Gamepad for FPS games?

[Jorgen297]

Steam has stated that they will allow both mouse + keyboard and gamepads for Steam OS. But what about multiplayer FPS games? More than one time has companies tried to merge console and PC players in FPS games and apparently the best console players pretty much got destroyed against mediocre PC players.

So what will they do with multiplayer FPS games? Create sepparate servers for gamepad users? "Nerf" mouse and keyboard users? Or just simply let gamepad users get destroyed?

[PogiWonKanobi]

If you are playing a multiplayer FPS on your PC and decide to use a gamepad you deserve to get destroyed.

[Surah]

It's really not been tested in good conditions tbh. I've yet to see a game tested that really works all that well with both a keyboard and mouse and control pads and also been tested outside of a control group. Some of them tried pros on both platforms against each other which doesn't work so well considering skill varies a huge amount for normal players on consoles and PC.

Some games are fine with keyboard and mouse users playing with and against control pad users. There are some shooters where keyboard and mouse will have the clear advantage but in those cases I do think there should be an option for both gamepad only servers/matchmaking, kb&, only servers/matchmaking and mixed servers/matchmaking.

It's better to provide the option in those cases so you're not separating friends and users by input method if they want to play together. Otherwise you're basically creating 2 separate communities on the same platform which could end up leading to a little more conflict between users.

Aside from all of that, you can only really think of this in terms of the competitive aspects of first person shooters. There's many FPS games that have cooperative elements or are entirely based around co-op.

One of the biggest separations between these input methods for me is communication. On PC, many people don't have a headset and can just type in chat to communicate. If people using control pads don't have a headset then they can't communicate at all. More games may have to go with a basic communication function such as holding a button down and then selecting from a radial menu.

Escrito originalmente por PogiWonKanobi:

If you are playing a multiplayer FPS on your PC and decide to use a gamepad you deserve to get destroyed.

If a game has gamepad support then gamepad users deserve to play and have success with the game as much as users using a keyboard and mouse. This is especially true for playing games on Steam that support control pads when you consider Big Picture Mode, Steam OS and Steam Machine.

[Kargor]

If you want to play multiplayer, either get up to the task or just play with friends. I'm not a multi-player, but I don't htink game companies should forcibly split up their userbase based on some obscure criteria like which input device they prefer.

[Trydian]

Allowing more games to be co-op, with one user making use of mouse/keyboard and the other using a gamepad, would be nice to see more of.