We’re going to be totally honest with you, the first time we saw Turtle Beach’s Recon Xbox controller back at E3 2021, we thought it looked pretty ugly. In fact, it does look ugly, even in person. But looks can be deceiving, and despite some early reservations, we’ve come away highly impressed, to the point where this reviewer is actually using it more than Microsoft’s standard Xbox Series X controller. That’s unusual for me, folks.
Let’s address the elephant in the room first though — it’s wired. It is what it is, and we’d certainly have much preferred a wireless design, but you do at least get a very sturdy and lengthy USB cable to go with it.
In the hand, the controller does feel quite lightweight and ‘plasticky’ at first, but it also feels really good to hold thanks a comfortable shape, cooling grips on the sides and well-designed analog sticks. Both the triggers and the…
