Genius has a long history of creating mouse products and other peripherals, and it is only relatively recently that they introduced the GX Gaming series to differentiate their gaming products from other devices in their stable. With the trademark scorpion emblazoned on the packaging, most of their devices have been names after the arachnid that forms their emblem, each with a different and exotic sounding name. But now they have released a set of peripherals all bearing the simple name of Scorpion.
The Scorpion Gaming Mouse forms part of this set, and presents the user with an apparently simple mouse. Yet the device is capable of far more than meets the eye.
The first surprise is that it sports a powerful 8200 DPI sensor. That’s not as high as some makers go, but it certainly beats out the majority of this mouse’s competition (including some big name brands). The DPI settings are preset, and flicking the button behind the scroll wheel (which, strangely for GX Gaming, bears the Genius logo) cycles through them. Ranging from 800 to 8200 DPI, the 5 presets offer a wide variety of responsiveness. Additionally, the mouse wheel changes colour (Grey, yellow, green, cyan or blue) as you scroll through the presets. Knowing which colour corresponds with which DPI setting will help the player quickly identify their sensitivity setting.
This laser mouse can also have up to 24 macros programmed to its six programmable buttons, thanks to downloadable software.
The Scorpion Gaming Mouse is surprisingly heavy, largely because it’s sleek, understated design doesn’t really look the part of a gaming mouse… you’d expect it to feel more like a light “office” mouse just by looking at it. It’s styling is distinctly ambidextrous in approach, with the mouse being symmetrical along the centre line. It’s strange, then, that it isn’t an ambidextrous mouse. There are left and right handed models available, but thumb buttons (two of them) mean that you’re not going to use the same mouse for either hand. Sure, that’s not a problem most people are going to have, but you’ll want to be sure that you get the right mouse at purchase.
The sides of the Scorpion are textured for a better grip, and the whole affair sits very comfortably under the hand, no matter what your grip style is.
Ultimately, this corded mouse is what you’ll make of it. It has just enough in terms of features to qualify as a gaming mouse, but it doesn’t go any extra miles in the features department. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, because it really has a no-mess, no-fuss feel to it. And it’s performance on a variety of surfaces is really rather good.
It doesn’t have a ton of special features, but it does exactly what it is supposed to do.
TECH SPECS
- 8200 dpi sensor
- 5 dpi presets
- Colour changing scroll wheel
- 24 macros
- Corded