Should You Play Genshin Impact (PC) with Mouse and Keyboard, or Controller?
Pros and cons of using mouse and keyboard or controller on PC.
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By Megan Thaler
4 minute read
I recently hopped on the Genshin Impact train after several strong recommendations from coworkers. A soon as I opened the game, I faced the classic PC gaming question: should I play this game on mouse and keyboard, or plug in a controller?
Pros and cons
Much like I discovered about Monster Hunter World, Genshin Impact on PC has major pros and cons on whichever control-style you choose, and there is not an obvious winner, so it's a matter of finding which suits your needs best.
Pros of mouse and keyboard in Genshin Impact:
- Aiming bows is much easier using a mouse instead of controller joysticks, since you have greater precision control and can adjust your mouse sensitivity to be exactly what you need.
- Navigating to and around certain menus is arguably faster/easier, especially if you're a usual PC player.
- More keybind options, for example you can open the map with "M" instead of using the controller-style selection wheels:
Cons of mouse and keyboard in Genshin Impact:
- Overall there aren't a lot of major cons to using mouse and keyboard for Genshin Impact, so if you're already on this route or don't have a controller for PC, you'll be fine!
- For some reason, the game does not allow you to invert the Y-axis on mouse and keyboard (but does allow you to invert it on controller). So for those of us inverted mouse players, you'll either need to get used to standard camera and aim controls, or use a controller.
- Only recently (in late 2020) did miHoYo add the ability to edit keybinds at all, which (like mouse invert) is a standard for any modern PC game. The keybind customization isn't yet perfect or fully customizable, for example your mouse's right click is unchangeably bound to "Sprint", so you strangely cannot bind a more useful skill to your right mouse click. "Sprint" is also bound to Shift".
