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Hands on with Huxley

May 11th 2006 3:44AM (Joystiq)
Balancing between the KB/M is infact an issue. It's not up for debate on who's better than the other, rather it's more about the KB/M having more precision/accuracty over an analog stick. The reason for balance between the two is quite simple however, the simple reason is that analog sticks have force feedback.

The stick will always go back to the center to replace itself when one lets go of it (force feed back) as compared to the mouse it will stay where ever you put it when you let go, even if it's an 1/8th of an inch move depending on your sensitivity.

This may not seem like a big issue but if you consider gameplay a split second means a lot in an FPS and the mouse will beat an analog stick in a split second reaction due to arm and wrist movement verses a thumb.

That's the gist of it really. I play on both platforms and have played competitively on the PC a lot in leagues and a little LAN tournaments. This arguement always boils down to "who is better" instead of people talking about statistics and facts.

As for who would win. With my experience it's usually the player that's on his respective platform that wins. Console guy vs. a PC guy ON A CONSOLE = console guy usually wins. PC guy vs. a console guy = PC guy usually wins. Now I am not saying it can go the other way, a good gamer is a good gamer regardless. Though in the "competitive" arena this is usually how it goes down.

I look forward to playing with Xbox players in Huxley simply because it makes the online community bigger and a lot more people to enjoy the fragging experience with. That is if Webzen does it right.

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