Gamepad / Controller Support?

[uHu]

Hi

Just wanted to ask, if Xenonauts 2 will have Controller Support. First one doesn't, right?

I am really looking forward to Xenonauts 2, but I am not sure, if I could play it with mouse + keyboard (having chronic pain, which gets a lot worse that way).

And before you say "Steam Controller":
I have it and it's great. But for this type of game it's not that comfortable.

I really like, that the new XCOM games have full XBox-Style Controller Support.
It works great.
Gameplay is a coin with two sides though ... :/

[Vidvar]

Yes please. I aso would like to know about controller.

[Pingu_the_Great]

As someone in the closed Beta, I can say that guess it would be doable? You'd find the strategic UI a bit annoying with a controller, especially the armory, perhaps not so much the other screens, although I can't think of a not-clunky way to manage the geoscape seeing as the air war is as integral to X2 as it was to X1. The air combat miningame would be basically impossible, but there's an autoresolve so you don't have to worry about that. Ground Combat would be doable, the UI kind of lends itself to a controller setup. It would need some thinking about though.

[uHu]

The newer XCOM games are playable by Gamepad, and very comfortably at that.

With a proper concept there is no reason for a turn-based game a Controller can't be just as good or better than Mouse+Keyboard.

In any case it's less dangerous/unhealthy and more chill to play with a controller.

[Pingu_the_Great]

If you've played X1, then you'd know that the strategic section is nothing like FiraXCOM, and is not designed in mind for a controller. The strategic section of X2 is something like 80-90% like X1's strategic section, and unlike FiraXCOM, you're going to spend as much time on the strategic map directing the air war as you are in Ground Combat. It would be clunky to use a controller - there's no way around that. Also, the air combat minigame would be pretty much unplayable, although that doesn't really matter because you can autoresolve.

[saltyNacho]

If they did add controller support, that would make the game more viable for console ports, thus increasing sales

[Offslash]

Оnce the season of ridiculous requests is open, I take this opportunity to request three pedal wheel with force feedback support.

[PaulMode7]

No controller support planned currently I'm afraid - sorry about that!

[Jeff Kaos]

Originally posted by kingarthur772:

Nope, it´s not an Racing Sim or an Shooter where you need a gamepad. It´s an Strategy Game and that Gernes only played by Mouse and Keyboard.

You know the original X-Com UFO Defense was on Playstation 1 right? While there was a mouse peripheral for the PS1, iirc specifically designed for this game, not many people owned it. I played X-Com UFO Defense on the PS1 back then and while it was a little awkward it was doable. I never understand why people seem to hate variety and choice. If someone wants controller support and you'll never use it how in the world does it affect you? What do you care?

Also, there's hundreds of strategy games that came out on console for decades that used controllers. And many of them were pretty damn good.

[☢︎Mr.Bigtime 1981]

latest Baldur's gate 3 has controller support. this game needs it

[It's Dunk]

Please consider adding official controller support.

[BloodBorne]

Please consider adding official controller support. +1

[shanefox6449]

Originally posted by BloodBorne:

Please consider adding official controller support. +1

[Managedant]

Here to 3rd this. Do not make it a priority but having gamepad support would be fantastic. Was a life saver being able to play enemy unknown with some workarounds.

[Ricky]

+1