Review – Nacon Revolution X Pro
Courtesy of the folks at Nacon, I’ve been spending an awful lot of time with the Revolution X Pro controller for Xbox and PC. This one works with Windows, Xbox One and Series X|S, and comes as a wired and fully customisable controller. I’ve spent a fair amount of time with this one since Nacon shipped it over, and it’s now my go to controller of choice over on PC
The Basics
The Revolution X pro is an entry to market which looks to compete with the Elite controllers from Microsoft. It’s an official piece of Designed for Xbox hardware which provides exceptional comfort, as well as well-defined audio through built in Dolby Atmos. While it is wired at 3 metres long, the cable will reach well enough for most.
For those who love customisation, the Revolution X Pro can flex with you though button, joystick and trigger mapping, as well as physical weight and thumbstick limiters, and also lighting with the RGB right analogue stick.
If it’s a little light for you, as well as a nice protective case the controller also comes with three pairs of weights, allowing you to alter the feel by 10, 14 or 16 grams each. Depending on your preference you can utilise convex or concave thumbsticks, and set limits on thumbstick travel as well.
It comes with all the buttons you’d expect from an xbox one or series x controller, including the quick share function. On the back, much like the elite controller, there are an additional 4 buttons, as well as a switch between the classic control setup and any of your profiles.
Through the Nacon app available on PC or Xbox, you can choose from a number of pre-set control schemes to best suit different genres. You can also use these as a base to create or tweak each one for your own liking, and set up to four active profiles (in addition to the classic layout) at any one time.
There are four lights down at the bottom of the controller, but in addition, you can also customise the right-thumbstick’s RGB, to provide a super easy view of which profile is active. There are four quadrants available to customise to your liking.
Delving into the app, you can tweak not only the button lay out but stick mapping and trigger sensitivity. If you’re new to all this, Nacon also provide a guide in addition to the pre-set profiles.
The Run Down
Visuals – Great: The Nacon Revolution X Pro presents really well, from the outer case to the controller itself and on into the app, things look really good. GOne are the days of us 90s kids arguing over who has to have the third-party controller.
Build – Great: This is a really solid design, and for me there’s no part of it which feels cheap. The textured sides help to grip, and the ability to customise the weight to your own liking is also a neat feature.
Storage – Great: Coming with a compact little case, storing and transporting the Revolution X Pro is easy and safe.
Overall the Pixel Bandits Revolution Comrades Level for the Nacon Revolution X Pro is Grab It At a touch under £100 the Revolution X Pro is severely undercutting alternatives such as the Xbox Official Elite controller. It brings some excellent customisation features, some happiness for RGB fiends, and a solid overall build.
The Nacon Revolution X Pro is wired, which can be seen as both a pro and a con, but it’s not one which has so far managed to convince me it’s enough of a con to matter. While it’s far from budget, if you are in the market for a new customisable controller, this is one which I think you should definitely take a look at.
