- I'll be the first to admit that
this is not the kind of product
that I would typically be interested in.
But my first experience
with the Razer Kishi, adorable name, by the way, was when
I was doing a sponsored video for a company called Rainway.
And Rainway makes a software that's kind
of like a consolidation of all the different game launchers
on your computer, so you just have one place
to kinda click on the game and play it.
So this is a controller that is supposed
to be a universally compatible USB-C controller doodad
for your Android phone.
So this only handles charging.
There's a Type-C port on the bottom that is charging only.
Get that sticker off of it.
Let's talk buttons first,
(controller clacks)
they're fine. (laughs)
The D-pad is nothing special.
The analog sticks feel really good,
and the A, B, X, Y, I would give like a B.
They don't really have any tactile feedback,
they're kind of mushy, but they're consistent,
and there's nothing that jumps out to me
as like an obvious quality issue.
As for the triggers?
I mean, I think you can hear everything
that I would have to say about those.
(triggers clacking)
Not amazing, no click in the shoulder,
and not the best trigger I've ever felt.
But compared to any other one of these things
that I've tried before it feels really good.
So I guess it's not about how good the product is,
it's about how good the competitors are.
Let's go ahead and grab the phone that I daily drive,
it's my Note 9.
I'm back on it again.
I just can't get away from this phone, I love it.
So you've got these kind of clips in here.
You've got kinda like a pad material, right here.
A Type-C connector on the inside here.
And then on the other side, you've got kind of this,
it's neat, it's kinda like a ribbed rubber, right here,
that's intended to hold the phone in place
and then, presumably, not scratch the glass,
although we'll find that out soon enough.
So I didn't follow the instructions,
or I didn't read them rather,
so I'm just gonna guess that you kind of plunk it
onto the USB Type-C like that.
And then, see, there's kind of
like some stretchability to it,
and then you kinda plunk it on like that.
Now, of course, this is a phone sample size of one,
this is the Note 9, and I don't think
that Razer designed this thing for me specifically,
or for this phone specifically,
but, dang, does it ever go with it perfectly.
Look how little wobble there is in that.
Like, that fits.
There's a little bit more this way,
but that's not how I would naturally put pressure
on the device when I'm using it.
I would typically hold it kinda like that,
like kinda from the bottom,
and I found that it fit extremely well.
Android has native support for controllers like this,
so you can see I'm immediately controlling my home screen
at a 90-degree angle, 'cause that's brilliant obviously.
One thing that's kind of a drag is that
if you have a rear-mounted touch sensor,
obviously you can't use it with this thing in the way
and same goes for your rear camera.
I mean, I guess most of the time when you're gaming
you don't really need your rear camera
and your phone would be unlocked,
but it's just something
that I found kind of obnoxious just 'cause
it's so hard to get at.
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All right, let's go back to Rainway.
Let's...
You know what, "Overcooked 2."
"Overcooked" is a good test game for me just because
it's one of the few controller games
that I've actually invested enough time in
to be any good at.
Okay, this is a small screen for this game. (chuckles)
I cannot find the fire extinguisher.
Ah, hello?
Hello, where's the fire extinguisher?
Wait, there is no fire extinguisher.
This is before
they introduced the fire extinguisher mechanic.
Ah, shoot.
Last time, okay.
I swear to you, I'm actually decent at this game,
I just can't see anything.
Where did this cucumber go?
Oh, I threw it by accident.
'Kay, just don't include any of this, Editor.
Okay, how'd I do?
Hey, I got a star.
(claps) Whoo!
You know what?
No, it's there, "Tomb Raider."
"Tomb Raider", it's a classic.
There's tombs, they're raided, 'kay?
They've got redundancy.
- They've got-- - Oh, God.
- (chuckles) Yes!
Got him!
I kinda wish my workstation was a little bit
more performancy right about now.
Man, Wi-Fi is so not good enough still. (humming)
"Spike trap, press A to jump."
Ah!
Oh, wow, that's really gruesome, hey?
Wow, all right, enough of that.
So far nothing about actually playing games
on this thing has changed what I had to say about it.
For one of these things, it's solid.
Feels well built.
Quality of the controller is really good.
It's still a controller strapped to a phone,
but it's not the kind of thing
that I could see myself typically using.
Okay, in fairness though, a number of years back,
I did play the entire first installment
in the "Tomb Raider" reboot series on my NVIDIA SHIELD
which fundamentally was not that different from this.
To be clear,
I'm talking about the SHIELD Portable, the game console one,
not the tablet.
What's that racing series that everyone plays on mobile?
- "Asphalt." (triggers clacking)
- I get it, I get it.
You make your epic, snazzy thing or whatever.
What, no, I don't want a tutorial.
I know how to play video games.
"Quit race."
How about that?
What do you think of that?
"Congratulations!
"You received these cards."
"Well done, Driver."
You didn't...
Skip!
It's not even that much time, that was less than a minute,
but it felt like 10 because it's so unnecessary.
Holy crap, is this the same...
(cameraman laughing)
Whatever, I don't even care, I'm not even gonna do it.
But that's fine.
The Kishi, pretty cool device.
You can check it out at the link in the video description.
Just, oh man, so angry.
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