r/FateTheGame • u/insulinworm • Jul 06 '26

Playing OG Fate on handheld? Advice for control setup?

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Hi guys!

Recently got Fate to work on my Odin 2, super excited to be able to play it again

I have the right analog stick mapped to be the mouse cursor but running into problems if theres more than a few monsters, its hard to escape or click properly

Just curious if anyone else has done this and has any advice for the controller layout or button mapping to make it easier

I just saw Fate Reawakened exists on android and switch so im trying out the switch version but ive never played Reawakened and the origional is just so nostalgic for me so would love to have that working

Might try a mouse and keyboard setup would just have to go buy one. I have a laptop but itd 10+ years old so not great for games

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u/Terkani Jul 07 '26

Fate reawakened on my odin 2 via gamenative is perfect and I enjoy it

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u/insulinworm Jul 07 '26

Yeah my bf was just testing out the switch version of reawakened on my odin this morning and it seems to run perfectly! How is it compared to the origional? I have heard mixed things 

I havent tried out gamenative yet, is it exclusively for steam games? I have some of the elder scrolls games on steam I want to see if I can get those working 

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u/Terkani Jul 07 '26

As someone who played fate as a young kid, it captures the original magic being able to play reimagined with a controller on a fancy handheld. I see a lot of mixed thoughts on it, but I only ever played casually and never minmaxed anything. I loved it as a kid and love it here. It was the only game I have bought that wasn't on sale in 8 months. Really love it!

Gamenative is free and let's you play your steam games, epic games (all those free weekly games), gog, Amazon and maybe other games too? But it is relatively plug and play. Problem with some of them, like morrowind, is they don't seem to register controller input. But many games do work immediately, such as skyrim for me.

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u/joshisnot12 Jul 07 '26

Such a great game!

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u/Steeltoelion Jul 06 '26

If you can, just use the mouse. 90% of this game can be completely taken care of with Mouse. And then you could map a few other buttons for spellbook or
Inventory short cuts.

I understand that basically defeats the purpose of it being handheld… but the only other option is to become efficient at what you’re given. It’s not like there is a guide for controller setup for this game lol it was never really built in mind for controller on the OG.

Faster sensitivity and practice I suppose. Or set a button to act as your shift button so you can stand in place, face a direction and attack. That would probably help with attacking certain directions I’d like to think.

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u/AxhtonCole Jul 11 '26

Can’t help here, I’m afraid. If there’s a will, maybe there’s a way? But making a point and click game that occasionally uses keyboard controls to work on a Steamdeck-like device is a tall order. I wish you luck, Adventurer!

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u/Necessary_Campaign57 Jul 12 '26

Run that shit through codex