WEBVTT 00:00:05.680 --> 00:00:11.440 The Arc Midi R2 by Fractal Design features massive air flow and highly 00:00:09.679 --> 00:00:16.400 flexible liquid cooling support. Click now to learn more. Welcome to my 00:00:14.240 --> 00:00:22.160 unboxing of something that's actually really, really exciting. This is the 00:00:18.400 --> 00:00:25.119 Atrox from Razer. They have spent a 00:00:22.160 --> 00:00:30.720 metric butt ton of time developing this product in collaboration with gamers who 00:00:27.680 --> 00:00:33.040 really understand what you need in a 00:00:30.720 --> 00:00:37.120 fight stick because it is a very specialized piece of hardware for the 00:00:35.200 --> 00:00:42.320 kinds of people who I think that their blurb on the side of the box really will 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:47.039 speak to those guys that are going to care about the tactile feedback of the 00:00:45.200 --> 00:00:51.360 buttons on a fight stick the way that geeks like me care about the tactile 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:55.840 feedback on something like a keyboard. So they have this whole long thing and 00:00:53.520 --> 00:01:00.239 that basically ends with forged from the fires of an arcade gaming legacy. The 00:00:57.840 --> 00:01:05.840 Razer Atrox is in the most primeval sense bred to fight. So, they are 00:01:03.680 --> 00:01:10.640 looking to replicate or at least get as close as possible to the feel of an 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:14.799 actual arcade with well, I mean, by the time you buy one of these and then stop 00:01:12.479 --> 00:01:18.799 going to arcades and feeding endless amounts of money into the machines 00:01:16.600 --> 00:01:22.320 there, actually, it starts to look like a pretty good pretty good value. 00:01:20.479 --> 00:01:26.720 Although, it isn't inexpensive and there's a very good reason for it. So, 00:01:24.080 --> 00:01:31.400 the Atrox comes in a nice colorful outer box and then a more simple sort of what 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:36.560 we've come to expect from their system components. Brown 00:01:33.240 --> 00:01:38.720 box and the usual excellent Razer 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:43.439 packaging with a letter from their chief gamer as well as some instructional 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:46.960 guides and all those kinds of things which you may actually need for this 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:50.720 product because there are some cool features that you're going to want to 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.520 use for sure. You also get a couple of razor stickers which you can go ahead 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:59.840 and stick on this product or on something else. First things first, that 00:01:56.799 --> 00:02:01.920 foam. Check it out. Love it. Nice closed 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:06.399 cell foam. The fight stick might be ruggedly built, but they're not taking 00:02:03.840 --> 00:02:10.239 any chances. And that thing will arrive in one piece. I can pretty much give 00:02:08.319 --> 00:02:16.239 that my personal guarantee. It also comes packed in an electrostatic bag, 00:02:13.720 --> 00:02:21.040 which I almost dropped it. Yep. We were going to do a ruggedability, durability 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:25.760 test right there. Just like that. And finally, some plastic covers that keep 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:30.800 it from popping open during shipping because the inside of the fight stick 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:34.959 does come apart. So, let's start with an exterior tour. So, the first thing we're 00:02:32.640 --> 00:02:39.360 going to see is this is an Xbox optimized controller. So, you're going 00:02:37.040 --> 00:02:43.519 to have an Xbox button as well as default key mappingss to all of the Xbox 00:02:41.680 --> 00:02:47.360 controller functionality that you would expect, except for this guy right here. 00:02:45.440 --> 00:02:52.800 Obviously, there's only one analog stick. However, you can rebind that to 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:54.959 left stick, right stick, or D-pad as you 00:02:52.800 --> 00:02:58.800 see fit with the dip switch up here. You can also unlock and lock this stuff so 00:02:57.120 --> 00:03:02.800 that if you accidentally mash something and slip, it's not going to go ahead and 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:06.640 go to the menu of your Xbox or anything like that in the middle of a gaming 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:10.640 session. They're using genuine Sanwa components. However, you might decide 00:03:08.720 --> 00:03:13.840 that you want something completely different, and that is where the 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:19.440 customizability comes in. So, that is for both the joystick as well as the 00:03:16.480 --> 00:03:22.400 eight buttons over here. Check this out. Let's open this up using the button 00:03:21.040 --> 00:03:28.000 right here. Actually, okay. No, no, no, no. I didn't finish the outside yet. Okay. Sorry. So, start and back are over 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:31.920 on the right over here. And then over here, we find nothing but the interface 00:03:30.000 --> 00:03:34.480 connector. So, that's for the 4 meter included cord. So, you're going to be 00:03:33.040 --> 00:03:38.560 able to sit adequately far away from your TV. Then, here we've got nothing. 