In recent years, tens of controllers have ended up on my desk for testing. Although I
Many of them liked and can highly recommend you, no device could replace the classic Xbox Wireless Controller.
If I don't use other test devices to play (N), I have been using one of my three Xbox gamepads for years. Well, it's always the black one, because the other two serve me as a replacement.
In any case, I have always been super satisfied with the controller in my private use. I like the simplicity of how great it is in my hands, but what I appreciate most is the operation over two AA batteries.
I bought rechargeable batteries for this. If this is played empty after countless hours, the next one is already invited. It is a simple and efficient system that just satisfies me.
Sure, I have always been aware that many, many users sooner or later had problems with the Xbox Wireless Controller. Be it embroidery drift or dead bumper ... I have heard of such descriptions again and again, although not as often as with the much more expensive elite controller.
Fortunately, such deficits have never come to me. In my case there was simply nothing to complain about.
I recommended it to you everywhere. In the big oneAnd also in shorter collecting items:
But it came as it had to come. The controller let me down phenomenally. The disaster started while Ithe purchase hitplayed.
Yes, I know that may have been the first mistake, because whoever follows a little bit of what Linh drives all day long knows,.
In addition, he also likes to play Kalimba (alsoFinger-Piano
named). What I want to say: The man has dexterity -most likely more than casual players as I am.
More about Linh and Fighting Games
How good are you in button mashing?
It is certainly a co-op game that could hardly be more cooperative. So it doesn't matter who performs better in it, right? Wrongly thought. Anyone who has already played the title himself knows that there are optional mini games.
Including sonorous challenges such asHive the code
(By the way, I was Cody ...) or alsoTank brothers
(I even won in that!).
When it came to tug, Linh asked me:How good are you in button mashing?
. Without thinking about it, I replied with confidence:Pretty good!
.
Not without reason. After all, I had previously played IT Takes Two with three other people and always won in the mini game in question. Even when pressing inI could win (same mechanics) every time.
But also in non -competitive games like thatwhere you can use button
I always have to free mashes from the handle of enemies or open heavy doors.
What I want to reaffirm: I am really not bad in it!
Mhm, sure. It was on the controller ...
What I look back on in my retrospectively optimistic answerI didn't have in mind: I played all of these games on the PS4 with the fantastic dual crouch. And it has really smooth action buttons, as well as the dual sensual of the PS5. I am still a fan of the Sony gamepads today.
As much as I the Xbox Wireless Controller for its feel, the price-performance ratio and the
Battery business also appreciates ... The action keys are not the best and have a rather high resistance.
In most casual games, this is no longer noticeableAnd I didn't notice anything at IT Takes Two at first. But then at that moment. When pulling up! And after I was so convinced of my skills beforehand. Then the bitter truth hit me with full force:
When it really matters speed and liquid entries, this gamepad is not a good choice. The somewhat strongly arched action buttons with their high resistance do not allow rapid button mashing. Not even if you are actually solid in it.
Addedthat the good, not just played with any controller, but with the, one of the best gamepads that I have so far tested and to which I also wrote a column:
In any case, Linh was able to defeat me as a May in the tug of war. I followed completely perplexed what happened on the screen and could hardly believe it. At that moment it seemed so absurd that I had to laugh. I felt icy embarrassed. From my favorite casual gamepad.
The controller ... the buttons were completely stiff!
, burst out of me and I immediately knew how it sounds. Accordingly, Linh's answer was not long in coming:Mhm, sure. It was on the controller ...
. The humiliation was perfect.
Most of the time, the controller is still sufficient
That now sounds more dramatic than it is.Against someone like Linh in a cozy couch co-op toolose
is really not a shame now. We both could laugh about it.
Well, maybe he a little more than me ... Nevertheless, I now see the Xbox Wireless Controller a little differently. His and my honeymoon are now officially over. Deep in me I guessed somewhere that this day will come.
Despite it:For most players who tackle gaming, this gamepad is a good choice. But who only in the beginningcompetitive
plays, should rather use another controller.
On the other hand, you can no longer persuade yourself that the controller is to blame for your own defeats.
