The only real difference between the analogue stick and the mouse is the smoothing/acceleration effects that sticks have. It’s no rocket science to realize that the mouse offers better and quicker precision/camera movement than an analogue stick. Like it or not, third-person games are fully playable and enjoyable with mouse and keyboard. There is also no excuse for the lack of mouse support. And that’s a shame because we’re talking about a 2017 game. If you don’t own a gamepad, there is no point at all purchasing and playing this game. Ultimately, this all means that PC keyboard gamers should avoid Nioh: Complete Edition at all costs. Or you can hope that some user will figure out all the keyboard keys and share them on Steam (at the time of writing, there is no such guide). Given the fact that there is nothing at all to at least inform you about the default keyboard keys, you’ll have a hard time figuring out which button/key can lock onto the enemies a mechanic that is essential to Nioh. All you can do is choose a different controller type that basically switches the actions of the default button/keys. And if they don’t like the default layout of the keys… well… too bad as you cannot use other keys. As such, PC gamers will have to smash every key in order to figure out the game’s controls. Moreover, there aren’t any proper on-screen keyboard indicators, and there is no manual to show what keyboard key does what. Nioh: Complete Edition does not let the players remap their keys at all. However, and even if you attempt something like that, you’ll have to face the game’s awful keyboard controls. Now since the game does not support the mouse, some players may use third-part tools in order to force such a thing. All Team Ninja had to do was offer raw mouse movement for the camera and nothing more. So no, there is no excuse here about “ the game being developed for controllers“.

Dark Souls 3, Lords of the Fallen and The Surge were fully playable and enjoyable with mouse+keyboard. Now obviously some will not mind, however this, at least in our opinion, is unacceptable. Yeap, the game does not support mouse at all. So let’s start with the obvious one we can confirm today those earlier reports about the game lacking mouse support. After all, the previous KOEI Tecmo game, Warriors All-Stars, even had proper mouse support. The one PC gamers should be blaming is Team Ninja. Truth be told, KOEI Tecmo is not be blamed here.

No seriously, these are by far the worst keyboard controls we’ve seen in a PC game, surpassing even those of Attack on Titan. Nioh: Complete Edition has just been released on the PC and since KOEI Tecmo has provided us with a review code, we can confirm that the keyboard controls are awful.

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