The Razer DeathAdder, the newest mouse from the famous Razer line of gaming mice is here and I review it for you. How does this mouse stack up? Is it good for some Counter-Strike: Source loving? Is it good enough to throw down some headshots against noobs in Counter-Strike: Source? Will I ask anymore questions here?
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Todd Tanner reviews the Razer DeathAdder, a gaming mouse for PC gamers. With a stylish look and great response time, is it worth a purchase?
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Please be gentle, this is my first written review in almost 4 years now!
Eh, my 518 is still kicking ass. Most comfortable mouse I've ever used. This DeathAdder mouse seems too small and too ambidextrous or whatever you call it. My hand is kinda big so I guess that's why I like the 518. It doesn't kill my wrist.
Although I prefer the Logitech G5 mouse, this would easily be my second choice.
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Maybe your desk/table/whatever is like, some evil material of doom?!
Probably. My Copperhead, running with no pad on my plastic-vynl desk runs very nicely on it. Bit noisy than what reviews tell, but meh. Just turn up the volume!
Then again, I have been using this desk as a mat for my previous optical mouse which worn it down quite smoothly over the years, and the Copperhead has continued to do so.
Got another review lined up here as soon as my new rig gets here and I can actually use the product
Then there's the other point about it being a wired mouse. Now debate reaches both sides when it comes to wired / wireless for gaming, but it's been out for so long now, that the majority of people actually trust a wireless device for their enjoyment. This should have been listed on the negative side in my opinion.
Although I use Logitech myself, I do not have a problem with Razer at all. Hell, I even bought a mouse mat for £17.99 from them that is apparently the bees knees. Well... it looks and feels it too. Well worth the money, but alas... I have still yet to use it more than 6 months on because of the sheer size of the beast. I need to buy a bigger desk!
All in all, not a bad review but it wouldn't make me go out and buy one... but that is down to Razer's policy on wiring their latest mice.
Needless to say however, I've found that some wirelesss mice are not quite as precise still as wired mice, but again it all comes down to personal opinion on that one I think.
As for the feel of the mouse and the plastic look, well it doesn't quite look plastic-y really, the matte on top absorbs light and looks sorta like rubber-ish. And it totally doesn't feel cold or slippery or anything like that.
There are average gamers.
There are also hardcore gamers.
So who are these "average hardcore" gamers that you are speaking of? I notice that hardcore is in inverted commas which suggests that the author implies some other meaning, but I don't really understand it (the meaning).
A "hardcore" gamer is someone such as myself, who will play anything, especially FPS/action games, MMO's or RTS games, Flight sims etc, someone who wants precise controls, and good products to play with.
An average gamer more than likely will not care if the mouse they use lights up blue, or has a 1800dpi infrared laser thingie. A hardcore gamer buys that sort of stuff.
There was no other meaning implied there, hardcore was in quotes because it was a statement, since there are "casual" gamers and "hardcore" gamers (and other subsets if you will, ie: normal etc)
A "hardcore" gamer is someone such as myself, who will play anything, especially FPS/action games, MMO's or RTS games, Flight sims etc, someone who wants precise controls, and good products to play with.
An average gamer more than likely will not care if the mouse they use lights up blue, or has a 1800dpi infrared laser thingie. A hardcore gamer buys that sort of stuff.
There was no other meaning implied there, hardcore was in quotes because it was a statement, since there are "casual" gamers and "hardcore" gamers (and other subsets if you will, ie: normal etc)
Fair enough, but to me, an adjective such as "hardcore" or "average" used before "gamer" always meant something in regards to the skill, not the types of games played or amount of time spent playing.
Fair enough, but to me, an adjective such as "hardcore" or "average" used before "gamer" always meant something in regards to the skill, not the types of games played or amount of time spent playing.[/quote]
If it's revolving around skill, then it's 'pro gamer'. Could also be considered a hardcore gamer.
Fair enough, but to me, an adjective such as "hardcore" or "average" used before "gamer" always meant something in regards to the skill, not the types of games played or amount of time spent playing.[/quote]
If it's revolving around skill, then it's 'pro gamer'. Could also be considered a hardcore gamer.[/quote]
True, but I didn't want to label "hardcore" gamers as pro, simply because I was a competitive CS player for awhile, and I hated being called pro, I'd much rather be called hardcore
But yes, this is essentially the same mouse as the Habu, usually cheaper. The only real difference is that the Habu has a 2000dpi infrared sensor.
Sounds like a contradiction there
I have to be honest, but a good review will require more time.
Could you possibly elaborate why the review sucks? And while this isn't my first written review, it is the first one I've done in nearly 4 years. As I said I literally wrote this in under an hour with a major rush job. Not exactly the best circumstance to write a review :|
Could you possibly elaborate why the review sucks? And while this isn't my first written review, it is the first one I've done in nearly 4 years. As I said I literally wrote this in under an hour with a major rush job. Not exactly the best circumstance to write a review :|
You spent to much time talking about how it looks, i.e the lights and so forth, then how it performs, in gaming and desktop productivity.
Could you possibly elaborate why the review sucks? And while this isn't my first written review, it is the first one I've done in nearly 4 years. As I said I literally wrote this in under an hour with a major rush job. Not exactly the best circumstance to write a review :|
You spent to much time talking about how it looks, i.e the lights and so forth, then how it performs, in gaming and desktop productivity.
Well desktop productivity wouldn't have been given much talk time regardless, but yes I could have discussed gaming performance more. As I said this review was written rather quickly, and I had only really played CSS with it. The review was required "now" and I had to write it as such.
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