World of USB gamepads is becoming more and more available every
day. About 20% of the gamers had a USB gamepad plugged in and were tearing
up the virtual world without sweating. There are hundreds of gamepads
available online now, and they only multiply. And since the wonderful
people at Microsoft created the Xbox 360, their controller works perfectly on a
Vista machine. Gamepad vs. Keyboard: Which is best for PC Gaming? An
article from [OC]ModShop.
Let's see what Don Haynes said.
WASD or gamepad?
Unlike most people at this website, I can't brag that my first gaming
experience with Pong led me to the gaming fanatic I am today. I started my
love for gaming when my stepdad inherited a little change and bought a giant
satellite dish for the backyard, new bikes for myself and my brothers, and a
little box known as the Super Nintendo. I spent many, many hours as a
little Italian plumber jumping around kicking the crap out of King Koopa.
From there I went down the line, briefly owing a Sega Dreamcast and playing
the crap out of Mario Kart 64 on Nintendo's latest machine (at the time).
While playing the N64 I discovered Duke Nukem 3D, easily one of my more favorite
games of all time. It was at this point that I discovered that games were
not just on consoles, there was a whole new world opening up for me in the world
of 3D entertainment. I had played Wolfenstein 3D on my Dad's computer back
in 1995, but it seems I was too young to really grasp where the gaming industry
was going back then.
It was when I made the transition from "strictly console gamer" to "strictly
PC gamer" that I started to lose my feel for the gamepad. The mouse and
keyboard seemed to feel so much more natural to me, and the maneuvers I could
perform on a PC completely overshadowed the unholy mess I would make on a
gamepad. As I write this I am fully capable of completing every portion of
Left 4 Dead with sweet precision. I am the king of the headshot! But
you stick me in front of this game with a gamepad and I guarantee you will be
voting me off the campaign within the first minute. I seriously couldn't
aim worth a damn.
