***Hogwarts Legacy - RPG***

I've never owned a console and I'm too old to switch to controller. I only ever use them for racing games.
I tell my, younger, friends (they're in their thirties and fourties) that I prefer First Person games over Third Person and they just can't wrap their heads around the idea that someone can't use a controller :)

However I can overlook that for a fabulously immersive Harry Potter game. 10 odd hours in and loving mouse and keyboard.
 
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VincentHanna said:
You need to give it a few days, and gradually you'll improve and soon you'll realise that controllers are just better for third person games.
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Not for me, ewww...yuck...I'm hopeless with controllers but I've 100%'d all the AC games, Elden Ring, The Division, Tomb Raider and a multitude of other third person games using mouse and keyboard. I actually dont believe one is inherently better than the other, I think its more down to what you are used to. A lot of people grew up with a console of some description and are competent with controllers, I however never used a console in my life and have played games exclusively on keyboards and mice through the decades, so I'm far more competent with a mouse and keyboard
 
GBRusty said:
I've never owned a console and I'm too old to switch to controller. I only ever use them for racing games.
I tell my, younger, friends (they're in their thirties and fourties) that I prefer First Person games over Third Person and they just can't wrap their heads around the idea that someone can't use a controller :)

However I can overlook that for a fabulously immersive Harry Potter game. 10 odd hours in and loving mouse and keyboard.
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Lol thats exactly me (with the exception that I use a steering wheel for driving games) My younger friends in their 30s and 40s are always gobsmacked when I dont use a controller for something. They will repeatedly tell me things like, well you'll never beat X or Y without using a controller, only to then watch me beat it perfectly fine using a mouse and keyboard. The number of them who said there would be no way I could 100% Elden Ring using mouse and keyboard was huge, was nice to see them eat humble pie when they saw me dropping bosses with comparative ease using mouse and keyboard
 
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So far, still to play this one yet since buying it, there is only one game that I use a controller on..... No Mans Sky, and that is when I'm flying around the planet or in space, using my wireless X-Box controller. Otherwise in that game I will still use and KB & M.
I watch our eldest grandson playing games using a controller and I suppose I get how good it can be. But I still prefer to use, or at least I'm more familiar with, a mouse and keyboard.
Perhaps, when i'm ready to play this one, I'll think about using the controller......

and then carry on using the keyboard and mouse :D
 
VincentHanna said:
You need to give it a few days, and gradually you'll improve and soon you'll realise that controllers are just better for third person games.
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I don't mind controllers and use them for some games, this one felt like a bit too much going on for the controller though.

Having to hold RT to use the spells and then release for normal wand attack was not for me, so I quickly went back to M + KB.

I think both can work here, but you need to get used to whichever one you use.
 
Tombstone said:
Lol thats exactly me (with the exception that I use a steering wheel for driving games) My younger friends in their 30s and 40s are always gobsmacked when I dont use a controller for something. They will repeatedly tell me things like, well you'll never beat X or Y without using a controller, only to then watch me beat it perfectly fine using a mouse and keyboard. The number of them who said there would be no way I could 100% Elden Ring using mouse and keyboard was huge, was nice to see them eat humble pie when they saw me dropping bosses with comparative ease using mouse and keyboard
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I had similar with a younger guy at work who was apparently quite good at Call of Duty - all his friends thought he was like the best player ever - somewhere around 40-0 he started accusing me of cheating... to be fair tactically one of the better players I've faced but on controller he couldn't touch me using keyboard and mouse.
 
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Tombstone said:
Not for me, ewww...yuck...I'm hopeless with controllers but I've 100%'d all the AC games, Elden Ring, The Division, Tomb Raider and a multitude of other third person games using mouse and keyboard. I actually dont believe one is inherently better than the other, I think its more down to what you are used to. A lot of people grew up with a console of some description and are competent with controllers, I however never used a console in my life and have played games exclusively on keyboards and mice through the decades, so I'm far more competent with a mouse and keyboard
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I think this is a great game for a controller, but I think that all games are unless you have to aim a gun properly. But, I really only use the controller because I want to relax instead of sitting up at my PC like I'm at work.
 
Mouse and Keyboard for FPS (which I only seem to play on PC). Controller for everything else.

Did another couple of hours on this last night; still enjoying it, but the dialogue does seem a little wooden and a little "6th form am-dram" to my ear. Maybe it's the mainly RP English accents, as I guess it is produced for the American/Global market.
 
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dirtychinchilla said:
I think this is a great game for a controller, but I think that all games are unless you have to aim a gun properly. But, I really only use the controller because I want to relax instead of sitting up at my PC like I'm at work.
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Yeah for me, I cant even move in a straight line with a controller so for me, forcing myself to use a controller simply ruins any enjoyment in any game, I stick with what I know and am best with (M&KB) and to be fair I am better with that than I would ever be with a controller, which is why I always say neither method is better than the other, the only thing that is better is which method you are most used to. Its a bit like a Car and a Motorbike, neither is inherently better than the other it depends whether you're someone used to driving a car or riding a motorbike :)
 
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Tombstone said:
Not for me, ewww...yuck...I'm hopeless with controllers but I've 100%'d all the AC games, Elden Ring, The Division, Tomb Raider and a multitude of other third person games using mouse and keyboard. I actually dont believe one is inherently better than the other, I think its more down to what you are used to. A lot of people grew up with a console of some description and are competent with controllers, I however never used a console in my life and have played games exclusively on keyboards and mice through the decades, so I'm far more competent with a mouse and keyboard
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The Division mostly did a great job of controls and movement on keyboard and mouse (until they messed the movement up in a later patch).

For higher end content playing it on KB&M is just a way better option.
 
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Rroff said:
The Division mostly did a great job of controls and movement on keyboard and mouse (until they messed the movement up in a later patch).
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Was about to reply and say this too about the Division.

One of the few games that got the balance right with keyboard and mouse vs. controller. I played with a group of friends on PC who would use a mixture of inputs and no-one felt any worse off than others. Compared to playing Far Cry on a controller :confused:
 
t2na said:
Was about to reply and say this too about the Division.

One of the few games that got the balance right with keyboard and mouse vs. controller. I played with a group of friends on PC who would use a mixture of inputs and no-one felt any worse off than others. Compared to playing Far Cry on a controller :confused:
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Most of the game plays well on controller but if you want to min/max legendary/heroic you really need KB&M.
 
HungryHippos said:
Apparently not anymore. From more recent stuff I read capping fps below your max monitor g-sync fps should be fine even at lower framerates, g-sync can double up frames when it's too low.

You can enable it but it will introduce a bit of input lag, otherwise won't kill anything. Try it out with vsync fully disabled.
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Gsync enabled in NVCP, Vsync enabled in NVCP, Vsync disabled in-game.

Low Latency Mode should be set to On (or Ultra) - this should set an FPS cap regardless although it depends on the game (if it doesn't, then manually cap your framerate 3-4 below the max refresh of your monitor).

It's been that way for years, anyone telling you otherwise is wrong.
 
Gee said:
Gsync enabled in NVCP, Vsync enabled in NVCP, Vsync disabled in-game.

Low Latency Mode should be set to On (or Ultra) - this should set an FPS cap regardless although it depends on the game (if it doesn't, then manually cap your framerate 3-4 below the max refresh of your monitor).

It's been that way for years, anyone telling you otherwise is wrong.
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Some more recent posts I've seen seem to suggest that it's not necessary if you cap the frames below your monitors max, as V-Sync only matters above the frame rate cap.

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There is a lot of info flying around ultimately but can't say I've seen any issues since disabling V-sync.
 
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