Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5456708-20130528222055/@comment-7153552-20130607170659

Interface won't be an issue, they're using all of the classic minimalist UI so the screen already isn't cluttered on PC. And as for controller interface, Defiance does it wonderfully! I play on my PC for Defiance. but I use a wired Xbox controller for driving. It's been tested and proven - short of hand/eye coordination or depth perception issues - that keyboard and mouse gaming is more accurate for FPS and RTS games. That said, anything can be adapted, as proven by Halo Wars (not a horrible game, but they tried too hard . . . worth picking up at a reduced price if you like the old school Bungie stuff). I love driving with my controller on Defiance and it's seamless to just pick it up and drive, then set it down to walk around and shoot stuff.

I say that to say this, the controller interface for Defiance is full and intuitive. That means it can be played 100% on controller if one so desired, and it can be played well. I did it for a while on my computer and didn't hate it, lol. Zenimax can pull the majority of key mapping from Oblivion and/or Skyrim (more so the latter) to make it playable via a gamepad. Once that's possible for PC, it's just a matter of porting and rolling with it. Well, and getting Microsoft to play nice - possibly the biggest pitfall of all.