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Do you use a controller for any of the following...?  

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  1. 1. Do you use a controller for any of the following...?

    • The Witcher (excluding the first)
      5
    • Fallout (excluding games that pre-date FO3)
      3
    • Elder Scrolls Skyrim
      5
    • Borderlands
      3
    • GTA (older games are configurable)
      8
    • Pac-Man (arcade style games)
      4
    • Indie games such as Limbo
      9
    • Sonic (includes the 3D versions)
      7
    • Far Cry (excluding the first)
      3

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This is to get an idea of what PC gamers use without bring up the excuse for "competitive"

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3 minutes ago, Techno_Reverend said:

This is to get an idea of what PC gamers use without bring up the excuse for "competitive"

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I use the gamepad on the 40'' TV  for whatever third person game I play: The Witcher 3, GTA V, Assassins Creed, Aragami, Hitman, Splinter Cell... so on... and the keyboard and mouse on the monitor to whatever first person  game: Metro 2033, CS:GO, Call of Duty, Amnesia, Bioshock and so on.

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I use it for racing and platforming games. Also in emulation. This means I would use it in GTA V sometimes too (if I had that game on PC).

 

Some of the games I use it with are Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing, Sonic Generations and Battleblock theater

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I use it on any non-first person games. In fact, I play a lot of single-player first person games with one. I'm really good with a  controller, and it doesn't feel like a handicap really, it's really comfortable on my couch. I enjoyed DOOM more with a controller without in fact. 

Online, fps games need controller if I want to live lol. I've won against kb/m users witha  controller, but it's a lot more fun with a kb/m. I still have one sitting by me for like battlefield vehicles. I'm pretty good with kb/m, but just above average at best. I won't win every match. I'm great with controller. 

Side note, since I'm really good with controller I play bf a lot on console just so I can whip console players around and feel good about myself. 

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1 minute ago, manikyath said:

i actually played civ V with a steam controller the other day, it was surprisingly nice.

Ohh that reminds me, I want to try trackmania with my steam controller. 

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Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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1 minute ago, Syntaxvgm said:

Ohh that reminds me, I want to try trackmania with my steam controller. 

trackmania on controller is nice.

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it honestly depends on game, if i played the game or one in the series originally on console, i use controller, if i didn't, KB+M, for me its what is comfortable as i don't have any noticeable difference in skill between the two in say FPS games like Battlefield and COD

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2 minutes ago, WolfoftheShadow7465 said:

it honestly depends on game, if i played the game or one in the series originally on console, i use controller, if i didn't, KB+M, for me its what is comfortable as i don't have any noticeable difference in skill between the two in say FPS games like Battlefield and COD

I'm a huge advocate for using KB+M in competitive shooters, CSGO for instance i'm Supreme right now and would never manage to get out of Silver with a controller i'm sure lol.

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Funny the list you made for people to vote does not include any racing game. Even Rocket League.

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2 minutes ago, Techno_Reverend said:

I'm a huge advocate for using KB+M in competitive shooters, CSGO for instance i'm Supreme right now and would never manage to get out of Silver with a controller i'm sure lol.

much the same for csgo, but you also have to look at how valve gave up on controller in that game, I use KB+M in it and im at MG1 right now

 

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1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Funny the list you made for people to vote does not include any racing game. Even Rocket League.

Racing is an obvious answer really, you must be dumb to use KB+M for it, the poll is limited too, i would like to have advanced poll options like indivudual answers with controller or KB+M along side those individual games.

 

Can only work with what i have.

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5 hours ago, Techno_Reverend said:

Racing is an obvious answer really, you must be dumb to use KB+M for it, the poll is limited too, i would like to have advanced poll options like indivudual answers with controller or KB+M along side those individual games.

 

Can only work with what i have.

Fair enough. But Rocket LEague?

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I only use a controller for GTA V, Dark Souls games, and JRPGs

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9 minutes ago, manikyath said:

trackmania on controller is nice.

I use a 360 controller but I need a mouse/kb for editor. I use a trackball on my couch but maybe steam controller is the answer. 

muh specs 

Gaming and HTPC (reparations)- ASUS 1080, MSI X99A SLI Plus, 5820k- 4.5GHz @ 1.25v, asetek based 360mm AIO, RM 1000x, 16GB memory, 750D with front USB 2.0 replaced with 3.0  ports, 2 250GB 850 EVOs in Raid 0 (why not, only has games on it), some hard drives

Screens- Acer preditor XB241H (1080p, 144Hz Gsync), LG 1080p ultrawide, (all mounted) directly wired to TV in other room

Stuff- k70 with reds, steel series rival, g13, full desk covering mouse mat

All parts black

Workstation(desk)- 3770k, 970 reference, 16GB of some crucial memory, a motherboard of some kind I don't remember, Micomsoft SC-512N1-L/DVI, CM Storm Trooper (It's got a handle, can you handle that?), 240mm Asetek based AIO, Crucial M550 256GB (upgrade soon), some hard drives, disc drives, and hot swap bays

Screens- 3  ASUS VN248H-P IPS 1080p screens mounted on a stand, some old tv on the wall above it. 

Stuff- Epicgear defiant (solderless swappable switches), g600, moutned mic and other stuff. 

Laptop docking area- 2 1440p korean monitors mounted, one AHVA matte, one samsung PLS gloss (very annoying, yes). Trashy Razer blackwidow chroma...I mean like the J key doesn't click anymore. I got a model M i use on it to, but its time for a new keyboard. Some edgy Utechsmart mouse similar to g600. Hooked to laptop dock for both of my dell precision laptops. (not only docking area)

Shelf- i7-2600 non-k (has vt-d), 380t, some ASUS sandy itx board, intel quad nic. Currently hosts shared files, setting up as pfsense box in VM. Also acts as spare gaming PC with a 580 or whatever someone brings. Hooked into laptop dock area via usb switch

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1 minute ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Fair enough. But Rocket LEague?

RL... never played it, but it's a racing game, i could see a mouse and keyboard having an advantage perhaps in changing camera angles fast if the mouse controls that?

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2 minutes ago, deXxterlab97 said:

Fair enough. But Rocket LEague?

isnt rocket league one of the "launch titles" for the steam controller?

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Why wouldn't you list one of the most popular genres to play with a controller on PC, racers and driving sims? That's all I use mine for.

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1 minute ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Why wouldn't you list one of the most popular genres to play with a controller on PC, racers and driving sims? That's all I use mine for.

Because duhh.

 

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2 minutes ago, ThinkWithPortals said:

Why wouldn't you list one of the most popular genres to play with a controller on PC, racers and driving sims? That's all I use mine for.

It's a little obvious that if you're going to play racing and driving games on PC, you will be using a controller. Or better yet a wheel.

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1 minute ago, Techno_Reverend said:

Because duhh.

 

lol

Do you really have your sig specs!? If so then why?

That's an F in the profile pic

 

 

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