Nearing the holidays, I've begun to consider buying the PC version of Dark Souls and finally find out what all the hubbub is about.Browsing over the Steam page however, the distributor strongly recommends me also getting an Xbox360 controller. That makes me hesitate again. Let's give it a go. Novelty sewing usb flash drives. Xbox360 controller, no thanks.So how badly does the PC Dark Souls need an Xbox360 controller?I've played Supermeatboy on the ol' keyboard and mouse and despite McMillen's constant in-game taunts about the superiority of a Gamepad, I beat his creation and had a blast doing it. This just leads me to think that gamepads are just for people with a lack of hand-eye coordination, or Americans with sausage fingers bigger than the 'Enter' key.I've played on the original XBOX and to the best of my memory, there's nothing the thumbsticks do, that can't be handled by WASD and the finesse of the mouse combined.If I'm wrong, are there any patches that will make the game fall in line with keyboard and mouse?What are your recomendations?Edited by Skirlasvoud at 22:43:10 Edited by Skirlasvoud at 22:54:05.
UncleLou wrote:There's a m/kb mod that makes it playable, but there's one problem: the turning speed of your character depends on your gear. This will.never. work properly with a mouse becaue you'll be out of sync, so to speak, if you move your hand faster than your character can turn.Get a pad, get Durante's patch, and it's awesome on the PC, with image quality and a consistent frame rate that are far, far beyond the console versions.Unfortunately no matter what control method you choose you will still have to go through the tomb of the giants, which is where a brilliant game turned in to a lazily developed ass tightening lesson on why Dark Souls hates you. PinkyFloyd wrote:UncleLou wrote:There's a m/kb mod that makes it playable, but there's one problem: the turning speed of your character depends on your gear. WoodenSpoon wrote:PinkyFloyd wrote:UncleLou wrote:There's a m/kb mod that makes it playable, but there's one problem: the turning speed of your character depends on your gear. UncleLou wrote:WoodenSpoon wrote:PinkyFloyd wrote:UncleLou wrote:There's a m/kb mod that makes it playable, but there's one problem: the turning speed of your character depends on your gear.
My friend and I just bought it about an hour ago on Steam due to the sale and it is just completely unplayable without a game pad. We had hoped that the 'recommendation' was just that, but it seem it is a requirement.
Dark Souls Prepare To Die Edition Xbox One Controller Not Working
All the prompts are based on the controller buttons and not all the controller functions are mapped to the keyboard and the ones that are seem to have been done so randomly and without rhyme or reason. It's a total mess. Seems we are out the funds for the game, but we did both lodge complaints with Steam about it.