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anyone started late with gamepads? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago by dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml to c/patientgamers@lemmy.ml

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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?

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[–] dingdongitsabear@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

thanks steve! https://lemmy.zip/post/23518695

[–] variants@possumpat.io 2 points 1 week ago

I started really gaming on xbox 360 with elder scrolls but then around 2019 I focused on getting good with mouse and keyboard and switching to pc.

I used to do those aim training games and got pretty good at it but then when I had my baby I tried going back to controller to game on the TV but it was tough.

I ended up getting a lap desk and an azeron keypad with a hand held ball mouse thing to play like rts games.

I think I'd need to sit down and just practice with an aim trainer like I did going to mouse and keyboard to get back to using a controller to play games that require decent aim

[–] Subtex@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I can't play anything that requires precision aiming with a controller.

A Steam Controller though? I'm way better. Especially with the gyro aiming or micro adjustments on the touchpads.

I know they are discontinued but as someone like you who had a rough time with those types of games without a mouse, I'd see if you can find a steam controller on ebay or something.

But I don't play FPSes at all any more really. And with games like cyberpunk, I'm always more stealth than action oriented so it hasn't been a problem. And when I have to use a normal controller and am forced to aim, I heavily rely on aim assist settings. I don't care 😂

[–] i_am_not_a_robot@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago

I certainly started late with gamepads. Through most of my gaming years it was a combination of keyboard and joystick (and later mouse). I didn't have consoles until the Wii, but I did get the Pro Controller after a while and got on ok with it.

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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

[–] turkalino@lemmy.yachts 1 points 1 week ago

Gamepad for everything except shooters