Lockpicking is jank

[garratose]

What were they thinking?

[Khalunka]

My least favorite so far from all games I played. (Examples: Wartales, Skyrim, etc).
But its manageable at least, after a few tries you get the hang of it.

[DargonBlak]

it is said to be horrible with controller

kybd + mouse just takes a moment to figure out the mechanic, timing and motion

[Unknown Zombie]

Yeah I break picks left and right trying to master it with controller. So when I need to pick a lock i just sit the controller down for a second and use the mouse instead. The minigame feels much better to play that way.

I get what they were going for with the controller and in theory it sounds intuitive and should work well, but in reality it's just too hard to be as precise as you need to be when moving stubby little thumb sticks.

[wjpower2003]

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

it is said to be horrible with controller

kybd + mouse just takes a moment to figure out the mechanic, timing and motion

You say that but I've only ever played KCD with Xbox for Windows controller and I find it pretty easy and intuitive.

[DargonBlak]

Originally posted by wjpower2003:

Originally posted by DargonBlak:

it is said to be horrible with controller

kybd + mouse just takes a moment to figure out the mechanic, timing and motion

You say that but I've only ever played KCD with Xbox for Windows controller and I find it pretty easy and intuitive.

i play on HC with the perk that makes everything more shakey - just to make it harder

so, what do i know ::shrug:: :D

and yes, i don't know controller-world at all - but it has been said by some to be harder

[Khalunka]

lol people are so desperate to be either "i am so good" syndrome or "I am always right" syndrome. Never played this mechanic in the controller but since I am horrible using it at general, for me would be quite janky I can imagine.

[SympliKrazi]

with kb+m it just takes some practice and leveling up the skill and it becomes fairly simple. Although some locks are easier than others.

When i first started playing KCD, I really got frustrated with lockpicking. After I got the 3 lockpick in Skalitz, I somehow got lucky on the first try and opened a chest, but the next, dozen attempts I kept breaking the lockpicks right and left. Almost rage quit and went looking for info on lockpicking and/or a mod that negates it(iirc nexus mods should have one btw). I did get the mod that changes the skin of the lock into wood wheel spokes, but left the mechanics. Now at lvl 15 lockpicking, they are pretty easy, except for the very hard ones.

Edit; with low level lockpicking, the "easy lock" description in the info box is kind of misleading. The player tends to assume, that easy means that they can do it no problem. but actually, the player should learn / understand that what's supposedly easy is still insanely hard without the proper skills.

[Поездатый Дэн]

Lockpicking is fine, I beat the game on hardcore difficulty

[smoketrees]

It's fine on a controller.

People are just babies that complain the moment they fail instead of practising and getting better.

[Monkeypro]

With the controller, I think it's about getting it.

When I first started the game, I could not figure out for the life of me how lockpicking worked with the two sticks on controller. Now that I got the hang of it, I find it really easy now having started a new game on Steam (after beating it on GOG). You just have to get the starting spot right with one stick and then turn both sticks in unison or something like that so the spot moves together with your stick.

[Sam Carter]

It's easier on the mouse but if you can't do it on the controller then you're rxxxxxxd

[Primigenia]

It just takes a bit to get used to it and to level some skills, I don't dislike it to be honest, I think pickpocketing system is much worse

[Bandy]

It's like chewing bubble gum and walking, some can't do both...

[Sam Carter]

Nothing hard about it, easier on kb+mouse

[Tussin The Goat]

It's the worst lock picking in gaming history by a landslide. Whoever thought of the lock picking mechanic needs to realize that glue is used for sticking things together, not sniffing. Thank god I have a pc and can mod that garbage out, I feel bad for the console players lol. Don't tell that to this toxic glazing community though, "KCD has no flaws, the lock picking is perfect, SKILL ISSUE NOOB!!!! UNINSTALL."