Nacon offers us the GC-100XF, a computer controller that gives us a more ergonomic and grippy solution at a moderate price at the expense of the lack of additional functions.
Since some years, nacon has been launching all kinds of gaming products designed for the mid, medium-low and medium-high range market, becoming one of the few companies to launch an official controller for the PlayStation 4 in collaboration with Sony.
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But this time we are going to face his series of controls that he has for PC, specifically the Nacon GC-100XF, your command for the low-mid range. Because let's face it, someone looking for a remote under € 30 is really looking for the bare minimum, but is already looking for everything to work perfectly well. We not only seek that the controller responds well even in the most modern games, but also that the touch of the sticks and buttons is the most correct.
After several months of testing the controller (and sorry for the dust in the photos), This remote is perfect for those who don't want to spend more than the essentials on a computer remote. This is where the negative point is: only valid for Windows. I have tried connecting it to a PS4 with negative results and those trying to connect it to an XBox One have seen a better result. This is undoubtedly a great negative point for those who expected a command that works for all consoles, which is not going to be the case.
Apart from that point, for the rest of use it goes surprisingly well. It works as simple as plugging in and that's it ... With a but. The only extra button it has is the central one between the right joystick and the crosshead. Is Un selector between DirectInput8 and XInput, two forms of control, one of them almost completely simulating an XBox 360 controller, considered one of the best to play on PC. However, this system to choose from is better because in which cases there may be games or button mapping programs that only recognize one of the systems.
As for buttons and crosshead, in general it is very good. The buttons have that very nice touch feeling, with just enough resistance to give the feeling that you are pressing a well-mounted button and the joysticks are somewhat flat, but the grip is enough. I would have appreciated a rougher surface, but with scuffs in almost any online store, it is not a problem. The only thing I can really say wrong about the buttons is that the crosshead does not reach a remarkable, but it can be used well and already. It is not like the Nintendo crosshairs before the Nintendo Switch by far, it is a weird mix of disc and buttons under it that can confuse many.
I will finish this by talking about the grip and it is that for my taste it is more comfortable than the official XBox 360 controls, because it offers us a similar shape and grooves for the fingers that make the grip a little better, although more rough part would have been appreciated to improve grip, even at the expense of sweating a lot with your hands.
Conclusion
This knob has lor the bare minimum to play quite well, and that's it and it's appreciated. A turbo or macro function would have improved a lot, yes, but for a command that normally does not even reach € 30, the truth is that it is very consistent. Being able to select between DirectInput8 and XInput gives us the versatility that it works in almost any game and the feeling when pressing the buttons is not noticeable from a cheap controller. In a world where the gaming industry continues to provide products with prices that do not justify their value, Nacon offers a moderately priced solution without sacrificing almost anything in the area of basic functions.
Maybe there would be better design decisions, yes, but at the price that it is and still knowing that it is only for PC, It is worth taking a look if we are looking for a computer remote that does not cost us as much as an official console but we want the confidence that it will work with almost everything.
