Controls on PC

[Burgermeister]

Could they be any worse? Just awful.

[Jaunitta 🌸]

Yeah the game was designed for controller and the ingame controller is still there with illustrations, needs K&M since RDR2 is released for PC.
I found this and it helped me a lot to figure out stuff. Even posted some in my review.
https://www.yekbot.com/red-dead-redemption-2-keyboard-controls/

[Nite69]

I thought the same, but am finding out half the controls are only needed for personal tasks, and not during battle/moving so its not as bad as it looks.

[Burgermeister]

Thanks. OK....giving it another go. LOL

[Nats]

Yeah this is my first Rockstar game and I am finding the controls are bloody atrocious. One minute the mouse wheel is used to scroll screens, then the next time its Q and E? And the keys for getting equipment out and performing tasks are all over the place, they make no sense at all.

I don't want to have to use my controller because I much prefer mouse and keyboard for games like this. But whereas with Fallout 4 the PC mouse and keyboard controls are flawless, as in nearly all other PC games like Halflife 2 etc, in this game they are really nonsense and random.

I mean you use E to select something and then R to put it back? WTF? Why not just press E again?

It's half making me want to give in and go play something else and I am only 2 hrs in. I can see the game is really deep from all the options but I just hope the terrible controls don't put me off.

I mean the bit with the wolves where they attack you in the snow - I am trying to point my sawn off shotgun at them and the aiming isnt working at all! And then a few seconds later the aiming is back! I mean WTF?

And the horse steering? How the hell do I steer it? I mean surely the easiest thing in the game you would think? But no! The horse wants to go all over the place. Do I have to press Q all the time or can I let go of Q, the horse stops then and doesnt keep up despite me tapping left shift as it suggested.

But when I want to horse to stop I cant get it to stop?

I mean jesus! What the hell is up with this game?

[Burgermeister]

I only game on my PC rig. I've never been a console person. So, using a controller would be just as awkward.
I just tried to play some more. Honestly, it's like a continual cut scene you interact with a bit.
Really wanted to like this. The story seems great...but, damn.
Cyberpunk soon anyways I guess. ;)

[Silhouette]

The keyboard controls suck in this game. :/
It's really meant to be played on a controller.

[Surviva 777]

The controls aren't terrible. I'm on PC keyboard and mouse, they're really easy for me.

[Nats]

Originally posted by Burgermeister:

I just tried to play some more. Honestly, it's like a continual cut scene you interact with a bit.
Really wanted to like this. The story seems great...but, damn.

I hear the first part in the snow is a tutorial of sorts, once you get out of that it opens up a lot. Supposedly!

[Nite69]

Originally posted by Nats:

Originally posted by Burgermeister:

I just tried to play some more. Honestly, it's like a continual cut scene you interact with a bit.
Really wanted to like this. The story seems great...but, damn.

I hear the first part in the snow is a tutorial of sorts, once you get out of that it opens up a lot. Supposedly!

Yes correct, Free roam gets unlocked on chapter 2 and ya have the whole valley to explore, stay outta the permanent Red Zones though cause they are restricted

Town and Border red zones can be fixed by paying the bounty at any post office

[Wayz]

Right click aims / left click fires (standard fps)

I move my mouse wheel left I get my left sidearm, right and I get right sidearm, middle button gets me duel, mouse wheel up goes to ads and scope & down holsters.
I have 3 thumb buttons, rear reloads, front 2 are long arm binds. I have 2 buttons on top beside left click that used to be mouse sensitivity but rebound them to page up and page down so can use for menu controls and one behind the mouse wheel bound to whistle horse.

Leaving me wsad and all the keys around it for move and interaction. Everything I need quick access to is one button removed from wsad or on the mouse.

If you cant find an intuitive setup on your K& M you simply have not thought through your purchases or lack imagination to bind keys intuitively.

[Mr_Psychopomp]

Originally posted by Nats:

Originally posted by Burgermeister:

I just tried to play some more. Honestly, it's like a continual cut scene you interact with a bit.
Really wanted to like this. The story seems great...but, damn.

I hear the first part in the snow is a tutorial of sorts, once you get out of that it opens up a lot. Supposedly!

And not to mention, the controls get a lot better too. When you're in the snow at the beginning everything feels super sluggish because of the deep snow. Plus Nite69 is right, half of the keys in this game aren't really important.

[Allgemeine]

I had to play this game with my Xbox controller

[Dr. Peeper]

And if you have a gaming mouse then use the other buttons. One for eagle eye and another for map is very helpful. Zoom + Eagle Eye = Dead Eye as well.

[stryker Jess]

how do you sell items? how do you move items to horse cargo?

[Nats]

Cheers yeah I will obviously have to consider remapping some of them. I havent even come across eagle/dead eye yet so its obviously early days for me. I will stick with it though. I never like console ports that much but at least this one allows for remapping.

The lack of manual saving though is a pain as well. Just when you come from easily controllable/save anywhere games like Fallout 4 to this its takes some dedication to stick with it.

I hope the canned animation dies down a bit as well later on, the story is cool but all the canned animation detracts a bit as you feel you dont have any choices at all.