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What’s Going On With Recoil in the PC Version of Destiny 2?

ByRichard Seagrave 23 June 201723 June 2017

You know how when you fire a gun, the force of the bullet being discharged causes it to violently move backwards? Recoil, it’s called. Well, in the PC version of Destiny 2 you may find its effect a little underwhelming.

In an interview with finder.com.au, Mark Noseworthy, project lead on Destiny 2 stated that “With a mouse and keyboard, you don’t want the mouse moving without you moving it, so recoil doesn’t feel good, so there is no recoil on PC.” Although he later backpedalled a little with “I don’t want to go down in history as the guy promising that…”

The PC lead on Destiny 2, David Shaw, then took to Twitter to clarify matters, adding that there is indeed recoil in the PC version of the game but that it’s heavily modified. Watching the gameplay video in his follow up tweet confirms his assertion, although the recoil does look very weak.

1/2 Re:Recoil model on PC- it's modified heavily on PC for awesome M/KB gameplay that still feels like Destiny. But we still have recoil.
— Shaw (@ShockAndShaw) June 22, 2017

2/2 see for yourself… E3 capture footage of Homecoming on PC shows it. One example… https://t.co/zKfSe0S6h3
— Shaw (@ShockAndShaw) June 22, 2017

Set for release on the 24th October, nearly 2 months after the console version which is set to arrive on the 6th September, the PC version of Destiny 2 will be the only way to play the game at a silky smooth 60 frames per second. How strong the recoil will be at that point however, we’ll have to wait to find out. Personally, I’ll find it a bit off-putting if it feels like there’s a lack of force to my shots, but others may not care so much.

Would it bother you if the recoil effect felt weak in Destiny 2? Let us know in the comments section below.

Richard Seagrave

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An avid gamer since discovering the wonders of the Acorn Electron in the '80s, Rich has nearly played more games than he's had hot dinners. Not one to put all his eggs in one basket, Rich is happy to play games of all genres, but he particularly enjoys racing games and anything that's full of non-stop action, especially if it includes a good dose of humour, horror or crudeness!