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But these other problems are not related to the controller's design. The batteries that come with the controller only lasted me about 2-3 days after I purchased two of the controllers. I have hosted many 4-8 person Halo 2 matches at my place, and everybody always wants the wireless controllers. First off, yes the Spirit controller is big and there is no need for the extra B+W buttons. I have also never had signal problems, even from my bedroom to the front door. The people complaining about joystick sensitivity probably just need to turn down the "look sensitivity" in their profiles. I bought these because I was at Wal Mart and they were the same price as the corded controllers, and I don't regret it.
At that time I had the same problems everyone else is complaining about. Random spinning or lack of button use is due to low batteries. But after popping in good ol' coppertopped Duracells, my controllers work seemingly forever between battery replacement, and I don't have spinning/button problems. But the logitec controllers are WAY better.
so I can't return it. I was let down by this product. I happily threw it away in the trash. this was very annoying. it was great that its wireless, but it would activate by itself , if you left the controller alone, it would make the character on screen look up all the time. I had thrown the box away after x-mas. ssnwash@sisna.com
The first thing I noticed out of the box was that the batteries went where there should be rumble packs - there aren't any rumble packs. The controller is made from thing, cheap plastic that broke from a 2 ft drop off the couch when my ferret knocked it over. My right trigger button was messed up from the start - without the slightest touch whatsoever, I would start shooting randomly. I owned this controller for about 2 hours before it broke. I had merely my leg between the controller and receptor on the console and my guy on screen would just start spinning in circles for no reason. Ergonomics are fine, but when the controller doesn't work properly, I could care less about ergonomics and more about finding a new controller to replace the worthless piece of junk I just bought. I just bought the Pelican Edge wireless and it is much better for $10 more.
The extra white/black buttons are completely unnecessary and difficult to reach and often get stuck. Rumble is completely necessary in many games and this controller never said anything on the box about not having it. The connection is terrible. Get that instead of wasting your money on this.
The vibration brings a since of attention and jolt to the moment of action. The controller looks good, feels good and the buttons are placed comfortably on the pad. That's no good. One was a little better in one area, but then worse in another. There are two good things about this experience.(1)Thankfully I can return them & get my money back and (2)warn you. Unreliable became my conclusion. I began to worry so much about the controller, instead of focusing on the game and task at hand, that I wanted to set the controller down and stomp on it.
I actually had 2 of these controllers and the problems were very simular in both. I'd be at a critical moment, I'd push a button and it would NOT respond and other times I was at a critical moment and it would respond. Which was NOT mentioned on the box. It was "fast" moving, all the time.
I felt like I was missing a leg in a ass-kicking contest. What a bummer. 'PELICAN SPIRIT WIRELESS CONTROLLER'Well, to sum it up, I'm very disappointed. I'm a huge first person shooter fan and accuracy is very important. Sadly, that's where the good stopped and the aggravation began. At first, all feels great.
I hate to say these things, but for the money, these things should work and work good. Very frustrating.
The FIRST problem was the analog sticks weren't at all accurate. In 'sniper' mode I couldn't get an accurate shot because the stick wouldn't allow me to "barely" or "slowly" move.
It was nearly impossible to take out any of the enemies because the analog was non-existant. Nothing's worth that kind of misery.*SIDE NOTE* The L2 and the R2 buttons(extra shoulder buttons) seemed okay, but I never found them necessary and not at all worth the frustration this controller brings with it.The THIRD problem was there are NO vibration motors.
Then at other times I found myself spinning in circles, but not pushing any buttons at all. When trying to aim and fire, I was all over the place.
It was insane.The SECOND problem was when I pushed one of the buttons(A,B,X,Y). IN FINAL I just can NOT recommend this controller.
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