Playstation 2 Phoenix Revolution Controller
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Release date: 2005-09-01
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Playstation 2 Phoenix Revolution Controller
Date undefinedFirstly, let me say that the grey and blue controller pictured here at Amazon is not the Phoenix Revolution. The Phoenix Revolution is red and black. The blue and grey controller doesn't have the interchangeable parts that the Phoenix Revolution has.
I will be concise and to the point about negatives and then tell you everything that makes this controller well worth owning.
Negatives: I am not bothered by the face buttons on the controller being a little small, but I'll admit that they are 10-15% smaller than those on the Dual Shock 2. They also protrude upward a little more which might make playing fighting games like Virtua Fighter 4 a little less efficient. I'll also add here that it's not a wireless controller and thus may not be a controller of choice for some of you out there. I've used the D-pad to navigate menus and it has performed fine for me in that capacity. I mostly use the analog thumbsticks (as opposed to the D-pad) when playing the games I have, so I may not be the best person to make comments about D-pad accuracy. . .
The features that make this worth owning include the following: It's a customizable controller. You can play your PS2 games (and PS3 games when using a PS2->PS3 controller adapter) with a controller that has the left thumbstick on the far left side of the controller (like on a Microsoft Xbox or Xbox 360 controller). This is not only a more comfortable way to play first person shooters, but also better for racing games. You can also arrange the control ports in unique ways you might have never thought of trying before.
The broad L2 and R2 shoulder buttons (which are analog by the way) on the controller are quite comfortable when used as gas and brake while playing racing games. Undoubtedly the controller ergonomics are phenomenal for adult hands, since it's a bit bigger than Sony's controller and also contoured better.
The analog thumbsticks have rubber pads on them which have more grip than the Dual Shock's thumbpads and they are also slightly indented (as opposed to being convex), and that's a very positive feature in my book. It also helps that the sticks have good accuracy. The feature on the controller to tighten or loosen the sticks feels a little cheap, but it does what it says it does. When I say it feels cheap, I mean that the tightening-up action occurs by making plastic rub up against plastic (as opposed to some sort of spring-loaded tightening as I had been expecting). It really is no big deal because the sticks have more than acceptable tension in the first place.
Finally, I'll add that the controller glows with an inner red light which makes it look really cool! I highly recommend this very customizable controller for PS2 and PS3 gamers.
Playstation 2 Phoenix Revolution Controller
Date undefinedI thought this would be a great pad, since you can swap out the lil modules to mimic Xbox and Gamecube style configurations. Well, I just got mine in the mail today, tried it out playing some emulated SNES RPG's (Secret of Mana, Zelda 3, Terranigma) the first thing I noticed was that the D-pad is too small and has trouble seperating diagonals from the regular directions. I press Left, it goes Up Left. I press Right, it goes Down Right. Even the "Adjustable Sticks" suffer from the same innaccuracy, no matter what I set them too its nearly impossible to keep from unwantingly slipping into a Diagonal when you're just pressing Up, Down, Left, Right. The Square ¡, £ Triangle, ae Circle, X buttons are waaaay too freakin' small. I have BIG fingers, so I like BIG buttons! The only thing they actually did well on this controller were Start & Select (which are placed away from the sticks and easy to hit, one of my biggest gripes with the stock Playstation pads) and the L1, L2 / R1, R2 buttons.
Perhaps they could make "Replacement Modules" which are
built better, then I could just slap those in it... lol
Playstation 2 Phoenix Revolution Controller
Date undefinedMy wife and I are both southpaw gamers, and we've never been able to adapt to games that force us to target with our right analog thumbstick, so anytime we purchased a game and later found that it didn't support controller customization we had to turn around and sell that game [losing money because now it was "used", even though we only played it for about 60 seconds]. That all changed thanks to this controller. Now I can play the Splinter Cell franchise, Farcry: Instincts, MechAssualt 2, and all those games that designers didn't develop with a nod to us lefties. If you are a dedicated Southpaw, you really ought to invest in one of these controllers and an adaptor for your system [we game on Xbox, so we needed an adaptor that converted PS2/GameCube controllers to the Xbox]. Customization is as simple as swapping the left and right analogs, and then plugging it in. That's it. One swap and you are on par with those lucky right-handed gamers and able to play a variety of games without having to learn a new control style. A++++++!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy as many as you can.
