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Mount and Blade

Mount and Blade is a curious third person title, as it involves both accurate FPS style ranged fighting with bows and crossbows, and rapid slashing and hacking utilising fast reacting mouse movement. The Abyssus performed very well indeed. I didn’t feel impeded at all by the mouse, and found it’s incredibly light and agile frame to be a real asset, despite my initial thoughts that it might be unmanagable. In the end I have to say it’s one of the best mice I’ve used for a game like this.

Dawn of II Chaos Rising

DoWII Chaos Rising is the first expansion for the hit RTS Dawn of War II that doesn’t require fast or accurate mouse movement, but it certainly helps. Here the higher sensitivity had less of an impact but I still found it a useful asset. I did miss the lack of extra macro-able buttons for quick build orders, but it wasn’t that big a deal. Ultimately I really like the streamlined nature of this mouse.

Online Flash Games

The flash titles I played only emphasised the results from the other games. Its light weight frame and high sensitvity is perfect for lazy gamers like myself with a claw grip. I was able to relax back and cross the whole game screen with minor movements from my thumb and finger.

Comfort

Surprisingly for a mouse with a solid plastic back the Abyssus doesn’t cause much sweat build up. It’s there don’t get me wrong, but it doesn’t get to a point where you find it irritating. One thing I did enjoy with this mouse though, is the lack of side buttons. Sure it would be nice to have them there to setup macros but I never had my thumb resting on them accidently, and I was never stretching trying to reach them; it was a far more comfortable experience without.

To make a fair test I switched up to a palm grip to see how that would feel for those of you utilising this play style. While the Abyssus won’t be as comfortable as dedicated right or left hand mice for this grip type, it works pefectly well with the curved back sitting nicely in my hand.

One point I must make though, is that with the palm setup I did have my fingers at the very ends of the buttons. I have small hands, so anyone with larger fingers will struggle to use anything but a claw grip on the Abyssus.

Cost

Cost wise the Mirrored Edition does jump up to around £38 over the standard, non-reflective version which is in the low 30s. Ultimately it’s a style choice. If you want a mirrored finish pay a bit more. It does look good, but some won’t consider it worth the extra investment.