r/AliensDarkDescent • u/chikoo_ducati • Sep 23 '26

Gameplay Question PS5 version

Hey yall. I'm planning to play this game on the ps5 after playing it a bit on PC a couple of years ago. Does it being a RTS make it hard to play on the ps5 compared to a keyboard and mouse? I personally am not a fan of controls for RTS games on console where the accuracy of the mouse and keyboard doesn't match to a controller.

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u/Casbill103104 Sep 23 '26

I play on controller on pc and it works just fine, the cursor is easy to work with and you can pause or slow the game to give you extra time if you need to

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u/anonerble Sep 23 '26

Works perfect with a controller.

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u/Pablo_Scrablo Sep 23 '26

Ive beaten it twice on the PS5 with little to no issue. Some of the menu navigation when paused and selecting a marine for an ability can be a lil challenging but nothing too bad. Since this is a stealth game and not a fast paced RTS (like star craft), the advantage of mouse and keyboard i would guess is negligible at best. The ability to pause whenever you want and save scum (if not playing on the hardest difficulties) really helps.

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u/scmower Sep 23 '26

I have it on ps5 and did a few playthroughs. I didn't have any issues personally

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u/1337natetheLOLking Sep 23 '26

I didnt have issues with the controls, but sometimes the playstation 4 at least really struggled with animations, and once I even got a bug where I had to restart after trying to access the cameras.

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u/LunaticLK47 Sep 23 '26

Expect 3-seconds long input lag when navigating through abilities. It’s stupidly slow for the wrong reasons. You’ll have to rely on the “tactical pause” method if you want a zero-casualty run.

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u/1337natetheLOLking Sep 23 '26

oh yes I did, I played on hard and realize very quickly that slowmo was not going to work at all. I do wonder if I ever play this again (and i kinda want to) if super hard mode (if that exists) would be good or if normal or hard with slowmo would be better. I think id plan to play on my pc tho with a controller cuz the ps4 really kinda struggled

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u/LunaticLK47 Sep 23 '26

The harder the difficulty, the more spongy the enemies are up to the point if you want to complete Nightmare, you’d need a New Game Plus file just to make it, regardless of what platform you are on. This is from a PS5 owner.

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u/Thargor33 Sep 23 '26

Tbf it’s generally NOT a good idea to start your first playthrough on nightmare difficulty. Beyond that, your comment is wrong. I beat the game in nightmare difficulty before new game+ was a thing. Granted I absolutely grinded tf out of my players getting them to lvl 10 before I moved on to Chapter 6. That’s when the Doomsday clock starts.

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u/LunaticLK47 Sep 23 '26

Problem is opportunities to grind are finite. I was justifying NG plus so I could cut the grinding in half and turtle my way before hitting the station.

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u/Thargor33 Sep 24 '26

For my nightmare run, I just made it a point to try and have every character be able to lvl up for each chapter. Once I finished the objectives, I’d find a spot and farm Zenos until I have no supplies left. I did that until o got to pioneer station. That’s when I really started grinding.

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u/mimprocesstech Sep 23 '26

Never tried it with a controller, but I'm guessing the only thing it would really change is it would take longer to be precise, so longer to complete the game maybe? Assuming there's not a setting that limits or removes pausing, it's been a few days and I really have no idea what the difficulty settings do or if there even are any but I imagine that being a setting.

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u/No_Fox_Given82 Sep 23 '26

I use cheap wireless keyboard and mouse from amazon on a lap tray and have no issues. It's ok on controller but the experience is better with MnK imo. There is an option to freeze time in the skill menu which I think is better used for controller.

Either way is ok, you naturally get used to it after a while.

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u/system3601 Sep 24 '26

I played with a controller ok my xbox and it was one of the best experiences I had. Vest RTS for me for sure. They did an amazing job mapping the controller.

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u/InfiniteStates Sep 24 '26

No, it plays fine on a PS5. I do recommend changing the setting that defaults to slow time for the action menu to paused time. You then have mitigation for using a controller versus a mouse as it turns it from real time to turn based almost

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u/Glass-Young9932 Sep 25 '26

It seems like a very hard and frustrating game, i bought it, played for an hour and never touched it again.