Novint Falcon Game Controller

Rating: 4/5

This winter we got our hands on the Novint Falcon. It is a gun game controller with force feedback haptic response. In english, it goes “bang” when you shoot it.  The Novint Falcon has amazing potential, that is held down by lacking software support by N-Vent and it’s drivers. The forces on the Falcon are amazingly realistic, the control scheme is perfect, and The Falcon is easier to use than any mouse I’ve ever used. But, Novint’s proudest technology doesn’t have a great game library. Unless you’re a die hard source fan, I would wait until it at least supports modern warfare 2 before buying the Falcon, because once that happens, their “High-Support” or “F-Gen HD” title support should pick up very quickly.  Other than that, this is an amazing device, with one of the great features of it being a very active community, one where even the Novint CEO (tomnovint) is constantly spotted commenting. This means that if for some reason your Falcon breaks beyond repair, you can immediatly talk to the “Head Honcho” who will issue a refund or send you another one. I have yet to run into any hardware issue with the Falcon, but it’s nice to know I have that safe padding.