» Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:32 am
An aim-bot is something where aiming is automatically done and you get the kill, normally, by just standing there and pressing the fire button. Aim-assist is where you'll still need to aim but the computer 'helps' you to aim. There are certainly similarities between them.... just differing levels of 'help' are involved here.
Aim assist on a PC is suicide for an FPS, it helps on a console but not on PC, especially on the demo it shows as aim assist was turned on still when you use the mouse. If Crytek was to disable use of the mouse while playing with the controller then it may have a different impact.
Using a decent mouse with a good DPI (dots per inch) will give you miles more accuracy than a controller can any day, in my opinion.
That being said, anybody playing PC who is saying GTFO and go back to console is killing what sociable gaming is on the PC and the market suffers as a result. I own a PS3 and a PC, best of all three worlds, as you can see and chat to your xbox buddies for free on your pc and laugh at them while you play graphically better and less laggy servers.
I use the controller on my PC for driving games, third person, platform and puzzle games and the good old keyboard and mouse for first person games. I have tried controller for FPS and have never got used to it, too slow.
All that being said, I applaud what Crytek have done so far, for both the PC and the consoles and keep up the good work.