Should I play this with a mouse and keyboard?

[Moon]

I am used to playing with mouse and keyboard for shooters, but my controller is funky and I don't know if it will be fun without it. Anyone with experience that knows this?

[Elegant Caveman]

I'd say go for it.

I used to play third-person action games on PC with a controller (used to be primarily a console player, many years ago, so that's what I was used to), and I worried that GTA with mouse & keyboard would be wonky, but I "forced" myself to do it anyway, and I don't regret it.

The controls -are- pretty bad, but that's just GTA in general. Movement is still clunky even with a controller, I find, and it does seem to be a bit worse with mouse & keyboard, but not by much, and shooting is WAY better. So, overall, I do find that mouse & keyboard is still the better option.

Especially if you're used to playing shooters with mouse & keyboard, that's probably the way to go.

Vehicle controls are also better with a controller, but they're... okay... with mouse & keyboard. Just takes bit of getting used to.

[Wanderer]

I play with keyboard and so far it's just the helicopter that is next to impossible to fly.

[Wanderer]

Changing keybindings is a huge pain too. But I eventually got it done and it's working.

[globefish23]

Definitely for shooting on foot and drive-by shooting.
Racing is much better with analog triggers and sticks.

[YooOwnIt]

A mouse & a keyboard is great for free aim PvP (especially sniping) and for dogfights, assuming that you use the mouse for the yoke / aileron usage and W / D for the rudder.

[Soosmokie]

Trust me, you would be crazy to play with a controller. If you force yourself to do mouse and keyboard and learn it, you have much more control than with a controller. It's a learning curve most cannot accomplish, but it's much better all around. It def is a learning curve, but by all means go for it

[Exodus]

You will be much more dominant in this game if you play with a m/kb. Vehicles become piss easy to shoot from and many weapons become lazers. If you like playing with m/kb than you can, I primarily play with m/kb I've not plugged in a controller for gta since I moved from xbox and it's been great imo the game plays great on mouse even some prominent shooters don't have raw input gta does which is pretty cool.