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    Borderlands 2

    Game » consists of 33 releases. Released Sep 18, 2012

    Return to Pandora as part of a new group of ragtag Vault Hunters in this sequel to the 2009 first-person "role-playing shooter" Borderlands, now with new crazy enemies, new crazy character classes, and even crazier weapons.

    PC players: keyboard+mouse+desk, or gamepad+couch?

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    #1  Edited By planetary

    The only real question left to me is this: do I play with keyboard and mouse at the desk on my 27" 2560x1440 monitor, or do I play with a gamepad on the couch on my 65" 1080p TV?

    What are you guys doing?

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    #2  Edited By Tennmuerti

    I shoot guns in this game.

    K+M

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    #3  Edited By planetary

    Guns. Indeed.

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    I shoot guns in this game.

    Gamepad

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    #5  Edited By ajamafalous
    @Tennmuerti said:

    I shoot guns in this game.

    K+M

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    #6  Edited By CoinMatze

    Gamepad. More for the sound in my living room than for the TV but it helps of course.

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    #7  Edited By JoeyRavn

    @planetary said:

    What are you guys doing?

    Gamepad + 19'' 1920x1080 monitor. I could use my MX518 + G13, but the gamepad is a lot more confortable, and I don't need the extra precision that comes with mouse+keyboard for a singleplayer game.

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    HOTAS + Oculus.

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    #9  Edited By planetary

    Gamepad (I use a wired 360 controller) IS a lot more comfortable. But less accurate. Maybe that won't matter, even in co-op?

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    #10  Edited By MrMuscle

    My Pc is hooked up to my tv and i will play with a controller.

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    #11  Edited By Bourbon_Warrior

    Wireless KB\M + TV but would probably just use a controller as its not competitive

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    #12  Edited By Bane122

    I'm getting this on 360 but if it were getting it on my PC, I'd go controller. With PVP being such a small part of the game I don't think any benefit from kb/m will be that big of a deal.

    Have you looked into solutions for using kb/m on your couch?

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    #13  Edited By Jrinswand

    I would probably play more PC games in my living room if I had the following: a wireless mouse, a wireless keyboard, a wireless Xbox 360 controller + adapter (which they don't make anymore), and a way for my desktop to communicate wirelessly with my wifi setup. Alas, I don't have any of these things and as such am confined to my office.

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    I'll lay back in my recliner next to my computer monitor and play with the wired 360 controller. So comfy that way. K + M has more accuracy but I play games to relax so it just makes more sense to sit back and play with the controller in my hand. Back in that day controllers were terrible with PCs but nowadays its the same as playing a console so when I can I use a controller and plan on doing so with Boderlands.

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    #15  Edited By randyf

    Aiming is far easier with the mouse. If the interface is fixed, I don't see why I would use a Gamepad for this game.

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    #16  Edited By Humanity

    Ocular implant probably, only a fool would use such outdated tools as tangible controls.

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    #17  Edited By Tennmuerti

    /shrug

    Using a gamepad instead of a mouse for FPS gameplay just feels ass backwards to me, imprecise, slow and unnatural. Like using an inferior tool for the job when a much more effective one is right next to it.

    I have no issues using a gamepad in action games, platformers, racing and the like, where it feels appropriate.

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    #18  Edited By Jimbo

    This seems kinda stacked in favour of the PC to me. Your monitor is higher res than your TV and you'll be sat closer anyway, rendering the physical size immaterial. On your PC you can play it with a mouse, the way God intended shooters to be played. If your PC isn't a POS it will almost certainly look a lot better on your PC.
     
    So I guess weigh all of that against how much you like sitting on a couch, because that's the only advantage the console has here.

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    #19  Edited By Mister_V

    Could never get into the original with KB + Mouse. Sat on the couch with a gamepad was far more enjoyable so ill be doing the same with this one.

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    #20  Edited By mak_wikus

    @Tennmuerti said:

    I shoot guns in this game.

    K+M

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    #21  Edited By Zithe

    Keyboard and mouse. I'm a PC gamer for a reason.

    You should go with whatever you find most comfortable though.

