Mobile games have won the favor of a vast number of gamers thanks to the portability and casual nature of the mobile platform. At the same time, mobile games have also captivated many players with their simple controls and strong hit feedback. Not long ago, the explosive popularity of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds gave rise to a flood of battle royale mobile games, and this blowout development trend gradually exposed the shortcomings of the mobile gaming industry.

Players generally feel that mobile games can only be interacted with by touching the screen, which is too monotonous and has poor fault tolerance, so numerous mobile game controllers have emerged. However, the design and practicality of conventional mobile game controllers remain rather limited. Given the combinability and complexity of current mobile game controls, the market urgently needs a forward-looking and revolutionary game controller product. Not long ago, Flydigi released a new flagship product - the Flydigi Apex controller - which showed me the future of the game controller industry. Let us experience this domestic mobile game controller with an off-the-charts futuristic feel together.

Unboxing

The Apex's packaging uses a cool black color scheme. From the renderings on the box, it is not hard to see that this is a mobile game controller with a stretch-style clamp design. The fierce Apex APEX LOGO on the front is uniquely charming, as if showing users its powerful strength. The 16.8 million color lighting and 8 side keys marked at the lower left directly and clearly state its features.

The packaging box is black outside and blue inside, with a very outstanding visual appearance. After opening it, this Apex controller is firmly fixed in a plastic tray with very good protection.

Taking it out together with the accessories one by one, this controller's accessories are very simple, four in total: a Micro USB charging cable, a USB extension cable, the Flydigi Xiaoyou, and a 2.4G receiver. The 2.4G receiver is needed because the Apex can pair in a 2.4G wireless environment. We will explain the Flydigi Xiaoyou's function in detail later.

Details

The Flydigi Apex controller is black overall, and its design style is full of vitality and dynamism. The rounded grips on both sides adopt an ergonomic design, giving players an off-the-charts feel when holding it, fitting the hand very well. The use of TPE soft rubber material on the surface improves the feel while also providing sweat absorption, saying goodbye to the trouble of clammy hands from then on.

The front clamp adopts a detachable stretch design, with a width between 52.8mm and 100.0mm. Actual testing shows that almost all mainstream smartphones currently on the market can be perfectly compatible with no pressure at all. Its left and right joysticks adopt an asymmetrical design. The XYAB buttons use colorful spraying, making them more vibrant and stylish, and the button travel is moderate with a good feel. The extra C and Z keys on the front provide players with more functional choices, a new change that emphasizes both innovation and practicality.

After removing the clamp, the inside is fixed through a slidable slot. In the center is the charging interface. It is worth noting that this charging interface does not conflict with the clamp, and installing the clamp will not obstruct the controller's charging. Play while charging, and enjoy it to the fullest.

There are also three buttons at the bottom: the pairing button, the HOME button, and the return button. In addition to the first pairing, the pairing button is also often used when switching between multiple platforms at other times. In addition, it must be mentioned that this controller can also enable the flying mouse function. By shaking the controller forward, backward, left, and right, it can simulate the mouse function on a TV, which is very cool.

In addition, on both sides of the Flydigi LOGO on the front of the controller there are two hollow light strips that can display 16.8 million colors of dazzling lighting. By long-pressing the pairing button and the return button, users can switch between Lurking - Hunting - Floating - Alert modes, delivering a strong visual impact when used at night.

The light strip colors switch automatically, offering a strong visual effect.

Functions

Next let us move on to the most critical part, which is analyzing the functional characteristics of this motion-sensing mobile game controller. First, the biggest feature of the Flydigi Apex APEX game controller is that it breaks through the shackles of traditional game controller design and adds the front C and Z keys and the rear M1-M4 keys. Players can customize key functions and tailor different key functions for different games. The rear keys can also link with the right joystick, which realizes the function of combo skills, very practical.

At the same time, it has a built-in ST six-axis gyroscope chip. This not only enables the controller to support motion-sensing operation, but compared with motion-sensing controllers from other brands on the market, its accuracy and controllability are highly competitive.

3D motion sickness is the eternal pain of some FPS game players, and the adoption of B-eyes right joystick precision aiming anti-dizziness technology does a good job of avoiding this problem. Through scientific adjustment of turning speed, left and right turning is faster than up and down adjustment, imitating the human eye's observation habits, helping players adapt to game scenes faster and avoid 3D motion sickness, thus playing games healthily and comfortably.

The Flydigi Apex controller also adopts the core self-developed flymapping cloud mapping technology. This black technology can achieve real-time mapping at 120fps, ensuring smoothness of control. At the same time, it can customize mapping functions and use multiple functions with one key, and with the Flydigi Game Hall platform it supports adaptation for many popular mobile games. The aforementioned Flydigi Xiaoyou gadget can automatically activate the operation mapping for various games, saying goodbye to tedious operations. For specific operations, everyone can refer to the manual and the official WeChat account.

Its front upper cover also adopts a detachable design. Players can purchase uniquely personalized upper covers on the Flydigi official website to DIY your exclusive game controller.

In addition, its LT/RT keys differ from traditional game controllers in that they adopt a 2-stage switchable key travel design, allowing players to freely switch when playing different games and feel different feedback, with very good operability.

Full-platform support can be regarded as a sure-kill skill. This means that no matter which platform players are gaming on, they can use this game controller for game operations, and suddenly it feels like cheating, doesn't it?

Actual Game Testing

So much talk is just armchair strategy. Let us see the results in actual game testing. We will conduct actual operation with the three hottest games at present: Knives Out, Honor of Kings, and QQ Speed Mobile.

Knives Out: In this game, the extra function keys can really show their skills. The front C and Z keys can customize functions, and looting boxes and custom pickup can all be freely customized. The rear keys linked with the right joystick let you aim down sights and shoot in one smooth motion, and with motion-sensing recoil control the hit feedback is even stronger, letting you win at the starting line.

Honor of Kings: Through flymapping cloud mapping technology, you can select key schemes recommended by experts. At the same time, the rear keys' combo skill support lets you instantly deal damage, instantly kill enemy troops, and even quickly retreat from the battlefield, pulling far ahead. Let us use Li Bai for demonstration. The joystick combined with skill 1 quickly closes in, the rear key uses skill 2 plus the ultimate to instantly deal damage, and skill 1 returns to the original position, smooth as flowing clouds and water, instantly killing the enemy. Becoming legendary is just a matter of minutes.

QQ Speed can be said to be the earliest racing game that the reviewer encountered. I still remember staying up all night at internet cafes back then just for it. Although I had not played it for some years, playing QQ Speed again with the Flydigi Apex APEX game controller is still very enjoyable. Turn on the full-stage key travel, and pressing it all the way down gives a very good linear acceleration feel, making operations more delicate, hugging corners more accurately, and accelerating out of corners more promptly and smoothly. Drifting, double boosting, and other actions can all be easily achieved. This is clearly two different games compared with not using a controller.

Summary

Overall, this is an excellent product with complete functions and outstanding highlights, but it inevitably has some minor shortcomings, such as the Flydigi Game Hall platform adapting fewer games, some games having delays when performing controller operations, mapping operations being rather tedious, and it not being suitable for beginners. However, the flaws do not outweigh the merits. On the whole, the excellent functional performance makes the practicality and playability of the Flydigi Apex APEX game controller absolutely rank among the front runners among products at the same price.