Poll: Do you use auto aim?

[chromewarriorXIII]

I don't usually mess with it. If it's on, I usually leave it on. It has helped me occasionally, like picking up someone through a smoke screen that I couldn't see.

 

[Alon Shechter]

On games like RDR , yes because hitting someone while me and him both are riding like crazy on a wagon is hard.
On FPS games , screws up the aiming and i might shoot an exploding barrel a billion miles away instead of that guy 2 meters from me.

I have to concur with this statement.

In Red Dead Redemption it sets you up to know where it is, which helps whenever a damned Cougar is near by... freaking ninja cats... they haunt my nightmares. Anywho! You can still adjust it ahead if you're aiming for a bird, it's definitely the best Auto Aim I've ever seen as it gives you freedom and a helping hand. You even have to be looking in the general direction for it, which reduces its hindrance considerably. Although the one time I accidentally shot a poor guy that was just playing Five Finger Fillet, but that's okay because I got a good laugh out of it.

And concerning FPS is well enough said for me. Never touch the stuff in that genre.

Sorry , but where exactly did you disagree?
You fully agreed with me.

 

[Oktanas]

Never because I'm awesome and I can aim at the enemy I don't need any cheats to aim.

 

[goatzilla8463]

You can turn it off?

Never knew that.

But to be honest, I neither feel it helps or hinders me in any sort of way. All it is is that my gun seems to nudge me a little in the direction of an enemy. As if I hadn't figured out that you had to actually point your gun at someone to kill them.

 

[chenry]

On games like RDR , yes because hitting someone while me and him both are riding like crazy on a wagon is hard.
On FPS games , screws up the aiming and i might shoot an exploding barrel a billion miles away instead of that guy 2 meters from me.

I have to concur with this statement.

Sorry , but where exactly did you disagree?
You fully agreed with me.

Uhm. He didn't disagree. Unless someone changed the definition of concur without telling me, he said he agreed with you.

 

[Ironic Pirate]

Never in single player, and only if it's smooth and barely noticeable (BF:BC and BF"BC2)

 

[DigitalSushi]

Hell why stop at auto aim? Why not auto reload or auto crouch or auto spawn camp?

Yeah I agree!

I also wish there was an "auto kill everything" button that I didn't have to press, that would be nice.

 

[Alon Shechter]

On games like RDR , yes because hitting someone while me and him both are riding like crazy on a wagon is hard.
On FPS games , screws up the aiming and i might shoot an exploding barrel a billion miles away instead of that guy 2 meters from me.

I have to concur with this statement.

Sorry , but where exactly did you disagree?
You fully agreed with me.

Uhm. He didn't disagree. Unless someone changed the definition of concur without telling me, he said he agreed with you.

My bad. Thought it said "Counter".

 

[Mechsoap]

auto aim is for newbs,noobs and casual gamers

Or those of us not blessed with HD. I do not use auto aim. However, if a game has an aim assist, because I only have a 17" SD monitor and a 27" SD TV then it really helps. When playing COD or Mass Effect, half the time, I can't see the fockers. So, aim assist helps me (in single player, people who use it in multiplayer are cheating scumbuckets) to find the guys I have trouble seeing.

Also, if you use VATS, then the answer is automatically "Yes" I know it doesn't hit 100% of the time, but what else do you call it?

yeah thats a good point indeed

 

[Miumaru]

It depends on the game. For first person games it is often better gone, for third person, it is much more often required.

 

[ethaninja]

There are some games with camera views or controls SO BAD that I have no choice but to use auto aim. I also use auto aim for third person titles if I am playing on a console because I hate aiming with the stick thing. But for everything else, s'all good without the autoaim.

 

[squid5580]

If it's on by default, it stays on. If it's not, it stays off.

This. I never check.

 

[Plinglebob]

I couldn't aim a console controller to save my virtual life. Simple as that. Auto-aim helps a little, I suppose. But it's a supplement, not a replacement, for actually aiming skills.

I'm primarily a PC gamer and so my aiming with game pad is crap.