Victoria has been around for a little over 5 years and develops gambling accessories by highlighting the community of professional Esports. Cog connected has recently examined the Wireless Gambit Gambling helmet. Although I have looked at many game accessories, it is the first Victoria accessory I personally examined. Needless to say, I was delighted to see what kind of Victoria innovations would bring to a controller. The Gambit Dual-Core wired tournament controller is designed for the Xbox platform and my tests were exclusively performed on the Xbox Series X. I focused primarily on first-person shooting games such as Fortnite, Call of Duty Vanguard and Halo Infinite. Precision, timing and comfort are all critical factors that come into play here. Does the Victoria Gambit we need to compete with other pro market controllers? We will take a look.
Allow me to start by saying that the controller is absolutely beautiful. It comes with two different facade options; A solid white facade and a purple silicone facade. I chose to use the purple facade — I loved her feeling and she looked as smooth as hell. The purple facade is fixed via magnets on the controller. Super easy to attach, but some parts accidentally detached during use — it was not really a problem because it did not have an impact on the gameplay, but it was embarrassing. In addition to the front plates, the gambit also includes 2 different styles of rear pads, 2 additional thumb sticks and 2 interchangeable doors. For rear paddles, you can opt for two buttons or four buttons. Unfortunately, the rear palettes are incredibly sensitive, and I found myself to accidentally press them too often. I used other professional style controllers who better manage the rear palettes. And finally, the controller also comes with a separate purple cord of 3 meters — as indicated, it is a wired controller.
Although the controller looks cool, its shape leaves a lot to be desired. On the one hand, the controller is actually slightly wider than a standard Xbox Series controller. Despite my test hours, I never felt very comfortable. Everything seemed... off. Another problem was the positioning of the menu buttons, view, and share, opting for a kind of encrusted approach that maintains their low profile and very difficult to access. When I play Call of Duty, I often like consulting the dashboard, but I constantly find myself grope with the appropriate button. Worse still, the multi-position smart triggers of the controller do not work at all. I tried, in vain, to adjust the trigger locks, but they simply do not work. The included instruction manual did not help things either, nor the downloadable Xbox application. I used at least half a dozen controllers with different trigger locks and I never found myself in a situation where I could not really operate the locks as planned. As indicated, the Gambit controller has a downloadable Xbox application. As soon as I started the application, I was asked for an update of the controller. After that, I was able to program the buttons on the rear palette, and... Well, that's about everything.
One of the highlights of this controller is its Dual-Core processor, which devotes a processor to the controller inputs and the other to the audio, especially Dolby Atmos. The advantage is supposed to provide faster inputs, reducing the input offset. But in practice, I did not notice any improvement at all. Is it possible that my entrance gap has been reduced by some nanoseconds? Maybe... but again, I just not noticed it. The other side of the medal is Dolby Atmos audio dedicated. So when you connect a headset, you get the best of audio. Since I use Dolby Atmos compatible wireless headphones anyway, I had no way to test if there was a difference in audio quality. Apparently, this controller will also provide life access to Dolby Atmos, but as I have already subscribed, I have no way to confirm it.
The Victoria Gambit is presented as the fastest Xbox controller in the world, but to be honest, it's too difficult to say if that's true. At no time did I feel like having an advantage over competition. In fact, because the controller was so embarrassing, I felt like constantly disadvantaged. The controller is not as comfortable as the standard X-series controller — however, if you have incredibly large hands, the extra width can actually be an advantage. Pro features are far from as well implemented as competitive pro controllers. The trigger locks do not work, and the rear palettes are far too sensitive. The Xbox application is pretty convenient to update the controller and program the inputs of the rear palette. Do not be mistaken, this wired joystick is absolutely beautiful, however, in the end, I was finally disappointed. I would be very interested in seeing what Improvements Victoria brings to his future Gambit controllers — the only thing I recommend they do not change is the elegant purple look.
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