is it better to play this game on controller or mouse and keyboard?

[vanilla]

i am wondering which is the recommended way to play the game, thanks

[Frey]

when you need to aim, the mouse is always better.

[Captain Furious]

Mouse and Key feels alright so far, maybe a little janky

I’ll try plugging in my DualSense and see how it feels

[Roy]

I haven't tried controller but i can't imagine it being better than m+kb in any way other than having smooth/cinematic movement.
(Smooth camera movement can be achieved with mouse smoothing too).

I imagine it's way easier to dispatch groups of enemies with semi auto headshots with mouse and keyboard.

Even in helldivers 1, a twin-stick shooter, i was significantly better using a mouse because i could onetap scout enemies before they could even alert without missing a shot.

[Hunion]

honestly it depends on what your used to. i play helldivers 2 on ps5 and find it really enjoyable.

[Joe da Immortal]

I played the crap out of Helldivers 1 on the PS4, so the controller just feels right to me.

[Captain Furious]

Just played a mission with my DualSense

It feels good on controller but I’m probably sticking with MnK

[vanilla]

Thank you for the responses, I will use mouse and keyboard

[White]

learnt the game on controller, but might switch to mouse as you need to aim top left then quick bottom left super fast. there is accuracy chart that shows im on par with or sometimes a little lower than others but double the kills. but on controller you can run at the same time as using a stratagem

[GustavoM]

It depends of which joystick you have. The steam one can be really decent/just as fast as MnK. Or else your experience may be just like the one shown on this vid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Mjz6j_CUzA

[Canis.Lupus.Arctos]

if you're used to M&K... but I play w/ controller on PC, have no issue pulling head-shots all day long... I find it way more ergonomic BTW, tho I have pedals on my dualsense...so

[Pillagius]

Aim assist seems to be decent on controller and you can move while imputing stratagems (on M&K you use WASD by default, so have to stay still for a sec), rest is as usual - mouse is better for precision and changing aiming direction fast, which sometimes is pretty useful.

[Pencillus Sedatus]

Dual sense is pretty good. I am playing on my PC so I can switch to mouse if I wanted