00:03:36.799 --> 00:03:41.280 Here we've got that button that I teased you about before, but you know, don't 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:46.080 worry, we'll actually show it to you later. And then on the bottom, we find a 00:03:43.200 --> 00:03:49.280 nice rubber pad that's going to allow it to sit on your lap or on a desk or 00:03:47.920 --> 00:03:54.159 wherever else you prefer to put it without it slipping. So now we can open 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:57.760 up and have a look at the inside. This is where things get really cool. So 00:03:56.000 --> 00:04:01.920 there's a nice little hydraulic thing right here that opens up and allows it 00:04:00.400 --> 00:04:06.400 to not, you know, close on its own accidentally. You've got a convenient 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:12.599 little colorlabeled action button guide up here. And all of the buttons are 00:04:09.200 --> 00:04:15.360 completely swappable simply by There we 00:04:12.599 --> 00:04:20.560 go. And there's a way to do this. I'm quite certain of 00:04:17.400 --> 00:04:23.680 it. Yes, there we go. Simply by popping 00:04:20.560 --> 00:04:26.639 off the leads and then popping them 00:04:23.680 --> 00:04:30.560 through the front of the device. Just like that. So you can change out for a 00:04:28.560 --> 00:04:35.360 completely different tactile feel should you so desire. And they they wanted to 00:04:33.440 --> 00:04:39.759 make it as modern friendly as possible. So same thing here. So you can swap out 00:04:37.199 --> 00:04:45.440 the joystick. In fact, it includes a different joystick knob if you joystick 00:04:43.280 --> 00:04:49.040 knob if you prefer that. So there's a ball one on there now. And this 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:57.040 is it's sealed in the bag. There it is. There we go. So there there's the 00:04:55.199 --> 00:05:00.639 alternate knob that's also included. And then they've got what they're what I 00:04:58.639 --> 00:05:04.880 guess I would call like modding friendly mounting points down here. So, you can 00:05:02.880 --> 00:05:08.560 actually mount additional componentry or whatever else you want to do in order to 00:05:06.400 --> 00:05:12.639 customize the fight stick. And these are all meant to have uh screws driven into 00:05:10.800 --> 00:05:17.199 them so you can put, you know, PCBs or whatever else you would desire to do. It 00:05:15.039 --> 00:05:20.400 also includes a flathead and Phillips combo screwdriver, although I'm sure if 00:05:18.880 --> 00:05:25.919 you're really that into these things, you're going to have your own screwdriver at this point in time, as 00:05:23.199 --> 00:05:31.039 well as the 4 meter wire that I mentioned before. So we can find out how 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:35.560 long this is in minus ARM lengths, but it might actually take a while. Okay, so 00:05:33.919 --> 00:05:40.240 basically it's really really long. It terminates 00:05:38.160 --> 00:05:44.240 in a standard breakaway connector, so you Xbox folks are probably going to be 00:05:42.080 --> 00:05:50.479 familiar with this one, but of course it also runs of off USB. So it does work on 00:05:47.039 --> 00:05:51.919 the PC just fine, which is excellent for 00:05:50.479 --> 00:05:56.000 folks like me who are going to be using it there. So, since we showed you guys 00:05:54.160 --> 00:05:58.960 the button swapping procedure, which was very straightforward, you can actually 00:05:57.199 --> 00:06:03.600 open up this box right here as well if you want to really get into the nitty-gritty of things. So, all you got 00:06:01.680 --> 00:06:08.080 to do is go ahead and hold that screw in place, and then you can swap out the 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:12.560 stock joystick. There we go. Which actually has a different texture to it 00:06:09.520 --> 00:06:15.520 as well. So, the bat one has a bit of a 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:19.680 um of a rough texture, and then the uh the spherical one has a glossy texture. 00:06:18.080 --> 00:06:23.919 So, you just go ahead and screw that back on. I'm just holding this in place 00:06:21.520 --> 00:06:30.479 with my finger for now. And then I can go ahead and use the included tool. 00:06:25.840 --> 00:06:31.840 There we go. Lock that into place. Now, 00:06:30.479 --> 00:06:35.520 I missed something on the outside before, and that was the Xbox headset 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:40.639 connector down here. So, you're not going to have to worry about not having voice communication. And I also wanted 00:06:38.479 --> 00:06:44.520 to go into a little bit more depth about these guys right here. So, these are 00:06:42.080 --> 00:06:48.800 turbo buttons. You can program them completely without any software, which 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:52.560 is great because you're not going to be expected to install a driver on your 00:06:50.400 --> 00:06:55.120 Xbox. Duh. So, all you got to do is there's a button combination. I forget 00:06:54.080 --> 00:07:00.639 what it is, but it's something to do with holding like one and eight and something else. Anyway, so you can 00:06:57.840 --> 00:07:05.039 program them for either a four four actions per second repeat or an eight 00:07:02.880 --> 00:07:11.039 actions per second repeat rate. And then you bind them to any particular button 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:13.360 that you want. So, it glows solid when 00:07:11.039 --> 00:07:18.319 it's set to four and it glows or it blinks rather when it's set to eight and 00:07:15.599 --> 00:07:21.039 then it's not illuminated when the turbo functionality is off. So, that's 00:07:19.919 --> 00:07:27.199 definitely something that you're going to want to set up pretty much immediately when your Atrox arrives. 00:07:25.280 --> 00:07:30.720 Thank you for checking out my unboxing and overview that also missed yet 00:07:29.199 --> 00:07:35.120 another thing. You can swap out the graphics on the top should you so 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:38.240 desire. It's part of the whole modular design concept thing. You just undo 00:07:36.960 --> 00:07:41.680 these screws. You can put in whatever artwork you want. And now I'm actually 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:45.680 done. Click like on the video if you liked it. 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