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Mortal Shell 2 - Best Settings For Console Players! Change These Now (Best Options For PS & Xbox)

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In Mortal Shell 2, the creator DPJ shares a comprehensive guide to optimizing console settings for both PlayStation and Xbox players, emphasizing adjustments that enhance combat clarity and responsiveness. He strongly recommends enabling auto-lock-on and off-screen enemy indicators, as these features significantly simplify fighting multiple enemies by highlighting incoming attacks with visual cues like red markers. Additionally, he suggests keeping damage numbers on in a classic format next to the enemy health bar rather than floating, while also advising players to enable free aim and lock-on functionality immediately upon drawing their weapon to maintain better control during intense encounters. The video further details specific input preferences that streamline gameplay mechanics, such as holding buttons for aiming and blocking instead of toggling them, which prevents accidental inputs and feels more natural to the player. For audio and visual settings, DPJ recommends turning off camera shake entirely except for a minimal level during sprinting, disabling film grain and motion blur to improve screen clarity, and setting the quality preference to performance mode for smoother frame rates. He also advises adjusting controller sensitivity slightly lower if players feel dizzy from high speeds and suggests muting or reducing force feedback on controllers like the Xbox Elite 2 to avoid overwhelming vibrations that can distract during combat. Regarding user interface and inventory management, the creator suggests enabling auto-pickup for gold to prevent the annoyance of manually collecting scattered currency after defeating enemies, while keeping UI scales small to create a tidier screen layout. He notes that while some settings like camera style are personal preferences, he favors the action mode over immersive for a wider field of view. Finally, he addresses controller button layouts, acknowledging that while his current setup works well for him, players accustomed to different configurations can easily customize them via the start menu, though he finds the dual-function sprint and run buttons slightly confusing at first. Overall, these tweaks are designed to make the Souls-like experience less chaotic and more manageable, especially for those new to the genre or playing on consoles where precise control is vital.

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So guys, I am back with yet another Mortal Shell 2 video. And today guys, I give you my recommendations in regards to the best settings to choose on console. So let's go. How's it going, guys? My name is DPJ. And if you do enjoy the video, leave a like. It really helps out. And if you like what you see and want to see more, be sure to subscribe. So having played a little while now, um, I have changed a few settings, which I just feel are definitely recommended. So that's what I bring you guys today. So in game guys, press start, then go across to game. And here we have quite a few. So let's get into it. Language is obviously your language clearly. Uh auto lock on. I definitely recommend you having this on. I mean, it makes life a lot easier, especially when you're fighting multiple enemies at the same time. Offscreen enemy indicator. This is another setting that makes life a little easier in regards to fighting multiple enemies at the same time. I mean, you just see like that little red uh from where that incoming attack is coming. You'll see this on your screen. You see that little window there on the right hand side. It'sn't a must. I will say if you're used to souls alikes, I mean, it isn't a must, but I still recommend you having it, especially early game. Damage numbers. I mean, I like this on. I really do. I don't think it is on um initially, but I like it like classic, so it's next to actual enemy health bar. don't like it floating, but you can indeed turn this off as well. But yeah, classic is what I like. Target steering. I have this on default. Uh melee attacks prioritize nearby enemies in the direction of aiming. I mean, I tried turning this um to light and just felt really weird. So yeah, enable free aim. No, I've turned this off because guys, I mean it it will make the game a little more tricky if you want that kind of thing. Cool. But I just like it to sort like lock on to the enemy as soon as I pull this thing out. It just makes life easier. Um, aiming input style. I've got this on hold. I don't want to toggle this thing. You pull on toggle. That just so weird. Same with blocking. Um, you can either hold or toggle. You want this on hold. Blocking with the power system in this game as well. Same button. It's a bit weird. So yeah, auto pickup gold. I recommend you putting this on. Otherwise, when you take out enemies and they're dropping gold all over the shop, uh you run around picking it all up. It's kind of annoying to put this thing on. Uh camera style, I have this on action. I mean, it's normally on immersive. It's a little more zoomed in. I just prefer action. You get like a little bit more of a screen that you can actually see there. So, yeah, auto align camera. You want this on too. Camera shake. I turn this completely off. I mean, this is set full initially. I always turn this off. Uh the sprint camera shake though I kind of have this on at a minimum not completely off but a minimum. Uh user interface UI scale I have small hood scale I have small. It just makes my screen a lot tidier a lot cleaner. So yeah and these are the rest of these settings right here guys. Uh I play obviously I'm playing on Xbox so I'm using controller so I haven't got to use or do anything about the mouse uh calibration. Uh in regards to cam uh controller though I definitely guys have dodged on turbo. I want to dodge as soon as I press that button because when enemies are coming for you, uh, you want to as soon as you press it, you want instant response. So, put it on turbo. Enable force feedback. I mean, I don't know about anybody else, but playing with an Elite 2 on Xbox, this game vibrates so loud. I don't really like controller vibration anyway, but this thing is brutal in this game. So, yeah, I turn this completely off. And also my controller and aiming sensitivity. I turned this down slightly. When I first got into the game, I don't know if it's because I've been away from my souls like for a while now. When I first got into this guys, I was spinning so quick I was getting dizzy. So yeah, I turn it slightly down, but that's just that's just me. That's probably a me problem. In regards to display here, uh quality preference, you can either have performance or indeed um quality. I just I just prefer performance. Performance is just way better. quality. If you're used to a a lower frame rate with better visuals, go for it. But for me, it just looks it looks laggy in my opinion. So, yeah, I turn my brightness up just by one just because of my my actual monitor itself. But yeah, you don't need to do that. Bloom. Um, all these got I've actually left these on bloom and uh this one right here. Uh, film grain I turned off. I noticed straight away soon as I jumped onto the game, I turned it straight off. I think it just looks way better now. Motion blur off. Uh, and vignet I turn off as well, guys. Don't want none of these on. Uh, so yeah. And there we have that. Audio is let me just forget that. Audio. We're going to go to audio game. There we go. There we go. There we go. Just obviously whatever you're using in regards to speaker configuration. I'm using headphones. So yeah. And sometimes, you know, when you walk through your main hub, some of the NPCs do kind of shout a little loud and can kind of scare depending on the headset you're using or speakers you're using. So, you may want to mess around with some of these, but yeah, not too bad. Controller, there is actually a button set. You can actually change a few of these as well. I've actually left them because I like the way they feel. Uh, but if you're used to another kind of layout, you can indeed just press start. You can see bottom left hand side of your screen. Press start and you can indeed change what you want to change. I'm quite happy with the way things are to be honest. The only thing um that kind of confused me is what run or sprint was both. Um so hold it and toggle it. That kind of confused me at first. I just didn't know what I was doing. But yeah, other than that guys, I think MKS is quite good. I like where parry is. I like where dodges. They're decent. So yeah, but that's basically it guys and what we have in regards to my recommendations for the best settings for Mortal Shell 2. Again, not a massive amount of things here in regards to what you can do, but yeah, there were my recommendations. Anyway, if I missed anything you'd like to let us know about down below, uh there is a comment section, so please do let us know. But guys, I hope you do enjoy the video. I've got plenty of videos coming on this game, so stay tuned. And hopefully guys, I will see you on that next one.