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3rd-person shooters optimized for controllers? (piefed.social)

submitted 3 days ago by mohab@piefed.social to c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

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I don't feel comfortable using a mouse and I have no interest in working on my mouse skills. I play all of my games with either a controller or a keyboard, and I'm looking for 3rd-person shooters I can play with a controller.

I'm mainly interested in action games. I'm OK with a world with gated areas a la metroidvanias/soulslikes, but I'm not interested in full-on open world or narrative-driven games.

Examples of 3rd-person shooters I enjoyed playing with a controller: Gungrave, Vanquish, and Evil West.

Examples of 3rd-person shooters I don't enjoy and have no interest in: Uncharted, The Last of Us, Red Dead Redemption, Dead Space, Control/Alan Wake, or GTA.

I mainly play on PC, Steam in particular, but I'll boot up emulators if the game is worth it.

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 7 points 3 days ago (2 children)

That's not even close to true.

15% of Steam sessions are using a controller on a PC

https://steamcommunity.com/games/593110/announcements/detail/4142827237888316812

[–] actionjbone@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah, these days I play everything with a controller - because I'd rather sit on the couch than in a desk chair.

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Please explain how people sometimes using controllers on PC means that there exists a considerable amount of PC gamers who are uncomfortable with using a mouse.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Every person who games on a PC has a keyboard and mouse available to them. If 15% of those on average choose to use a controller instead that's a lot of people who are more comfortable using that than keyboard and mouse.

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

No. It might simply be that people prefer using a controller for specific games, which is a very reasonable explanation if you're familiar with video games. The statistics says nothing about this because it's too general.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk -1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

It might simply be that people prefer using a controller for specific games

So you could say, it's more comfortable for some to play those games with a controller...

[–] PuddleOfKittens@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Some games literally don't use a mouse. For instance Baba Is You or The Binding Of Isaac or Shank would, at best, use the mouse for menus. You could play them exclusively with a keyboard but 1) you're giving up analog input, and 2) unless you have a gaming keyboard, some of those games will have horrific keyboard ghosting especially if they have any sort of combos like Shank does.

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

OP specifically wrote:

I don't feel comfortable using a mouse

This is in general and not specific to any game... There exists a myriad of people who are comfortable with using mouse and keyboard while still preferring controllers for some specific games. You should try to better your reading comprehension.

[–] Denjin@feddit.uk -1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This is in general and not specific to any game

My reading comprehension? Please show me where I said anything that contradicts that.

[–] mang0@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

OP specifically wrote:

I don’t feel comfortable using a mouse

You said:

So you could say, it’s more comfortable for some to play those games with a controller…

Please explain how people preferring to play some games with a controller is related to people who are uncomfortable with using a mouse at all.