The original Gears of War wasn’t just one of the best games to have on the Xbox 360. It was also one of the better games to play on PC as well, with meaty shooting mechanics making full use of a mouse and keyboard combo to deliver some brutally satisfying headshots. That’s always been the case with PC, as a mouse and keyboard have always provided a level of precision that controllers struggle to achieve.
It’s why we’ve got quick-snap aiming and other subtle assists, to even the playing field out. But to keep said field even, requires some dextrous coding between the two inputs. For Gears of War 4 on Xbox One and PC, developer the Coalition began fine-tuning the control with the standard Xbox One controller first, while paying equal attention to the tried tested PC setup.
“We definitely work from the controller out,” lead multiplayer designer Ryan Cleven said to IGN.
We do play [with] mouse and keyboard, but the core of the game is around a controller. I don’t think that we…would say that we have like, one of the other as the priority; they’re both really important to us. But, we have to make sure that the controller experience, which has been the legacy of the game, is definitely perfect.
This all ties into the idea of the Xbox Play Anywhere program, which will feature cross-platform play in the co-op versus mode at least, hence the need to balance inputs. “We don’t really balance the PC versus the Xbox, right, so they’re each kind of balanced independently,” Cleven explained.
They’re all using the same core tuning; so, when we look at the PC players versus PC players, they can choose to use a mouse and keyboard or they can use a controller. That’s up to the PC players. On the Xbox, we tune the game internally with a controller, so everything is tuned to be balanced that way, and then we make sure that the two groups, when they’re playing competitively online, they aren’t actually playing with each other.
I’m properly incapable of ever playing a shooter on a PC with a mouse and keyboard anyway. That, and I’m a fan of that clunky click you get in a Gears of War game when you reload. Click clack, that’s the sound of perfection right there. Click clack for days yo.
Last Updated: August 30, 2016
Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:10
Lots of games, including pc games are just clearly made to played with a controller. And don’t start with this elitist bs about it being wrong to use a gamepad on a pc. You can play with a piece of cheese plugged into your pc for all I care, just do what you prefer.
Witcher 3 was excellent with a gamepad.
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 30, 2016 at 14:20
You can play with cheese? You Gouda be kidding me. I bet you need to handle it Caerphilly or risk playing Provolone
Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:21
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Admiral Chief
August 30, 2016 at 14:47
Oh you!
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 30, 2016 at 15:11
😛
Fox1 - Retro
August 30, 2016 at 16:18
Back to the Cottage in Cheshire with rest of the Club!
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2016 at 14:23
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Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:26
http://i.imgur.com/AJhVGpL.gif
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 30, 2016 at 14:27
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Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:27
XD
Alien Emperor Trevor
August 30, 2016 at 14:32
Do you see the knife? DO YOU?!
Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:35
You could’ve just debunked this by saying you’re left-handed, but this is definitely more fun 😀
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 30, 2016 at 14:36
So he is bald and overweight?
*RUNS
Dungeon of JJ
August 30, 2016 at 14:39
Hehe
Admiral Chief
August 30, 2016 at 14:47
And old
Hammersteyn_hates_Raid0
August 30, 2016 at 15:11
Yes, you gonna cut the cheese?
Peter Pan
August 31, 2016 at 10:50
Yeah. The Witcher 3 was easier with a controller, especially with the combat and horse riding. I so want to get the Elite controller for PC though!
Dungeon of JJ
August 31, 2016 at 11:30
I’d love that Elite controller myself. But it’s a bit pricey.
The Order of the Banana
August 30, 2016 at 14:45
What’s that? What’s that I’m hearing? Wait… Is that the sound of PR bullshit?
Fox1 - Retro
August 30, 2016 at 16:20
Basically he is saying you can’t be using your Wii U tablet controller for such games.
The Order of the Banana
August 30, 2016 at 19:38
The fiend… doesn’t he know that men have died and fought wars over the Wii U tablet?