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2.0 out of 5 starsNyko Pro Commander Review In Depth
Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2015
OPENING, APPEARANCE, & TEXTURE
Honestly, at first this controller was not a dissapointment. It came in a beautiful box that was difficult to open, so I could not salvage the box since I had completely obliterated it trying to open it. The controller looks amazing and almost represents an Xbox 360/Xbox One controller button-wise. The buttons are in the same place as an Xbox controller, just the letters are in different spots. I especially liked the texture of the controller. It had a nice and sleek mat finish that felt very comfortable in your hand.
BUTTONS & FEEL
The buttons for the most part felt good at first, yet the L and R buttons felt very mushy and unnatural. Sometimes they would even get stuck. As an example, if you pushed it, it would stay down and not come up unless you manually pulled it up. The same would happen with other buttons such as the A,B,X,Y but those didn't give too much trouble. In my time of having it, it only occurred once. But that is still pretty bad considering I had this controller for less than a month. The most noticeable fault in this controller was the poor building of it. It looks like a quality controller but is not. I've had this controller for less than a month and do not play vigorously on it. I did not play Call of Duty or anything. And one day, I was going to play some Need for Speed Most Wanted U, and when I pressed down lightly on the analog sticks, they sank into the controller. It wasn't a huge problem but I was able to see the interior of the controller when it went down. I dealt with this and did not really care that this happened but I am returning this controller for a major reason. One day after playing some Bayonetta 2, I put my Nyko Pro Controller down on the stand for night, everything in good shape on the controller. When I woke up, it hadn't moved, but the bottom right analog stick was basically sticking to the left. When I moved it in a direction as soon as I let go it would go to the left. You had to hold it hard to keep it in place. When I went to play Hyrule Warriors, I tried turning the bottom right analog stick to analyze my environment and I could not play without it always looking to the left. This made games unplayable with the controller. I tried fixing this and couldn't. I contacted Nyko, and they told me they would send me an email as a reply. I received nothing.
GAMEPLAY
When this controller was working, it worked decently well, but the buttons glitching and sticking all the time just did not make a good impression on me. It was not ideal for gameplay and I just tried the official Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller and it was much better with none of the problems the Nyko Pro Commander had.
FINAL VERDICT
The Nyko Pro Commander tries to lure you in with it's beautiful looks, but it's looks are deceiving. This controller does not function well and I would not recommend it to anyone. If you have it, then I feel for you.
RECOMMENDATION
The official, 1st party Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller is a much more viable option as a controller. It may have a higher price than the Nyko Pro Commander but you get what you pay $50.00 for. I realize why the Nyko Pro Commander was $35.00 It was a good looking controller that tried to lure people, and dissapoint with it's many faults.
NYKO PRO COMMANDER SCORE
2/5
It's okay if you do not mind all these faults and sticking controls and buttons that make it very difficult to play, but when this does not occur, it offers okay gameplay. Nothing great. The Nintendo Wii U Pro Controller is much better and I recommend it. The main thing preventing me from giving the Nyko Pro Commander from giving it a 1/5 stars is it's outstanding looks.
