- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: True Tanadian
Like I said, it's whatever you prefere. But if the keyboard is so much better, Why are there so many controlllers for computer but only one or two deyboards for consoles?
Because controllers are good in some types of games on a PC, like driving- and platform games? The reason you won't be seeing lots of keyboards for a console is because, shock and awe, it isn't a computer and don't really have use for a keyboard outside of FPS games and the occational Strategy game. Although I suppose you'd see more of them if game makers actually supported keyboard and mouse controls.
You just said that mice are more accurate AND faster. If they are faster aren't they harder to target Because you move so much?
No. Well yes, if you suck. But thankfully it doesn't take too long to learn how to aim, which you would know if you had used it more than 5 minutes.
If the keyboard is so much better than why don't consoles have them as a standard?
Because they're not computers, as I've mentioned before? And maybe because consoles have more spread between genres (platformers, puzzle games, driving sims, beat em ups and so on) seriously you should've been able to figure this out for yourself. Keyboard and mice (as a control method) isn't really good for anything other than FPS and Strategy games, which the PC got plenty of.
I think the controller is better because they fit your hand better. Your fingers are faster on them because the buttons are designed for playing games. A keyboard is designed for typing. It would take me like an hour to make this paragraph on a controller just like it would take me like an hour to get a half-descent kill ratio on the keyboard.
That's just a stupid analogy, the reason it'd take longer to type using a controller is that you'd have to use a virtual keyboard or whatever. And yes it'd be really hard getting a descent kill ratio on a keyboard, which is why we use mice to aim and the keyboard to move around. And for me, personally, it doesn't take longer to press a keyboard button or a button on a controller. But I suppose it could have to do with my muscles working fine.
If controllers don't stand a chance against a keyboard, why do people go through months trying to come up with the best controller possable for a pleasurable and unfrustrating gaming experience?
Because unlike on the PC console games isn't mostly FPSes or Strategy games?
Key boards are good for strategy like age of empires but I think they can improve on shooters. ...oh, and keyboards make my wrist hurt sometimes. But I guess it's personal preference.
Keyboard work just fine with shooters as they are, I really don't understand what you want to improve? You press a button and you move, how much better can you make it?
That said I'm not too fond of the keyboard and mouse setup myself, it's just more comfortable to use a controller. But I can't deny that the keyboard and mouse is more precise when it comes to shooters, nor do I hold any illusion that someone who is a expert with the controller could beat an expert of the keyboard and mouse.
[Edited on 10/13/2004 6:27:08 AM]