The Finals players are fuming about controller aim assist

There's a debate raging among The Finals' community that many PC FPS fans will be intimately familiar with. It's a brand new rager pitting controller aim assist versus good ol' keyboard and mouse. By stepping up to the stage as a popular FPS while the genre titans aren't doing so swell, it seems like The Finals is inheriting the genre's universal issues. But for those of you out there who aren't familar, what's the deal with aim assist frustration? To sum it up succintly: when a first person shooter is crossplatform between PC and consoles, players using controllers obviously are matched up against keyboard and mouse users. Without adjustments from the devs, mouse and keyboard players outperform controller players for the most part when it comes to accuracy, individual skill not taken into account of course. Even PC players can be trash, y'know. To combat this, aim assist is added to the mix! This makes it easier for controller users to keep shots on target, with the hope being that this can bridge the gap between the two input methods. This comes in the form of a degree of auto-tracking, some auto aim rotation, etc. When done well, everyone smiles and has a good time. When applied heavy-handedly, you get angry PC players, their argument being that it's unfair that controller users get an advantage that lets lesser-skilled players win firefights. That's a simplified explainer, but you get the gist of it. Read more