Luckily, its cheaper price is a welcome solace.
Arguably, its fresh design helped to push the rest of the market forward.
After re-releases and remasters, were now all eagerly waiting for its creator to make a true sequel.
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Still, that analogy fits oddly well.
Fortunately, a slightly lowered price tag of $169.99 / 169.99 does soften the blow of repetition.
So what is different here?
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Mainly, you get USB-C as opposed to the previous generations preferred micro-USB connection.
The X2 also improves the thumbsticks.
On the shoulders youll find the grooved bumpers and elongated triggers I praised the previous version for.
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On the face of it, you still get microswitch buttons with a minuscule actuation.
I found very little difference here, truth be told.
Seriously, why is this such an intensive app to run?
Performance
Ill say it, this controller suffers from a lack of novelty.
Dont get me wrong, this is not a bad gamepad by any means.
Its just not as good as other pro controllers that cost 10 bucks more.
There are simply way better options out there for this kind of price.
Its a shame too, because the rest of the controller is very usable.
This feels like yet another remaster of a product thats getting long in the tooth.
The pad deserves more praise than it gets for its accessibility.
Being able to swap things around as freely as this creates a lot of scope for different needs.
Theres a lot to like about the eSwaps build quality, lengthy grips, and comfortable sticks and triggers.
Turtle Beach and PDP have options you should especially consider if back buttons are a priority for you.
For platforming, I played a section of Celeste as well as Blasphemous 2.
For first-person shooting, I flew around the zombie-infested swamps of Hunt: Showdown.
For driving games, I revisited Forza Horizon 5.
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