Raftball

[Yohy]

When this brilliant minigame was invented, did anyone in the studio complete it on a keyboard? Okay, the first level. You can still make it to the second. But the third? How is this supposed to be done when you have 3-4 seconds between attacks during which you can't move, and the shells are flying from several directions at once? Maybe it's still possible on a gamepad, but you didn't release the game only for it!

[s[A]ndro_ballack]

Totally agree, I acutally have no idea how its possible to fight last boss (Event with gamepad). Tried keyboard, gamepad, idk, may be its just only my problem, but anyway.

[s[A]ndro_ballack]

Also, this delay between ability is kind a awfull, because if you missed one time/one ball, you 100% will miss another one because of delay, because you actually can not press next ability right after

[Its Almost Harvesting Season]

What's funny is there's a lot of topics if you search through history where people basically vent at how much they hate this minigame. I even made one myself!

I got it eventually but all I can say is keep on keeping on and be patient. Take a break, have a smoke, a beer, a nap, a line of cocaine... whatever relaxes you; then come back and try again. You'll find yourself cleaning up and getting a rhythm but it's still a bit of RNG and horrible jank. Best trick I figured was once you land a good hit, try getting into a rhythmic spam on the button. The animation is timed so tightly that the delay in inputs might work to your favor here. I found controller easier simply because the analogue stick allowed me to aim diagonally from the center easier but I found to be more accurate I had to keep flicking the stick back to an opposite direction to ensure I realigned to the next input.

Hopefully something here helps you feel like you're getting more control over this horrible form of torture disguised as a minigame.

[Last Jackdaw]

in big bold letters when the game starts up it says

USE A CONTROLLER

[Elford]

the most stupid mini game i've ever played. and my personal advice to everyone who says that everything is fine with the controls in this mini game - is to keep their mouths shut.

[s[A]ndro_ballack]

>What's funny is there's a lot of topics

I guess, it's a joke. This topic is literally the only one which you can find by word "raftball". I mean, yea, I guess, there is a lot of different topics with same message, but, cmon, be kind.

It's not about only whining, it's about sending message to developers (I hope they read all or most part of topics).

[Horrible Marksman]

Is it really that bad on keyboard? I think I remember someone saying it was easier if they rebound the attack key to left mouse. Oddly enough I found the hardest mode easier than the others purely because it eliminated the need to time every return. I also barely moved from the front-middle since the attack range is large enough that you don’t have to move much to hit each side. That said, I have wrist issues so I do use a controller.

I’m sure I’ll try it out of curiosity later, but why is keyboard making it harder? Getting the right angle of attack?

[SkacikPL]

Yeah it's horrid.

[VTOLfreak]

Originally posted by Last Jackdaw:

in big bold letters when the game starts up it says USE A CONTROLLER

I have a controller, I just prefer mouse and keyboard. It's a great game but it's not doing anything special that cannot be handled with a mouse and keyboard. So that option should work, even if it's not the recommended method to interact with the game.

[['w']]

stand in the middle
you don't have to hit the kids straight you can fire to the side-upwards and be fine
fire rhythmic
it will come to you

[Gishpane]

This minigame is complete total f***ing b******t.