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Nihilore, 7 months ago

Just play Grim Dawn instead

ace, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

It’s rather interesting to me how nobody puts any value on the Deck trackpads in comparisons like these, and yet they are basically essential if you want the device to be able to play anything but console-optimized games / games that are built for gamepads first.

Playing something like Skyrim on one of the alternative portables can certainly be done, but being able to comfortably play games like Against the Storm, Anno, Civilization, Dwarf Fortress, Factorio, Homeworld, Northgard, OpenTTD, Stellaris, etc is where the Deck really shines and where all the “alternatives” fall completely flat.

Edit: Not to mention that trying to run Windows without any kind of direct mouse input is really painful, and all the “alternatives” keep doing exactly that.

hogart, 9 months ago (edited 9 months ago)

Quite the jump from 199 but add another 140 dollars and you get a machine that handles Ps5 remote play, emulation, playing games locally and streaming from your PC. Sure the screen is worse but a Steam Deck is so much more value for money. This seems like a small return for quite a lot of money.

Edit: I forgot about Game Pass. Beep.

masterspace, 10 months ago

A tiny short term gain compared to the widespread decades long damage done by corporate consolidation.

Aggregate, 10 months ago

22 minute pulses? Someone out there is playing through Outer Wilds.

Syldon, 10 months ago

I have learned to be very much anti Blizzard/Activision. I find some of their practises for nickel and diming customers abhorrent. In saying that though, I have some very long standing friends from my WoW days.

I used to love D2. I played it for years. D3 was ok until they brought in the resistance crap, then I never played it again. I played D4 on the free weekend and was not impressed. I have some mates that are playing it daily though, so there must be something there.

I am about 100 hours into Grim dawn instead of D4. I have to say I am loving it. I am also reading comments in the steam discussions of people saying they have dropped D4 to come back to GD.

This is a comment on one reviewer (Darthstrukt)

Long time Diablo OG since the original. Currently have 2 x 100 characters on D4 and have been waiting for season 1 to start. I bought this game to kill time while waiting for season 1 to D4 and I am shocked that I’m actually enjoying this much better than D3 & D4! I am barely finishing Act I and only have 8 hours of game play so far but if this game continues to impress then this might surpass D2! Well done!

UPDATE: 50+ hours within 5 days of ownership and I’m addicted. I just completed Veteran campaign + AoM DLC (took my time to explore). I am barely getting started with FG DLC but the Crucible and SR have been refreshing. I am running a guide for Warder from RektbyProtoss and it has been a fun experience.

This game is a MASTER PIECE! If you’ve been on the fence look no further and just buy it, it’ll be the most fun ARPG you’ve ever played. Good job Devs!

If you want an explanation of GD, add a comment and I will organise a tempt discord channel. I still consider myself very much a mediocre player. The game is very complex. I have also just made a spread sheet to make constellation easier to path. I cannot believe no one has done this already.

WytchStar, 10 months ago

Every time a sequel or a comic book movie lands on its face, someone rewrites an article about franchise/superhero fatigue. And that's been going on for over a decade.

People will show up to watch a good movie. Guardians 3 did really well. Spider-Man is the "same old stuff." This is all cherry picking examples. Movies don't do well when they're bad or the star is unappealing somehow.

Hollywood will stop making these movies when people stop paying to see them.

Narrrz, 10 months ago

I've yet again fallen back into grim dawn. Recently got my conjurer to 100, my second pet class to hit that milestone. Running through the forgotten gods expansion before i move into ultimate difficulty.