Xessive, Gears of War isn't anything like a first-person shooter. If you had accurate mouse control, the game would utterly suck.
I've played GoW on both 360 and PC and I definitely prefer it on PC. I tend to use weapons that require accuracy, like sniper rifles.
I'd agree that I wouldn't need mouse-accuracy if my targets are static, but if I have moving targets I need to aim as quickly as I can. I don't like spending time rotating analogue axis till I line up my target, by which time it would have already moved and/or killed me. I'm not supposed to be operating a tank! (unless of course it's a tank mission, but even then Quake 4 proved it can be done with a mouse).
I'm a firm believer that certain games require certain control schemes and equipment to play optimally (mind you, some games are just poorly designed when it comes to controls). Gamepads are for platformers, driving games, fighting games, adventure games, etc. The mouse is for any game that requires manual aiming or cursor control (FPS, RTS, Click-fest RPGs). I have a gamepad hooked to my PC which I prefer to use with certain games.
Prince of Persia is one game I can play perfectly well with a KB+Mouse setup but I prefer to use a gamepad. By contrast, Crysis (which does support gamepads) is a game in which I prefer to use a KB+Mouse.
If shooters work so well with gamepads then is there always some form of auto-aim or aiming assistance?
Bungie proved it with their Halo tests when they were considering making Halo cross-platform: They had 4 players on gamepads and 4 on KB+Mouse, then the players swapped up, in every scenario the players using the KB+Mouse won by a landslide. All this considering Halo was a FPS designed specifically for the console.
I don't understand why FPS's are being force-fed onto consoles.. Equally I don't understand why
Devil May Cry 4 is on PC. Then again I can argue that I can attach a gamepad to a PC and play DMC4 exactly as it was intended on the console.. but I can't attach KB+M to a console and play a FPS as it was intended on the PC. Kinda unfair.
Sorry Que, I didn't mean to turn this into another Mouse versus Stick discussion. It's just that controls are a deal-breaker for me. If controls are an obstacle then the game is not fun anymore, but a tedious stress inducer.
Tying this in to GoW2: If it's going to be an exclusive 360, then I'm not interested. I'm just saying if console developers want to win people like my brother and myself over they'll have to at least give us the option of using a KB+M setup on a console. Effectively turning it into a Gamer PC.