Razer Imperator Mouse Review

Playing with the Imperator

Playing with the Imperator was the best experience we had with a Razer mouse so far because of the right-handed ergonomic form. We were able to control the peripheral with minute thumb movements from inside the deep rest. It’s a matter of gaming style: it serves the palm grip crowd because of its desing, but it can also appeal to the claw grippers like ourselves. The sliding side buttons should become the norm of the market: it’s such an obvious solution we can’t help but wonder why it has not been always so. However, some other gaming-grade mice feature surface analysis tools to improve the peripheral’s performance that are severely lacking in the Imperator’s software. It’s time for Razer to incorporate that. We didn’t regret the lack of a weighting system, but for some players that is really important. The scroll-wheel was just as precise as in any other Razer model and we used it to cycle through our arsenal in Modern Warfare 2 just as fast as Clint Eastwood can draw a gun. The changes the Imperator has brought were most welcome.

Figure 5: The illuminated Imperator.