Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.
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Unfortunately it is pretty bad.
There are no files specifically for MLB hitting, but if you simply download a generic aim assist anti recoil file and load it PPP and hitting are significantly easier. I would describe it as smoothing out the pci movement to an extreme. You don’t have the finicky pci placement…it just works so much better.
It won’t make a bad player good, but the PPP is effortless and if you are decent at reading pitches it helps immensely with pci placement.
Took me about 60-90 minutes to update the firmware and figure out the software after picking it up from GameStop. It connects to your controller, a pc, and to the console….so even if streamers are using it you would have no idea because it would still look like a normal controller in their hand and any manipulation is done from the PC menu.
Pretty disappointing…works better than I thought it would for mlb, especially when I didn’t see any hitting files to load.
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First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
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@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
I have a Power A and it’s much more beneficial than what a Power A does for hitting. But yeah, similar for pitching. Seems even easier to trace the pitches somehow. Like you would have to try to not make it green.
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@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
Helps with the finishing motion immensely in my opinion.
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
I have a Power A and it’s much more beneficial than what a Power A does for hitting. But yeah, similar for pitching. Seems even easier to trace the pitches somehow. Like you would have to try to not make it green.
Hummm. Doesnt sound worth a hundred bucks. Maybe good for other games? Doesnt seem fun though. Except maybe playing around with it for a week, then return it lol.
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@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
Not sure if you ever play Apex but it’s an absolute joke just the anti recoil turbo fire. You can just take the R99 and it shoots dead center with no recoil.
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
Not sure if you ever play Apex but it’s an absolute joke just the anti recoil turbo fire. You can just take the R99 and it shoots dead center with no recoil.
Slap it on a spitfire and snipe people.
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@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
I have a Power A and it’s much more beneficial than what a Power A does for hitting. But yeah, similar for pitching. Seems even easier to trace the pitches somehow. Like you would have to try to not make it green.
Hummm. Doesnt sound worth a hundred bucks. Maybe good for other games? Doesnt seem fun though. Except maybe playing around with it for a week, then return it lol.
Yeah it’s not far off from using joystick rings, rubber bands, Kontrol freeks, etc….still you can feel the difference.
I mean if dudes spend 2 grand to lock for randy Johnson the first day I’m sure they probably dropped 100 dollars on one of these and took an hour to learn how to work it.
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So you have to have a pc to use the zen on a ps5?
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@go4stros25_psn said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
So you have to have a pc to use the zen on a ps5?
Yeah the pc is on running the device while it is also has the console and controller plugged into it. You can Bluetooth the controller but I haven’t gotten that far into it yet to test it.
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@go4stros25_psn said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
So you have to have a pc to use the zen on a ps5?
It’s like a little control station program where you load the files that mod the controller and there is a pop up window that shows what is happening, but that is over my head.
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@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@go4stros25_psn said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
So you have to have a pc to use the zen on a ps5?
It’s like a little control station program where you load the files that mod the controller and there is a pop up window that shows what is happening, but that is over my head.
Sweet. Not worth it, being a life long 750 player isn't that bad I guess lol
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Seems overwhelming when you first start it but it’s easy once you get through everything and they have good instructions. Effortless once it’s set up.
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@go4stros25_psn said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@go4stros25_psn said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
So you have to have a pc to use the zen on a ps5?
It’s like a little control station program where you load the files that mod the controller and there is a pop up window that shows what is happening, but that is over my head.
Sweet. Not worth it, being a life long 750 player isn't that bad I guess lol
It’s not really worth it honestly unless you want to gain steaming clout or something I guess. People are out there looking for every possible advantage and this certainly qualifies.
Apex is a good example. Even if you have anti recoil aim assist it doesn’t play the game for you. You can still get shot in the back or outsmarted.
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@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@codywolfgang_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
@chuckclc5755_xbl said in Picked up the Cronus Zen and I Have Bad News.:
First I have heard someone speak well of it. So it plays like if you are using a Power A control maybe? Just smooths out the PCI? Doesnt sound to handy to me as the PlayStation was always smooth anyways. And the Xbox with power A plays great.
I have a Power A and it’s much more beneficial than what a Power A does for hitting. But yeah, similar for pitching. Seems even easier to trace the pitches somehow. Like you would have to try to not make it green.
Hummm. Doesnt sound worth a hundred bucks. Maybe good for other games? Doesnt seem fun though. Except maybe playing around with it for a week, then return it lol.
You seemed relatively interested, so I figured I’d give you a few takeaways from testing it out for a couple days.
There is actually a tournament mode….supposedly gives you an extra frame advantage over those who are not using it.
I’d describe the anti-recoil aim assist as it takes away the flimsiness of the pci…for instance when aiming your pitch on the corner with the left stick it can be annoying to stop it on the exact corner. With the Cronus it just stays where you want it. It’s helpful while hitting, but not a crazy advantage. Kind of nice for pitching…not really an advantage.
I honestly think the biggest advantage is the hair trigger/rapid fire. In my opinion it changes the behavior of the button press for swinging quite a bit. Seems like you can get your swing off quicker and also check swing more easily. If you have played a check swing master they may have been using the Cronus or another back or controller mode for this function.
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I also misspoke…you don’t need to have it connected to a PC. You can load eight mod packs or whatever they are called and be set.
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Im gonna be the "get off my lawn" guy here and say Jesus i miss the days of people relying on their own reflexes and skill in online games. People so afraid to take an L to a nameless, faceless stranger online.
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