PC controls are, acceptable. I can tell they cater to gamepads but I never find myself cursing them. I'm able to forget I'm using a keyboard and mouse which makes gameplay more intuitive for me. I also just played a session with zero lag or rubberbanding which was nice. But I'm currently stuck on frozen loading screen again. Luckily no progress is lost when I log back in.
NPCs still need work. Some will charge you then just stand there while you kill them. Others are more realistic, moving around alot. Feels like DPS has been increased some as NPCs appear to be not so much bullet spongy.
I definitely disagree with this. I find the PC controls to be abhorrent and a complete afterthought. The menus themselves don't seem to be very intuitive for KB/M, either, which is part of the problem. However, flight control with KB/M is easily the worst port I've ever experienced -- even at 100% sensitivity, it feels genuinely unfulfilling to fly with a KB/M compared to a controller.
Flight does take some getting use to. I'm doing ok with the controls so far. I should point out I use a trackball instead of a mouse. Definitely more difficult with a mouse which I used on my laptop.
"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey
PC controls are, acceptable. I can tell they cater to gamepads but I never find myself cursing them. I'm able to forget I'm using a keyboard and mouse which makes gameplay more intuitive for me. I also just played a session with zero lag or rubberbanding which was nice. But I'm currently stuck on frozen loading screen again. Luckily no progress is lost when I log back in.
NPCs still need work. Some will charge you then just stand there while you kill them. Others are more realistic, moving around alot. Feels like DPS has been increased some as NPCs appear to be not so much bullet spongy.
I definitely disagree with this. I find the PC controls to be abhorrent and a complete afterthought. The menus themselves don't seem to be very intuitive for KB/M, either, which is part of the problem. However, flight control with KB/M is easily the worst port I've ever experienced -- even at 100% sensitivity, it feels genuinely unfulfilling to fly with a KB/M compared to a controller.
(EDIT: The best description I've seen for using a KB/M for flying in Anthem is comparing it to hydroplaning in a car -- thats exactly what it feels like to me.)
Mouse controls are not final.
They made adjustments to mouse controls a few weeks ago but they are not in this demo.
They made the adjustments due to complaints during Closed Alpha so maybe the adjustments will be in the Open demo next week due to these complaints.
I'm using a windows PC Xbox controller to play and it works very well. I've gotten stuck in the loading screen a couple of times, had to task manager to close app and restart. Haven't had any lag or rubber banding. The game is just OK. Not bad, not great. Wouldn't say it's more fun than similar game. Flying works fine, not really a fun enough gimmick to carry the game or set it apart.
PC controls are, acceptable. I can tell they cater to gamepads but I never find myself cursing them. I'm able to forget I'm using a keyboard and mouse which makes gameplay more intuitive for me. I also just played a session with zero lag or rubberbanding which was nice. But I'm currently stuck on frozen loading screen again. Luckily no progress is lost when I log back in.
NPCs still need work. Some will charge you then just stand there while you kill them. Others are more realistic, moving around alot. Feels like DPS has been increased some as NPCs appear to be not so much bullet spongy.
I definitely disagree with this. I find the PC controls to be abhorrent and a complete afterthought. The menus themselves don't seem to be very intuitive for KB/M, either, which is part of the problem. However, flight control with KB/M is easily the worst port I've ever experienced -- even at 100% sensitivity, it feels genuinely unfulfilling to fly with a KB/M compared to a controller.
(EDIT: The best description I've seen for using a KB/M for flying in Anthem is comparing it to hydroplaning in a car -- thats exactly what it feels like to me.)
Mouse controls are not final.
They made adjustments to mouse controls a few weeks ago but they are not in this demo.
They made the adjustments due to complaints during Closed Alpha so maybe the adjustments will be in the Open demo next week due to these complaints.
But, the retail version will be different.
Flying took a bit to get used to. Increasing my mouse sensitivity definitely helped. My biggest gripe was the underwater flying. It was pretty bad trying to control. I found flying seemed more initiative and a bit smoother with a controller, but the shooting is way better with a mouse & keyboard. If they adjust some of this it will play really well. At the moment I was still happy overall.
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"We all do the best we can based on life experience, point of view, and our ability to believe in ourselves." - Naropa "We don't see things as they are, we see them as we are." SR Covey