Am I the only one not being able to use a controller in first-person games that usually require a mouse to look around / shoot / etc?
This is the reason I avoided buying and playing FPS games or ie Portal, BotW, etc. I find it clunky and first game I tried with sticks on the controller I dumped after the first 10 minutes and switched to playing on a PC, regretting spending the money.
I just prefer scrollers or fixed-cam games for this reason.
Maybe I’m old, but I don’t get the 30-minus year-olds being so agile with it.
Do you have any tips on improving myself on this?
I’ve found gyro makes it way more tolerable, it’s basically impossible to use a controller without it.
Just practice. I used to be really good at aiming quickly with control sticks but now I’m really used to motion controls + sticks and can’t do sticks alone anymore. Have you tried with motion controls?
Some games have aim assist. Use it religiously when available. Holding ZL will “snap” your sights to an enemy you’re aiming at, mow ‘em down and let go of ZL. Rinse and repeat.
The only console I ever felt comfortable playing FPS on was the Wii. I never had much care for lightgun-style games, but maybe they had a point after all.
Gyro aim is fine to me. Not as nimble and accurate as a mouse, but far better than a joystick. I still have a Steam controller for when I play games on my TV because of this.
