Geometry Wars PC!

[EdenMaster]

EM, that's a really dumb thing to say... I mean, here you are saying "I'm stuck using mouse and keyboard for this game. Why should I get a gamepad when it would obviously make this game I'm playing easier?" and it sounds every bit as absurd as I wrote it there.

I also said that I've adapted and am comfortable with the controls I have used. That can be found by the fact I've now got a high score to rival all of the ones posted here by those who have used the XBox 360 version. The context of my words there is key ;)

- For console ports, which when done decently are always better than the console versions (most of those games are no fun at ALL with keyboard!)

I don't own a single one. I'd almost univerally rather play a game on a console than a PC, unless certain circumstances forbid it (such as not owning that console, such is the case with Oblivion).

- For emulation (emulation is pretty much impossible without a pad)

I don't emulate as much as I used to, but when I do, it's mostly NES-SNES, both of which have simple enough controls that hey control just fine with a keyboard.

- For console-style retail PC games (mostly older, but there are some)

I don't even know what you're referring to there...

- For PC shareware and freeware that use gamepad controls (there are a HUGE number of these)

Perhaps, but I don't really play those either.

Not playing whole genres and fields of games simply because you don't have a gamepad for your PC, something that is quite cheap, makes absolutely no sense. None.

You're confusing the means with the end. It's not that I don't play those kind of games because I don't have a pad. I don't have a pad because I <i>don't play those games.</i>