Destiny 2 releases in a few hours on the PC and while it seems that this will be a really solid PC product, it will also come with a feature that will put off a number of PC players. And that feature is aim assist. According to Bungie, Destiny 2 PC will feature aim assist for controllers at launch.
As David Shaw, PC project lead at Bungie, told Telegraph, this decision was not an easy one.
“So, we heard feedback on that and we’re definitely listening and we’ll continue to listen going forward, but right now we are planning to ship the controller similar to how it was in the beta. We think our controls on the controller are pretty good, and people seem to like them, and we think that the PC players should have the ability to play that way if that’s their choice.”
The problem here is that players can use devices – like the XIM 4 adapter – so they can emulate controllers with mouse+keyboard. As such, these players will have the benefit of both precision and aim assist. And while such players will be really few, we don’t know whether players will find other means to exploit it.
To be honest, we strongly believe that PC games should not have any kind of aim assist. Especially during PVP battles. When asked about whether this could change in the future, Swan claimed that nothing is set in stone yet.
“I would be speculating, I can’t really say what we might or might not do. We’re definitely going to listen to feedback, we can commit to that. What we will or won’t change, that I can’t say with any confidence.”
There were a lot of concerns regarding aim assist during Destiny 2’s PC beta. And while Swan claims that they will listen to their fanbase… well… I don’t want to be THAT guy to point out that Bungie did not listen to the feedback of the PC fanbase during Destiny 2’s PC beta. So yeah, realistically speaking, I don’t expect this ‘feature’ to change any time soon.
Activision has provided us with a review code for Destiny 2. As such, expect our PC Performance Analysis article in the coming days!
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Thak god . What would happen when you plug in mouse and keyboard. You have to aim on your own and play the game
“PC games should not have any kind of aim assist”
I’m more like “Games should not have any kind of aim assist”
If you choose to play with handicap it only your fault, so you have no rights to complain
That’s very silly. The objective is to make the game as entertaining as possible. On controllers, it’s hard to aim, and not in a good, challenging way. It’s just frustrating. Therefore on a console, depending on a game, aim assist simply makes the game more enjoyable and less frustrating. I mean, even with aim assists, shooters on console are bad enough.
“If you choose to play with handicap is only your fault, so you have no rights to complain”
Players on console are not ‘playing with a handicap’, they’re playing with the normal control method.
So, since people play on consoles the genre should be worse, right? Sorry, I’m against it.
Controllers are making the genre worst since it affect at the videogame design. Thanks to the controllers levels should be more linear, AI enemies should be less skilled, dumber and placed just in front the player so they can shoot enemies with no problems
Back in the 90s when developers made a multiplatform shooter they usually made some changes to the console version. Completely changing (or replacing) some levels and enemies so both players (console and PC players) had a proper experience, but since that do not happen anymore PC players have to suffer mediocre console shooters, and that’s sad. I’ll like to enjoy a proper shooter sometimes.
I think there’s nothing wrong with aim assist for gamepad. There are people with high refresh monitors, high dpi mouses, mechanical keyboards… Why can’t a gamepad player have a little help? Equality isn’t a thing in PC gaming, though.
If I had ever had any interest in Destiny 2, this would 100% make me loose all of it. Aim assist allowed on a shooter, that also happens to be a bit competitive and have PVP. Ridiculous.
I don’t see the problem if it’s optional. If anything, it gives those who prefer gamepads a chance of faring better against those on KB+M. Much ado about nothing.