Tap "L Ctrl" to drop down wont drop down, only jump away from the wall, this is a bug right?

[immersiveSinner]

I'm finding it hard to find information about this but I've seen discussion and forum posts that say this has been a bug since the initial release on Playstation that hasn't been fixed.

No matter what I do, If aloy is holding onto any kind of ledge and I want to drop down to something below. she will only drop down if it's to another ledge, she WILL NOT EVER just drop if it's down to a platform she has to stand on. You tap the button and instead of dropping down she launches herself away from the wall. Really annoying if you have a very small ledge to land on.

I was streaming last night and I got to the final jumping puzzle in Latopolis just before you head into the big door, and no matter what, I could not drop down onto the beam over the water instead of just launching herself into the water.

Reference this moment: https://youtu.be/-ywxUgl0pzY?si=XTKwo3yYlmB9QfBV&t=288

I can always drop down from the first hand hold onto the second, but never from the second handhold onto the beam. I failed at this about 30 times until some janky weridness landed me on the beam, (before I fell into the water again because of a janky jump a few minutes later prompting me to try another 15 times to get to the same place before I could progress)

And YET in the video I linked above. the guy did it no problem so what gives? The prompt just says "tap the button" but that doesn't work. I've tried pointing the camera down, up, straight at the handhold, ... everywhere. tried pressing different directions, but just tapping the button always causes Aloy to jump as though I was pushing the stick away from the handhold.

It's making some of these platforming moments literally impossible unless I can trigger some sort of jank physics.

[JohnMars78]

L-Ctrl drops you when gliding.
When hanging from a ledge or wall, press (default) C to drop, L-Ctrl + directional keys to jump off.

[immersiveSinner]

I'll give that a try, but in that case the prompts are incorrect.

[Alcator]

Did you re-map controls in any way?

Anyway, might be a good idea to report it to developers for fixing, they seem to be quite active at present.

[joridiculous]

dont know what it is on keyboard but on controller it the same button [X] for all drops it being ledges or what ever. is "jump back", drop from gliding, roll ...
And yeah, Aloy want always drop off when hanging, or jump, or even climb.

[JohnMars78]

LCtrl :
- roll evade when on ground;
- brake when riding;
- dash forward when swimming;
- jump up from grapple point;
- jump straight back or left-right with A-D (defaults) when suspended with feet against a surface;
- does nothing when suspended feet-free.

C key:
- crouch;
- slide when sprinting;
- swim down;
- drop straight down when suspended.

[GlowWorm]

Originally posted by JohnMars78:

C key:
- drop straight down when suspended.

This ^^^.

[Grumpy-Granddad]

Sounds the same stuff as with crapling.
Just tap twice the space bar for crapling does the trick.
If you use the keys the game mentioned you drop dead for sure. Simply does not work.