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All those ARM based handhelds will be super interesting once there is as simple way to get something like Steam OS on there with FEX to enable arbitrary PC games, in addition to just emulators to run on there.
Yeah, having a PC I can chuck into one of my bag’s pockets, take to work and play indie games at lunch gets so much of my money.

Played around 26 hours of Octopath Traveler 2 but I don't know if I'll finish it.
I got used to the detached nature of the characters/stories, but I feel the grind is a bit much.
Considering that the story chapter are like, 30 minutes? The rest is going around grinding to get the equipment/level for the next chapter.
And since I read this is a 60 hours affair, I feel like 40 of those are grinding levels.
Also I feel like the experience is little, in particular when power-leveling low characters.
Like, a difference of 30+ levels, and at the end of the combat you gain 1 level and half. And this is only going to slow down when they start getting more and more levels.

I feel this kind of old-style jrpgs should be in the 30-40 hours ballpark.
I think Octopath 2 is worth the playtime, but I get it won’t be for everyone and I broadly agree that old school JRPGs shouldn’t be pushing past 30 hours, with exception.
 
Dark Auction is not very good. I found the writing in the opening to be a little weak, especially the main character’s reaction to something tragic.

Very unconvincing.

So I read a few bits about the plot and apparently it’s a bit too sympathetic to nazis. So yeah, I’m out. Refunded.
 
Those trains always creeped me out.

On a different note, I can't get over how great the Deck is as an emulation machine.
I have many of my favorite games from several generations on that thing that I can use wherever I want.
And I can launch them from steam and the experience is indistinguishable from playing a native steam game. It just works.
 
It just works.

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All those ARM based handhelds will be super interesting once there is as simple way to get something like Steam OS on there with FEX to enable arbitrary PC games, in addition to just emulators to run on there.
Problem is still that not all gpu drivers are created equally. Some have incomplete Vulkan support or are binary blobs. Turnip mesa drivers solve most issues but that sadly does not support everything. I am still looking forward to something like the Odin 2 though.
 
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Played around 26 hours of Octopath Traveler 2 but I don't know if I'll finish it.
I got used to the detached nature of the characters/stories, but I feel the grind is a bit much.
Considering that the story chapter are like, 30 minutes? The rest is going around grinding to get the equipment/level for the next chapter.
And since I read this is a 60 hours affair, I feel like 40 of those are grinding levels.
Also I feel like the experience is little, in particular when power-leveling low characters.
Like, a difference of 30+ levels, and at the end of the combat you gain 1 level and half. And this is only going to slow down when they start getting more and more levels.

I feel this kind of old-style jrpgs should be in the 30-40 hours ballpark.
In times like these I always bring up my trusty CheatEngine.exe to double-triple the xp gain.

I don't have the time to deal with that kind of bullshit anymore these days.
 

I NSFW sales event for everyone :p
 
it plays pretty much everything up until like PS2/Wii

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I’ve got an Analogue Pocket + Dock for systems before the PS1, so personally I’m more jazzed about this thing’s ability to play Saturn and PS1 onwards.

Hoping this docks to the TV seamlessly so I’ve got an all-in-one.
 
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I’ve got an Analogue Pocket + Dock for systems before the PS1, so personally I’m more jazzed about this thing’s ability to play Saturn and PS1 onwards.

Hoping this docks to the TV seamlessly so I’ve got an all-in-one.
ahhh, that's fair then, for sure! :) still - shame about the dpad
 
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Thinking of replacing my Deck and ROG Ally with a Z2 Extreme device running Bazzite or SteamOS.

Undecided between ROG Xbox Ally X or Legion Go 2. 🤔

Also thinking it may be time to bite the bullet and put Bazzite on my new HTPC. I think I can put up with the Nvidia tax on my 5080 to be free of Microslop.
 
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