Mouse or pad?

[Eboreus]

Would it be a good Idea to buy a gamepad for the PC version of these games? Or is the mouse good enough?

[MaGicBush]

I'd assume mouse and keyboard will be fine.

[Tymgosi]

My general opinion is that most of the RPG games like this tend to be better played with the game pad over the mouse. I did FF13 both ways, and it was much more intuitive to learn the game pad. NOW that's not quite the same as this, but for my sheer nostalgia value I'll use my Xbox controller for it since I still have the indents near my thumbs from my square generation 1 NES controller. After 30 years, no less.

I'd also point out that you can probably find an Xbox controller at Walmart or Target, whatever your shop of choice is, for around $15-20 for a wired controller, and it'll all be plug and play if you're using Windows. IF you're on Mac...it should be fairly easy to use too, but I think you'd have to make some tweaks in the Steam program to smooth it out.

[Zavi ☯]

Every FF game I've played I tend to have a better experience with a gamepad.

[MaGicBush]

Originally posted by Tymgosi:

My general opinion is that most of the RPG games like this tend to be better played with the game pad over the mouse. I did FF13 both ways, and it was much more intuitive to learn the game pad. NOW that's not quite the same as this, but for my sheer nostalgia value I'll use my Xbox controller for it since I still have the indents near my thumbs from my square generation 1 NES controller. After 30 years, no less.

I'd also point out that you can probably find an Xbox controller at Walmart or Target, whatever your shop of choice is, for around $15-20 for a wired controller, and it'll all be plug and play if you're using Windows. IF you're on Mac...it should be fairly easy to use too, but I think you'd have to make some tweaks in the Steam program to smooth it out.

Yea this game is super simple so mouse and keyboard would be fine. I played FF8 remaster on my mouse and keyboard for a long time. I eventually did switch to my xbox controller after like 20 hours so I could relax in my chair though, but it worked fine without it. I also played FF7 on Steam using only the mouse and keyboard. It's whatever you want to do OP!

[Eboreus]

Thanks for the answers. I remember playing FF VI or VII (the first which came out for PC many years ago) with mouse and board first, but then switched to a pad, and it was much better. I also suspect that several of other newer games which are developed with consoles in mind would perhaps work better with a pad even on PC. So, that's settled then ;)

[Smugass Braixen-Chan]

gamepad, so long as I can use the d-pad.

I hate how RPG Maker games force you to use an analogue stick when using a controller... In a game that only supports cardinal direction inputs.

[Number Eight]

I never even thought about playing Final Fantasy games without gamepad, but it really is up to personal preferences.

I would say that key factor is that all the games was originally developed for consoles, intended to be played using gamepad.

It can be played just as well on keyboard especially since it shows the controls at all the time, also I kinda doubt that Pixel Remaster will use mouse for some point and click controls, it's just that using gamepad seems to be more intuitive and accessible way to play game like this.

Originally posted by Smugass Braixen-Chan:

I hate how RPG Maker games force you to use an analogue stick when using a controller... In a game that only supports cardinal direction inputs.

Interesting. I always had it quite opposite and was not much happy when the game didn't have support for analog stick since imo it's easier on the hand muscles to just drag the stick to the sides rather than keep pressing down directions on d-pad.
Even on my NDS I moved around in FF III and IV 3D remakes using stylus rather than d-pad.

[Tymgosi]

Originally posted by Dragon Claw:

It can be played just as well on keyboard especially since it shows the controls at all the time, also I kinda doubt that Pixel Remaster will use mouse for some point and click controls, it's just that using gamepad seems to be more intuitive and accessible way to play game like this.

I don't know, FF6(American 3) and Sabin's Blitzes were hard to pull off on the SNESX emulator I was using until I expanded the keymap from the default WASD to the entire keypad. And that was hard to do because it required a lot of "roll" motions like down/down-toward/toward. On a controller that was cake. Now granted, this is a VERY specific incident, and one that hasn't been repeated anywhere....to my knowledge anyway. I haven't played all the FF games because there's still never enough time.

Of course, I also had to ultimately relearn how to move with my right hand as opposed to my left one, which was a problem into itself.

[DarkGTX]

I'm assuming Xbox controller support is included. That's how I play these types of games. Mouse and keyboard for FPS games, but for something like this, I'd rather use a controller.