Does mouse and keyboard work for this?

[Kalvix]

Just wonder as a lot of games like this end up feeling easier on controller (which I do have) but at the same time a game with lots of shooting I can't help but feel like a mouse would be way better for.

So is mouse and keyboard viable? or is the reduction in aiming worth it to not put up with it?

[DargonBlak]

Yes

it takes some time to learn - one of the hardest in my 20+ years, but doable and worthwhile.

still good control.

[Silhouette]

It’s possible, but you can really tell this game was built for a console controller. @_@

But if you can adjust to a mouse and keyboard your long range shooting will be way better! XD

[MAXE]

Originally posted by Silhouette:

It’s possible, but you can really tell this game was built for a console controller. @_@

But if you can adjust to a mouse and keyboard your long range shooting will be way better! XD

To many cheaters in the game to even enjoy it, like many other multiplayer games today and it sucks to be honest !

[Kalvix]

I mean I was just going to play single player, or have they completely removed single player mode and can only do with other people all over your game world?

[Silhouette]

Nope, there’s still a single player campaign. :)

And it’s incredible! :D

The multiplayer can be a lot of fun too, but like M-A-X-E said, there’s so many cheaters online that it really ruins the experience. :(

[Jin-]

Works fine and the fps mode is especially made for PC

[JerryK]

If you play GTA since 2005 with mouse and keyboard, like me, you'll be fine.

[etropic]

I"m to the first save point, 2.6% in yeesh.

The controls are absolutely confusing.
I drop my hat and gun. Pick up the gun with R, pick up the hat with Tab. Interact with E, unless it's R. Special command G, unless your in a different area then it's H. Q to get the scroll, but only when it tells you, the other times just scroll. Mouse steers the horse, except when it only moves the camera and doesnt steer the horse.

It's a ♥♥♥♥ show.

At this point it funnily feels like the game is just wait for it to give you a random button to press and then press it to get to the next cut scene.

I could try controller, maybe it will make more sense. Clearly the movement was made for controller though because you are nearly on rails most of the time.

Graphics and story seem cool, I hope the controls start making more sense.

[Man o' War]

The PC controls are clunky at the start and their use isn't always explained very well.

But once you get used to them they generally become second nature, much like many a computer game.

[etropic]

Originally posted by Man o' War:

The PC controls are clunky at the start and their use isn't always explained very well.

But once you get used to them they generally become second nature, much like many a computer game.

thanks i'll stick to it

[Silhouette]

Yeah, the PC controls are pretty clumsy.

Props to people who had the patience to learn how to use mouse-and-keyboard!

Personally though, I just plugged-in a console controller and had a much easier time playing the game. XD

[soldier6661111]

Yes, very easy

[jwinter]

The main problem for me is that most actions are content dependent and are only done by a few keys - "E" and "R" are the most used ones and I'm 60h into the game and I still accidentally press the wrong button as they are often confusing. For example you loot and skin with E but with plants it's R as you would directly eat it with E. But if you loot items directly in the game world it's "R" but "R" also picks up corpses and once you spot your mistake it's no way back as the animation is already ongoing and you cannot change your mind. Eate so many raw palnts and picked up so many corpses especially when mixed up with items to pick up.
Also go to settings and make camera independent of horse movement or you will likely die in first horseback shootout.
I also had to google controls a lot as some are not explained and are not intuitive to figure it out. I also don't get why save and load is hidden in "story" submenu and you first need to load autosave to get to the game and after that you can load your manual save.

[🆄🅽🅲🅻🅴 🅹🅾]

Thank goodness there are others, I thought I was just old and stupid trying to understand the logic behind the PC controls. I'm 90 hrs in and I'm still trying to figure out how to properly control my horse. It's especially difficult to control when riding in a posse, then it really seems to have a mind of it's own, it just does not stop, ever.

As for E and R, I've picked up so many corpses when looting, and eaten way to many Bulrush herbs, and the number of times I have climbed off of my horse instead of reloading my weapon during a gunfight.

The other thing that gets to me it is that sometimes you have to press and hold a key to start an action or something, and sometimes it's just press and release. Like, WTF?

What really gets me going is the weapon wheel and load out between char and horse; hunting small game on foot with the Varmint rifle, and a Cougar or two turns up, and my shotgun is on the horse, which chose to go wandering about...

[Corbae]

So you have to have a reasonably nice pc to run this game. Why not have a controller? Yes this game and most all games released on pc work with keyboard mouse and most are better on a keyboard and mouse. There are enough games that are better with a controller it would be kind of silly not to have one. You can get them pretty cheap.