Can I enjoy this game with keyboard and mouse?

[The Last Monke]

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[Killbunny]

You can enjoy this game with just the keyboard. You cannot use a mouse to play this game.

[Sh1nRa358]

Does this version have rumble like the PS version?

[MattStriker]

Nope, no rumble (and controller support is slightly on the sketchy side...I got my X360 controller to work with it, but I've seen quite a few complaints from people who didn't).

[Fleshoftheinertgod]

Originally posted by shinra35888:

Does this version have rumble like the PS version?

Actually the original PS version never had rumble, hell it didn't event have analog stick support because it came out before Sony added the analog sticks to the playstation controller, never mind rumble. Analog sticks came out in north america in August 1997 and dualshock was released in May 1998. (source: Wikipedia)

[Fleshoftheinertgod]

I personally use a Logitech G13 to play this game, just programed in the keys and am able to play this game one-handed with no troubles, also gives me the option to program multiple keys to one button to make things even easier. for example, in chocobo racing I programmed the 2 keys for the stanima recharge and the full run key into one keybinding so now all I have to do is press one key on my G13 and it does everything, I also used this trick for getting Tifa's final limit break from the piano in her house, I programmed all the key presses into one key with about .5 seconds delay between each, went to her house, activated the piano, hit that one key and had her final limit break right there, no fumbling around.

[Sh1nRa358]

Originally posted by Fleshoftheinertgod:

Originally posted by shinra35888:

Does this version have rumble like the PS version?

Actually the original PS version never had rumble, hell it didn't event have analog stick support because it came out before Sony added the analog sticks to the playstation controller, never mind rumble. Analog sticks came out in north america in August 1997 and dualshock was released in May 1998. (source: Wikipedia)

It did have rumble. Pressing start allowed you to turn it off and on on the fly and it is in the options. I believe me still having a PS2 and the game trumps a wikipedia reference :P

[martin_cross]

Pretty certain it did not have rumble...

[marquitoX]

using the microsoft xbox controller for pc. Works great but it is a shame not having the vibration

[Sloko]

Originally posted by shinra35888:

Originally posted by Fleshoftheinertgod:

Actually the original PS version never had rumble, hell it didn't event have analog stick support because it came out before Sony added the analog sticks to the playstation controller, never mind rumble. Analog sticks came out in north america in August 1997 and dualshock was released in May 1998. (source: Wikipedia)

It did have rumble. Pressing start allowed you to turn it off and on on the fly and it is in the options. I believe me still having a PS2 and the game trumps a wikipedia reference :P

Final Fantasy VIII has rumble but number 7 does not.

[Fleshoftheinertgod]

Originally posted by shinra35888:

Originally posted by Fleshoftheinertgod:

Actually the original PS version never had rumble, hell it didn't event have analog stick support because it came out before Sony added the analog sticks to the playstation controller, never mind rumble. Analog sticks came out in north america in August 1997 and dualshock was released in May 1998. (source: Wikipedia)

It did have rumble. Pressing start allowed you to turn it off and on on the fly and it is in the options. I believe me still having a PS2 and the game trumps a wikipedia reference :P

No, 7 did not have rumble, 8 and 9 did. Source: me playing the original PS disk in an original playstation with a dualshock controller, also looking at the back of the original game case as I type this and not seeing the "Vibration function compatible" or the "Analog control compatible" icons that they put on EVERY PS disc case if it was compatible. The only icons that i see on the FF7 case are the ones for "one player" and "memory card 1 blocks". FF8, however, is analog and vibration compatible, probably because the game was released after, not before, that functionality was available.

Are you sure that you didn't mistake this for the FF8 forums? If so I suggest that you replay these old games, all that reading just might help to improve your literacy skills.

P.S, I was using Wikipedia to check the dates of when rumble and analog became available, not to confirm if the game had vibration, I checked that before hand by calling a summon on one of my old game saves.

[Sh1nRa358]

Sorry guys, I thought I was still in the FF8 forums when I posted that. I was speaking between the 2 forums at the time.

[Azuwi]

So is it recommended to have a controller or you can use a keyboard for same gameplay?

[finfanach]

Originally posted by Killbunny:

You can enjoy this game with just the keyboard. You cannot use a mouse to play this game.

Trust this or see for yourself.

[Professor Hardknocks]

Depends on if you enjoy sitting slumped over the keyboard or prefer to sit back relaxed.

[KingArkon]

I use a controller for very little these days but prefer the controller for this game. I think I am just biased because I am used to playing it with a controller from back in the day.

Originally posted by MattStriker:

Nope, no rumble (and controller support is slightly on the sketchy side...I got my X360 controller to work with it, but I've seen quite a few complaints from people who didn't).

One thing to note with the 360 controller is that the Dpad doesn't work so you will have to bind the direction controls to your analogue stick, and the camera control to LB and RB as the LT and RT buttons also don't function. There's enough compatible buttons to get the game working really well. The following thread http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=157599102 is a good primer if considering a controller. It's not as complicated as I am making it sound.