Embark Studios is clamping down on aim assist in The Finals in a new patch. It's a rare move for an FPS to make in our crossplay climate, but Embark says the changes were informed by "an in-depth review of how aim assist works—something we've only been able to validate with a player base as large as ours."
The nerfs, which target "zoom snapping" and "camera magnetism" among other factors, arrive after weeks of somewhat loud complaints from The Finals community that controller players have too big of an advantage over mouse and keyboard. Aim assist is a thorny topic in any shooter that brings PC and console players together under one competitive roof. The pleas of mouse users tend to get politely ignored, but this is a rare case in which the developers actually agree, and have done something about it.
