Packaging

Arriving in a glossy cardboard carton, the Wolverine V2 Chroma aims to draw your gaze on the shelf. A big, excellent photo of the product, surrounded by Razer's signature styling really helps this stand out. The other side of the carton is no different, with the unique features on display.


Razer focuses on the feature parity with other high end products; switchable thumbsticks, remappable buttons, and pretty lights. The mecha tactile switches are still mentioned, but take somewhat of a back seat to the rest.

Software

Available exclusively from the Microsoft Store, Razer utilizes the Controller Setup for Xbox app to configure this controller. The app should install itself automatically once the controller is detected, though you're good to go even without it.

Opening the software leads you to the profile screen. Here, you will be able to specify multiple profiles for the controller. These are not portable, and will not synchronize between your Windows Ecosystem devices. There is no way to launch the software from within a game, so forget about changing things up on the fly. I really wish that Razer had given us the chance to set per-app profiles that would automatically apply here.


Remappability is one of the big selling points here, and in some ways, it falls short. The only buttons available for you to set are already on the controller, along with sensitivity clutch (Adjustable DPI on the fly). By default, M1 is X, M2 is Y, M3 is A, and M4 is B. M5 and M6, the two paddles at the bottom are tied to Sensitivity Clutch. I do appreciate that view and menu can be set to other purposes, and being able to swap stick clicks is actually pretty welcome here.


Being able to adjust the deadzone on your sticks is a really nice touch - as this controller ages, the sticks will inevitably fail. Being able to tweak this can help prolong the inevitable. Speaking of little touches that I do appreciate, haptic feedback can be decreased, or even disabled should you so desire. The controller will give you a little nudge with every step you take across the 10 available settings.


Last is the Lighting Effects Panel. Here you can control the Chroma feature that claims part of your RGB tax. Available are the Breathing, Spectrum Cycling, and Static Modes. You can also turn this feature off should you so desire. The software is not without quirks; I found that upgrading the controller firmware took an agonizingly long time. I also experienced the app running in full screen on one PC, and windowed on another. Same version and edition of Windows, with no way to change it. Vexing.