I have been a PC gamer for the majority of my life. But before that, i was a console player on the NES. But NES mainly had platformers, and no 3d games. So i am not used to movement and camera controls simultaneously at all.

I have purchased a Steam Deck OLED and it’s phenomenal at playing platformers and twin stick top down games. However, i am absolutely sucking at FPS games on it. Can’t make shots on the controller which are like muscle memory on my PC. I’m also having a slightly hard time on 3rd person over the shoulder games (not as bad as FPS though). It’s probably because of my age (30+) I guess.

My question is that is there a way to improve other than ‘git gud’? Example, is there an easy FPS game where I don’t have to move or shoot too fast? Or a sample controller exercise game, like we have AimLabs for mouse movement.

Thanks.

  • xavier666@lemm.eeOP
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    5 months ago

    L2P n00b! /J

    :'(

    I am currently playing Stray which doesn’t require fast movement. It’s slightly helping me ease into 3D movements.

    • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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      5 months ago

      Good call. You might try games like Tomb Raider or the first Prince of Persia reboot for movement accuracy.

      ETA: Just to be absolutely clear, the “/J” was “jerk” like the old “circlejerk” subs, not serious. You probably know that but I’d rather be sure and not assume as I don’t think being dicks to eachother makes the world a better place.

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      5 months ago

      If you really rely on faster movement than what gyro+classic joystick provides: try gyro+flickstick.

      Flickstick does require some game specific tweaking. But it’s the only controller input method my “30 years of playing fps on PC”-riddled brain accepts.