You know, Shadowrun on Live mixes both PC and XBox players (well, if people still play it, it does). I never felt at a disadvantage playing against people using a mouse. In fact, I died a lot less in Shadowrun than in games like Halo 3, Gears or Rainbow Six Vegas. If I remember correctly, there's an achievement for taking down a certain number of PC players.
One thing that always annoys me about playing games with a mouse is when you occasionally reach the edge of your pad and you have to lift and readjust. You don't get that with a trackball or a thumbstick. If you build a controller with a trackball, I'll buy one.
Interesting. He does point out that console players also did better because of easier access to the "abilities," a large part of what makes combat in Shadowrun fun. If you ran around just shooting, you wouldn't last long.
I would've loved an explanation as to why they only shipped with a handful of maps and what turned out to be a broken matchmaking system that had to be patched later. Whatever.
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One thing that always annoys me about playing games with a mouse is when you occasionally reach the edge of your pad and you have to lift and readjust. You don't get that with a trackball or a thumbstick. If you build a controller with a trackball, I'll buy one.