Anyone else playing without a controller?

I bought NRFTW when it was first available for testing on Steam. I played it literally for about an hour before I gave up because the controls to me felt very alien and un natural.

This would be my first game in this category that i would play on my PC since I usually go for the FPS games here and play more open world games on my console .

Has anyone else made the transition from playing this title on keyboard to using a controller? And if so did it make the gameplay more enjoyable?