Find one that does both they say; because, of course, your needs and wants must be satisfied at your will be it seated, on the bed or outside. Yes, I am indeed talking about video game controllers, and the GameSir G4s boasts PS3, PC and Android compatibility to suit your needs and wants. Will it satisfy you? How would you like to game, sir? The latest iteration of the latter is the G4s which I'll be reviewing in this article. With the G4s, GameSir tried to bring a premium product and experience bundle to its customers. You can see and feel the effort from the aesthetics and presentation of the product itself: a sturdy, clear top case; a comfortable feel while handling the gamepad; the familiar Xbox controller layout; a detailing the product specs, overview and FAQs all in an impressive 4 language set including English, German, French and Japanese. The English and French instructions i. They even provide customer support which you can contact via email at cs gamesir. Why should I get the G4s, Prans? Well, the major selling point of the G4s is its compatibility with PC, PS3 and Android. Granted, there are other, cheaper controllers out there that can do that, including the half-priced GameSir G3 series, but the G4s performs its task remarkably well. I've taken it for a spin on my PC, Android phone and Android Tablet no PS3, no test. See for yourself: Gee, force! One of my fave fighting games Retro time with Super Mario Bros. What's more is that it is a plug-and-play device; no need for driver installation in Windows, button mapping or root on your phone. However it requires Android 4. More spec details below: My experience with the controller has been a pleasant one. It worked flawlessly with all PC and Android games that I tried, and GameSir even has a personalized smartphone gaming hub accessible via its app yes, I know where you can download games for free and they are directly compatible with the G4s, no button mappings required. The full tested and compatible smartphone games list according to the official website can be found below: 1. Modern Combat 5: Blackout 3. Asphalt 8: Airbourne 4. The Conduit HD 5. Shadowgun: Dead Zone 6. Tiki Kart 3D 7. Tiny Little Racing 2 8. Beach Buggy Blitz 9. Dead Trigger 2 14. Dungeon Hunter 3 15. Steampunk Racing 3D 18. Tiny Little Racing 20. Zen Pinball HD 21. Time to Rock Racing 24. The Bar'd Tale 26. Final Freeway 2R 27. Grand Theft Auto III 28. Virtua Tennis Challenge 31. Sonic The Hedgehog 2 35. Asphalt 7: Heat HD 36. Aces of the Luftwaffe 39. Modern Combat 4: Zero Hour 42. Grand Theft Auto Vice City 44. Assassin's Creed Identity 45. FIFA 16 Ultimate Team 46. Critical Strike Portable 47. Alien vs Predator Evolution 52. Red Ball 4 56. Dead Effect 2 59. Into the dead 60. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas 61. Geometry Wars 3:Dimensions 64. Never Alone: Ki Edition 65. Goat Simulator: Waste of Space 66. Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories 67. Valiant Hearts: The Great War 68. Hero Siege: Pocket Edition 71. DX PAC-MAN CE DX 73. Skate Party 3 75. Dungeon Hunter 5 78. Driving School 2016 79. Wind up Knight 80. Real Racing 3 81. Riptide GP 2 83. Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath 85. Adventures of Mana 86. Sonic Hedgehog 4 Episode II 87. Sonic The Hedgehog 89. Rayman Fiesta Run 90. Rayman Jungle Run 91. Heroes of Loot 92. Max Payne Mobile 94. Aircraft Combat 1942 97. Deer Hunter 2016 98. Back to Bed 99. Beyond Ynth HD 101. Razor Salvation THD 102. Ys Chronicles 2 105. Final Fantasy III 107. Final Fantasy VI 108. Angel in Danger 110. Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens 114. Grand Theft Auto Chinatown wars 119. GT Racing 2 120. Minecraft Story mode 121. Coach bus simlator 123. Infinite Flight Simulator 124. Beach Buggy Racing 125. Super Phantom Cat 127. Dream League soccer 2016 128. The Walking Dead: Season Two 130. Spider Man Unlimited 133. Chicken Invaders 2 135. Chicken Invaders 3 136. Chicken Invaders 4 137. Sword Of Xolan 141. Brothers in Arms 3 142. The Witching Hour 144. Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders 147. Cyclone 2000 VR 151. Baseball Superstars 2012 155. Boulder Dash 30th Anniversary 156. The King of Fighters 98 158. Alpha Squadron 2 167. Animal Battle Free 168. Tomb Raider 2 170. Basket and Ball 173. Call of Battlefield:Online FPS 174. Air Attack HD 175. Alex the Alien 176. Arma Tactics THD 177. Invaders from far Space 180. Deer Hunter 2014 186. Farming Simulator 2014 187. Farming Simulator 2016 188. Rush Rally 2 190. Swimming Race 2016 192. Battlebow: Shoot the Demons 193. BeatX: Rhythm Game 194. Bladelords - The Fighting Game 195. Arma Tactics Demo 196. Fifa 15 Soccer Ultimate Team 202. Brotherhood of Violence II 204. Ninja Hero Cats 205. Super Dynamite Fishing 206. Farm Invasion USA 207. Super Jabber Jump 208. Euro Truck Driver Simulator 209. Gloomy Dungeons 2: Blood Honor 212. Void of Heroes 213. Toon Wars - Battle Tanks Online 214. SBK16 Official Mobile Game 215. Zombie Gunship Free 216. Twin Shooter - Invaders 217. VR Crossy For Cardboard 219. Snowboard Party 2 Lite 222. Snowboard Party 2 223. Re-Volt 2: Multiplayer 224. Battle of Helicopters 226. Farm Tractor Driver 3D Parking 227. WOR - World Of Riders 228. Future Tanks - Online Battle 229. Tower Madness 2: 3D Defense 231. Air Defense Command 233. Epic Heroes War 235. Street Robot Fighting HD 3D 236. Re-Volt 2: Best RC 3D Racing 237. Ace of Arenas 241. Heroes of Soul Craft 242. Planet Of Heroes 244. Bug Heroes 2 247. Taichi Panda Heroes 248. Pocket Fleet Multiplayer 250. Ire: Blood Memory 251. Valiant Hearts The Great War 252. Monster Truck 3D 2015 253. Monster Truck: Extreme 254. Snowboard Party Lite 255. Mike V: Skateboard Party Lite 256. Mars Rover: Space Exploration 257. Run for Gold - Montezuma Not Perfect, Sir On the flip side, I've noticed that the shoulder buttons need a bit of a reach on my part and also have a plastic-y feel. Additionally, the buttons' LED backlights are really strong, blinding even, and unfortunately can't be adjusted. Further on the subject of the battery life, the G4s has a built-in 800mAh polymer lithium battery that can last for 18 hours in normal conditions. It also features an automatic power-saving sleep mode and has a whooping stand-by time of 12 months. Charging is done via the included microUSB to USB cable, doubling the controller as a wired one while charging it takes 2-3 hours for a full charge. However there are some features that are not properly explained in the professional-looking User Manual. Like the box contained an additional piece of sorts which I have no idea where to apply maybe a replacement part for the phone dock? It's very well concealed under the menu button and won't interfere with your mobile gaming as you flip up the phone dock which can house 3. If you're looking for a PC controller, you can get a or a secondhand Xbox controller for even cheaper than the G4s and the same goes for smartphone and controllers. But why spend on two different controllers if there's one that 'just works' across your devices? I saw this since i had the g3s controller myself, is not a bad controller, but the only thing i dislike about it is i can't use it on my pc without that usb wireless thing, i wish i can just use the wireless network feature on my pc with this buy i can't, i NEED that usb dongle thing which is bad when it breaks or goes missing cause is so small. This one in the review least has a place to store it in the controller, still it be nice to use it without that thing. As for my android, i use it on android tv, which works well with x-input since is a nvidia tv android, the normal android support isn't so bad, but i want best support, and x-input has vibration. As for the button light being bright, you should be able to turn it off with a button combination I think hold the two shoulder buttons for 5 seconds You'll wanna do that anyway to extend wireless battery. If you ask me, at first I liked the controller cause of the wide range support for systems, but the controller feels cheap material and not always comfortable, is also hard to mash buttons rapidly press down when i need to in some games and i sometimes switch between controllers. I guess that why they added turbo anyway cause they knew. If you ask me, at first I liked the controller cause of the wide range support for systems, but the controller feels cheap material and not always comfortable, is also hard to mash buttons rapidly press down when i need to in some games and i sometimes switch between controllers. I guess that why they added turbo anyway cause they knew. I thought about buying one but the price is so high and my previous use of g3s made me skeptical so i dunno now, maybe a sale i'll have to wait for. Or get the new nvidia controller... Not sure what the deal with the usb wireless thing was. Is nice to have if your system doesn't have bluetooth but the fact you needed on pc when you still do have bluetooth is crazy. I forgot to mention, i actually looked for a way to use it on pc without the wireless usb, it says it uses wifi 2. The usb wireless seem to not be working anymore, when i plug it in, is small fragile and feel cheap durability, they really should have tried a bit more to think about this. I couldn't get the backlight to turn off even by pressing the shoulder buttons as suggested. If there is a way to do so it reflects again the lack of important info in the User Manual is lacking. As for the D-pad, it's responsive and not hard to press. I've used it momentarily in the Super Mario Bros. You can also use the left analog stick to control seamlessly. I couldn't get the backlight to turn off even by pressing the shoulder buttons as suggested. If there is a way to do so it reflects again the lack of important info in the User Manual is lacking. As for the D-pad, it's responsive and not