Everything in the package is nice and premium. On back, the paddles are a metallic red, and everything is Gears of War themed. You get 2 standard thumbsticks, two tall, and two domed along with a faceted d-pad and a standard shape. You just pull off the custom D-pad or the thumbsticks that you want to swap, and replace them with the others. Swapping out the different piece is super easy, thanks to the power of magnets. You can save up to two custom controller configurations right to the controller as well. As you can see, there’s the Phoenix Omen on the battery cover, and the textured black controller grips as well just adds to the battle-weathered design.īeing an Xbox One Elite controller, the two thumbsticks and the dpad are swappable, and you can remove any or all of the rear paddles. Another nice touch is the d-pad disc, which has icons showing different weapon classes.Īround back you see the paddles, one of the things that sets this controller apart from the standard version. The skull omen is on the left-hand controller grip, and the whole thing has that distressed artwork. You have the signature laser etched claw marks going right over the center of the face of the controller, along with some blood spatter for good measure. Right away, you can see that the design on here is similar to the standard Gears controller that’s included with the special edition Xbox One S console, but it’s actually a deeper shade of crimson red. Now let’s check out the Gears of War 4-themed Elite controller itself. The USB cable is braided to avoid tangling, and as you can see, it sports that same blood red color. There’s a quick setup guide that shows you everything you can do with the Elite controller, and a small box that houses a pair of AA batteries, and the high quality microUSB charge cable. Here as you can see, you also get a code that allows you to download an exclusive in-game emblem, as well as 3 Gear packs for Gears of War 4. Before we open that up though to reveal that Elite Controller hotness, let’s take a look at what else is in the box. Opening up the box, the first thing we see is the crimson pouch with a Gears of War gun right on front. This is the premium hardware that is the pinnacle of what a controller should be, and it’s matched up with a premium price as well. Microsoft has done special edition versions of its consoles and controllers for major game releases before, but this is the first time they’ve done a dedicated version of the Xbox One Elite Controller. I already brought you a look at the custom Gears of War 4 special edition Xbox One S console, and I’ll leave a link to that video in the description below in case you missed it, but there’s another cool piece of Gears-related special edition hardware coming out of Microsoft - the Gears of War 4 Xbox One Elite Controller.
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