Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsA bit longwinded, but tl;dr I love this controller.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
I didn't know I could like a controller this much. It has a touchpad that I can use as a mouse on my laptop
So, I run Windows 10 on a lower end convertable laptop, and Windows 7 on a much more powerful gaming laptop.
Light gaming:
For games like Don't Starve and Stardew Valley, I can use the touchpad with Steam (it has native DS4 support!) as a mouse. It's useful during certain times in both of those games, mostly Stardew Valley. You can also change the touchpad click to basically anything, since it essentially works as the R button.
Hardcore gaming:
So on my gaming laptop, I actually use the SCPToolkit instead of Steam and have this working as an XBox 360 controller, because it has better support for games and you can use it without running the Steam Client. The vast majority of my games are not in Steam. With that, I can use it via bluetooth, which I really enjoy, because I tend to like to be further away from that machine which is plugged into a monitor/television. It works in my shooting games (though I don't play any hardcore FPS) such as Fallout and Borderlands, as well as in my open world / RPG games like Skyrim and Dragon Age.
It's comfortable, and the padding on the analog sticks doesn't seem to be as annoying or prone to breakage as the Dualshock 3. The directional buttons are less hard on my thumb and the L2/R2 button recession is nice. On the PC, the Share button works as Select, and the Option button works as start. PS activates stuff in Steam. I have no idea what the EXT port does, and the charging port is the standard microusb, meaning I can finally get rid of all the miniusb cords I had lying around specifically for my old controller. Or rather, put them in the basement where I'm going to put that raggedy old controller in case I need it, heh.
The only sad thing is that in neither situation does it yet seem to be possible to use the speaker in the controller.
Update: Support for using the controller as headphones has been added, but it has to be plugged in so I never use it.
