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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 year ago (6 children)

If it counts, definitely the Steam Deck. With that and emulators, it's like having almost every game I've ever owned in one portable machine.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I just got one so reading this makes me hopeful. Fallen out of love with gaming a bit in recent years

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Check out “Dave the diver”. I’ve fallen out of love with gaming as well and I’ve been dropping a lot of hours into this game on my steam deck. Super unique and easy to pick up and put down. Feels fresh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If you like platformers Bzzt just came out and would definitely run on the deck. For roguelikes I'd recommend Darkest Dungeon, Hades, or Rogue Legacy. For a straightforward RPG with 3D models but pixel art I'd recommend Octopath Traveller 2.

I also recommend Dave the Diver as well, fantastic game.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Also just ordered mine. Since I started working fulltime remote a year ago, I found myself not wanting to spend more time on my desk after work. That translated into me almost giving up gaming even though I used to love it. Moving to a place where I can have a second desk would cost me one Steam Deck per month so I just went with a Steam Deck lol

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I got one recently too, and it’s already helping me with this. I hope you find joy in it :). I never buy myself anything so I was worried I’d regret it… but I really like it so far.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Omg same, but it's been a rough year so this is my Christmas gift to myself I guess. Also glad to hear it's helping you :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It’s been great for getting to games I’m not sure I would have otherwise. Ori and the Blind Forest was the perfect game to play through on it!

I hope you have a better rest of the year and beyond. This year stank a bit for me too, but there’s been some good things as well.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I got a retroid pocket 3+ for emulators and it's fuckin awesome. I feel like a steam deck may be in my near future lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Almost all my gaming is on my SD now. Love this thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I came here to type that, so I'll just upvote yours instead. Such a versatile device, the Steam Deck!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Along these lines, i’m thrilled with the ps portal as well. was only $200, but the ps online streaming is so good. i used to use it on ps4 on my ipad with an external controller from 1200 miles away at legit decent frame rate and latency.

ps portal’s display is crisp and beautiful, it looks so much more gorgeous than the steam deck (because all the rendering is done on the ps5), and there are some games that i don’t even really want to play on the big screen format that the portal has made awesome because they’re wonderful on handheld format.

best gaming purchase i’ve made in a long while