While there's nothing wrong with playing the game on a keyboard, the controller gives you the option of moving with both the d - pad and the analog stick, which is very handy since there are some attacks that are easier to dodge moving in the more constrained, very directional controls the d - pad offers while other attacks are easier to dodge using the more free and
fluid analog stick controls.
Not exact matches
As you use the
analog stick to
control your character in the gaming world and use your shoulder buttons to shoot and scan the environment, everything feels quite
fluid.
Movement is highly responsive: when I first took
control of the game's protagonist Marius Titus it reminded me of the first time I took a new car for a test drive — the camera rotates smoothly and swiftly and Maruis's animations are
fluid and reactive to every minor exertion of pressure on the
analog stick.