So I played DS III on PC with keyboard and mouse and it was horrible. From click-intensive unintuitive movement to the inability to target and dumb key-mapping in general - this game is a total mess. Impossible to have fun if you feel like doing what you want to do is a bigger challenge than the actual combat. 0 / 5 stars for controls that are so beyond bad, that you can't even imagine it if you don't experience them yourself.

Today I got an Xbox 360 controller for my PC... and guess what? This game is entertaining. I would say 3 / 5 stars, similar to Torchlight in quality and replayability.

Long story short: if you plan to play DS III only do so if you own a gamepad. This game is not great, but neither is it horrible if you own the right accessories.

Hmm, thinking about playing this game, good to hear that it's better with the X360 controller atleast.

Buying one of those for my PC was one of the best purchases ever.

@Linkster7 said:

Buying one of those for my PC was one of the best purchases ever.

I agree. I've been refusing to buy a gamepad for ages, but since most modern PC games are primarily developed for a console, you need to have one if you want to enjoy a game like it is meant to be played.