    On a related note, I must be one of the few people that can't play most games while truly "relaxing." Even if I game while sitting on a couch, I usually sit up and lean forward. I don't think I could play games at all while laying back unless it was turn-based or something.

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    #22  Edited By geirr

    K + M of course.

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    #23  Edited By MOAB

    i'll use a keyboard and mouse on my 40". i have small table for my mouse and keyboard that is easy to slide away when i'm not using it. best of both worlds.

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    #24  Edited By shinboy630

    @Tennmuerti said:

    I shoot guns in this game.

    K+M

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    #25  Edited By Shoog

    Gamepad, I play PC and Console games in almost equal amounts (maybe PC more) but a gamepad and a couch is way more comfortable to me.

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    #26  Edited By vaportra1l

    Kinect

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    #27  Edited By C_Cage

    Laptop, bed, mouse

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    #28  Edited By Subjugation

    @planetary said:

    The only real question left to me is this: Why isn't this a poll?

    Fixed.

    And for the record, keyboard + mouse. I only use gamepads for fighters, racing, and sports.

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    #29  Edited By Karkarov

    @Tennmuerti said:

    I shoot guns in this game.

    K+M

    We got guns here! Also mice and keyboards.

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    #30  Edited By Justin258

    Whichever one I feel like whenever I boot it up. I don't have to stick to one since there aren't any other real humans shooting at me, so some days I'll play with a controller and some days I'll rock the KB/M.

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    #31  Edited By Alex291190

    HDMI Extension + 6 FT Usb extension.. to a nice 60" screen at the end of my bed. I'll be gamepadding it up!

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    #32  Edited By FoolishChaos

    How do you game padders talk to dudes? Really long mic cable?

    Or can you connect the 360 headset into the controller and have it work?

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    #33  Edited By project343

    For me, it's going to depend on the feeling of the shooting. The original Borderlands had a bit of a delay for me (probably v-sync, I can't remember). I opted for the 360 controller at a desk.

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    #34  Edited By TheHumanDove

    I shoot guns in this game

    Maybe it's maybelline

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    #35  Edited By warxsnake

    depends on how snappy or swimy the controls will be

    most prob KM

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    #36  Edited By CannonGoose

    Wireless KB&M + my homemade 'lapboard' (A thin, sanded piece of MDF) + fiddy inch TV + 5.1 sound system + comfy couch for sure.

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    #37  Edited By tarvis

    Wireless mouse and keyboard while playing on my 55" LED tv. Keyboard on my lap and couch cushion for a mouse pad.

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    #38  Edited By Monkeyman04

    Keyboard and mouse.

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    #39  Edited By zetabyte

    I use gamepad on my TV. But i'm planning on setting up a monitor and desk next to it so I can play games that are better suited for K + M.

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    #40  Edited By Sanity

    A bit of both for me most likely, depends on my mood.

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    #41  Edited By sjschmidt93

    If I wanted to play it on my TV I'd buy it on the console.

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    #42  Edited By Genkkaku

    I have it set up on my TV and i'm all good for Keyboard + Mouse + Couch!

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    #43  Edited By emem

    Mouse and keyboard @ desk, I can't aim with a controller.

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    #44  Edited By churrific

    Probably gamepad on the first play through or at least until it actually starts getting hard, then K+M for when i have to concentrate to get through something.

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    #45  Edited By Mnemoidian

    Keyboard and Mouse. Accept no lesser substitutes.

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    #46  Edited By Hitchenson

    The fuck-- using a controller to play on PC, especially an FPS just seems backwards as hell.

    So yes, I'm sane so I'll be using K&M.

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    #47  Edited By cutyoface

    I will be using KB + Mouse.

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    #48  Edited By phrosnite

    K+M for EVERYTHING(!) except platformers like Adventure Island.

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    #49  Edited By TobbRobb

    I sit at my desk no matter what. So It'll depend on the feel. Most likely mouse though.

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    #50  Edited By Alex291190

    @FoolishChaos said:

    How do you game padders talk to dudes? Really long mic cable?

    Or can you connect the 360 headset into the controller and have it work?

    I use a headset it I want to talk to people. I've never used the 360 headset though. :)

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