Paragon Devs "Excited" About CrossPlay; Here's Why Controller vs K&M Won't Matter

Epic Games is excited about the potential of PC/PS4 CrossPlay in Paragon. They also explained why controllers are competitive against K&M.

[S2Killinit]

This game is looking extra promising.

[thekhurg]

Yep, but I still have strong doubts that controller using people can keep up with keyboard and mouse.

[S2Killinit]

good point, we shall see. maybe the Epic really has taken that into account, somehow.

"Paragon will feature keyboard & mouse support on PlayStation 4, but Epic swears that using controller will be just as good for competitive game-play."

[HammadTheBeast]

I'll have to disagree, it's not exactly a shooter in that you can win based off of precision aiming, yes, it will help, but movement and MOBA skill will be bigger deciding factors over aiming better.

But who knows, we haven't seen much of the game in action, you may be right.

[thekhurg]

@hammad

If nothing else, keyboard & mouse will afford better map awareness with their ability to turn much faster with higher precision, while controller users wait for analog stick movement.

They're just going to be at a disadvantage, even if it doesn't involve direct shooting mechanics.

[Cybermario]

wish we had more PC/PS4 cross play games like this, keep them coming!

[kaiserfranz]

Indeed, it's great to have a bigger community. PC/PS4 and PC/XB1 CrossPlay is only getting more popular

[NovaCorps]

PC/PS4 yes
not xb1-pc but you wish

[Kingdomcome247]

@Nova- Yeah... because KI, Fable Legends, Gigantic, etc... aren't all recently announced crossplay Win10/XboxOne exclusives. OT: From what little I've tried of MOBAS (Smite), I didn't care for the style of play, but Paragon looks fantastic. I signed up for the PS4 Alpha, and desperately want in.

[_-EDMIX-_]

@Novacorps agreed, which is a shame consider MS place in the market. They need to see to it that their future titles are default that if they want to earn that respect back in the PC market.

[RAM0N]

Sfv is also ps4/pc im hype

[codelyoko]

looks nice

[jchaplin2]

Can't wait to play this game!!

[Imp0ssibl3]

I think I'm going to cave in and get the paid Early Access, the hype is just too much. Finally a MOBA with nice graphics!

[Chris_Wray]

A slower pace wont necessarily be a bad thing. I'm a PC gamer but I'm not a fan of MOBAs, they can be too cliquey and I simply cannot be bothered going through the process of learning it/them/whichever while people go on about how much of a "noob" i am (it's newb!). The best MOBA I've ever played was the original DOTA because Warcraft 3 just wasn't that fast.

Or maybe I'm remembering it wrong.

[pompombrum]

I hear ya, the only MOBA I enjoy is HOTS and trying to learn a new character and doing badly only to having to deal with abusive chat messages constantly is really frustrating when you're a noob. Getting told to go play pokemon (which is ironic considering how strategic mp matches are) or just flat out told to uninstall the game is demoralising. I don't understand how anyone can put up with such a toxic people while trying to learn a new game.

[kaiserfranz]

I wholeheartedly agree about the toxic community. That's why nowadays I just play casually and possibly with friends.

Gaming has to be fun and relaxing, not yet another stress inducing factor.

[Big_Game_Hunters]

It won't matter because every competitive game needs it's noob scene.

[b3ast]

Well it works I play many pc games with controller using xpadder. And I can compete pretty good against k and m. But ofcourse games like cs you have a problem.

[Dark_Crow]

Anyone whose played a shooter on both console and pc knows it will matter.

It's plain ignorant to think otherwise and it isn't about better controls or pc master race superiority it's a simple fact that a mouse gives you better precision then a joystick. Fact.

Moving on. Hope the game is good and if it's Moba style and precision takes a back seat then it may not matter

[kaiserfranz]

The point in fact is that this is not a shooter. At all.

[Dark_Crow]

That doesn't matter.
If precision is involved, precision isnt just about headshots, then the mouse is superior.

For instance AoE attacks.
If any AoE attack functions like a typical spell where you have a range and can place it anywhere then the mouse will allow you to choose exactly where a lot faster then a joystick.

If the game is like Blizzards overwatch then the mouse will be superior.

[ccgr]

Wish more games would be cross play!

[Frisky]

Crossplay is something that is not only fun to have in a game, but an important feature too, but I don't think it'll go big anytime soon.

[u4one]

how about xb1, ps4 crossplay. now that is something i'd wish for, tho not ever likely.

[Aurenar]

Cross-play is the future!