassafrass]

Nope, and I play 99% of the time on consoles using a controller.

 

[[Gavo]]

An FPS? Mouse and keyboard is the way to go. Not using it on a PC game is simply crippling. You have my respect (as Vhite said) if you actually do well.

 

[Sebenko]

Lemme know what Server you play on and I'd be more than happy to collect the free kills that'll be you.

KB+M is far far faster than the sticks.

Pretty much this.

 

[Zakarath]

Nah, WASD plus a good gaming mouse is how to play games. A thumbstick can't nearly match the speed and precision of a mouse.

 

[SomebodyNowhere]

A PC FPS requires the precision of a mouse and keyboard. While I have played a few PC games that would have been improved by using a gamepad, shooters nearly always are best with mouse and keyboard.

 

[Aeriath]

As a rule, I tend to use mouse and keyboard for first person and controller for third person. Not all the time though, I use the mouse for Mass Effect and the controller for Mirror's Edge. I was brought up on consoles and only started playing on the PC a few years ago. The mouse and keyboard combo doesn't take too much effort to get used to, but even after a few years I still lose finger positions on the keyboard occassionally.

Overall the gamepad is easier to use, but the extra precision of the mouse is a must for some games in my opinion.

 

[InsaneMaggot]

I prefer a light gun and a Dance Dance Revolution mat to gamepads for FPS.


what, why are you looking at me like that?

[/attempt at humor]

No. There are few genres of games that are simply too annoying to play with gamepads. I love my gamepad and all, but it's for racing games, rpg's and stuff like that. you know, stuff you don't need to have control over a tiny crosshair?

I honestly can't see how KB+M is unreasonable. And no wonder that you didn't like it if you only tried it for 5 minutes.

 

[Handbag1992]

Dismissing a control system because you aren't used to it is silly, to be honest so is buying a game-pad when you can plug your ps3/360 controller into your computer and use it.
Still, easier kills for me

 

[ImprovizoR]

Are you really that lazy that you would rather play a PC FPS game with a gamepad instead of learning how to play with a mouse and keyboard? Anyway, you don't stand a chance. Not using a mouse and keyboard on a PC FPS is simply idiotic.

 

[SuperRobot64]

Seriously, I tried the mouse and keyboard thing for about five minutes before I declared it simply unreasonable.

Does anyone else rightfully feel a real controller is the only way to play video games?

Yes, controllers work better for pretty much anything where you play as something.

Real time strategy and point-and-click games are better with a mouse.

 

[Veroxx]

All fine and dandy until you realize most PC games don't have aim-assist like their console cousins then proceed to realize how much you actually rely on that in console games.

 

[Dense_Electric]

Certain shooters work with a controller. I can play Call of Duty reasonably well with a 360 controller. If anything, Halo actually works better with a controller. But Team Fortress 2 is a mouse+WASD exclusive. Return your gamepad (or save it for another game) and learn to play with a mouse and keyboard. If you don't, prepare for a very un-fun experience as other players consistently dominate you because you can't aim nearly as fast as them (seriously, good luck hitting a moving Scout as a Sniper using an analogue stick).