8BitDo Ultimate 2C Wired Controller for Windows PC and Android, with Hall Effect Joysticks and Hall Triggers, 1000Hz Polling Rate, and Remappable L4/R4 Bumpers - Black Myth: Wukong

Feels very nice. I have not had it for long so I don't know how it performs long term but because of the price tag I honestly don't care if something goes wrong after a year or two of use. When that happens with my premium priced elite controller we have an issue. That is why I sought out something cheaper but still of good quality after my last controller broke down. I'm very happy with it. The buttons and sticks feel good. Its size is not quite as big as a standard Xbox controller, or at least the elite one but I personally like that. In terms of input latency, well it opened my eyes to the fact that the controller I had been using actually had issues with input latency, so its good in that department. The cord it comes with is good quality. The D-Pad. I consider the d-pad an important part of the controller. I play a fair bit of platformers and some 2d fighters (yes I prefer the d-pad to the sticks) so I like a nice D-Pad. This one is amazing actually. Far better than a standard Xbox or PlayStation controller, but not nearly as good as the elites circular d-pad (no one seems to have a fair priced controller with a similar d-pad). I bought another model from this company because i heard the dpad was good but its really not. This one is, so if you are concerned about that its a solid, clicky, and fairly accurate dpad. This model in particular also looks very nice. I haven't played wukong but I liked the way this one looked and it was on a slight sale I think.

This controller is a steal at its retail price, especially so if on sale. I bought this controller for ~$20 and it's fantastic for PC gaming. I've played tons of games with it, from retro games to reaction heavy games like Dark Souls and I love this controller. The sticks feel great, requiring just the right amount of force as well as the texture of the sticks fitting my thumbs perfectly. The buttons looks and feel great, requiring relatively low force to push down. I've never had an issue with response timing nor does it double press any buttons. The feel of the controller in my hand is great. I have relatively big hands and it feels great with no hand fatigue like some controllers have. The provided USB cable feels just as quality as the controller too. For the price, if you don't mind a wired controller over wireless, this controller is absolutely killer. I highly highly recommend it.

Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much from such an affordable piece of tech - the last controller I purchased in this price range about 8 years ago was complete trash - but this in many ways actually feels better than the XBOX series controller I’ve been sharing between my console and gaming system until now. Great build quality and hand feel. Plus I love the color options. I always prefer wired connections since they are more reliable and don’t have to bother with bluetooth pairing or battery swaps mid game. I play a lot of Diablo 2 Resurrected and that game doesn’t pause when your controller drops off for any reason! This works perfectly plug and play on my Bazzite Linux system in every game I’ve tried on Steam and Battle.net.

I’m giving it 4 stars, I was stupid and didn’t read that it was for android only. I was a bit sad when I couldn’t get it to connect to my Xbox because I really like the design, the feeling in the hands is great too. Slightly smaller than regular Xbox controllers, but I didn’t get a chance to try it out to see how well it worked. However the return/exchange process was extremely easy, easiest return I’ve ever done. In its place I ordered the ultimate 8bitdo mini controller for Xbox, which has arrived but I haven’t opened it yet, I wish they had better color options for those mini Xbox controllers. But at the end of the day I ordered this for my 6 yr old son anyway, so the color probably doesn’t matter.

