Yes, I can be excited about things - but I don't push my excitement on others and take it personally when they don't agree.
No, you're more the backhanded insult type.
Just kidding, man. It's all love.
I don't hunt for keys - as I bind them to keys close to my fingers - so I specifically don't have to look
Hmm, okay. I'd be interested to see your layout for something like Gothic, then. Or a typical RPG that has a bunch of hotkeys, at least 10, and then keys for everything from inventory to map to character sheet and the like.
I can also use shift/alt/ctrl as combo keys - meaning I have something like 30-40 easily within reach shortcuts - and that's not counting the mouse.
That doesn't sound particularly intuitive or like great control, though. But the Steam Controller also has unlimited Action Set switching. One button press and the entire controller is re-mapped.
But I'm talking about the combination of mouse and keyboard - where you have endless options to implement convenient shortcuts and much finer and faster ways to move objects instead of dragging them across screen, where you often face an interface that doesn't always register the current from your finger and so the object moves back.
I use a capacitative pen and it works great. But yes, you can implement all types of shortcuts and rebinds on a keyboard and mouse, but that doesn't change the fact that I'd rather just click the character's portrait with the pen when I want to see their inventory, or click the Mage spells book when I want, etc., and feel that's a very easy, simple way to control the game. Maybe even an improved way, dare I say.
Let's not even get into how direct control of 3D characters work on a touch screen, where you have to switch finger positions constantly - or hit some "virtual" joybad in the bottom corner that you will miss half the time.
Hmm. I usually use a tablet controller for games like that, including emulators, or when I'm streaming something like Enderal/Skyrim to the tablet. 3D games like that on a touchscreen are not really ideal. Doable, but not ideal.
Sorry, no, touch screen is complete shit for a large variety of games.
A large variety? So far I've played a dozen+ RPGs, some first-person dungeon-crawlers, isometric roguelikes, games like Heroes of Might & Magic 3, etc., on a touchscreen just fine. But of course, every game is unique unto itself and it depends on the game itself. I wouldn't want to control NBA 2K or Madden with a touchscreen.
At least, if you care about your performance in those games. I'm not saying it can't work - it's just largely inferior in most cases.
I just don't find that to be the case, but to each their own. If there is something inferior per game, I think it makes it up with things like comfort level in your surroundings, the mobility factor and so on. And since the games I personally play don't need perfectly optimal conditions, i.e. I'm not playing competitively or professionally, comfort factor goes a long way.
