Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

To be honest, I don't know how so many people are giving this controller such high marks. This is one of the worst controllers I have ever used. Steam tried to reinvent the controller instead of improving on it, and they failed. The first thing that surprised me was the lack of a rechargeable battery pack. Way to send us back ten years! I thought rechargeable controllers became the standard when the PS3 was released. The next thing you notice is how rotten this controller feels in your hands. It feels simply awkward. Maybe if you used it for a solid month you might get used to it. The third thing you notice is that the buttons are in the wrong place. Anyone who has used a PS3, PS4, Wii FPS controller, XBOX 360, or XBOX One controller will find themselves constantly hitting the buttons by accident because they expect the second analog stick to be there. The fourth thing is the touch pad. If you want to invest hundreds of hours adapting to it, go ahead. I gave up after five minutes. There is a reason people use an analog stick or a real mouse to aim. It's because touch pads SUCK for trying to aim. If you want to mess with your settings, you can switch the touch pad functionality to motion control instead. That might sound awful (and it is) but it's better than trying to use a touch pad to aim in a FPS. If Valve wanted a touch pad option, they should have copied the PS4 controller or even the Vita. The fifth thing that makes you want to smack your head against the wall - the dongle. Yes, this thing uses a dongle to connect. BOOOOO! Once again, I thought that kind of tech, for high end controllers, went away with the PS3. Next you get the message. Basically they warn you that most games are not designed for use with the controller so you might have to do some monkeying around with the layout. You never get that message with the XBOX 360 controller. It just works. PROS - the steam button works well and turns on your Link or other hardware. - the build isn't bad. - you get a butt load of free games (all of them old) with it. - you can customize it without third party software. CONS - No rechargeable battery pack - Awkward design - Buttons are annoying to use - Touch pad is a terrible replacement for an analog stick - Does not integrate as well as an XBOX 360 controller - It's rather ugly - It uses a dongle - The D pad isn't easy to use. - It's super expensive for what you get. - It doesn't feel good in your hand Overall - avoid this thing like the plague. It's a total train wreck. There are a number of 10 year old controllers that are far superior to this, at a far lower cost. The only reason it's not one star, is because it kind of works.