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[Discussion] Which Soulslike will you be playing this weekend and do you ever play Soulslikes with mouse & keyboard? (lemmy.zip)

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The first Dark Souls PC port is notorious for being borderline unplayable with a mouse and keyboard unless you tweak the settings or use plug ins, most just used controllers for ease of use. With later versions of the game, m&k controls seem to have gotten better. Fast forward to today, most PC versions of modern soulslikes allow for both control configurations while still usually suggesting a controller.

Which do you prefer? Have you tried playing with m&k?

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[–] MissingInteger@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago

I started with Bloodborne as my first Souls game and even today I still own most of my Soulslikes on console and so I play almost exclusively on controller.
Also, I find navigating 3D spaces, especially from the 3rd perspective, simply easier and more intuitive with a controller.

I’m going to play Elden Ring. I’m currently cosplaying as a Dragon Priestess and incinerating the higher new game cycles with Ancient Dragons' Lightning Strike.