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Let's take a moment to remember the time period when everyone had to adjust to using dual-joysticks on controllers.
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this post was submitted on 10 Feb 2026
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Mouse and Keyboard superiority!!!
Mouse and keyboard has never felt right for most games for me.
I came up on pads for everything, and still do it for stuff like the Arkhams, Silksong, and various forms of platformer, but FPS? Once you've mouse aimed, the joypad just feels clunky.
KB&M with Arkham games was my jam! Now that I'm better with a controller, I can see why people like it.
Seeing people play something like Assassin's Creed on mouse and keyboard is just wild.
I rather play Assassin's Creed and souls games on mouse and keyboard for the rest of my life that FPSs on controller.
It's better for FPS games and worse for action games.
Don't forget about RTS, MMO and some CRPG.
And fighting games
I don't know about that, I wouldn't want to play a fighting game with standard keyboard. An ergonomic keyboard could work though. In any case from what I've seen those guys either play with a gamepad or an arcade stick.
Leverless controllers are pretty OP, you can hit both forward and back at the same time making movement inputs way faster for some moves & once you get used to it a mechanical keyboard feels about the same
It's not worse for action games if you get good.
I tried kb&m for Witcher 3 for about 5 minutes. It was miserable.
I switched between Gamepad and M/KB for inventory management because I haven't seen an Inventory yet where mouse input isn't faster.
GenZ?
Nope, millennial. Mouse and keyboard is fine for strategy games but I prefer a controller for almost everything else.
You should try VR
I tried it once and I hated it.
A mouse? For shooters?!?
I definitely still played Quake with keyboard only and having it automatically look up or down on ramps.
I think during playing Jedi Knight I started using the mouse and having the revolutionary idea of using the numpad for movement and the surrounding keys for important Force powers. Because that was so much better than using the arrow keys.
No idea when I switched to WASD.
Next you'll be telling me you missed tank controls in games. Why strafe when you can slowly rotate to turn?
Yep. Tomb Raider and Resident Evil are the only 3D games I like.
Metroid Prime my beloved…
JK 2. Mouse wheel up and down for push and pull, click for choke. Others can be keys.
A lot of games have aim assist with controllers. I'm currently playing Read Dead Redemption 2 and when you aim with a controller, it auto locks to their body.
I noticed that with a bunch of games when I'm playing on the Steam Deck.
I always turn that off. Being used to a mouse I always turned my right stick sensitivity WAAYY up so I could aim quickly, but the aim assist would always throw off my muscle memory for how far/long to pull the stick. Then I tried gyro/touchpad aiming for shooters and couldn't get the hang of it, I like playing with the deck resting on something, I can't just hold it in the air the whole time I'm playing. Now I just play shooters on PC and everything else on steam deck.
Ya. The controller people on their little boxes do not understand.
Like, I could plug a controller into my PC ... but WHY?
I'm gonna just ruin everyone's day by sharing that I play racing simulators with a controller. On PC.
Im gonna add to the ruination by saying I play shooters on PC with a controller
Really? Like, I know its physically possible. Do you survive long?
But ... a little ruination is always good. Game on, friend.
I use gyro + flickstick, which is a lot better than the regular stick aim :3 (after getting used to gyro stick aim just feels slow and mushy x3. I can't use it anymore)
But I do fine at surviving :3. I mean, in competitive games I at least survive as long as my team usually does, and my K/D/A or win/lose scores are usually in the positive and stuff. Im not like a pro competitive player by any point tho, so it's also not like im fighting the best of the best hehe ^^ and obviously singleplayer/co-op games are fine :3
Sure. Racing and flight simulators are a joke on those little boxes. Ya need a PC. Do you use extra monitors?
Hah, I play on a laptop with just its screen.
‘Gran Turismo’ is in fact quite good, and supports wheels. Their fantasy tracks are really nice, starting from the first game. ‘Wreckfest’ also works fine on consoles.
Man those smart TVs are so cheap now. The video screen is what you interact with most, its the biggest part of the experience. Get yourself a huge TV, an HDMI cable, and call it your gaming monitor. (My TVs don't get to talk to the internet.)
Yeah, it would also be the biggest part of my room.
:] Laptop it is, then!
One day when you're an adult, you'll look back at the childish patronising insults you threw at millions of women, men and children, none of whom you know or have any right to judge, in order to feel a sense of smug superiority for a few moments on the Internet.
If adulthood hasn't happened yet, it's not likely. I broke enough Atari controllers to have paid my dues. Fixed em with superglue and tape. But, you know. I was twelve. Then I got older and purchased big boy toys.
You ought to consider shorter sentences. And drop some of the formalisms. That works better for today's audiences.
This is not tiktok. People can handle longer sentences.
One would hope. Unfortunately, its not true.
But don't get involved in two old people bitching at each other. No profit there, friend.
because i can lean back and put my legs up on my desk this way. Using the mouse in this position is super awkward (keyboard cable would be long enough, but no surface for the mousepad is an issue). But i wouldn't bother with a cable for plugging in the controller, 2.4GHz and Bluetooth are a thing nowadays.
Sweet. I'm old and security conscious. I like wires. I have a long-cabled USB hub to extend my peripherals to my nest of pillows or an easy chair.
I got this stupid 'lap desk' for my bedroom. Looks dumb, but it holds a drink, a phone slot, keyboard and mouse space. There's a couple legs I rarely extend. Works perfectly.
You've brought me some ideas how to reorganize my space in the future - I do have some 5m usb cables lying around and a cheap USB hub. I'm moving in the next few months, and I'll keep that in mind, thanks
I love my cables too and am security-minded, buy my gamepad input isn't exactly worth protecting except from embarrassment when I'm failing comically.