Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom has just been released and we’ve got some good and some bad news. The good news is that the game seems to be running fine on a variety of PC systems. The bad news is that the game lacks support for mouse.
Seriously now, this is ridiculous. We’re talking here about a third-person game that would greatly benefit from mouse support. Not only that, but the game does not support a lot of older gamepads.
In order to properly configure your gamepads, you’ll have to follow this guide.
And for the love of God, don’t even think about playing this game with your keyboard. It’s a mess. A big mess. You’ll have to remap pretty much all keys. And even though there are proper keyboard on-screen indicators, we strongly suggest avoiding this title if you don’t own a gamepad.
It’s laughable that this game was released in such an awful state. And that’s because Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is one of the best fan services we’ve ever seen.
The game looks almost exactly like its anime version, has great mechanics and fluid movements, is a lot of fun, and all original Japanese actors have reprised their roles.
To be honest, this is an incredible and fun Attack on Titan game that perfectly captures the atmosphere of its anime. And while the game is a bit overpriced, we’d have recommended it if its control mechanics had been perfectly translated on the PC.
For what is worth, the game runs well on the PC. Its visuals are not really impressive and there aren’t a lot of graphics settings to tweak. Still, this is a KOEI Tecmo game we’re talking about, so it’s kind of cool witnessing a game running without any performance issues.
Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is a game that most Attack on Titan fans will fall in love with. However, it’s really inexcusable that it does not support the mouse. And since we don’t expect Omega Force to release a patch that will add support to it, we strongly suggest avoiding it if you don’t own a gamepad.
Enjoy the Colossal Titan Mission from its campaign mode!
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Tried pirated version the game is good, it has slight issues but overall its a great game , but as for the price as it is not worth it , but probably gonna pick it up later
i was gonna pick it up if it hits the 20$ ish price point, right now its too much to ask for
Agree man, its too much 50-60$ damn thats not right
honestly from what ive seen, God eater 2/res(2 game bundle) for 50$ is way more reasonable and apparently it controls great with mouse/kb and if you like monster hunter style games its worth a pickup. and ive heard no issues about performance which is a pleasant surprise
Dude being a pc gamer doesnt mean every game has to support mouse , I even sometimes prefer playing games with xbox controller
thats very true, i play dark souls and some other action games with a controller. some games just work better with a pad
But yeah the price is too high but its certainly better then no mans sky
I can’t stand how this game and One Piece Pirate Warriors 3 are both hard locked to 58.7 FPS! I mean why? I get major screen tearing and judder because of the un-even frame pacing! You can actually see what I mean in the screenshots John has posted. Every one is at 58.7-58.8FPS. It’s a joke! Oh… and you can’t select any resolution above 1080p! And unlike One Piece (which was DX9, AoT is DX11…) you can’t use SGSSAA to smooth out the image. It’s a “jaggy” fest. Very disappointing!
Just turn off in game v-sync and activate it and triple buffering from vga control panel.
It’s very smooth for me.
Doesn’t work. Game is still locked to 58.7fps. Trust me I have tried EVERYTHING. Same thing with One Piece Pirate Warriors 3. Show us some screen shots or a video clip of you running the game locked at 60fps… I am very interested in seeing your proof. Just like in the video and screenshots John has in the above article, it will be 58.7fps not 60 or 59.9fps.
I will happily do it. I’m working right now, but tonight I’ll try to take some screenshots and post here.
By the way, are you using a Nvidia card?
Yes I am. Like I said, I have two systems running right now. One has a Pascal Titan X and the other is a GTX980 SLI system. Both suffer from Judder that is present when the frame rate doesn’t sync to the refresh rate. That is what happens when a game runs at 58fps but your refresh is 60Hz. It is interesting that the same judder that I am experiencing doesn’t seem to be there in your video capture…. I will have to see how that is possible. Interesting….
So I have been on the 369.05 Titan X exclusive driver ever since I bought the card (372.59 was buggy as hell for me!) and I just installed 372.70. Now even thought the game is running at 58.7fps it is quite a bit smoother. there are lurches every now and then but AoT plays much better now then it did on 369.05. Thanks for the video man, it made me look further into my issue. I do appreciate it!
You’re welcome! I’m glad it helped you!
Ok, I played it again, paying more attention. It really is 58 fps (59.0 sometimes), but there is no lag, stutter, judder, whatever.
Here’s some shots.
That guide is not for everyone.
I’m using an xbox 360 official gamepad with a wireless adapter and I only had to change the bindings for start/back (they were switched around) and RT/LT, also I had to configure a dead zone for the right stick because the camera kept moving on its own.
People are having vastly different issues with controllers in this game, but at least in seems they all can be solved by messing with XInput Plus settings.
The game is quite fun and addictive but it’s also repetitive and very easy, it feels a lot like a musou game in structure except the combat itself is obviously completely different.
another japanese made game ported to PC by a japanese college student
If you comment then first try the game, it works actually very good 60fps and all with minor issues
it’s 58fps to be accurate
and fkn 1080p lock
good game though
I had 60fps and resolution I dont care about it not one bit, even tho I do play some games at 2k but thats it
There is no way you are playing it at 60fps. It is hard locked to 58.7fps. There is a difference. 60fps is smooth because it can sync each frame to the 60Hz refresh of your display. 58.7 causes judder and screen tear. Run a frame rate monitoring software like Afterburner or FRAPS and you will see. It effects EVERYONE. That is fact. Otherwise show proof of your “magical” PC that runs the game beyond the limitations of the had coded fps lock.
dont know man I had 60fps I checked it mysself dont know with what you where playing ??
No you are not. The game doesn’t allow 60fps. Look below for @Halseluk’s findings. If you “checked it yourself” and you are seeing 60fps then you are doing something wrong.
im the only one ho didn’t like the game? i watched a lot of game-play never liked it
Even with a gamepad the game has issues. In my case, the deadzone was pretty messed up and the camera continuously panned to the left so I had to use xinput as well. Many people have controller issues.