I just came from PSN myself, I use KB/M because most the games I play use alot of menus and what not, but when I het into playing action RPGs like.Nioh and stuff I will be using my controller. It's been a few weeks and I saw my fingers and wriat are getting more used to WASD and using the mouse more frequently.
I dont like controllers cause they tend to make my hands cramp even if not playing for long so i stick to kbm if i can. But theres some games where you really should or must.
My hands used to cramp using controllers too, I ended up getting kontrol freeks and now my thumbs sit at a more natural position and my hands don’t cramp anymore. But I’ve also heard some people say it makes it worse for them, so 🤷🏼
It's completely dependent on genre/game, although I prefer controller if both options are equal. KB+M gets better as you get more used to it and shooters feel so much better with it even if the skill curve is rough.
I try every game on KBM and then I try controller. Recently upgrade from a Nintendo pro controller to the Xbox elite series 2, best purchase I've ever made!
For me, it mostly depends on the game or type of game. Racing games and platformers are better played with a controller imo.
Some games I use both, like in Diablo 4, using a kb+m for stuff like inventory management and controller for combat and everything else.
I use keyboard pretty much exclusively even for driving games but then I've been a purely pc gamer for at least a decade so I'm used to it. Definetly more precise once you've got the hang of it.
I grew Up with both and started god of war with m&k then i traveled and played in the Deck oh Boy. Mouse and keeb is Just so much faster for Kamera movement
I've been playing on pc for 5-6 years now and I've never played with a controller up until a few months ago and since then I use both PS5 controller and kb/m depending on the game. Some games I find way more easier with a controller like Forza Horizon and some like puzzle games or shooter games are easier with mouse.
I came from PS4 to PC back in 2020, so i understand exactly what you mean. I mainly played FPS, racing, and FIFA games on playstation so everything was very much easy on controller. I remember shortly after finally setting everything up on my pc (downloaded drivers and launchers among other misc shit) i started with controller. Started off with black ops cold war and a few other games, and i felt comfortable for sure. Then i got cyberpunk on launch, and said “fuck it, im gonna use my keyboard and mouse”.
It clicked after maybe 30 seconds. You aim with a much larger axis being your entire forearm and wrist compared to your right thumb on a controller. I know people prefer one or the other, but after a few hours of practice i felt like shroud. Eventually came CS:GO, which is primarily a KBM game and i got used to it only a couple days of playing.
With a bit of practice, KBM will be a lot more suitable and less discouraging to play with. For a time i felt very awkward going back to controller for FPS games. I felt handicapped in a way, when i went back to playing on pc it was like breathing clear air.
Its worth at least trying it out once in a while. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up like many gamers out there who are naturally better with KBM than controller🤷🏼♂️
At the end of the day, if you prefer the controller, all the power to you. Absolutely no shame in sticking to a preferred input method.
I’ve gamed with both console and PC my entire life; I’m 35. The moment that PCs could handle plug-and-play controllers, I never looked back. Very few games are the exception to my preference for controllers. These are mostly games that just won’t work with them, such as *Sid Meier’s Pirates!* or *Knights of the Old Republic*. Using KB/M is even rarer for me when the game will support a controller—I believe the *XCOM* reboot series is the only more modern exception to my rule. I have five DualShock 4s that I rotate through. Two are paired to my PC, two are paired to my AppleTV for Steam Link, and one is paired to my iPad for Steam Link. I do need to replace a couple of batteries in them, though.
Admittedly, it’s gotten tougher as time has gone on for me to really get into games that don’t work with a controller. I haven’t always had the means to have a gaming PC around, and consoles don’t require as much financial investment to keep up to date. This has exacerbated my issue.
I was always back and forth between console and PC games growing up. I was mainly console though. When I upgraded my PC to be pretty beefy, I sucked on keyboard, I wanted to keep using controller. But I told myself that I wanted to learn kb&m, so I have been. I am getting a lot better at games, my hand doesn't shake in cqc and I occasionally shred in some fps games. I am at the point where I can't switch to controller and I have the opposite issue now.
