Oh god this. I really hope they add a toggle option for the binoculars so I don't have to hold the xbox one shoulder buttons. The smallest bit of depress and it thinks I've let go and closes the binoculars. It's awful.

I wish the telescope on R1 had an option to be a toggle instead of having to hold it in and look around using the right stick; that feels awkward to me.

Some of the menus seem not as well designed as they could be, but nothing horrible.

Mostly it plays good.

Nope, controls have been fine for me. Its definitely the best MGS has ever controlled. Sure, thats not saying much because all the past games had atrocious controls but its still pretty good.

As far as I can tell if you tap R2 to choke them out it takes less time. I know that I mash R2 each time I choke guards out.

@teddie said:

This is exactly how I described it to a friend. You can attempt relatively crazy things, and whether or not you can pull it off is down to you, because for once there isn't janky movement or otherwise.

Everything is intuitive, toggles cleverly, is animated smoothly and just generally lets you command Snake to do whatever you want.

Not to make a ludicrous statement, but I genuinely think this is the best handling game I've ever played. That is specifically what I'm enjoying about it, too.

Other people may disagree, but I struggle to see the criticism.

Haven't had a single issue with the controls, other than trying to climb unclimbable areas, everything feels superb. SUPERB.

Yeah...I'm pretty sure the reason it looks like you are meant to tap it is because that's exactly what you're meant to do. It's certainly worked well for me.

It's good enough for me on PS4. I do wish I had a button to pause/play tapes though

At first I had a little trouble with the button, surprise suprise.

But now I roll around on the floor with the best of them. The only thing that still kinda messes me up is the "wall knock" and the "bionic sensor"
A couple of time in haste I have called the horse to my location. Thankfully the guards just curse it away but that's the only complaint.

the controls just need time to get use to.

Hmm. Must be doing something wrong when I do it because it releases them.

@afrofools: You should be mashing it super fast. I think it literally says "Mash R2."

Edit: Yes, you should be mashing R2. I've included the image from the digital manual which shows you the way CQC works. I've been abusing my R2 button. The squeak it had is super loud now. I can almost hear it over my headphones.

No, I think it controls incredibly well. It's just up to the player to use it to their advantage... I think the biggest 'issue' I have is that, in every Metal Gear game, they always add and take out mechanics, but like in Ground Zeroes, they took out the ability that was in four where you could crawl to an edge, and both look over it as your upper body is over it, and press a button to quietly climb off. That said, I put issue in quotes because it's not really much of an issue, but it'd be cool to still have. I chock it up to it being a different character though.

The cover system is undeniably a bit temperamental, but this is by no means a cover-based shooter, so its inclusion if anything is unnecessary. Aside from that, I personally think the game controls perfectly...

@rongalaxy: You mean quirks. Quarks. That's funny though.

@afrofools: You just use the touch pad, not the pause button.

Yes, you can. I did it in Ground Zeroes, but when I played this, I didn't even know you could do it without tapping, so for a while, I just thought it was the same either way until I started tapping it again, ha.

Kind of, yes.

There are lots of ledges I wish I could hang on and I can't, or buildings that won't let me jump from for some reasons. The horse seems to leap a lot for no reason or won't stop running when I call it, leading to botched getaways. The way the game decides whether a ledge is climbable or not is also really weird, which has led to me standing on a pile of boxes with no escape route several times, or suddenly sliding down an entire cliffside even though the ledges are comprised of of bunch of shoulder-high right angles.

Overall, though? I've been more than happy. The issues just come with open world games, and the somewhat-odd button mappings are something you just deal with. It isn't perfect, by any means, though.

controls are fine, other than the sticky map which is a nightmare to navigate with a mouse since it snaps to the nearest chopper zone, scouting location, etc and you have to move your mouse across the whole desk(exaggeration but i have to use force) in one swift motion get out of the auto snapping zone on the map.