SiodhachanSuileabhin said:
To move a character with a gamepad is the most unconfortable and unprecise thing in gaming.
Yes, to each his/her own, but I must inquire about your rationale for WASD vs. gamepad movement
With gamepad, I only need a thumb to direct the movement of the character, leaving my other fingers on that hand free to operate various other buttons on the gamepad (most notably the left or right trigger button, depending on whether one has set up the controls for left or right handedness). In a game where I can remap controller buttons (eg. Fallout 3 or New Vegas), I can also remap the jump key to the analogue stick button. By contrast, the WASD movement layout virtually ensures an entire hand is preoccupied by character movement alone. To do anything else with that hand, even to hit a hotkey, usually means losing full control over character movement and the ability to move fluidly and act simultaneously. On top of this, there is no need to an additional run/walk toggle button with gamepad, which I've always found useful in ensuring character movements are precise--not so much a concern in TW2, but more of a concern in open-roaming games where your character can fall off ledges and such.
The downside to gamepad is that there is not enough keys, so one needs to get accustomed to things like 'quick action wheel' (for choosing signs, in TW2). The game purposely slows down into 'bullet-time' when the wheel is pull-up to facilitate this, so it's not an issue here. A better alternative, I feel, would have been to allow remapping of hotkeys to directional buttons (as in Fallout 3 and New Vegas). But I digress.
The way witcher 2 and any other game handle movements with mouse + wasd is the absolutely most fitting to me.
This I understand. You are accustomed to this particular control layout and have conditioned your gaming reactions and responses appropriately to make full use of it. I use to be WASD as well, for the simple fact that most PC action games did not accommodate gamepad controls, a trend that changed when major game developers began releasing games on multi-platforms. My main reason is medical though. I think I've developed carpal tunnel syndrome from playing Mount and Blade: Warband so much....