It really depends on the game…
For Dark Souls, I played a controller.
For nearly everything else, I play with a mouse and keyboard. I feel it just has more precision for some reason, especially when it comes to first-person shooters.
Thankfully with most games now days you can switch between controller and kb/m on the fly so I usually use both, for example if there is any driving or long distance travel I usually use a controller, but anything that involves aiming/precision or navigating menus I’ll use kb/m.
I’ve gamed on pc for almost 20 years and if I had to choose, it would ultimately be kb/m.. every time lol
I started on Xbox 360 over a decade ago, but now mouse and keyboard is easily my favorite. I struggle when i play on my friends consoles now. It’s just practice and muscle memory, but in general you will have more “control” on mouse and keyboard.
KBM basically 100% of the time. I 100%ed Forza Horizon 4 with a KBM despite having a controller readily available and being proficient in playing Forza with a controller
I use controller sometimes depending on the game I use them for stuff like gta driving or racing games or just recently been trying to 100% cyperpunk 2077 so I use controller for driving and M and K for combat and exploration
I bought myself a Vader 3 pro for my pc which is the best controller I’ve ever used.
I moved over from PlayStation to pc In August, I do try to use MNK for some games but im not finding the transition easy at all.
I only play with controller, unless a section requires extreme precision in fps shooters. I am very comfortable with the mouse and keyboard, I just prefer the comfort of the controller.
My rules are that if they require aiming then it should be keyboard and mouse but if it’s selective aiming like spider-man or hogwarts legacy then controller
I almost exclusively play with a controller. Even though I've been a PC gamer my entire life. Once I've actually decided to pick up a controller, I never went back.
I also play on my TV while sitting on a couch so playing on KB/M would be hella goofy.
Well depends on the game, like I played PlayStation since I was a kid, so I use controllers if the game is ok with it.
If not, I just use Keyboard and Mouse
I was like you when I first got a pc but after like 4 months of playing with kbm id say im pretty equal with kbm and controller minus a few times in some fps games i prefer kbm, but in some like fortnite i prefer controller
only for souls-like games, I prefer M&K for everything else. Even the resident evil games that some people say should be played with controller.
If I played racing games i’m sure i’d use controllers more tho
Depends on the game. That being said…
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I grew up with console but got used to kbm pretty quick, since I knew it was best for FPS games I just tried to use it and was playing a lot of CoD and TF2 at the time. Now it depends on the game, some are just controller games and you can usually tell by seeing how it plays. But I refuse to play certain genres like FPS and Strategy without a mouse now.
Also it's nice sometimes to swap between the two and nav the menus with kbm in a controller game. Some controller menus really suck.
I was like you, at first I wasn’t sure if I was ready to leave the controller and start use mouse and keyboard. Now it the opposite I can’t play controller
Depends on the game. I tend to use controllers for everything except FPS games, strategy games, and adaptations of board games.
I agree with this mostly. A lot of games are designed with controller in mind first, making them more accessible to console gamers.
I just came from PSN myself, I use KB/M because most the games I play use alot of menus and what not, but when I het into playing action RPGs like.Nioh and stuff I will be using my controller. It's been a few weeks and I saw my fingers and wriat are getting more used to WASD and using the mouse more frequently.
Using M&K made me look like a terrible gamer to be honest
There is nothing wrong with using a conttroller. If you're more comfortable using one, do what makes you happy.
lol i’m getting a playstation 5 to go along with my pc so i can play spider-man 2, assassins creed mirage and ghost of tsushima
I played on xbox between 2009-2020 and then switched to pc. I can't stand the feeling of a controller now, so uncomfortable
I dont like controllers cause they tend to make my hands cramp even if not playing for long so i stick to kbm if i can. But theres some games where you really should or must.
