Basic controls:

| Move with the direction pad
| Main shot(A basic, regular attack)
| Subweapon(A support weapon which is powerful if used correctly)
| Discharge(Releases the main shot's power for a devastating attack)

One direction pad, and three buttons.
Along with other functions such as pause which have no direct effect on gameplay, the game uses six buttons.

| You may add macro buttons if you choose

(Controls summary)

Gameplay buttons - | Auxiliary buttons

Key name | Gameplay function | Menu function
Direction | Movement | Up and down select items, left and right select EXECUTOR
Main shot | A basic, regular attack | Select current item
Subweapon | A support weapon which is powerful if used correctly | (While selecting strategy) to the replay menu
Discharge | Releases SOL for a powerful attack | (While selecting strategy) boss mode
Pause | Switch to the in-game menu | Change EXECUTOR equipment
Suspend | Hold for one second to return to the main menu | (While selecting strategy) to the boss replay menu
Retry | Hold for one second to retry the current segment | (While replaying) fast-forward

Button assignments can be set with the included HS_padas_e.exe

Functions bound by default:

| Main shot
| Subweapon
| Discharge
| Pause
| Suspend
| Retry
| Extra: slow movement control

On the keyboard, pad buttons are:
1 Z
2 X
3 C
4 V
5 ESC
6 F10