Modded PS4 Controller Chaos Review - Rerez

I know a bunch of you folks at home love playing first-person shooters online on the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4. But, there's a select few of you that have some hidden secrets. You're really embarrassed about it. You don't tell your friends, you don't tell your family. Of course, I'm talking about modded controllers, little things like this that give you a slight advantage over everyone else that's playing these games online because they offer specific features that you can't get on a regular controller. This thing here was sent in to me by Controller Chaos. And, they gave me a little Rerez logo on it, which is nice. But this here is supposed to improve my game. But does it? Let's find out.

Now, first off, when it comes to modded controllers you're probably not going to see these things used in tournament play, because, well, they're really not tournament- or sportsman-like. They're kind of a cheater's tool. But they do offer some pretty basic functionality that really doesn't do anything like auto-aiming at people. But it does have some things that kind of give you a slight advantage, and free up a couple of fingers, if you ever really need that while playing a video game. Basically, what these controllers do are a ton of little tiny things that are trying to amp up your basic game. For instance, this controller here gives me the ability to have faster reloads, rapid-fires, turbo melees, auto-sprint, quick scope, and just a whole bunch of other stuff that is just supposed to make you play a lot better when you're in some online scenario. Now, personally, while testing out this controller I tested all the features offline because I didn't really want to cheat with people online. But here's the thing. Are these features really cheatable? Are they really cheat-worthy? Really, I don't think they are. In many instances a lot of the things this controller does are cool little additions but they don't really do a hell of a lot for your online gameplay, specifically rapid-fire. I mean, you could get the rapid-fire to work pretty quick, but you could also just tap your fingers really fast as well, and it kind of gives you the same effect. I mean, I guess what this is going to do is prevent you from tapping, and just hold down the button to shoot really quick, but I really don't enjoy that too much. I like to be on the same playing field as everyone else while playing. And even though I know there's some people online that have these modified controllers and they don't really say that they're using them, maybe I'm not really getting that level playing field that I want, but still, I just assume most people don't have these really expensive controllers. For the ones that do though does it really benefit you that much? Because while I was playing with it, I kind of felt that it was holding me back a little. Personally. But, that's just me.

Now, at first glance, this controller looks like just a basic painted controller, and a whole bunch of companies online offer that feature, including Controller Chaos themselves. But if you get the "Modded" package, at the very bottom, you'll find four LEDs which are basically signifiers when you've turned on some kind of feature. And right at the back there's a hidden little button. When you hold that button down and then push the “PlayStation” button in, you'll have a whole selection of features you can modify, basically creating different layouts and just really changing the controller to however you want it to feel in your hands. But you see, that's why I found this controller really complex. It's not as easy as just clicking a button to turn on Rapid Fire. You'll have to use some strange combination of movements to make it work. For instance, for Rapid Fire, you'll have to click the back button, this front button, and then you'll have to hit another back button, and then another button, and then you'll have to hit the back button again and L2 to adjust how fast the Rapid Fire goes. Which is confusing, because when you're playing a game online with other people, you don't have time to think that way, you're just going to have to shoot someone really quick. So, it becomes really hectic to remember all these layouts and all these settings. In fact, this controller comes with a sheet that you can just lay in front of yourself to see all the little button combinations you can have. I guess after a while you might memorize them but I'm not really good with memorization. So for me the controller's extra functionality just didn't work out for me at all. But maybe you're out there, and you know how to actually memorize that stuff, and it's easy for you. But for me, it just didn't seem worth it. I mean if I was going to play a game online with a bunch of people, then why do I need all these extra features? It just didn't do much for me. The controller feels really good in your hands, because it essentially is just a PS4 controller with painted parts. And I really do appreciate the glossy coating on here because I do remember, a while ago, we used to paint our own controllers with stupid things for stupid reasons and after using those controllers for a while your hands would look like you'd just strangled a cartoon character. But with this, it doesn't really feel like that's going to happen. Kind of a neat feature, too, is that the Rerez controller we had customized doesn't have any identifiers for any of the buttons. So you have to know that that's X, and that's Triangle, and that's Square, otherwise, well, you wouldn't know what those things are. So if you're a novice coming into PlayStation 4, you might not want to get that kind of modification. But, they just have a whole range of things you can set up, I think this is cool. I know what these buttons are, and I don't need them to tell me what they are so for me it's just a nice little feature. But that doesn't mean that the design of it is perfect.

Now while the colour does look really cool, you can see that there's a gap just beneath the Rerez pad. And then, right on top, because you're trying to stuff all those extra mods and things in here the controller's shell isn't perfectly sealed. There's a noticeable gap just above the LED light which isn't that great. Personally I would prefer no modded controller features in here, if I ever got another one of these things and that way it would probably seal the whole thing up. I don't know that for certain I'm just assuming that's how the controller would work if you didn't have the mod features in it. I tested the controller out with a bunch of games and it feels like a basic PlayStation 4 controller, so long as you don't use the mods. When you do use them, however, sometimes they don't work with some games because why would you want to use Rapid Fire on a game that doesn't need it? This controller is used mostly for first-person shooters and a few other games but that's where I found the most use for it. And even then, I didn't like it too much. Personally. I love the design of the thing maybe because the Rerez logo is on it just a little bit, but I like having a clean controller with two-tone colour scheme that doesn't have a bunch of symbols everywhere. The mod features, however, I could easily leave behind. So, does the modified PS4 controller from Controller Chaos benefit me at all? No, it doesn't. This controller has a good look and a great feel, but it doesn't do anything for me personally when playing games online. Look, there'll be some players out there who'll get some use out of this thing because they can memorize all the button inputs, but for me, it doesn't matter. It's not like this controller is auto-aiming at other people online, in fact, the only benefit for you is to simplify some movements you'd make on a controller. For instance, Rapid Fire, Rapid Reload, or just breathing when you use the sniper scope. It just does that automatically. Which is really awesome. But, I kind of like doing those things when playing a game, because it gives you the feel of how a game plays. And to be honest, if you wanted to change those things on say a PC you could create macros and stuff like that. And while this controller has a lot of similar capabilities, it doesn't do anything groundbreaking, other than giving you some easy-to-use features. So I don't see myself using this controller, at least as a modified one, while playing games online. And, as far as the build quality goes, that gap is really, really big, but it does work really well for what it says on the box. I'm just not the kind of player to use it. But if you are, you might get a kick out of this thing.

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