Since the dawn of time, control has been important. Whether it is the control of his environment, the control of himself, or the control over his bladder, every human being seeks the perfect control which will offer him power, fortune and conquest of the world... oops; this is the intro for another thing. Forget my previous speech and without further ado, let's talk about PowerA's Fusion Pro 2 controller.
Designed for the Xbox ecosystem, the PowerA will plug into both your Xbox One and your Xbox Series X|S via USB (it's not recognized on Playstation, I tried). And yes, first bad news, the controller is wired. It certainly saves on batteries and other batteries, but limits the radius of use in your installation, if you have a distance of more than 3 meters between your console and your seat / armchair / sofa / throne / bed in lying mode. We will console ourselves with the really neat packaging, whether in the materials or in the design of its packaging.
The first thing to notice when taking the Fusion Pro 2 in hand is its weight: the controller is heavy. Very heavy for a wired controller. The Xbox controller sold with the console is much lighter equipped with batteries. That being said, this weight remains correct and does not tire the hands for long gaming sessions whether in paddle mode or in classic mode. It even fits very well in the hand without slipping, which is a good thing for our friends who have sweaty hands.
The pack contains a case in which the controller rests, the additional joysticks, as well as the paddle kit and a white faceplate to change the appearance of the controller which, by the way, is more classy in my opinion.
The change of this shell is done via a fairly simple and robust magnet system, at least over the three weeks of intensive testing. On longer durations, I still have doubts related to the fact that they remain small magnets and that, like any magnet, they lose their magnetic charge over time. Changing the joysticks is also child's play and will allow them to be adapted for more precision according to the genre of game you are playing.
The Fusion Pro 2 controller is also programmable at the level of the removable paddles, allowing, with a long press of the programming button followed by the keys to be programmed and the one to be reproduced, to make changes on the fly without the help of software. third. Everything is intuitive and very simple. A good point for this aspect.
Customizing your controller is child's play thanks to simple and effective change systems, however this simplicity could well be as much an advantage as a defect since, even if the controller itself and the customization accessories seem robust, these systems themselves seem more fragile, especially the trigger adjustment system which is a little "cheap" compared to the rest and does not make you want to change these settings too frequently. But only time will be able to judge the robustness or the fragility of the object.
In hand, the controller holds well and all the fingers are placed naturally on the buttons, Xbox design obliges. Even for the pallets at the back!
The idea of being able to remove this pallet block remains a good idea, however, even if the cache closing system is a little capricious (understand difficult to lock), in order to allow you to fully play games whose usefulness of this accessory is anecdotal, even counterproductive. But since without the paddles, the Fusion Pro 2 is a pretty good classic wired controller, let's focus on the latter for a bit, shall we?
In metal, the palettes remain comfortable under the fingers, but have a tendency to cling to the skin. In itself the problem is not particularly troublesome, except that the pallets in these conditions can easily disengage from their joint, despite the magnetic system supposed to retain them. So yes, they are easy to put back on, but you can easily imagine the inconveniences that this can cause when a pallet comes apart a little and it is therefore impossible to use it until it is put back in place. place... We would have liked the end of each paddle to be covered with the material that makes up the back of the controller and which is both slightly rough and anti-slip, in order to alleviate this concern.
In the end, PowerA's Fusion Pro 2 is a nice controller, effective for anyone who swears by Microsoft's ecosystem and who doesn't want to pay the 120€ for an Elite controller, but whose tiny flaws would deserve be reviewed in order to fully compete with the latter... You can buy the PowerA Fusion Pro 2 controller on their official website, or at authorized retailers (like Amazon).
