Which PS5 games actually benefit from the new features of the DualSense controller? What features are these anyway and how are they used? Here you will find a list of all confirmed games so far and learn which features of the new PS5 controller they utilize.
What is the DualSense anyway? Soon, Sony’s next-gen console PlayStation 5 will be released. In the USA, Canada, Japan, and several other countries, it will be available on November 12. In Germany and the rest of Europe, the PS5 will be released on November 19, so a week later.
And with the new console comes a new controller – the DualSense. This device offers several cool new features. But which ones exactly?
These are the main features of the PS5 controller:
- Haptic Feedback: This allows the DualSense to create vibrations that provide much more feedback than with the DualShock 4. The gaming experience is meant to feel significantly more realistic. There should be noticeable differences depending on the type of road surface, the intensity with which a ball is kicked, or which weapon is reloaded.
- Adaptive Triggers: The shoulder buttons can produce varying degrees of resistance when pressed, contributing to a more intense gaming experience in different scenarios. The trigger of different weapons feels different.
- Integrated Gyroscope: The DualSense is the only next-gen controller that has a gyroscope, enabling features like gyro-aiming.
- Integrated Speaker and Microphone: In addition to a speaker, the new PS5 controller now has an integrated microphone that you can use in party chat as well as in games.
You can learn more about the new controller for the PS5 here: The new PS5 controller “DualSense” – All details with images, design, and features
These PS5 games benefit from the new controller features
New features such as adaptive triggers (AT) or haptic feedback (HF) sound promising and interesting. But which PS5 games benefit from these functions? User Praedyth on the discussion platform ResetEra compiled all confirmed games along with their confirmed features and sources. Here is the current status:
- Astro’s Playroom: Essentially a kind of showcase for the new DualSense. All new features of the PS5 controller are presented to you in various creative ways.
- Marvel’s Avengers – The developers plan to support adaptive triggers and haptic feedback, but did not provide specific details.
- NBA 2K21 – Adaptive triggers are supposed to simulate the energy or fatigue of the athletes, while the haptic feedback is meant to make collisions tangible.
- The Pathless – AT simulate the tension of the bowstring, while the HF helps you time the shot correctly.
- Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered – Here, both the AT and the HF of the DualSense are expected to be utilized – currently without further details.
- Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition – AT and HF here ensure that different weapons feel different.
- Oddworld: Soulstorm – AT simulate the effort.
- Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War – Here, HF is supported.
- Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales – The HF supports the feel of Miles’s Venom powers.
- Overcooked! All You Can Eat – So far, there has only been a small teaser for the support of the new DualSense features.
- Ride 4 – AT simulate the intensity of gas and brakes. The HF provides the vibrations of the motorcycles.
- Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart – AT simulate multiple fire modes of weapons.
- Nour: Play With Your Food – Here it is currently only known that features like AT and HF are expected to be supported.
- Deathloop – The blocking with the AT simulates, for example, a weapon jam.
- Ghostwire: Tokyo – AT simulate the recoil and HF provides further tangible nuances here.
- Horizon Forbidden West – AT are used here to create different weapon feels.
- Demon’s Souls – HF lets you feel the might of the bosses when blocking, provides feedback during parries, successful attacks, and spells.
- Godfall – The DualSense and its functions help players distinguish between weapons without looking at the user interface. Additionally, enemies can be spatially located using the controller.
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure – AT simulate fatigue/effort when Sackboy carries objects. The AT also come into play with the grappling hook.
- Gran Turismo 7 – AT simulate among other things the ABS of the brakes, and the HF is even integrated into the sound design.
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends – The developers have confirmed the use of HF here.
- Heavenly Bodies – Many features of the DualSense are used here.
- Goodbye Volcano High – HF ensures that the weight of some decisions you make becomes tangible.
- Jett: The Far Shore – The developers only revealed that the game has a strong focus on haptics. No further details have been provided.
- Solar Ash – The developers mentioned that the DualSense provides feedback that they didn’t even know was possible. Specific features were not disclosed.
- Bugsnax – The developers promised full utilization of the DualSense features. They mentioned experimentation with multi-sensory feedback, citing changing terrain that should feel distinct.
- Maneater – Here, it is only known that DualSense features are supported.
- DiRT 5 – Also here, it is only known that the capabilities of the DualSense controller are expected to be utilized.
- Madden 21 – Here, HF is expected to be used.
- FIFA 21 – So far, only HF has been mentioned as a feature.
- Returnal – AT are supposed to provide noticeably different fire modes, but HF is also expected to be supported.
- Watch Dogs: Legion – So far, it is only known that haptic feedback is to be utilized.
- Destruction AllStars – AT provide different feedback for the various cars, while HF simulates the impact during collisions.
- Rock Band 4 – Supports the DualSense microphone for singing.
What about PS4 games? Sony has already clarified that you will need a DualSense controller to play PS5 games; with your PS4 controller, you cannot play PS5 games. However, PS4 games can also be played on the PS5 with a PS4 controller.
It is unknown whether you can use the PS5 controller on the PS4. However, if you can play PS4 games with the DualSense, it will most likely happen without the new features.
These must also be supported by the respective game, which so far no PS4 game does – at least according to current information. Whether that might be realized in the future through next-gen upgrades remains to be seen.
