Need a controller to play this

[muckymucks]

I see a lot of whining here so I thought I'd chime in. The game is definitely better with a controller. With keyboard and mouse the game is more or less impossible for me to play. Usually, mouse is better for aiming but this time the controller is much, much better.

I played the demo for about 2 hours and by the halfway point I had gotten used to the controls and they felt fluid with the controller and I was able to aim and maneuver a lot better. There is a problem, however. My hands cramped up while playing so it got a little uncomfortable.

Other than that the game seems promising and I'll probably get it when it's on sale for $10.

[Glen Chico]

Dude! You're gonna tell people to stop whining and then be cheap AF. First off get a job then get a HOTAS. Second Howler Monkeys are super stupid aggressive. But you know what they're not? Cheap.

[muckymucks]

Originally posted by Glen Chico:

Dude! You're gonna tell people to stop whining and then be cheap AF. First off get a job then get a HOTAS. Second Howler Monkeys are
super stupid aggressive. But you know what they're not? Cheap.

Steam trained me to be cheap. I remember when those Steam Summer Sales were the stuff of legend and game prices would go down to near zero. It was amazing. That all stopped when Valve started offering refunds but fortunately Humble Bundle came along and the games got even cheaper! Then Twitch came along and give free games and items just for having Amazon Prime! Then Epic Games came along and they outright give games for FREE.

So it's really not my fault for waiting for games to go on sale for super cheap or to straight up give them to us for free. It's concerning, actually. How long can this go on? Eventually every PC gamer is going to have thousands of games, why bother ever buying any game unless it's on sale?

[Sishiya]

I play with M+K, but I did have to play with the settings a little, particularly reducing the zone to which I can move the mouse without moving the ship; it felt too clunky to me on the default setting.

[Alt0153]

really? i found playing with a controller utter garbage and didnt enjoy the game until i tried mouse+kb

[BOT Cecil]

Finished the demo in less than 1 hour with mouse and keyboard. Only died once. That was in the first few minutes because i was too stubborned to follow the tutorial instructions and the charge vulture quickly put me in my place. After that i had a blast with the game. Once I got accustomed with the controls, zipping around, teleporting and blastinf enemies was a lot of fun. Will deffo get the game at some point but atm i'm busy with other games i need to finish.

[dsagent]

Easy game with mouse and keyboard.

[HunterKiller]

Originally posted by dsagent:

Easy game with mouse and keyboard.

[DreamingVoid]

Got used to controller for first 4-5 hours of play, as I expected it to be the better scheme for this game. Forgot to turn on controller when I booted it up next and, after changing a few sliders, it is so much better with mouse. Not great, but better.

Acceleration doesn't seem to have an effect. Auto aim (controller only?) doesn't have a lock-on effect, it's more of a larger enemy hit-box.

Without the teleport ability, this game would be mostly unplayable.

[Nohiro]

Yeah well putting a ps5 controller doesn't help, I tried to use ds4 windows worked for like a day now it's conflicting the controls between ds4 and a generic controller making the game impossible the play... Just can't believe they didn't thought about including support for the main controllers of this age... nonsense

[Excogitator]

Originally posted by muckymucks:

I see a lot of whining here so I thought I'd chime in. The game is definitely better with a controller. With keyboard and mouse the game is more or less impossible for me to play. Usually, mouse is better for aiming but this time the controller is much, much better.

I played the demo for about 2 hours and by the halfway point I had gotten used to the controls and they felt fluid with the controller and I was able to aim and maneuver a lot better. There is a problem, however. My hands cramped up while playing so it got a little uncomfortable.

Other than that the game seems promising and I'll probably get it when it's on sale for $10.

I completely agree. It doesn't really matter though because you will always have a certain percentage of people who will prefer inferiority. I prefer M+KB with most games, but some , imo, require a controller. I started the game with M+KB as always. It felt ok, it was a bit odd and took some getting used to. There was no comparison after switching to controller. After using the controller for a while and becoming instantly twice as good. I went back to M+KB and it was horrible, I couldn't fly worth crap. It's like anything, you will always have people that like something terrible for mental reasons. Some people eat dirt. Some people like pain! Some people will prefer the M+KB in this game. And Some people are more vocal.

[Alt0153]

i found playing with a mouse and keyboard a lot easier than controller

[Kunari]

Originally posted by Sishiya:

I play with M+K, but I did have to play with the settings a little, particularly reducing the zone to which I can move the mouse without moving the ship; it felt too clunky to me on the default setting.

I also made some changes to the turn-zone and it did help make the game better.