Posted September 18, 2019
ambergoth: Thanks for your long and very comprehensive reply. Yes, I do have a mouse. I was wondering if I needed to buy a gamepad like you get with a PS3 - but I'm guessing not necessary?
I'd say it's a matter of preference. Historically, gamepads haven't been very popular among PC gamers and few games offered good gamepad controls. It's different today, many games (especially in certain genres like platformers) are designed with gamepads in mind. Most of these games are still playable with mouse and keyboard, and I generally prefer playing platformers with the keyboard as long as the game isn't too reliant on analog stick aiming or the like. Still, the vast majority of PC games play better with keyboard and mouse.