It depends on the game.
Trying to play a platformer using a keyboard is miserable. On the flip-side, trying to play an RTS with a controller sounds like one of the worst experiences imaginable.
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PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
And he’s right too
Godort@lemm.ee 2 years ago
pyre@lemmy.world 2 years ago
it’s only miserable if the developer doesn’t care about mkb.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 years ago
(and thus another 20 page long argument about gamepads and kb+m was started on the interwebs)
Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
nah
Analog sticks beat WSAD for movement any day and the mouse beats analog sticks in aiming.
Different tools for the job.
nxn@biglemmowski.win 2 years ago
There are keyboards with hall-effect/magnetic switches that allow precise measurement of how much any given key is held down. With that said it’s be possible to map the signals from WASD to emulate a controller’s left stick (at least in games that allow simultaneous kb+m and controller inputs, but that’s fairly common in my experience).
I have a keyboard like that on pre-order and I’m definitely looking forward to trying it. 4mm of travel isn’t much, but it should still be better than a binary signal.