Seems like this questions gets asked a lot. I mean it’s kind of hard to choose between the two when it comes to your main character. As the thought of realistic physics is quite nice, yet the use of the Character Controller makes things much easier and gives your results a much more predictable outcome.

Now I’m still fairly new to making games, but after experimenting with the two of them I’ve found that certain themes require a different tool. For something like a platformer, or with that said, even an fps, I believe that using the CC (character controller) is a much safer bet. What you get with the CC is a system of (as said earlier) predictable results, which is totally ideal when you have direct control of an object in my opinion. I’ve seen many wonderful creations so far that use the rigidbody instead for the same purpose, although looking at the code, it seems pretty advanced stuff. For me, personally, that stuff is a little too advanced!

When it comes to using a rigidbody, I find these to be ideal for something like say an RTS, or even a type of game that requires you to move a primitive object, perhaps pinball? It just gives things a much more natural feel, as you aren’t really controlling ever single tiny movement of the object, as you would a platformer, you would expect that it should make more of the calculations on its own.

So there we go, I believe both are useful, but, for direct control, perhaps use a CC, and for indirect, use a rigidbody.

Seriously, I need to get some examples uploaded, they’re piling up over here and need a good clean up…