What games do you use a controller for?

[Dreigo42]

Honestly, it depends. The only games that I ALWAYS use a controller for are racing games because you need to have analog control and I don't have room for a wheel. But I have my KB/M, an X360 controller and a Steam Controller and I just use whatever works best for the game I'm playing and where I'm playing it. I'm currently playing the first Witcher entirely with my Steam Controller.

[Techno_Reverend]

3 minutes ago, Froody129 said:

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

I went from a x58 PC with a GTX 280, have not PC gamed properly for like 4 years, and have been away from my home country working my ass off so i had some cash.

I run a 4K setup so the power is definitely used.

[typographie]

In addition to the ones I checked in the poll (The Witcher, Sanic, some indie games), I'd throw in Dark Souls, driving games including Rocket League, and some third-person action games like the Arkham series.

 

Personally, I cannot use a gamepad for anything that requires me to manually aim a projectile weapon often, no matter what it is. That includes things like MGSV that I think many people would prefer a pad for. I also really hate how analog stick motion looks/feels in first-person, so I always play first-person games with a mouse regardless of any aiming/shooting.

[ThinkWithPortals]

8 minutes ago, Phentos said:

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.

You'd be surprised. Several people I know play exclusively with a keyboard and mouse. One guy even plays with a keyboard and trackpad. shudder

 

I don't understand it myself. I mean, you shelled out for a gaming PC, but you can't drop $40 on a controller?

[Mira Yurizaki]

If it's not point and click heavy or a first person game, I'm going for a controller more often than not. Thumb sticks are handy when you need analog input that can be constantly held. Like I refuse to play games with flight mechanics with a mouse or keyboard, my mind cannot accept and process it.

[Techicolors]

i use a controller for games like Dark Souls, Darksiders, racing games, etc. i also alternate to a controller for games that can swap between control schemes on the fly, such as GTA V. 

[razor767]

There are 2 main reasons why I would use a controller:

 

1) If a game is optimised for a controller exclusive feature (analogue stick) that cannot be replicated with KB/M

 

2) If a game doesn't properly support mouse and forces me to use just the keyboard (many Platformers are guilty of this)

 

A list of some of my favourite PC games that I prefer to play with a controller:

 

Alice: Madness Returns, Battleblock Theater, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, DmC: Devil May Cry, Guacamelee!, LIMBO, Mark of the Ninja, Ori and the Blind Forest, Rayman Legends, Rocket League, Sonic Generations, SpeedRunners. 

[ivan134]

Watch dogs when driving and all racing games

Fighting games

Darksiders and similar hack n slash games (sometimes, I've mouse and keyboard to be pretty good in hack and slash games)

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