Razer Nari Ultimate review: a gaming headset with jackhammers in the earcups

Razer’s new Nari Ultimate headset wants to mash your brains up like week-old blancmange. Sound appealing? No, not to us either. But the new HyperSense haptic technology built into the wireless cans will thump your ears, sending shockwaves through your skull, with every round fired in Battlefield V. I’ve been a bit of a convert to Razer kit over the last few years. For the longest time I had a bit of an issue with the company’s PC peripherals, feeling they were more about style over substance, but the last few mice, headsets, keyboards, and machines I’ve tested from Razer have been almost uniformly excellent. And that excellence has come from their simple design, function, and build quality, and not from some bizarre gimmick or a desire to look like they stand out. But Razer is promising this new era of haptic feedback for your ear holes will bring about “a new level of gaming immersion by letting you feel the battle.” So, if you’ve ever wanted to punish your eardrums with a physical representation of the sounds of war then the Nari Ultimate headset is arguably the one for you. The damned thing's capable of hitting your ears with a maximum force of 4.3G for heaven's sake...