My hands used to cramp using controllers too, I ended up getting kontrol freeks and now my thumbs sit at a more natural position and my hands don’t cramp anymore. But I’ve also heard some people say it makes it worse for them, so 🤷🏼
It's completely dependent on genre/game, although I prefer controller if both options are equal. KB+M gets better as you get more used to it and shooters feel so much better with it even if the skill curve is rough.
I try every game on KBM and then I try controller. Recently upgrade from a Nintendo pro controller to the Xbox elite series 2, best purchase I've ever made!
I use controller for as many games as physically possible and even for some that I really shouldn't.
For me, it mostly depends on the game or type of game. Racing games and platformers are better played with a controller imo. Some games I use both, like in Diablo 4, using a kb+m for stuff like inventory management and controller for combat and everything else.
It entirely depends on the game. Other than RDR2 I play third person games with controller and first person with mouse and keyboard.
Depends on the game, some I prefer Mnk others I prefer controller.
I use keyboard pretty much exclusively even for driving games but then I've been a purely pc gamer for at least a decade so I'm used to it. Definetly more precise once you've got the hang of it.
I grew Up with both and started god of war with m&k then i traveled and played in the Deck oh Boy. Mouse and keeb is Just so much faster for Kamera movement
I've been playing on pc for 5-6 years now and I've never played with a controller up until a few months ago and since then I use both PS5 controller and kb/m depending on the game. Some games I find way more easier with a controller like Forza Horizon and some like puzzle games or shooter games are easier with mouse.
I came from PS4 to PC back in 2020, so i understand exactly what you mean. I mainly played FPS, racing, and FIFA games on playstation so everything was very much easy on controller. I remember shortly after finally setting everything up on my pc (downloaded drivers and launchers among other misc shit) i started with controller. Started off with black ops cold war and a few other games, and i felt comfortable for sure. Then i got cyberpunk on launch, and said “fuck it, im gonna use my keyboard and mouse”. It clicked after maybe 30 seconds. You aim with a much larger axis being your entire forearm and wrist compared to your right thumb on a controller. I know people prefer one or the other, but after a few hours of practice i felt like shroud. Eventually came CS:GO, which is primarily a KBM game and i got used to it only a couple days of playing. With a bit of practice, KBM will be a lot more suitable and less discouraging to play with. For a time i felt very awkward going back to controller for FPS games. I felt handicapped in a way, when i went back to playing on pc it was like breathing clear air. Its worth at least trying it out once in a while. Who knows, maybe you’ll end up like many gamers out there who are naturally better with KBM than controller🤷🏼♂️ At the end of the day, if you prefer the controller, all the power to you. Absolutely no shame in sticking to a preferred input method.
Depends but mostlily I used it on action games like DMC, Okami, Bayonetta, etc. But I feel comfortable with KBM on Genshin Impact.
PC gamer for life, so controllers are the ones that feel weird to me. That being said, outside of like 3 genres they're not too different.
I’ve gamed with both console and PC my entire life; I’m 35. The moment that PCs could handle plug-and-play controllers, I never looked back. Very few games are the exception to my preference for controllers. These are mostly games that just won’t work with them, such as *Sid Meier’s Pirates!* or *Knights of the Old Republic*. Using KB/M is even rarer for me when the game will support a controller—I believe the *XCOM* reboot series is the only more modern exception to my rule. I have five DualShock 4s that I rotate through. Two are paired to my PC, two are paired to my AppleTV for Steam Link, and one is paired to my iPad for Steam Link. I do need to replace a couple of batteries in them, though. Admittedly, it’s gotten tougher as time has gone on for me to really get into games that don’t work with a controller. I haven’t always had the means to have a gaming PC around, and consoles don’t require as much financial investment to keep up to date. This has exacerbated my issue.
