Avowed: Should you play on a controller or keyboard?

RPGs that are developed with a console audience in mind but still come out on PC always confuse some gamers as to how to best control them. So, for Avowed, you might be asking yourself if it’s better to play with a controller or a keyboard. Let’s find out each one’s advantages and disadvantages.

Better with a gamepad or a keyboard?

Overall, there is no single answer that works for everyone, as this is mainly about preferences and how you play your other games. If you are someone who is just fine with a controller and never plays with a keyboard, then we don’t recommend forcing yourself to change your ways.

But, if🐼 you are on the fence, it is useful to consider a couple of things before taking the plunge to buy a controller or a fancy clicky keyboard.

The overall advantages of play💟ing with a gamepad are the folloꦜwing:

• Works well for aiming weapons.
• Get some feedback and vibrations for improved game immersiveness.
• A laid-back experience, so you don’t need to be close to a desk.

But꧟ what would be the main advantageꦐs of playing with a keyboard? Here they are:

• Get full control of your character and also use shortcuts that can be customized.
• Six ability slots can be used (as opposed to four on the gamepad).
• A mouse and keyboard combo gives you full control of your character.

So, for better control of your character and full customization of your slots and skills, the keyboard and mouse combo is definitely the one you can go with. If, instead, you prefer to sit and relax on a sofa while playing and don’t mind some more limitations, then your gamepad is perfectly fine.

Controller and keyboard support in Avowed

The good news is that Avowed, as opposed to other similar games, offers full support of both keyboard and controller. This means that you can fully rebind each key on your keyboard and assign it to something else. For example, if you are left-handed or don’t like playing with the classic WASD+mouse setup, you can change it to something more to your liking.

Even better, you can do the same for your controller, so you can rebind each button on the pad to do something else. But that’s not all, as Avowed also gives you even more settings, such as adjusting the pad’s vibration, its dead zones, and the overall sensitivity.

It is worth mentioning that the game was made to support mainly the Xbox controller, so Avowed wi🐷ll display the classic Xbox button designs even if you are playing with an entirely different controller. Even worse, if you want to use your Dualshock, you are out of luck since the game does not support it natively (at least, not at the moment of writing). You can use the generic Steam controller input, in that case, even thou💟gh it is not an optimal solution.