It’s a lot of fun just switching between colors.īy using the little button and the right button, you can cycle between four lighting modes: The standard mode, which just has the LEDs on the color and brightness you set, a pulsing “breathing” mode in which the lights slowly pulse in your chosen color, a cycle mode where the LEDs slowly change throughout the spectrum, and my favorite “stick” mode. The star of the controller is, of course, the color-shifting LEDs within.īy holding that little button by the right thumbstick, you can use the left thumbstick to choose a color and the left trigger to adjust the brightness. Overall, I like the feel and even though I’ve never really used an Xbox controller, it felt natural and intuitive to use. The XYAB buttons are a little clicky, but not too bad.
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The controller is intended to work with Windows 8.1 or Windows 10 (or Xbox, of course), so I can’t really complain.Īll the buttons feel great and are reliably responsive during play. In searching previous reviews for the Prismatic Afterglow controller, I couldn’t find anybody else that reported this problem.
Presumably because I’m running Windows 7. This is probably a good place to note that I wasn’t able to use this feature on my PC. And by using combinations of that little thumbstick button and the d-pad, you are able to mute the microphone and adjust the chat volume in your headset.
The headphone jack allows you to play at the far end of your 10’ cord and plug in your wired headset right into the controller. And in the corner of the right thumbstick is a discrete little button. It’s solid and tough, particularly near the ends where cables like to short out.Īt the bottom of the controller, PDP has added a 3.5 mm headset jack. Like the controller itself, the cable feels really well made. It’s a 10 feet long, which should be plenty long for most gaming setups. The Prismatic Afterglow controller is wired with a detachable micro USB cable. Overall, the aesthetic and handfeel of this controller are exceptional. But the shape seems to be nearly the exact lines and proportions of Microsoft’s Xbox One controller, except for a few interesting features we’ll cover in a bit. I’ve never been an Xbox guy, so this controller style was totally new to me. The plastic itself feels really solid and high quality. The plastic shell if completely clear, exposing all the guts within and allowing the four LEDs inside shine off all the little doodads (technical term) in there. Which feels like a lot to me, but when I looked it up, Microsoft’s Xbox One wired controllers weigh a whopping 10 ounces. Out of the box, the first thing I noticed was how hefty the Prismatic Afterglow controller seems to be. But as it happens, this controller was provided by PDP for review. If I saw this on a shelf, I would want to buy it. If nothing else can be said for this controller, the packaging is gorgeous. My photo doesn’t do justice to the box design.
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