I guess this should be an appropriate community, participants possibly on the older side… so, I only recently got my first gamepad. played with keyboard and mouse up until then.

so, with a couple of games I tried (tomb raiders, uncharted, NFS, etc) it’s kinda going but I suck at anything that needs fast responses, like aiming and hitting moving enemies; don’t think I’d have any trouble with a mouse.

so I guess my question is - any old timers around that got good at this late in their gaming career?

  • MalixEnglish
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    3 months ago

    started with NES games in late 80’s, so in theory I should be fine with game pads? Platformers and driving games I can generally do fine, anything else? … heh, it’s like watching parents use computers. I just can’t do first/third person aiming with analog sticks or use bumpers/triggers at the same time with anything else.

    Mouse and keyboard are my weapons of choice, at least with those I’m not embarrassingly bad.

    edit: though, Nintendo Game Cube controller is kinda my thing, not that I’ve played much of NGC games or anything, but I did finish Eternal Darkness just fine (emulated, used savestates, but still), the controller just feels way more natural than modern xbox/ps controllers