Xbox 360 Pad EX 2 with Turbo - Blue

Comment: I had this controller the first day, worked great as i use it only for MWF2 and let me tell you the Fal becomes a beast with the turbo. So do the pistols though you might get a few hates messages saying you are modding but of course this is an xbox licensed product so there is no concern there.

I did have major problems the second day with the controller not working with my headset which is also new. I ordered another one so hope that clears up the problem as microsoft makes the worst lasting headsets ever anyways. The controller also moves on it's own, ill be sitting there and the cursor will move up or down like 4 spots. It's odd and if the new headsets down't work with this controller then ill see what amazon will do to get me a new one.

Although a great controller and turbo controllers area pain to find, in fact this is the first one i have seen in years in stock. The old mad catz that i used before don't last and are extremely rare. Buy these before they go out of stock though.

Comment: Ok for a while now I needed another controller badly, so I went to gamestop and bought one of theirs to tide me over. That was a big mistake, it had more problems straight out of the box then I had ever seen in a controller. So I started looking around and have always wanted to try a Hori pad. So I found this little gem and compared it to the other pad that is about 20 dollars more then this one.

I can say I have gotten my money's worth with this controller. Just forget about the other one, it's just not worth it.

Lets look at the pro's

Pros:

Great design. This thing feels good and sturdy in your hand and once you get use to the 2 bumper buttons on the side( I seemed to always want to press them instead of B, or Y untill I was use to them)you will feel right at home. Also the sticks pop back into place nicely and have texture on the top so your thumbs dont slip off. And don't forget the D-pad, this is probably one of the best D-pads I have used in a long time, responsive, textured and just fits real nice on your thumb, Good job Hori!

Sensativity adjustment for the sticks: This is a nice feature although it does not change them a lot I could tell the difference.

Turbo button: This is awesome!!! You can use this button to make any one of the buttons have a turbo feature which offers 3 different settings, and allows you to use more then one button as turbo.

Fighting fans love the Lb and RB: This of course makes fighting games all the better when you have the buttons lined up for weak mid and strong attacks, so this set up makes it all the easier.

Xbox live mics sound real good: This was a problem for me, since one of my major complaints was that with cheaper controllers and ones that were corded, My mic always sounded like their was a buzzing or hissing noise. With the Hori, I am heard loud and clear with no interferance at all.

price: come on this thing is cheap compared to alot of controllers out their especially if it is from MS. I know it is corded and wireless controllers are great and all, but I am never really more then 10 feet away while playing so it does not bother me at all to have a cord.

The only thing I really don't like about this controller is the ugly Xbox insignia in the middle of the controller, it's just plain ugly to look at and isn't quite as big as on a ms controller.

Something to take note of to also is the ABXY buttons are a little smaller since the LB and RB buttons are on the face now, but it really is not a bad thing and only after a couple hours of play with this bad boy I was use to it.

Last thing is I have only used the controller for FPS games like borderlands, Gears 2 and modern Warfare 2. I saw in a lot of the reviews saying this controller was not real good for FPS. I can't agree with that. After I got use to the design of the controller I was pulling off head shots, and placing grenades right where I wanted them to be. It worked perfectly!!!

Comment: Don't get me wrong, this is an awesome controller. It worked perfectly for the first day that I had it. Something happened though, in one of the online games I was playing, one of the random people that I was playing with did something to make my Xbox freeze which required me to turn it off and turn it back on. Not sure if it was just a coincidence, but it seems like since that happened my right analog stick keeps wanting to go down. When it starts doing that I usually just rotate it really quickly a few times and it temporarily remedies the problem but its still annoying as hell. I've had games freeze up on me with my first Hori Pad Turbo without it affecting its performance. Other than that the product is awesome, despite the problem I still give it four stars because its still better than the standard MS controller. The d-pad is perfect, the turbo programming and deprogramming is a snap. I haven't found much use for the analog sensitivity controls yet but I'm sure I will in the future. It took me a little while to get used to the six button layout and found myself pushing LB and RB on the face instead of Y and B but that's just something to be expected with a controller like this until you get used to it. It works in all Call of Duty games without a hitch, pistols fire super quick as do everything else and I have yet to be booted from a game for doing so. I primarily use it for Borderlands (which is the game that my system froze up on) and its perfect for me because I primarily use non-auto weapons. However, I have yet to see the left and right stick buttons work properly with turbo. The only time it'll work right is when I put it on autofire (when you don't have to press the button), then the stick buttons perform rapidly but other than that it never works for those buttons. Awesome that they added rapid fire support for the d-pad, I've never seen a controller where the d-pad's up, down, left, and right could be set to rapid fire. I can tell that Hori put a lot of thought into this controller and tried their best to improve upon their first turbo controller. I'm still worried about the right analog stick though, I'm starting to get tired of my character wanting to look up every time the action gets heated in various games. Sometimes it seems like I'm fighting more with my controller than the enemies but other than the right analog problem this is an awesome controller and I highly recommend it.