The Razer Ornata V2 packs plenty of features that enhance both its function and its aesthetics.
On the practical front, every key on the Ornata V2 is fully reprogrammable. You can remap any key – including the new multi-function wheel and media keys – to mimic any other key or to assign it a custom function like opening a new browser tab or running a specific program. There's full macro support, too, so you can define complex key combinations or a sequence of actions to perform by hitting a single key.
The Ornata V2 takes advantage of Razer's HyperShift technology to add even more versatility to your key bindings. By setting a specific key as the HyperShift key, you can give every other key a secondary function, accessible while holding down the HyperShift key.
As I mentioned earlier, the Ornata V2's new multi-function wheel is a welcome addition that provides plenty of extra functionality. The wheel itself offers enough resistance to allow for precise adjustments. It controls system volume by default, with the ability to mute all audio by clicking it down. You can remap both scroll directions and the click to perform any functions you'd like, though, which relatively few keyboards allow.
Game Mode is a mainstay of modern gaming keyboards, so it's no surprise to see the Ornata V2 support it. Rather than simply disable the Windows key, though, you can have Game Mode ignore Alt+Tab and Alt+F4 as well, saving you from accidentally minimising or quitting your current game by pressing the wrong key combination. And if you find yourself occasionally forgetting to activate Game Mode like I do, you can set Game Mode to automatically turn on only when you're playing games, which is handy.

Like all Razer products, customising the Ornata V2 is done through the Razer Synapse app. Having tested plenty of such apps, I've found Synapse to be both the most intuitive and the most versatile. Configuration options are well-organised with clear and descriptive labels. Creating and switching profiles is a cinch, as is creating custom macros using the flexible recording tool.
RGB customisation is just as deep. You can spruce up the Ornata V2 with preset lighting effects ranging from the basic breathing and wave patterns to reactive lighting driven by your audio. The real complexity lies within the dedicated Chroma Studio section of the Synapse app, however. Here, you can layer individual lighting effects on top of each other, tweaking their speed and colours and even which keys they apply to. The flexibility is seriously impressive.
If building your own multi-layered lighting system sounds daunting, you can make use of Synapse's game integration feature to synchronise the Ornata V2's lighting with your games. Over 100 games support Chroma integration, with titles like Overwatch using different lighting patterns to indicate when hero abilities are charged or activated.
Outside of games, Synapse also includes a "Chroma Visualiser" which syncs the Ornata V2's lighting to music or videos as you play them. Like Chroma Studio, there are plenty of settings to adjust if you want to dig a little deeper.