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Posted February 08, 2020
Just play it with keyboard, you'll immediately realize how the game was balanced for that.
You'll realize another couple of things as well...
Posted February 08, 2020
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wfdff18: Newish to this format. I was wondering if anyone knows if you can hook up a corded XBox controller to play DOOM and DOOM II or if it is exclusively keyboard controls. Thanks folks!
Unless you want to experience the game as it was made, I'd suggest that you download GZDoom sourceport that will allow you to use high resolutions and mouse look. Pair that with Brutal Doom mod and you have the best version of classic Doom that's available. :)
Post edited February 08, 2020 by Sarafan
Posted February 08, 2020
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Judicat0r: Just play it with keyboard, you'll immediately realize how the game was balanced for that.
This. Playing Doom with a controller is valid, IMO, but people really underestimate how carefully Doom was designed for keyboard controls. The free look that some source ports add, on the other hand, just results in an experience that is not quite Doom to me anymore.
Posted February 08, 2020
Agreed. Play it any way you want to, but the original way is to just use the keyboard and it holds up well enough.
Posted February 08, 2020
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Sarafan: Pair that with Brutal Doom mod and you have the best version of classic Doom that's available. :)
Great joke. A real knee slapper.

XD
Posted February 08, 2020
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firstpastthepost: Did the original doom even have mouse look? I’m pretty sure it didn’t. I played through doom and doom 2 with controller, no auto-aim and it worked fine. You PC Master race types need to learn that some people like to play games with a controller and that isn’t a bad thing.
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Maighstir: My memory is as it is, but I remember it being that if you enabled mouse controls, it was set to movement (so, move forward, backwards, left, and right), while would just be keyboard.
yeah. i remember it that way too... i _think_ it was quake that started the mouse look (at least from id). i remember because i was still using just keyboard to play mp quake at the start and that was from coming from doom & doom II where there was no "up and down".

controller for doom would then be either equal to keyboard, or superior if they implemented analogue thumbsticks (which i don't think they did).

but as always, you know what the best controller for a game is? the one you love using.
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