QOTW: Joypad or keyboard and mouse?

[Spreadie]

QOTW?

That's not a question, it's a joke.

KBM - it's a way of life!

[oranjedrol]

For driving or flying I prefer controller, but anything else keyboard and mouse

[Wrinkly]

Other than the Dark Souls franchise, keyboard & mouse.

Gamepads, due to their limitations, have removed a lot of the challenge we used to get in games. There is a reason why auto-aim and gamepads go hand in hand.

[WyldeStile]

Both. FPS, MMOs, RPGs Strategy gimme a KB/M. Racing games, Platformers and Sports gimme a controller.

[outwar6010]

Joypad master race

[Normanyakuza]

Can't play fps game very well witch joystick

Keyboard and mouse is the ancient way

[nar53]

Keyboard & Mouse for me.

[The Hand]

Mouse and keyboard for strategy games at least for me.

[sleepy4970]

Keyboard & mouse.

[flearider]

come on now .. we have pc's so it's kb&m
only consoles should have a controller. it's for the lesser people that cant pat there head and rub there tummy

[PokeyJr]

I now use my Steam controller as a wireless mouse when I'm watching stuff in bed, other than that, mouse and keyboard all the way!

[tweake628]

I use to be a hardcore pc gamer would swear by the keyboard and mouse for all games. but then I had a house fire and lost all my pc stuff so I picked up a ps3 and now that I have a gaming pc ones more I use controller for almost all games ..I picked up a steam controller and I really like it for a lot of games but aiming in a FPS is so hard with it

[Iota]

Keyboard and mouse for pretty much everything, although for the odd game or two I'll use a controller purely because it just works better for the gameplay. I prefer to use keyboard and mouse though.

[Avram Razvan]

Keyboard and mouse.

[fail_quail]

Depends on the game, sometimes use both.

For instance Batman, use mouse and keyboard for movement etc but pick up the controller for when using the car.

I do the same with GTA V

Weird combo of controller for driving and keyboard/mouse when walking about.

But as others have said already, it depends entirely on the game itself, some work better with a keyboard/mouse (all first/third-person shooters for the most part IMHO) whilst many other games work better with a controller (for example, a game like little nightmares would be horrible without a controller, same for any sort of driving game.)

[ET3D]

I just stopped gaming. Problem solved.

But really, I think for what I played in the past, keyboard and mouse are better. But now that much of my gaming time consists of playing alongside my kids, for the likes of LEGO games, platformers and various other games I play on the HTPC, a wireless controller is much more comfortable.

I still play adventure games and hidden object adventures, and these normally don't work with a controller, but I mostly play them on mobile, where touch is the interface.