Shovel Knight Dig

I really do enjoy the game! It’s fast paced, difficult but fair, quick but not rushed, and feels new so playing it has been a blast! Up until this morning, that is. I enjoy the touch screen controls but as an avid console gamer I tend to prefer controller when possible. That being said, as of today while playing the game on my iPhone 14 Pro Max with any of my DualShock 4 (normal ps4) controllers connected I can’t move my character to the right. All other commands work except moving my character, and menu options, to the right. I’ve tested other games to ensure it wasn’t just all three of my controllers having the same problem and they all worked fine with other games. I’ve deleted and re downloaded the game and the problem remains. Just wanted to share that I’m experiencing these difficulties just in case anyone else was as well 🙂

This game is dumb hard. It’s way too hard for what it is. Usually, games are a little bit easier when you start playing in the first early levels, and the difficulty progresses in an arc as you learn the game's mechanics. However, this game is dumb hard right from the beginning. To add insult to injury, they never explain the game's mechanics, which is a little perplexing, considering I’ve never played a game like this before, so it’s not entirely obvious how things work. I still can’t figure out how to kill monsters with the shovel. It seems like every time I go to try and attack one. I get hurt in the process. It’s mind-boggling to me. I don’t know how anybody plays this game. I can’t figure out what the mechanics are supposed to be like, and the controls are dumb hard how am I supposed to jump and shovel at the same time and choose which direction to go in? It’s dumb hard. It’s making me angry it’s so poorly executed. What did they make this game for it? Because they were not thinking of phones and touchscreens when they made it, and the gay horse is a bit insulting, I don’t know why they need to have a gay horse.

As a shovel knight fan i’m very excited to see this finally out. So far it’s a great game and has all the awesome shovel knight mechanics that we know and love. One thing though, is that the touch controls (both options available) are very weird to use. The action is fast and sometimes you get lost in the controls since it’s all just touch screen. They have another option for controls where you can just swipe and tap instead of traditional “buttons” but i found it a bit confusing and weird. i’ll most likely be purchasing this game on my switch to play it instead, so i can have some real buttons and a dpad. edit: i downloaded it on my imac and played it with my ps4 controller, and the game feels pretty nice. i’ve also got a bit more used to the touch controls; i just now beat the first boss on level one with touch controls. what’s cool is that my progress syncs between my phone and imac so i can play it on either one and keep my cloud progress. i’ll probably still get this on the switch later on but for now i’m playing it on my computer and phone 🤙🏼