hard to press. I've used it momentarily in the Super Mario Bros. You can also use the left analog stick to control seamlessly. I have to say I find the review quite severe and you give this at least a 8. My only grief would be that it's not convenient to carry around the tiny adapter shown at the top left of the 3rd photo required to mount larger phones I own a OnePlus One and I nearly lost it twice. I have to say I find the review quite severe and you give this at least a 8. My only grief would be that it's not convenient to carry around the tiny adapter shown at the top left of the 3rd photo required to mount larger phones I own a OnePlus One and I nearly lost it twice. Looks good especially the universal compatibility Switch users might get furious but if they can update it as suggested, it'd be great BUT it's not released yet and they're looking to kickstart the project, so it'll either the regular Kickstarter let down or an unusual astounding success. But it looks like a controller worth investigating if it ever gets released. But it looks like a controller worth investigating if it ever gets released. You can change the brightness of the buttons. I bought this controller and it seemed nice, but its more pretty than useful. The analog sticks have a hard time detecting Up right, up left, down right, down left. Maybe it was my controller but there other people complaining about it as well. I was playing RE5 and when aiming down left, for example to shoot a zombie's leg, the cursor moved so slow compared if I was aiming up down left or right. Not to mention that after a while, the receiver will stop working properly with the controller in which the company, Gamesir, won't even bother you to reply for a fix or patch which it exists but only worsens the condition Its a pricey controller but its just pretty, that is it. Controller wise it sucks, do yourself a favor and buy a Dualshock 4 instead. Well Dualshock doesn't work on everything out of box, unlike this gamesir gear does. But i would rather have a licensed console controller than this. No offense, but i did find the buttons a bit bulky to mash properly like i do with console valid controllers. Probably why it uses turbo, for the record the turbo functions about every 15 Frames Somewhere between 15 and 30 FPS I can mash faster than that if i had proper controller, which is my only problem with the gamesir controller i had used. It felt a bit comparable to round top arcade stick buttons especially if they get stuck inside and on their way out popping back up. But you're getting a decent controller from a decent company rather than a controller whose company won't even bother to reply to you if you run into problems, I'm speaking from experience since I previously had a Gamesir G3s and started to malfunction, they didn't even replied to my messages despite the multiple ones, until I asked for a refund. Android wise, use Sixaxis pair tool, works with Dualshock 4. You only need to root, afterwards it works with any Gamepad controller supported Android game. But you're getting a decent controller from a decent company rather than a controller whose company won't even bother to reply to you if you run into problems, I'm speaking from experience since I previously had a Gamesir G3s and started to malfunction, they didn't even replied to my messages despite the multiple ones, until I asked for a refund. Android wise, use Sixaxis pair tool, works with Dualshock 4. You only need to root, afterwards it works with any Gamepad controller supported Android game. And for people who don't have or wish to root their devices? Of course i understand where you are coming from, yes the dual shock is a quality controller that can be trusted, but is not flawless for a universal approach. It was mean't for playstation consoles, and i guess if steam or other pc software has to update or need to be run for proper functional support unlike something like this which provides support for multiple systems all in one, it still offers something to people who want things like this. I can also vouch that if they did actually provide proper support and better materials to make this controller a better durable and worthy price then it would be a good thing, but is not total garbage. Perhaps after a few model updates maybe g5s, it would be worth the purchase to more people like you or me but for the people who just need some type of easy all in one solution it exist for them. I've owned this since January. It's a great and completely necessary controller. I use it as a mouse on my PC from time to time, and also as a mouse for my Android. It really shines for games. No lag, it makes your Android phone turn into an Android console. Playing Super Mario 64 or Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep feels natural, maybe even better than their actual console. It has rumble, LED brightness settings, and more buttons than you'll need.
