someone told me that Quake style games have to be played with the keyboard and mouse and that trying to use a joystick won't really work.

Is this true?

I don't mind using the mouse and keys, but did not know if there were other options.

This is my first shooter experience really (other than the castle wolfentstein demo).

[[AoD]Jobi1]

yes, forget about a joystick. Keyboard mouse is what most use.

[Mange]

First time I tried it was on the first FPS I bought (Dark Forces). Needless to say, I found the keyboard/mouse much more useful...

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~Mange~

[Arclight]

Ditto-the keyboard/mouse combo.



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[Inforit]

KB and mouse is the only way to play fps due to its accuracy. You will never be accurate with a js combo.

The only fps game I played using a js was Duke Nukem back in the day...but things had to change when Quake came out.

There is no comparison between the two.