Personally I prefer adding non steam game option. Or better yet, using nonsteamlaunchers to manage all my third party titles under one prefix.
But the point of lutris is to give you more control over where you prefix is, manage your proton version, custom scripts, intall dependencies, and one click installs for most launchers and games that may require workarounds.
That’s kind of a basic summary of it, someone else may be able to go into more depth, I haven’t used lutris in quite some time.
I play 99% of my games without sound honestly. I only have time to play games in the evening, and I can't focus on the sound if there's other sound around me (like my wife talking or my son doing his toddler babble), so I just mute every single game.
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OK, side question. Doesn't it drive you insane to be trying to follow a game's audio while people are talking on TV?
I like handhelds for playing in bed, or tucking away in a corner of the house, but sitting there while people are watching TV or having conversations while trying to play a game is... hard and not very productive, unless the game is very casual or purely mechanics-driven.
I don't prefer it but it's very different for sure. I grew up with a Hitachi laptop that didn't have working speakers and so my NES and SNES games had no sound so I got pretty used to it.
These days as an adult it s just either or. Games with sound, great! Games without sound, so it is!
For me it depends. If I'm playing a game for the first time, I have to have sound on, but if I'm not playing for the first time then I'm okay without sound. Also some games like factorio, cities:skylines, minecraft, etc I like to play with my own music or a podcast.
I guess I am weird then as I prefer to play games without sound. I would rather listen to my own music or a podcast while playing. I will use headphones if I’m playing a visual novel or something like that.
It depends on the game. I mostly play from the couch while my wife watches TV after the kiddo goes to bed. Some games I play totally muted but others get a little volume. If there’s no one around to distract, I’ll usually play around 30-50% volume.
Same, depends on the game. And sometimes the part of the game I’m in. If it’s a grindy/mindless part, I have no issue playing without sound. But if it’s a narrative part, even with subtitles on (cuz I always have them on) sound must be on.
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