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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Ubisoft recommends gamepad for Assassin's Creed 3 PC.

    Assassin's Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson says that the company isn't going out of its way to optimize mouse and keyboard controls for the game.
    Mar 28, 2012 12:30pm PDT
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    Steve Watts posted a new article, Ubisoft recommends gamepad for Assassin's Creed 3 PC.

    Assassin's Creed 3 creative director Alex Hutchinson says that the company isn't going out of its way to optimize mouse and keyboard controls for the game. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Fine by me, really all of the series I have played with a pad or forced the use of a game pad so its no b... : valcan_sThis person is cool!
      • I dont have a wireless 360 pad because I have a 360 and play console games on it. when I play pc games (9... : cptstern
      • If I wanted to play with a controller I would buy it for my PS3. I prefer KB/M for pretty much any game I... : ShXIII
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      All the AC games I've played on the PC had great mouse/keyboard controls, so why does this guy sound like... : Mystery0000
      • Yeah I don't get this either. I've always thought that AC has some of the best KB/mouse controls (though ... : scary_monster
      • are you kidding me? http://lmgtfy.com/?q=assassin%27s+creed+mouse+acceleration : ironhorse86
    • Different game type, but remember how well thus worked for Rage? Three years of Tim Willits hitting deve... : the archvileThis person is cool!
    • What else can be said about Ubisoft and PC at this point? Every time "Ubisoft" and "PC" are in the same s... : ShXIII
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      Response to this 'news' has been a bit extreme, the game will simply have the same support and controls t... : xellotath
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        The Assassins Creed games work extremely well with a Mouse and Keyboard, provided you're already comforta... : bill crystals
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          Any fighting game or driving game or flying game : rodneystubbs
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            but you could argue that driving and flight games have their own controllers theyre better with.... : toomanysecrets
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              That doesn't matter. It isn't "what is the best way to play the game" but that those games play better wi... : OmegaRed59
              • as I posted before, previous games had 4 movement speeds available with the combo of high/low and leg but... : MamiyaOtaru
        • Prince of Persia Sands of Time Trilogy. : GreggD
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          Plenty of games exist that are objectively better suited to gamepad and AC is one. The game does not b... : xellotath
          • Careful around here dude, there are a lot of PC KBM sperglords who I think have motor contorl skill probl... : ryuusekiThis person is cool!
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      I'm going to assume the m+kb controls are going to be the exact same as the previous iterations... in whi... : Onward, to futility!
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        The real issue here isn't really about control schemes - it's about Ubi no longer giving any kind of a fu... : bill crystals
        • Valid I suppose, but really... all the wooing I need is a good release. :P Putting aside Ubi's DRM iss... : Onward, to futility!
    • I don't understand why they're bothering to port it with that attitude. : DynotakuThis person is cool!
    • This makes me worried that that there's a new control scheme so they can't just grab the control scheme f... : bryanvlo
    • 3rd person platform is always better on a pad, and that comes from a hardcore pc lover. No problem with t... : apocreg
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      The day they stop supporting kb+m is the day I stop buying their games. No, it's not in protest. It i... : coyoterysThis person is cool!
      • Serious question: How can I contact this Alex Hutchinson? I really would like to discuss this, and expr... : coyoterysThis person is cool!
    • I have no problem with that. There are certain games I like on mouse and keyboard and certain games I lik... : K1Bond007This person is cool!
    • AC has always fallen under the "gamepad-use" category for me, now if only it isn't delayed half a year th... : soundcreepy
    • i plan on corporate email carpet bombs if they leave in mouse accel like they did the previous games : ironhorse86
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      This only reaffirms Ubisoft not "investing/giving a shit" about the PC market. So sad for the company an... : Hilux SSRG
      • Why? There are simply some games that control better with joystick, mouse/keys, joypad, whatever. Their D... : nodeThis person is cool!
    • Don't have a problem with it, as long as it is still an option. I've played them all with mouse and keyb... : socom8271This person is cool!