Metro Exodus has brought support for PS5 DualSense Haptic Feedback and Adaptive Triggers to PC. It is one of the very first games on PC that will fully support the features that the PS5 DualSense controller has. The PS5 controller has worked on Steam for more than a few months now, but making the haptics work hasn’t been at the top of many developers’ lists.
After a patch today, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition became the first PC game to support haptic feedback and adaptive triggers officially (vid source is reddit) pic.twitter.com/CC3bUiKjwl
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However, the developers at 4A Games have released a hotfix update that has enabled haptics for Metro players, with the full feedback and adaptive triggers of the DualSense on display. It is not clear if Metro Exodus is the first PC game to get the PS5 controller’s haptics up and running, but it’s certainly the first high-profile game to do so.
If you’ve heard talk of DualSense’s haptic motors, believe the hype. Nintendo launched the Switch with talk about HD Rumble, but the DualSense does a far better job of executing on that idea. It’s nuanced enough to convey the feeling of footsteps on different surfaces and to send pulses through the controller that convey movement.
The patch means Metro Exodus’s full support for the controller has actually arrived on PC before the PS5 itself. The official PS5 version of the game isn’t due to release until June 18th, when it will include full support for the controller’s haptic features alongside other features like ray tracing.
There appears to be a couple of downsides for PC players, however, with VGC reporting that the advanced DualSense features only seem to work over a wired connection, and not wirelessly. Tom’s Hardware also reports that the feature is exclusive to the Steam version of the game, and will not work on purchases from the Epic Games Store or GOG.
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