The lack of controller support is pain.

[Magnadeus]

I originally played this game on PS3 a long long time ago and when i try to play it again, i see that this game lacks controller support. I tried to play with a keyboard and mouse, but it just feels awful. please someone tell me there's a unofficial way to play this game with a controller?

[JC]

I use the keyboard and never had an issue with it, outside of having to remap some stuff.. But if you really need to use a controler, just click on big picture. the default profile should work fine, but there are lots of custom ones you can try too.

[Hyperion]

Does that actually work big picture mode in steam allows you to use controller? I agree with Grey this game looks absolutely amazing on PC but without controller its really hard. Having to always click is weird too.

[T@F]

I would love controller support on this game tbh.

[RACHMANOVSKI]

Same. But it is what it is.

[SyndicateKing]

Originally posted by JC:

I use the keyboard and never had an issue with it, outside of having to remap some stuff.. But if you really need to use a controler, just click on big picture. the default profile should work fine, but there are lots of custom ones you can try too.

Do you have to apply anything because i look at that layout and don't know what to do with it as nothing i try works.

[theblackfrog]

damn bought it for my rog ally, played it on ps3. so i thought there is controller support on steam. very useless here.

[serpentine78]

I understand your frustration. I originally had DA2 for the Xbox 360 and it played great with a controller. It seems as if it were designed with controllers in mind. It's weird to me that so many games on P.C. lack controller support that are ported from consoles or developed for both P.C. and consoles simultaneously . Is it that hard to implement controller compatibility on P.C. games?

[Finkleschtein]

Originally posted by SyndicateKing:

Originally posted by JC:

I use the keyboard and never had an issue with it, outside of having to remap some stuff.. But if you really need to use a controler, just click on big picture. the default profile should work fine, but there are lots of custom ones you can try too.

Do you have to apply anything because i look at that layout and don't know what to do with it as nothing i try works.

I just tried it out and it works but its janky. Basically just enable steam input (the controller icon on your dragon age game in the library), plug in your xbox controller. Now the controller s joystick acts like a mouse, and the other joystick as WASD. Combat in this game isn't too hard, so works ok so far but takes a while to get used to/is a bit strenuous for longer sessions tho

[2PLY]

This is the exact reason I have never bought DA2 on pc.

Played it on Gamepass cloud gaming last year, now that worked just like it did back on 360/ps3 - BUT if you install it from gamepass it plays just like this jank controller as mouse/keyboard version lol...

[xbradx]

Back when this, DA:O, Mass Effect 1+2, and Diablo 3(diff dev, i know) released, things were flipped for PC. Any game that had gamepad controls were blasted as being for "console kiddies" all over the games' forums. So Bioware made the decision to keep PC M+KB only for the PC fans at the time. OG Mass Effect still had the 360 UI and controller support buried in the code, so someone was able to mod it back in, but not for any of the others. Unfortunately, this leaves DA1+2's only real gamepad experience relegated to console, though Series X back compat works great for them.

By the time Inquisition and ME3 came out, 360 controllers were more widely accepted on PC, so they started including both.

[Legato Bluesummers]

You can use a 3rd party app like xpadder or the dozen other ones; you should also be able to map keyboard to any gamepad with the steam controller overlay. They probably have a number of community templates available for this game that is easily accessible in the controller overlay. You can get to it in game with shift+tab, or go through the menu.

The major problem with mapping keyboard to gamepad is the directionality sucks. unlike the smooth 8+ way support of a gamepad, you're mapping the movement keys (up, down, left, right or w,a,s,d) to your controller. I used xpadder when I played this game but that was when it came out. Back then, controller's were largely unsupported so that was often the best you could get. This game isn't super demanding though, just a heads up. also, if you map the mouse to your right stick, you'll often have to use it like a mouse in the menus, which can be a major turnoff.

[Fragish]

I modified a steam input community controller profile and have been able to play through Act 1 & 2 with a controller from my couch. It's been great. There are moments of annoyance (e.g., inventory management), but I've been amazed at how well it works.

If you're on the fence because of lack of controller support, don't let that be a deciding factor. Steam Input has you covered.

[skynet.assassin]

Tell me about it, suddenly my Controller Configuration stopped working too

[Mental XX]

Sad because ill never buy any of these great games, because they have 0 controller support, and the mod are all jank, what a stupid company.

[Magnadeus]

Originally posted by Mental XX:

Sad because ill never buy any of these great games, because they have 0 controller support, and the mod are all jank, what a stupid company.

inquisition is the only DA game with controller support. which begs the question. if they can give controller support to their latest DA game, why couldn't they do it for the other two???