First off, for the current price of barely more than an Andy, this is a no brainer. If you're even slightly considering getting a controller in this category, just do it and save yourself the headache of overthinking it. The good bits. Spoiler: there aren't any actually bad bits. This controller (the Wukong version) looks quite nice, feels good in the hand, and works great. It would be rather difficult to have any issue at all with the basic functionality. It is one of these new-fangled controllers with detachable cable, and the included cable is pretty beefy. Thicker than any of my other USB-C charging cables. All of the buttons are well placed, the sticks are amazing (remniscent of Xbox 360 controller), and the texture of the plastic keeps the controller from feeling slippery. The d-pad is quite alright having a feel perfectly in between mushy and clicky. Probably not going to want to play a fighting game with it, but it's perfect for those utility functions that the d-pad is often assigned in modern games. R4 and L4 are perfectly placed where they aren't too easy to hit accidentally, but also not too hard to hit intentionally. Vibration works out of the box in XInput with no effort from the user. Hall effect sticks and triggers are as accurate as you are. Ok, the "bad" parts. This controller is smaller than it looks. I don't have huge hands and my thumbs can easily overlap at the guide button without adjusting my grip. Not sure why that would be a problem, but whatever. The software has no use for this controller other than updating the firmware. R4/L4 can only be bound with the buttons on the controller itself. This controller presents itself to Windows 11 as a 360 controller, so there is no share button. DirectInput sees it as a 5 axis, 1 POV, 10 button controller, so no Guide button there. The extra buttons (square/bind, star/auto) cannot be set as buttons visible to software, and R4/L4 cannot be set to anything except pre-existing buttons or a combination thereof. If you were hoping to use R4/L4 as legit extra buttons or anything like that, too bad. Having said that, if you're in the market for a modern XInput controller, I have no idea why you would get anything else. The price is too low to ignore, and the quality is there.

The unbeatable gold standard for budget PC controllers. Build quality feels great, the L4/R4 configuration is my favorite of any layout so far, and the color selection is so much more appealing and tasteful than most gamepad selections. Buttons and triggers (including the d pad) are robust and responsive and the sticks are precise and long lasting. The included cables are super high quality and look great as well. At this price point there’s nothing that even comes close, you can spring for the Bluetooth version for a few bucks more and still nothing touches 8bitdo in terms of bang for your buck. I’ve had 2 of this controller line for Switch and 3 for PC, and all 5 of them are still in working order and still in my rotation for regular use for Switch and Steam Deck and desktop PC. I’ve given several people these or the Bluetooth version for Christmas or birthday gifts and I always hear about how much they love it.

Feel: The game pad feels very solid in its body, and all of the buttons feel sturdy but light weight. All of the buttons and triggers have great tactile feedback. All the buttons have nice clicks, including the D-pad. Features: This game pad has rumble which does a nice job providing different "textures" for different actions in games. You can switch it between X and D input modes by holding down the X or B buttons while plugging it into USB. This version of the controller allows you to remap all of the buttons in hardware, using the controller itself, if you wish to do so. It also has a turbo feature for those who want that. The "hall effect" joysticks have zero dead zones, I couldn't push the stick even the tiniest distance without seeing the movement register on-screen. However, the "hall effect" triggers do have small dead zones when starting to pull them back, but that's actually an improvement over other 8bitdo controllers. When they're too sensitive, and start operating upon the slightest movement, you often accidentally press them while just resting your fingers on the triggers, so I'm glad they fixed this problem with the Ultimate 2C. The game pad uses a USB-C port instead of the hard-wired Ultimate C controller, allowing you to change out the cable at any point in case your cable gets damaged. It comes with a C-to-A cable, so you could also replace it with a C-to-C cable if you wanted to, which you can't do with the Ultimate C. OS Compatibility: In Linux, unlike the Ultimate C controller which had a few buttons that needed to be remapped no matter if in X or D modes, at least in the games I tried, this one had all the buttons mapped perfectly out-of-the-box while in the default X mode. The rumble feature and everything else also all work flawlessly in games out-of-the-box, so I would guess if you have some other OS that it should work equally as well there too. Conclusion: This Ultimate 2C controller is a great update to the Ultimate C with little enhancements all over that make it even more awesome. Without factoring in the price, this is an excellent controller which I'd rank among the best out there, even better than most of them for me because most of them have no wired and battery-less options like this does. But after factoring in the price as well, this controller beats everything else easily, so I absolutely have no choice but to give it 5/5 stars. The only way to make it better is additional color options, but I do like the ones they have so far. 8bitdo has done an excellent job with this game pad!

Unless you hold your elbows together to play video games, this controller is pretty uncomfortable. Works well though and it's cheap. I'll keep it around as a spare but it did literally make my hand cramp up