Well, Keyboard and mouse support are odd for devs to work with. Not the implementing the controls for, but the fact that shooting anything is alot quicker with a mouse.
Take Area 51 for example. The console version features enemies that take roughly 5 hits to kill with the pistol whereas the pc version takes more than 8. The devs said that thhy made the pc version harder because they had to even out the difficulty. If the pc version featured the same enemies, then it would be way too easy.
Now I understand that mouse users have no advantage since any of use could use a mouse, but not all of us have the proper setup as in a desk to put our mouse and kbd on, and upright position, nor any arm support.
I mean, I will be sitting in a tilt-back chair in my room. I can't see myself using a mouse and keyboard because 1. health reasons opsted in the previous post and 2. not practical in my situation.
It is clear (anyone should know this) that shooting with a mouse is much easier and quicker than shooting with an analog joystick.I won't be able to use a mouse and keyboard, so should I still expect to have fun in a game of halo where everyone around me, using mice and keyboards, are sniping me with their mice, pistol whipping me with their mice, and so forth?
Now don't say 'you muct suck with your controller' because that is not the case. The case is that shooting with a mouse requires a flick of the wrist. Basically, look at where you want to aim and your hand will controler the mouse and zip it there. Now, with a controller, presumably a joystick, you must quide the position of the joystick with certain sensitivity. The thing is, aiming with a joystick isn't as natural as guiding your arm and hand to a destination on screen. With a mouse, you move instantly to your destination. With a joystick, you scroll to your destination.
Its like this.
Remember those laptops with those little red balls on them as mice? Well, try playing a round of counterstrike with that (using your thumb of course). Now hook up your mouse and go a round with that. See the difference? All you do is point at what you want to shoot.
Sure people who are good with controllers can still go up against these mouse and keyboard gamers, but against people who know how to use a keyboard and a mouse combination (the people who would actually hook up a mouse and keyboard to their xbox360), joystick users stand no chance in the world of reflex.
With mice, strafing and aiming at another moving target is like nothing, put it requires more skill for a controller user. When using a controller, while strafing and aiming at another player you find yourself too busy rotating the joystick to aim a little higher at the same time because you will lose track and aim by doing so, just to get a headshot.
With a mouse, you see someone on screen, and Boom you hit them. With a controller, you see someone off screen, you scroll to where they are, if you overscroll you scroll back a little more, and them boom. But god forbid they move, because then your aiming wont stay locked on them, unlike with a mouse.
And honestly, where do you put a mouse, forget a keyboard, when you are sitting on a couch?
