What's so great about the mouse and keyboard?

[AP_Studios]

@Interference;689563

Some of the more obvious advantages that spring to mind:

KEYBOARD

1. Text input is a viable method of getting input from the player. On a controller it takes several minutes just to input a sentence. Someone with even basic typing skill could do the same with a keyboard in a few seconds.
2. BUTTONS. So many buttons. Various gameplay functions can be bound to single buttons rather than doubling options up or burying them in sub-menus.

MOUSE

1. Precise aiming.
2. Finer movement control. Kind of related to 1, but specifically meaning you can point and track positions on the screen to a greater level of accuracy than you would be able to manage with a thumbstick.
3. Speed. Under the right settings, you can whip a mouse cursor or the field of view around lightning fast.

This is the exact reason why the gaming industry has stayed away from adding in “cross platform” gaming. If you were to match up a K+M player against a pad player, the pad player would be at a great disadvantage (in most situations).

There are, of course, exceptions. Driving games, complex games with several actions (like Tomb Raider for example). I enjoyed god of war and cant imagine playing with K+M. Too many “complex” moves. Ever try Mortal Kombat on K+M? Disaster lol.

Just thinking: BF1 (or almost any from 3 on) the K+M is a pain in the rear when flying anything. Most (anyone i know at least) will drop the mouse and grab the pad in this instance. then back to K+M when playing outside of the aircraft.