Not in combat areas. Something about it being a memory issue on consoles.
Did they fix it for PC? Noooope.
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Mass Effect 3 PC will NOT have gamepad support
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Not in combat areas. Something about it being a memory issue on consoles.
Did they fix it for PC? Noooope.
Memory issue, really?!
It was the same in ME2 though. But at least there was an animation for it when you could.
chickdigger802
Banned
How would you stand together and fight with your weapon holstered son?
Punch the Reapers in the face?
Well, at least DA2 had some PC specific features. But DA2 really plays better with a pad. Damn, what happened to the guys who made frickin Baldur's Gate?
MikeE21286
Member
pretty inexcusable. I would have gone for the PC version. I'll play on 360 now instead.
Which is probably what they want, because the RRP is higher. Also (whisper it) less chance of those people playing a pirated copy.
What about the license fee? Graphically it's very dissapointing, lowres textures, especially the armour, AGAIN. But I rather play this game running at 60fps with SSAA.
No, it wasn't the same in ME2. As soon as no enemy was left in ME2, you could holster and the FOV changed and you could control the camera in whatever mission you were on.
In ME3, this game state of camera and FOV is unavailable during missions with combat, because the holster animation and ability have been removed because of the 360's memory budget (2-4 mb of RAM).
Barack Lesnar
Banned
Wow this is inexcusable. A fucking deal-breaker if there's truly no way to mod it since the file is encrypted. I play almost every game with my 360 wireless controller save for RTS like SC2. Every single-player shooter, RPG, action/adventure with a controller. This is a fucking joke. I'm not getting it until it's patched/modded in, even with that free BF3 deal. Fuck off
I see. Will this affect quicksaves too then?
Takamura-San
Member
I thought that the master race was too good for controllers....
Seems that i was wrong.
Seems that i was wrong.
It probably won't be fully modded in. I think after a year or so someone was able to get it like 80% working in ME2 but certain stuff didn't work right like the power wheel.
Movement will be really important in ME3 and the left analogue stick absolutely trashes WASD.
Why are you even here if this is your idea of contributing to the thread?
I guess you're right. Then I don't really know what the argument to not include it would be, apart from piracy hypothetically creeping in somewhere (e.g. being afraid that release code is leaked/cracked for one version and subsequently retrofitted to work on the other platforms or something farfetched like that)
edit: that doesn't make any sense.
Maybe it's actually done to not get "hurr it's dumbed down for consoles, xbox controller preferred method durr" fallout?
Haunted
Member
Wow, pretty terrible decision. Once again. They've got unanimous feedback that people wanted controller support twice now, and twice they've ignored it.
Time to look for my old XPadder configuration I guess.
Time to look for my old XPadder configuration I guess.
Shouldn't be a new feeling for you.
snoopeasystreet
Member
The universe won't be saved from my comfy couch.
I think when even a game like Witcher 2 offers full pad support, before the 360 version was even announced, then no one really has any excuse outside of RTS or MMO genres. Bioware certainly couldn't pull off the hardcore excuse, because Witcher 2 is about as hardcore as wrpgs get anymore.
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
They already addressed this specifically. It's a console memory limitation issue, wherein they needed the couple of MB that they were using to store both sets of animations (Shepard's movements with gun holstered vs with gun drawn) for other things. They wanted to keep both but felt the tradeoffs were worth it (I have no idea what the extra memory is being used for).
exactly. Of course this is pointless, from what I've seen of the pc gamers who have played the first two games in the series, they already feel this way.
Mechanized
Member
I'm glad I lost interest in this series after ME1. Little details like this drive me insane.
Haunted
Member
Messofanego
Banned
Wow, I have a really dirty mind...
Didn't have a prob with kb/m on the demo, but obviously I'm not getting the game.
Deadly Cyclone
Pride of Iowa State
Because...you can't holster a weapon? Huh.
Doctor Hades
Member
True but they didn't have in-game anti-aliasing either yet BioWare thoughtfully added that to the PC version of Mass Effect 3 (looks pretty decent too).
I find it unbelievable that BioWare have deliberately chosen to ignore controller support in Mass Effect 3 given that it's a third-person shooter first and RPG second. That makes the game a perfect candidate for the controller IMO, heck, the first game was designed for a console and only came to the PC many months later with a redesigned interface (and then that was only after complaints about the 360's own U.I.).
When we get barebones "console ports" like Kingdoms of Amalur on the PC, that offer nothing extra visually or otherwise over the console versions beyond the expected resolution/framerate increases, yet include controller and mouse/keyboard controls that switch seamlessly on the fly along with appropriate HUD changes, I can only include that supporting the controller must something that's really easy to do.
So why do BioWare continue to ignore it? The interface and icons already exist from the 360 version so it shouldn't be too difficult to include those along with the existing PC mouse/keyboard support. If it isn't possible to have them running together then make it something that we can select from the options.
Are they terrified that the few elitist gamers will accuse them of churning out console ports if they see "Press START to play" flashing away on the title screen? Or is the real reason that they want people, who prefer to use controllers in PC games where possible (such as me), to buy the more expensive and technically inferior console version?
I honestly can't understand their reasons for not including both control schemes at this point in 2012. I buy a heck of a lot of PC games (over 30 per year) yet I play almost all of them with a controller. In other words, it is actually rarer to find games that don't support the controller, especially from EA who typically are excellent.
lol true
You do realize that when combined with mouse look, WASD essentially gives the player analog movement, right?
ThoseDeafMutes
Member
Sounds believable? That's what one of the devs said it was via Twitter. I don't know which thread it was posted in because there's like 4 ME threads on the front page and they're all giant, but I'm sure someone else remembers it.
EDIT:
It was the official forums, not twitter, my bad.
You dig that you don't represent all PC gamers though, right?
Personally, I couldn't give a shit if they took out M&KB support but I'd sure as hell understand why people were complaining.
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