Seven More Games Are Getting Touch Controls For Xbox Cloud Gaming

"You got the touch
You got the power
Yeah!"

Two point hospital !!!! That game is perfect for touch

Am I missing something with touch-controlled Xbox games? Because saying Two Point Hospital will be great with touch controls leads me to believe that I am missing something.

I've tried Slay the Spire with touch controls, because that game should be perfect with touch controls... but it's just a d-pad and buttons mapped to the touch screen. If Two Point Hospital behaves the same way, then that's not an "easy to use control scheme"; it's the same control scheme with a worse input method. You're making it sound like the game will control differently, as if it were tailor made for a touchscreen interface, and that's not been my experience.

Again, I love the effort they're putting in, but trying to play twitch based games over cloud with a controller is just about OK if you're patient and don't mind getting killed a lot, touch controls just make the experience incredibly frustrating.
Personally I'd like to see a turn based RPG using cloud and touch, I think that would be well suited to the technology.

@VenomousAlbino shouldn’t you reply to the actual user, if you are deliberately being snarky?

@mousieone I'm not being snarky. I'm genuinely at a loss over whether or not I'm missing something when it comes to xCloud games being great with and/or for touch controls.

I will tag @Flurbdurb if it pleases the court. THAT'S me being snarky.

@VenomousAlbino I find games like DQ11 and The Touryst better with touch controls than say Gears 5 which is beyond difficult to use. I’ve been trying to experiment more with the IOS xCloud version (since it’s in beta), but I don’t have Kishi for it.

Does that help?

@mousieone I understand that much; it's why Slay the Spire is playable with touch controls - it's turn-based so there's no real urgency. But if someone were to say to me "Slay the Spire benefits from touch controls", I would immediately assume that to mean that instead of using the on-screen d-pad and buttons, the game's controls are reworked so that it behaves like an iOS-native version of the game to behave controls-wise.

Now, that - from my experience - has not been the case with touch controls on xCloud; every game just uses the same on-screen controls (d-pad, analogue sticks, face buttons, etc) mapped to a touch screen. This is why I thought I was missing something: because Two Point Hospital using the touch controls I've experienced would in no way, shape or form be good, as @Flurbdurb suggested. The only way I could see Two Point Hospital benefitting from touch controls would be if it had reworked controls (i.e. you don't move a cursor to select something, you just tap on it), so I wondered if that sort of option was available on some xCloud games because to my knowledge it isn't.

Basically, this is yet another case of a phrase like "it's perfect for" or "it benefits from" really holding no water whatsoever when held up to any sort of scrutiny. It's the "perfect fit for Nintendo Switch" b*llocks all over again.

@VenomousAlbino I think for me personally, I would much rather play Two Point Hospital on my phone with the touch screen set up. It will make it easier to move the map and play in bed without the need for my controller. It would great if they ever found a way to do full interstate on, say building with touch controls or something, but as it stands, I’ll happily take more games with touch controls like this just for a bit more ease when out and about! 😃

@Flurbdurb I think I'd rather just not play the game at that point. Attempts at mapping traditional physical controls to a touch screen have never been and will never be adequate.

"Hold down the R trigger and press A."

"Well f**k."

I love that "big" games like Nier are getting touch controls. Makes me want to consider picking up my old save at times. But I can't imagine playing that game with touch. It's hard enough keeping pace with a real controller and no cloud. It's a freaking Platinum game.

@VenomousAlbino that’s great but I didn’t say that Two Point Hospital benefited from touch controls. My comment was “That game is perfect for touch” aka I can use the game without the aid of a controller or Kishi.

Any you took out of what I said was based on your own assumptions and not what I said

@mousieone I was making a broad statement and in the case of Two Point Hospital referencing this article, not you.

Finally more slower paced games that actually make sense for touch. Then there's Nier Automata of course lol!

@VenomousAlbino I see my mistake apologies.

Although I still think you are one with the snark force.

@mousieone Think what you like, but I was genuinely just asking a question.

@VenomousAlbino yesI know, and I was trying to make you laugh after my mistake.