Keyboard or Controller?

[Ghostly Goth]

Have not played the game yet, but wondering if there is any certain recommendations for the controls. Most platforms i play, always recommend controller over Keyboard for example and want to know if it's the same here or is both good enough?

[glass]

Both is good enough. The movement works in 8-directionals. No analog.

[prpl_mage]

Played it with both but prefered controller (ps4)

[v0lt]

Play it with x360 controller it suck never play with it
PS4 controls recommend

[Troa11]

There's a certain mechanic in Ch 6 and beyond that is... well people do it but in my opinion is just impossible without an analog stick. Primarily you want the best D-Pad you can find but you want an analog stick there to switch to when you need to.

[glass]

Originally posted by Troa11:

There's a certain mechanic in Ch 6 and beyond that is... well people do it but in my opinion is just impossible without an analog stick. Primarily you want the best D-Pad you can find but you want an analog stick there to switch to when you need to.

That mechanic controls in 8 directions too. The analog stick does not give any real advantage.

[Skypris]

I almost never use a DS4 controller. X1 worked great for me. I definitely would not bother with a keyboard for platformers, hack-n-slash, and top-down twin stick shooters.

As far as controls go, I had no issue with their control setup as it was so you should be golden. Hopefully you enjoy the game! I wanna run through it (campaign) again myself and eventually get to the bonus stuff.

[Troa11]

Originally posted by glass:

Originally posted by Troa11:

There's a certain mechanic in Ch 6 and beyond that is... well people do it but in my opinion is just impossible without an analog stick. Primarily you want the best D-Pad you can find but you want an analog stick there to switch to when you need to.

That mechanic controls in 8 directions too. The analog stick does not give any real advantage.

The feather? Totally analog control. It's not locked to 8-way.

[???[Q]]

Controller all the way, I've 100% complete this game multiple times on Switch and PC, certain parts of the game are basically impossible with a keyboard. I only ever use a Switch Pro Controller.

[gianniorfini]

Controller is the way to go, sometimes I had to use the stick but the DPAD is perfect for platformers

[JEANBERNARDGAMING]

you can do either, its just personal preference

[aluminium]

Originally posted by General Klump:

certain parts of the game are basically impossible with a keyboard.

What parts? I didn't find anything impossible.

[dies]

I've played the whole base game plus all the B-sides on keyboard, and I'm working on Farewell rn (the hardest chapter). I've also played the game for an hour or so on controller., so here are my main takeaways:

Playing on a controller definitely feels more natural. The first hour or so on a keyboard is a little hard to get used to, ZXC and arrow keys feel slightly awkward at first.

After a while, I'd say your input option doesn't matter. There's no analog input in the game afaik; all movement is in one of 8 directions, so if anything keyboard is better in that respect. It's easy to accidentally diagonal dash with a joystick.

So overall I'd say either is fine! If you have a controller, go ahead and use it. If you don't, use a keyboard; it won't hinder you at all! :)

[Drzewiec1122]

I've played through all of the game on keyboard and it was fun, didn't have any problems

[Naelus]

Can't play with controller, so I don't know which is superior.

I found that default controls were tough to get used to, so I set dash as /, space as jump, LShift as climb/grab, and enter as select.
Never had a problem afterwards.

[NeX]

Controller is a must, If you wanna complete everything on keyboard, expect severe hand pain :D