Gadgetory

a few weeks ago I did a video on one of two pro controllers that Sony released in its European territories the Nikon revolution and today I got my hands on the other one the razor rises so we're going to open this up and check it out and see what's a little different about it so first off we have a little paper here congratulations there is no turning back that's kind of weird okay so kind of cool actually comes in a pouch right away open it up little rays just a moment front and here is the controller now just like with the revolution this is clearly more based on an xbox one instead of the ps4 controller because like I said before leash a little more comfortable there's a lot more bells and whistles on this one though what's really interesting right away you'll see it has a little control panel on the bottom that's really just like the headset controls that are on Xbox one controllers you can attach that comes with a lot of pro headsets although there are some different buttons here also another difference right away is that unlike the revolution this one keeps both it sticks low like this instead of switching the d-pad and stick like they did on the revolution to match Xbox one controllers so there's a few more different buttons and things to look over here so let's break down what exactly this controller does differently instead of a regular ps4 Dual Shock to begin with I have got to say this is one damn fine good-looking controller from the button and d-pad shapes to the home button and Razer logo on the touchpad and more than anything really I love the use of blue trim on the grips to give it some contrast originally looking at the box I thought the little control center at the bottom would visually bother me a lot more but it actually blends in really well with the rest of the controllers shape so it looks good but what does it actually like to use this thing well turns out is actually really really comfortable I love the grips on this thing one of the more interesting choices they made though is that the buttons on this are actually mechanical so it's a lot closer to actually like clicking a mouse button than using a traditional controller which is really weird the first time you use it but once you get the hang of it actually really really like it it's especially for situations where if you have to click something really rapidly it's way easier something I don't like about this controller though is the sticks now I get the idea of moving them both down here so that matches with a dual track for controller but with this controller design it just doesn't feel quite as comfortable only the bigger problem I have though is the grips themselves they won't with the sort of plastic Matteson you can have that gives more grip and texture to your thumb some people really like this personally I've never been a fan they are removable though the downside though is when you remove them you find out that it's pretty much a flat design which is not great to use it's not concave enough to really grip your thumb it's not domed it's just this flat shape that just doesn't work that great so besides the build quality what is this controller going to do for you that a regular dual shot can't well first off it has four additional buttons that can be programmed to act in place of others I really love the placement of these buttons each of them is comfortable they're easy to reach and they help keep your thumbs freed up so they can focus on just using the left and right analog sticks and if you don't like having all these extra buttons and feel like the back to get in the way of your grip you can actually remove them to have a flush back instead which is really easy to do there's also a couple things you can do with the triggers you've got these switches in the back that activates short stops on them or if you prefer you can actually turn on an actual hair trigger mode so the slightest pressure is gonna count as pressing down now all of this is done with this little command center on the bottom here you'll notice some traditional controls like you can do volume control over using a headset or mic mute but what's more important are these two buttons right here which are going to allow you to activate switch between and even customize two different special profiles and what's really interesting about this controller is that you're not using some kind of software and computer up hooking it up to anything you're actually able to customize your profiles all through the controller directly as an example if you wanted to find one of the mapable buttons to copying the circle button all you have to do is hold down the profile button then whichever button you want to assign a command to and finally just hit the circle button a similar command is also used for turning hair-trigger mode off and on meaning you can at any time really easily customize the controller on-the-fly the only downside is that's really it for customization on this controller no stick acceleration no macros just easier trigger pulls and a handful of extra buttons so your mileage may vary with this thing personally I don't use those options very much so the rise you is plenty for me but if you want those off this controller is going to fall short for you that if you have commitment issues the controller coming with the letter saying there's no turning back now might scare you just a little bit