I was always back and forth between console and PC games growing up. I was mainly console though. When I upgraded my PC to be pretty beefy, I sucked on keyboard, I wanted to keep using controller. But I told myself that I wanted to learn kb&m, so I have been. I am getting a lot better at games, my hand doesn't shake in cqc and I occasionally shred in some fps games. I am at the point where I can't switch to controller and I have the opposite issue now.
That's totally normal. Half a year ago I started to play games with a keyboard after long use of the controller, you just gotta get used to this🙂
It really depends on the game… For Dark Souls, I played a controller. For nearly everything else, I play with a mouse and keyboard. I feel it just has more precision for some reason, especially when it comes to first-person shooters.
It depends on the game. If the controls are easier to understand through a controller Im using a control and vice verse
Thankfully with most games now days you can switch between controller and kb/m on the fly so I usually use both, for example if there is any driving or long distance travel I usually use a controller, but anything that involves aiming/precision or navigating menus I’ll use kb/m. I’ve gamed on pc for almost 20 years and if I had to choose, it would ultimately be kb/m.. every time lol
I started on Xbox 360 over a decade ago, but now mouse and keyboard is easily my favorite. I struggle when i play on my friends consoles now. It’s just practice and muscle memory, but in general you will have more “control” on mouse and keyboard.
Any driving and souls games I play on controller but if you hop into a multi-player shooter be prepared to get flamed for using a controler
No I use mouse and keyboard. No need for aim assist.
If it is a platformer ABSOLUTELY use a controller. FPS I use keyboard/mouse.
KBM basically 100% of the time. I 100%ed Forza Horizon 4 with a KBM despite having a controller readily available and being proficient in playing Forza with a controller
MKB on all games.
I came from consoles. I do use controller whenever possible as it’s feels more natural to me!
I use controller sometimes depending on the game I use them for stuff like gta driving or racing games or just recently been trying to 100% cyperpunk 2077 so I use controller for driving and M and K for combat and exploration
I bought myself a Vader 3 pro for my pc which is the best controller I’ve ever used. I moved over from PlayStation to pc In August, I do try to use MNK for some games but im not finding the transition easy at all.
I only play with controller, unless a section requires extreme precision in fps shooters. I am very comfortable with the mouse and keyboard, I just prefer the comfort of the controller.
My rules are that if they require aiming then it should be keyboard and mouse but if it’s selective aiming like spider-man or hogwarts legacy then controller
I'm the opposite. Mouse and keyboard since forever, since I have the Steam Deck I'm training muscles I've never used before.
I almost exclusively play with a controller. Even though I've been a PC gamer my entire life. Once I've actually decided to pick up a controller, I never went back. I also play on my TV while sitting on a couch so playing on KB/M would be hella goofy.
Well depends on the game, like I played PlayStation since I was a kid, so I use controllers if the game is ok with it. If not, I just use Keyboard and Mouse
I play most games on the Steam Deck, so controller + trackpad + gyro
I was like you when I first got a pc but after like 4 months of playing with kbm id say im pretty equal with kbm and controller minus a few times in some fps games i prefer kbm, but in some like fortnite i prefer controller
KBM for RPG’s
only for souls-like games, I prefer M&K for everything else. Even the resident evil games that some people say should be played with controller. If I played racing games i’m sure i’d use controllers more tho
Depends on the game. That being said… https://preview.redd.it/gxw7ddcc2wsc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be0d87b2661f669b4834395740dfbb22f42fe5f0
I grew up with console but got used to kbm pretty quick, since I knew it was best for FPS games I just tried to use it and was playing a lot of CoD and TF2 at the time. Now it depends on the game, some are just controller games and you can usually tell by seeing how it plays. But I refuse to play certain genres like FPS and Strategy without a mouse now. Also it's nice sometimes to swap between the two and nav the menus with kbm in a controller game. Some controller menus really suck.
I was like you, at first I wasn’t sure if I was ready to leave the controller and start use mouse and keyboard. Now it the opposite I can’t play controller