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I don't know I decided I wanted to do an Andy Kaufman opening but that's just where my brain away when it comes to Xbox one and ps4 one area they really heavily differed in is the approach to pro controllers Microsoft in the Xbox one has had their own official leak controller and the only real competition to that has been scuffs alternative designs where the real debate there is whether you want to craft something specifically for you or by a good one-size-fits-all controller on PlayStation on the other hand they've licensed out a lot of different controllers that have been a ton of different ro controller designs with their own strengths and weaknesses and I think we've actually now finally hit the point of having one true Pro controller that stands is like the one to get and that's the new scuff Vantage now this isn't me we did cover back at e3 and kinda went over all the different functions stuff we're still gonna overview that but the real focus want to take here is what this does differently from past scuff controllers and then what really sets it apart from other ps4 designs first let's just do a brief overview of all the functions that are still in this guy that are kind of standard across a lot of scuff controllers brief overview of all the functions that are still in this time that's are kind of standard across a lot of scuff controllers do you have of course the four back pedal buttons which give you additional controller options you can remap front-facing buttons or shoulder buttons to this or the touchpad and well you have a better grip design which is this kind of rubber feeling which is more comfortable it's better if your hands to feel sweaty and it just gives a little bit of give if you're gripping tightly and then there's of course all the different little modifiable bits with the controller you can add a circle pad attachment to the front of the d-pad different stick designs whether you want a domed or concave head or if you want taller one and extendable triggers along with having the ability to modify how quickly those triggers stop and what kind of tension you have when you're hitting them now once again these are all things that scuff has done before in past controllers but there is a lot here going on that's new different and in all honesty just flat-out better four main things to talk about as far as how this controllers have improved over past scuff designs there's basically four main things I want to talk about as far as how this controller has improved over past scuff designs the first of which is the fact that this is actually a brand new built from the ground up controller cEEP a scuff controllers like these scuff infinite and the impact our controllers that were basically heavily modified Dual Shock Force they use the same basic button layout but they exchange things like adding the paddles giving a better grip so on and so forth and while they were solid controllers honestly there was always this kind of Frankenstein affected them visually that I didn't find that appealing the infinite especially the impact improved on this a lot by adding a different shell design which also improved the grip and added extra paddles but in the Vantage's case it's a whole new brand new controller it's not modified anything and it has a grip design and layout that is much more familiar to an Xbox one controller which personally I do find a lot more comfortable it's not the exact same but honestly I find its grip even better next to the fact this controller is offered in both a wired and wireless / wired model now when I say Wireless / wired I want to clarify something I don't mean this is a wireless controller that you can just plug in if you want to charge it no this is a controller that gives you the ability to play both wirelessly via bluetooth or you can switch over to using a cable attachment for communication instead which is going to give you that reduced lag time which is something I really appreciate because a big problem I had with a lot of pro controllers is the fact that you buy them and they give you that awesome response time when wired but sometimes you just want to relax and use a controller wirelessly and yeah you can just use regular Jewish clock for for that but if you're gonna pay good money for an awesome controller why do you want to not use that this gives you the benefit of both worlds by being able to use it wirelessly or wired when it's time to compete now something that's really handy about this too is actually that scuff has a different approach now to how they're kind of marketing these controllers as well before you'd have to buy each controller customizing each individual area and spend more and more money with the Vantage they're doing the option where you can just buy the standard wired or standard Wireless at a flat price and you can also even go to gamestop and just buy it in store they're in that design and you can buy separate upgrade packs on their own or if you order the website you could spend a flat $30 more to customize it however you want whether that's using a different color faceplate different color sticks different six lines so and so forth and that leads to the other thing I really love about this guy the ease of customization now Pass Cup controllers you could customize stuff when you ordered it and there was some stuff you could do after you've already received it but a lot of those were heavily reliant on using different tools if you want to read map buttons you get to use a little magnetic key if you want to adjust how quickly they stop you had to use a little tool to turn it this time around they've removed almost all tools there's only one you have to worry about which we'll get to in a second but everything you can do here is super easy if you want to change the faceplate you can just lift off with your hand and put it back off no problem if you want to be able to change the trigger stops it's just something you can turn with your hand if you want to remap buttons it's just a toggle on the bottom of the controller all super simplified the only one that still needs a tool is if you want to be able to change the tension of the triggers in which case you have to lift these off and use a little key attachment honestly though as far as customization options go that's probably one you're gonna do when you first receive it and you're done pass that everything else you can do with your hands super easily now fourth what I wanna talk about is all the extra functions this controller has vs. pass cup designs but there's actually quite a few first off one of the big ones is the addition of a fifth and sixth program will button and pass controllers they use the four back paddles but this one also adds its are calling SI x buttons these little buttons on the side here which you can remove if you don't want to use them but they're really easy to access the idea is that when you're holding controller like this and you want to hit them you just extend this finger right here really easy to access and just like the back panels you can customize it to do any of the face buttons shoulders or touch pad another thing that's awesome is that with this controller you can actually remove the Rumble motors yourself that is something order before but you couldn't change it on your own later with this you just easily take off the faceplate remove the motors BAM you either have a lighter controller if you want it that way or if you don't like Rumble features you can get rid of it or put it back in when you want it another big addition to this controller is this area right here known as the slide bar now this is something that can only be used in Wired mode but when you're in Wired mode you can use it as an easy form of audio controls for instance you can just simply tap it if you want to meet your mic or you can slide across to increase or decrease volume and then one other kind of more minor change but one that makes a huge difference once you start using this controller a lot is the addition of anti-friction rings on the inside of all these controllers where the sticks ago there's a little kind of ring here that adds extra smoothness it doesn't feel like rubbing it to anything at all one problem I've had with a lot of other kind of off-brand ps4 controllers or just any controller at all is you get that extra resistance and friction that's kind of uncomfortable especially if to spin the stick a lot with this feels like nothing at all cut to Flanders feels like I'm wearing nothing at all so when comparing to past cup controllers it's pretty safe to say that this is by far the best one unless you really really love the traditional PlayStation button layout this is nothing but improvements but how does it compare to other PlayStation pro controller options how does it compare to other PlayStation controller options now when it comes to pro controller options let ps4 there's basically two main options aside from past scuff controllers and those are the nikon revolution and the razor rise ooh and before the big strengths that scuff controllers had over them was the customization being able to change out the different sticks getting the extend triggers using the control pads so on so forth but on the other hand with both the ratio and revolution I found you had a better grip design and the benefits of a wired connection but those aren't really unique anymore in this case the Vantage is giving you in my opinion the best grip out of the three now and once again if you get the wireless model you can switch between wireless or wired to giving you the best of both worlds now that being said there are still some unique benefits the other controllers have to offer for instance the nikon revolution does allow you to adjust six sensitivity which is really handy it although you do have to connect to a PC to use that functionality and with the rise you you get those mechanical buttons which are really neat but when it comes to kind of requirements for a good pro controller it's not super high on the list it's kind of a nifty function that not a lot of companies have messed around with putting this all together you know the revolution ride you are still both great controllers but in the past where I would have said oh the ride you does this the revolution is this scuff has this pic the little it suits you best honestly with all the changes the Vantage now has I'd have to say it objectively it's the clear winner