Horrendous keyboard controls

[David Kay]

The KB layout is bad. This needs fixing ASAP. Here's what's missing
- option to rebind keys - that would fix the problem, but I would settle for a functional layout as well. Here are my proposed key bindings:
- arrow keys for movement instead of WASD so that right hand is for moving around and left for everything else - although there could be an alternative layout for when hands are switched.
- S to raise weapon and cancel/quit button
- D to fire weapon and interaction
- A to switch weapon
- F for flashlight
- R to reload
- shift for running and grenades
- TAB for map
- SPACE for inventory
I would also include additional moves for tank controls:
- double tap left or right to quickly turn 90 degrees
- double tap down arrow or press both up and down arrows tomb raider styleto do a quick turnaround.
ALSO IMPORTANTLY
- ENTER - as universal accept function for all prompts and menu navigation
- ESCAPE for pause menu and to exit submenus.

I get that controller is the recommended way to play but that doesn't mean keybaord controls can be neglected like this. I only tried it to check out tank controls and it would actually play really nice with keyboard if the layout wasn't so bad.

Love the game, hope this helps

[pex]

do you dab with Autohotkey tinkering ? if so i made a guide than can help alleviate the issue with a little more edited mouse and keyboard scheme
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3243385002

[GaskinZ]

♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ why are L and K the main buttons?

[AXIOS]

The least that could be done is add key remapping, at the absolute very least if you're gonna put a game on steam have good m&k support and that wasn't done nor was it even planned in the road-map. Just use a controller, that's what I had to do despite it not being my preference to play and you can usually find them cheap online.

[Freya]

I love how controller gives you analog/360° movement with stick while D-Pad is used for tank controls just like REmake, RE2 64 or Silent Hill, but on keyboard, WASD and Arrow Keys are both used for tank controls with no option for analog movement. Not to mention you can run with shift, but you can not do a 180° turn with shift like you can with the run button controller.

In fairness, when you boot up this game on Big Picture Mode for the first time, a warning from Steam appears on screen warning that this game should be played on controller and that it doesn't have good keyboard support. But as far as I know, that warning doesn't appear on regular Steam for desktop, and is still odd to release a brand new game on PC without proper keyboard support lol.

[Final Kat]

The warning appeared for me on desktop. But I just used keyboard anyway.

Regardless, I agree with most people here. Key remapping should absolutely be a thing.

[Freya]

Remapping on Controller would be good too. In the game the button for throwing grenades is the same as turning on and off your flashlight so I always ended up wasting them. They should at least put the grenade button on Y, as right now is only used for using the Crow-Bar, a weapon that you can only use after beating the game once and reaching at least a B Rank.

[David Kay]

Sure I use a controller but what if it suddenly broke during a game? I cannot access the pause menu or even quit the game without an emergency alt-F4 combo. This is just something that needs to be fixed.
Also - I played a bit with the KB and from my experience, even with this broken layout the game is completely playable this way so with a proper default layout or rebind options this would be a perfectly fine way to play.

[analytik]

"This game should be played on a controller" is just user-hostile accessibility nightmare.

I don't care how "retro" it is, just make the game not feel like a punishment.

Let us rebind the keys. And make the modern movement style actually work on keyboard. (For me it's forever locked on tank controls, even if I set the controls to Modern.)

[Rogue Zamboni]

* The controller controls are also terrible. Ugh. Played demo, passing on this.

[Freya]

Originally posted by Rogue Zamboni:

* The controller controls are also terrible. Ugh. Played demo, passing on this.

The game was designed for controller and it plays great. Don't misinterpret our criticism we have towards the game's lack of rebinding features on keyboard.

Plus, it says you only played the demo for 5 minutes, including the time you spent in menus and in cutscenes/dialogue, which isn't even long enough to get into combat on a first playthrough. So calm down buddie, you just were never that interested in buying this type of game.

Not to mention that it says you have reviewed over 40 games on Steam, 37 of them being negative. So I will say this game was spared off your ♥♥♥♥♥♥ reviews lol