I hear what you are saying. When I started playing I realized there were some players who Controller recommended would be a deal breaker. I tried stressing it in the review as politely as possible. It was a clear design choice by the devs, and I think it paid off. I just can't imagine playing with a keyboard comfortably.

While I loved the game, I'm glad to hear the article helped you make an informed choice.

I appreciate you making the it obvious in your article that the game is optimized for a game pad controller.

I understand that this is often done so as to make it easier for developers to target both PCs & consoles. I just wish developers would make it easier for players to easily remap any & all the control bindings to either any keyboard and/or mouse/trackball/HID input. I've regretted purchasing too many games where I'm forced to use a game pad or to use keyboard (i.e. WASD keys) for movement & mouse for camera control and as a result of this I don't play because it frustrates me. I've gotten too used to using the mouse for movement, interactions, targeting & the keyboard for camera movement, field of view. I guess it had something to do with me playing Diablo 1 & 2, the Infinity Engine games, Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2, Torchlight 1 & 2, etc... and avoiding 1st person shooters because the genre doesn't interest me.

Again I thank you for your informative review.

For a moment, I thought it was a news release for a PC port of Asura's Wrath. :(

It's a Diablo-like. Diablo was pretty much the original Roguelike-like. If there's any subgenre of games where the procedural generation of levels, loot and such is "grandfathered in", it's hack-'n'-slash ARPGs. ;)

If only the gameplay didn't look so generic and bland. My decreasing interest in ARPGs/hack'n'slashes doesn't help either.

This title instantly captured my attention because of PS3's Asura's Wrath which I liked quite a lot, but I didn't believe for even a second that it could be a port. :) Rather, I was thinking about some kind of related game: a prequel, a sequel, or an alternative story.

Apparently it's unrelated, but the spirit of this game seems to be close to Asura's Wrath, which makes it interesting.

Same here. I am shocked every time when a game of the 21st century doesn't have completely customizable controls.

That said, does anyone here know to which extend Asura's controls are customizable?

What exactly makes game controllers the best method to play it?

Has anyone tried this game with an Xbox 360 controller? Which game engine does it use?

So hang on, CAN you play this game with WASD keyboard controls ala. Victor Vran or Forced Showdown? Or is it just click to move?

This is exactly what I would like to know. Can the controls be remapped to use mouse click to move & target? If yes, I'll buy the game right now. If not; the games stays on my wishlist until a deep discount of 75%+. I don't feel like wasting $9 on a game that will most likely frustrate me with it's controller settings.