a friend will ask when visiting.

They hesitantly drift their hand toward it before withdrawing, asking Will it bite me?

No, the Azeron Cyborg II exists in a realm between the traditional pro controller and its keyboard rival.

The Azeron Cyborg II on a desk in front of a gaming mouse

Your thumb then uses a joystick as it would on a controller.

With your other hand, you use a mouse, as you would with a keyboard setup.

you could also change it to a right-handed variant, or pick different sizes.

The refined top finger towers of the Azeron Cyborg II

This feels like an improvement over the fairly rigid braided cable that comes with the Cyborg I.

Then theres the increased capacity for on-board profiles.

The Cyborg II feels most at home in first-person shooters.

The thumbstick of the Azeron Cyborg II

Using it alongside one of thebest gaming micefeels like hitting a virtual flow-state thats bred for high-framerate gameplay.

Of course, FPS games arent the only use case for this jot down of controller.

This goes for other third-person adventure titles too.

The palm rest and grip tape on the Azeron Cyborg II

The thumbsticks tower now has an additional bottom key, giving it more functionality than the originals.

At first, I found this new key a tad annoying because its difficult to avoid accidental mispresses.

If theres one small reservation in my mind about recommending Azerons keypads, its their 3D-printed build quality.

The Azeron Cyborg II’s pink grip tape

Should you buy the Azeron Cyborg II?

Alongside that, Ive done some testing in Celeste and Dragon Ball Sparking Zero.

For more onhow we test controllers, check out the fullGamesRadar+ Hardware Policy.

An Azeron Cyborg magnetic kickstand in white

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The Azeron Cyborg II on its magnetic stand

The Azeron Cyborg II from above

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