Review of POWER A FUS1ON Tournament Controller for Xbox 360

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I am a hardcore gamer and I'll break down the good and the bad with this controller, if you game one way or another you might like or hate it. I have used the Onza and MLG MadCatz, none of these are currently better than the standard MS sadly, all have their issues.

PROs:

Good Feel

LED Lights, for show nothing more (can be turned off)

Buttons and Trigger feel firm, not slushy like MS's

Thumb-sticks are comfortable, BUT look at CON's too

Two different grips (don't know why anyone would use the glossy one?)

CONs:

D-PAD is horrible for fighter games, 1/2 circle and 1/4 circles rarely register

Thumb-Sticks feel good, but the concave aspect is too large, causing thumb to slip when strafing back and forth or aiming quickly. Inner concave is as wide as the standard MS thumb_stick width. (causes jumpy actions back & forth, hard to aim and zoom in one motion, very FIRM click required)

Extra packaging just to charge more money, I travel all the time but don't use

any carrying cases.

Thumb-sticks are Lock Tight'ed into place, can't remove to attempt some adjustments. Also, requires the justom 3 star head to take apart controller, the same as the Wii console.

All said and done, when I get time to take the controller apart and make a different thumb-stick I'll love this controller. I don't play fighters so the D-PAD issue doesn't matter to me. The aiming is sexy smooth while moving in one direction, but rapidly changing is when the large concave jumps around.

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First off, let me say I originally bought one of these controllers for the PS3 and I found it amazing. I loved the feel, how it handled and I really liked the response time.

So I went out and bought one for my 360 very excited to try it out on Black Ops 2. I unpack it an plug it in, then I go to plug my headphone jack to it... The concave plug is too small to fit in the plug area on the controller. So I think well, let me see if my wireless plug in for my turtle beach works... NOPE!

I went and bought a chord to go from the controller to the headset just to see if it would work.. It was sketchy at most.

So basically if you are getting it for the 360 and you use just about any headset that is made of the 360 you are out of luck. Sucks too, because it really is a great controller.

If anyone knows a way to fix it please let me know, it really sucks not being able to use it.

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Bought this as a replacement for my wired MS controller. What a mistake. The carrying case is a nice touch. The changeable grips are a nice touch. The slightly larger thumbstick pads are a slight improvement. HOWEVER, the port for headset chat connections will only accomodate a single pin attachment. What this means is that any attachment that is designed to fit an MS controller and is not a simple single pin will not fit this controller. WHAT A DESIGN FLAW!! I have a Turtle Beach EarForce Tango wireless headset which can use bluetooth for chat communications. The bluetooth adapter is designed to fit an MS controller and is unusable with this controller. A simple wireless headset like the MS one included with most 360's will not work unless it is designed with a single pin. I would definitely check your headset before even considering this controller. If I had known that beforehand I never would have bought it. Luckily I found a single pin to single pin connector from an older headset which my current headset will accept so I have mic capability but now my headset has to be tethered to my controller which I do not like. Furthermore as stated before, having only a single pin design is a design flaw and downright primitive. If it had been designed like the MS port design, then it could accept MS connectors as well as single pin connectors as the MS controllers do, but this is not the case and definitely cheapens the product

If there was a major advantage to using this controller in terms of feel and control, then it would almost be worth the hassle of the headset connection, but I have found that in both the Halo 4 campaign and match making to not be the case. The standard MS wired controller, at half the price works just as well and is actually rated higher in customer reviews.

My advice, DO NOT BUY THIS!! Buy the MS wired controller instead.

No, I would not recommend this to a friend.

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I like the controll and everything but the only problem i had with it was it was a little to big for my hands and the sticks are a little to far apart from eachother so its hard for me to wallbounce when i play gears of war. But if you dont play gears its still a good remote i think its just the game i play that makes it hard for me to hold this remote. All in all, I recommend this to any MLG's out there:)

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This controller is great. When I first starting using it, it felt a little awkward compared to the regular Xbox controller. So I change the grips and it instantly felt better. Way better button and stick response! Only downside that the sticks are a little on the Xl side