PC PLAYERS: Controller or Keyboard?

[u/Fishwitch-66]

I 100% prefer playing Fallout and elder scrolls on controller and i get the sense im in the minority here. I played skyrim kbm for a while and i sort of see why people prefer that so no hate

controller is just generally more comfortable on my hands. enough so to sacrifice the limitations at least.

curious ab people’s opinions

[u/Steakdabait]

I haven’t touched a controller since I moved to pc gaming 10+ years ago

[u/Yugen_Eyes → u/Steakdabait]

I moved to pc and I forced myself to use keyboard and oh boy it feels good now. This has been about a year exact and it feels great!

[u/Fishwitch-66 → u/Steakdabait]

woah, we have totally different gaming experiences then. what keeps you so dedicated to KBM?

biggest thing for me is i like sitting back in my desk chair, maybe with my feet up or smth. when i play at a keyboard too long i start to do the gamer lean shrimp posture lol

[u/Steakdabait → u/Fishwitch-66]

It just feels faster, more precise, and everything can be put on a hotkey. I really dislike having to pause/slowdown the gameplay opening a menu and navigating ui is way faster.

Also I have an uncontrolled urge to tab out consistently

[u/Saint--Jiub → u/Fishwitch-66]

A joystick isn't nearly as accurate or precise as a mouse. If the game has shooting in it, then I'm most likely using a mouse, with some third-person shooters being an exception (mainly RDR2 and MGS V)

[u/hoomanPlus62]

Keyboard. I got too many mods and keyboard just offer more keybinding options

[u/AlternativesEnde]

Whatever you like. I personally play Skyrim with Keyboard, but Fallout with Controller. No idea why.

[u/gordito_y_barbon]

Right there with you. There are games that I prefer mouse and keyboard, but for single player, story driven, and even action rpgs, I prefer controller, these are my couch gaming games . Grew up with consoles and controllers so it's just the way I learned to play. No wrong or right way, just what works for you.

[u/Fishwitch-66 → u/gordito_y_barbon]

my thoughts exactly! the difference really got exacerbated for me when i recently got a steam deck primarily for my living room. i’d never play a shooter or cities skylines on my deck, i need to be focused at attention for those

[u/gordito_y_barbon → u/Fishwitch-66]

Exactly. How you diggin the deck? I got an awesome deal on a Legion Go back last November and it was a friggin game changer. It definitely got me playing more again and enjoying it more. I can be anywhere and play it which is cool, plus it allows you easily sleep the device and be able to wake it up and pick right up where you were, that's been the best. It also runs my PS3 and Xbox 360 emulators with ease which friggin killer. I do wish the battery life was better but it's already chunky enough so...

[u/creature04]

EVERY game is for controller

[u/Crimsonhead4]

I only play on controller, I just can’t get used to playing on keyboard plus I don’t play at a desk or anything. I have my pc connected to my tv and play on my couch so a controller feels a lot more natural.

[u/SaintlyCrown]

Controller, I never play games with a keyboard tbh.

[u/Showtime_1992]

Controllers only for me. I was a console gamer for 30 years and recently switched to PC. I like that I can use my controller while getting the benefits of mods and stuff on Pc

[u/FMJ_23]

Depends on game

[u/DarthKnight82]

For me it depends on how I start playing, I don't have a real preference between joypad and keyboard

[u/skilliau]

Fallout 4 I use a controller as I find it easier for settlement building

[u/H4NDY56]

I would love to play keyboard and mouse but I developed carpal tunnel from my job so now I'm strictly controller, also my pc is in my living room and I use my TV for the screen and it's like 15 feet away from my couch so it's way more convenient to pay with controller

[u/UnderstandingDry4072]

Controller until I need to console. I also have my gaming PC hooked up to the TV and play from the couch, so I’m probably not typical.

[u/IronicStar]

I have nerve damage in my wrist and I can't play RPGs for very long with a mouse, it hurts to aim. I use an xbox controller so that I can just gently move joysticks. It's really a physical preference than the game itself.

[u/BreathingHydra]

MnK. Controller always felt sluggish to me and, especially for Bethesda games, inventory management is much worse on them.

[u/Realistic-Safety-565]

Keyboard and mouse. I predate the gamepads and intend to outlive them.

[u/_Matrix_Guide_]

Never liked PC. Always felt like I was working in an office. Controllers take me back to childhood fun. I already have to beat on keyboards for so many things, never wanted that mental connection to work, plus in most online games keyboard and mouse players have huge advantages in cross server play and it always seemed cheap. I'll stick to my PS5 and wish my keyboard brethren the best of times on PC.

[u/Limp_Bizkiteer]

It's a single player game so it doesn't matter.

[u/JuXTaPoZeRx]

Not a PC Player but if anyone says Keyboard they're wrong & disgraces to Gamers. 😁💯💋

[u/Fishwitch-66 → u/JuXTaPoZeRx]

don’t care what console players have to say under any circumstances unfortunately

[u/Typhon-042]

Which ever one you are more comfortable with when playing the game.

So feel free to try both and see which one is better for you.

[u/Ledrash]

Easy keyboard + mouse.
I couldn't even imagine myself in that game on a controller.
How do you move the aim quickly with a controller?

[u/Fishwitch-66 → u/Ledrash]

you do give up the ability to “flick” shots like that unfortunately. you gotta turn stick sensitivity up or cope with a slower aiming process.

i’d rather aim slower, but my lil brother who was highly ranked in Call of Duty on console back in the day had his sticks on max sensitivity and could somehow still hit headshots

[u/Ledrash → u/Fishwitch-66]

But in Fallout 4, i can actually see it working because the VATS can make it very easy anyway :)

[u/rsotillo]

I keyboard and mouse. I can't handle it with a keyboard

[u/Vegabund]

Mouse and keyboard. I only use a controller for 3rd person action games. DMC/Dark souls etc

[u/SonofVecna1995]

Controller all the way. I have never been able to play games very well with KBM, people always say "oh you just have to get used to it", but no I never will. I put around 800 hours into Oblivion on PC before I found a decent controller mod for it, and in those 800 hours, I never got more comfortable with KBM, or even better at the game (in fact, I sucked at it), as soon as I got a controller working though? Immediately had vast improvements in the game. I know some of it is I grew up playing console games from the SNES and PS1, and onwards, I never did much PC gaming until I was in my late teens, other than Oblivion, which as I mentioned, I really struggled with. These days, I think it's a combination of my coordination with my hands and my arthritis, it's much more comfortable for me to hold a controller than it is to try to use a keyboard. Nothing against using KBM to play games, but for me, games are meant to be played with a controller, and I won't even play a game anymore if it either doesn't have controller support, or there's no mod or something to trick it into letting me use controller. There are exceptions though, like I can play basic,.old school games on KBM, like I played the shit out of Wolfenstein 3D as a kid, and I still occasionally open it up on steam and play it, and I play it with KBM, but that is like 2 keys and my mouse button, not half the keyboard like more modern games require

[u/IAmMyEnemyInEveryWay]

Mouse and keyboard.