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[RakeVillain]

I am worried on how the developers will manage to transfer Art of Battle so awesome and realistic console system to PC especially the feel of being hit and hitting because mouses don't vibrate etc. Anyone share your opinions on this topic?

[YarbleckX]

I am worried on how the developers will manage to transfer Art of Battle so awesome and realistic console system to PC especially the feel of being hit and hitting because mouses don't vibrate etc. Anyone share your opinions on this topic?

Just plug an xbone controller in your PC.

[l0lz1337]

Just plug an xbone controller in your PC.

But that's not a good idea. That's like telling a Formula 1 car to use wooden tires instead of slicks because it rains. :/


I hope the game is closer to Chivalry: Medieval Warfare than to War of the Roses/VIkings in term of blocking. Blocking doesn't work very well in the later, because of the counter-intuive directional blocking system, which doesn't work - at all - with a mouse (too many inputs/second).

Chivalry does a much better job, where you simply have to aim with your crosshair at the tip of the weapon you want to block. If you aim well and time it right, you block.
If you fail to aim properly, you miss and get hit.


Dear developers, bear in mind that a mouse is not a controller. Maybe you have to totally rework the "art of battle" system for PCs (mice).

[firekingster]

The only "real" experience us PC users would miss out on, would be vibrations... If that really matters to you, you can just plug in a controller.

[Sixty-nl]

For a few games on pc i use a controller because it sometimes works/feel better for me. If you have an old ps2 controller there are €10 adapters so you can use it on pc, for PS3/4 and Xbox controllers you can plug it in or use a Bluetooth/****le for wireless. There is software for that, on pc there are always more then enough options.

But i am going offtopic, i am sure they make it work for people who want to play with mouse and keyboard, maybe they even add the option for PS4 and Xbox One for those who prefer it.

[SnorriUlversson]

The only "real" experience us PC users would miss out on, would be vibrations... If that really matters to you, you can just plug in a controller.

More than vibrations, probably a controller would be better on PC looking to the gart of battle system; honestly using a gamepad seems more performing to me rather than keyboard and gaming mouse in this case...but we'll see

[Niphrentil]

On PC you would use WASD to move and the mouse to look around and fight... Maybe a Shift + Mouse Movement could enter the Art of Battle mode so, there you have it... I guess it will be the same with controllers too... You'd use one joystick to move, the other to look around or turn while moving and then press a shoulder/trigger button to enter the Art of Battle fight mode.

[Serdones]

Really depends on the game whether M+K or controller is better. Most games developed primarily with PC in mind will do better with M+K, sure, and certain genres tend to favor it also (FPSes, RTSes, MMOs, etc.). Still, though they're definitely not PC-centric titles, Dark Souls I and II, for instance, definitely play better on controller. Considering how For Honor has maybe been developed with a controller in mind, even if they manage a functional control scheme, controllers could still have the edge, like in Dark Souls II, which is way better than Dark Souls I for M+K, but a controller's still better.

It'd suck to split the player base like that, but it's kind of just a fact of competitive gaming that if you want to perform the best, you need to use the recommended interface, even if it's not standard with that platform. The FGC deals with it, considering so many (maybe most) fighting games definitely necessitate fighting sticks if you want to be competitive. Hopefully at least the rift isn't so wide that people rocking the non-optimal set-up can't even have fun in PVP. While Chivalry's definitely better on M+K, I was still able to play pretty competently and have fun on a controller when I wanted to chill in my recliner instead of sit at my desk or use the mouse and keyboard ... lap ... pad ... thingy. Forget what it's called.

Although, now that I think about it, maybe M+K wouldn't be super hard to map. Maybe the scrollwheel up could be one of the three directions, down could be the second and clicking the scrollwheel could be the third. Left could be light attack, right could be heavy. WASD for movement, obvs. Then just some of the keys around WASD for the remaining inputs. That sounds pretty good. Maybe that would even be faster, if scrollwheel up, down and clicked is faster than moving the right analog stick.

[SnorriUlversson]

Dunno, honestly I hope so...but looking at this article, a gamepad seems better http://forhonor.ubi.com/game/en-US/n...m:148-76770-32

[RakeVillain]

I don't know honestly, I have a Xbox One controller but I would prefer it if they transferred the complete feel to the mouse and keyboard.