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    • JoYoEnglish
      21·
      1 year ago

      Proton is pretty magical but I’ve been using mine way more as a Steam Link device.

      All day battery and it doesn’t get super loud or hot.

  • P_TatersEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Just picked up Disco Elysium. Now it can marinate in my backlog for a year. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

    • EchoCranium@lemmy.zipEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      I loved this game for a few days, the main character’s internal dialog is fantastic. But it’s such a slow slog walking every section of the map trying to get from one place to another. Similar to Grim Fandango or Myst, it gets to be tedious and painful.

      • P_TatersEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’ve really been into crpg’s for the past year. Honestly, it’s surprising I haven’t played it yet.

        I just fineshed Pillars of Eternity yesterday. I’m a couple hours into the second game. I HIGHLY recommend the first Pillars of Eternity game. One of the best games I’ve ever played!

        • EchoCranium@lemmy.zipEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          The main character and partner do a slow walk across each portion of the map. As you hit an edge or doorway, the next section loads up, and you keep going. You have to direct him back and forth across the maps to do research, find information, question people. No fast travel, so you have to put up with the slow pace.

          • ducking_donuts@lemm.eeEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Having finished Disco Elysium I’m not really asking how the movement works - rather expressing my surprise about it appearing as slow.

            The characters can run and getting across the whole map from one side to another takes like two minutes of real time. Then you have the aforementioned fast travel allowing you to momentarily move between the three major locations in the game.

            Sure there’s a lot of exploration where you have to visit many places and talk to tons of people, but that’s kind of the point of a detective RPG.

  • NoMore!English
    6·
    1 year ago

    I really want to buy a Steam Deck but even with this sale, I can’t justify the purchase to myself. I still use my PS Vita as there are a lot of games on there that I haven’t played yet (Vita, PSP, some PS1 and ports) and I still have a working PS3 with games I’ve yet to play! Once the PS3 no longer functions, Steam Deck will be bought!

    • Gatsby@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I switched from a vita to steam deck as well, it also replaced my laptop as well which I wasn’t expecting.

      The gaming stuff is cool but once I found a trifold Bluetooth keyboard and a kickstand for the deck, its honestly a workstation now. I can remote access servers I manage or write code, edit photos, you name it.

      • NoMore!English
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it seems like it will provide a lot more functionality for me than just a handheld gaming device. I already have a personal laptop that’s not very old. I’m looking forward to getting a Steam Deck but maybe not until next year.

      • NoMore!English
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, it seems like it will provide a lot more functionality for me than just a handheld gaming device. I already have a personal laptop that’s not very old. I’m looking forward to getting a Steam Deck but maybe not until next year.