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Oh I got a really cool surprise in the mail today so I originally actually have any different video plans to shoot today but then these showed up for Microsoft now they were actually cool enough to send us these three Xbox one controllers but what's really awesome about it is the fact that none of these are actually released yet so I thought given the opportunity let me open them up and showcase them for you guys so if you've seen them and you're curious actually get a little more in-depth look because there's a lot more to show than what a screenshot can normally do justice so to begin with we're going to look at this green grey one right here it's actually called grey green the point is that this is the simplest of the new controllers coming out so going to start with this one right away and I actually haven't opened anything yet so these are all kind of be my first time actually seeing them in person let's give it a look whoo that's actually really clean looking so I've talked about one that's similar like this before that they did was a military green with orange highlights which I actually have right here and if you saw the video where I talked about this one I wasn't really a big fan I mean I like the orange highlight to it but I've just never really been a big fan of military green design so this one is actually a huge step up now if I'm not mistaken this is actually the same gray that you can get on the Xbox design lab that's called ash gray but what really makes this one different is obviously the different stick design which really does a lot more than you think I mean even if you're looking at the controller straight on the base is a little larger than the stick heads you can still see that green shining through a little bit and gives a nice little contrast to the design I mean definitely one of the simpler controllers I mean definitely on the simplest out of these three but it's really good looking for that next up we're going to take a look at the newest in line for the tech series controllers is actually the second one that's going to be released and that's the patrol tech now to be honest when this thing was first revealed I wasn't that big of a fan mainly because something about the way that the shot of it was lit it almost looked like it was the same colors as the Recon tech which is this one right here except it just had different symbols in the middle which thankfully that's not actually the case once you have them side-by-side we'll open it right now to look you'll notice that's actually a bit more different than that so let's take a look oh yeah that's actually a lot more different once you see it in person so if you're looking at what our use individually you might think this is the same grade but when you have them side-by-side you'll notice that this is a darker kind of deeper one with more blueish tones resistance just an ever tiny little bit green which you would never notice until you add something else to contrast it also the other big change is that the etching on the front here is silver instead of gold so overall this controller has a much more kind of cooler tone and vibe to it really looking at it now and having it on hand I actually like this one more than the Recon tech I mean I think I've talked before I'm not a huge fan of gold accents it just always seems a little too gaudy to me so the silver with the dark blue I think is a really good look I still don't get absolutely any vibe whatsoever the military thing I don't understand the theme of this controller line sorry to interrupt myself but I actually I figured out what most of these symbols mean there's a couple that I'm still not entirely sure of but I know all the ones on the patrol controller at least I'm pretty sure I do now these are all pulled from what's called NATO military map symbols now the one on top represents Allied air infantry the box around it means allied X in the middle infantry and the little kind of em at the bottom that looks like a bird in the distance air now this one at the bottom is a more generic symbol that means enemy air units it doesn't let you know that like what kind of specific ones they are if it was an allied one it would be a smoother kind of parabolic line pointed up instead of being these hard edges now the X in the middle X's could mean things in other contexts that I'm not aware of but as far as I know a single X by itself represents a brigade as for the Recon tech controller the simple is attack follow some of the same rules as this one the fact that there's a diamond on the outside instead of a box means that it's an enemy unit and the symbol inside represents reconnaissance and it might specifically be artillery reconnaissance because it has a little dot in the middle as well as for the other two bottom symbols I saw idea now like the Recon tech this is a little higher quality controller in general it's not just things like the fact that it has the silver etching on the front but also on the back it does have a different grip most of the controller's just have this slightly rougher plastic so it gives you more grip but not much else this actually has kind of a rubber insert with little diamond shapes so it's going to give you a more comfortable grip that has just the littlest bit of pliability to it and next we have the volcano shadow now this is actually the one that when they first revealed these three new controllers this one really stood out to me as one that I really wanted to grab so Supercenter when these came in now I've talked before about what my favorite ones is the ocean shadow I really like the kind of area doesn't finish that these ones have I like the fade effect it just is a really good looking controller but I'm also a rly big fan of the color red maybe a little orange kind of a fire theme to it which that's the name volcano I got really said I want somethin revealed so let's open it up and check it out oh yeah that's that's pretty good show you guys so like I said just like with the ocean shadow you're getting that kind of iridescent just slightly shiny finish to it it's going to fade to black but what I think really stands out to me about the controller compared to the ocean shadow they've another one called Dom at the purple is that the ocean shadow on the Dawn shadow have kind of darker colors so there's not quite as much contrast whereas this one you have this very warm orange red that gives a lot more contrast to the black on top and for the but that just all kind of stands out a little more and it's just really really pretty I mean I'd have to say that right now this is easily my favorite Xbox one controller design