cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18054199

Considering the Switch 2 (with those pretty joystick well covers to protect from drift, omg) and the Ryzen Z2 Go announcements, the low cost and availability of Steam Deck & parity level APU machines for purchase now, and the giant 1080p gaming install base represented by current gen consoles, it sure seems like low spec & 1080p gaming is going to have a pretty sunny future. I am hoping this gives small and medium sized development teams a chance to show up what is left of AAA gaming.

What are your favorite low spec gaming setups right now? I’m enjoying a 5700g APU system the most these days. Mainstream wise, I’ve been playing Elden Ring and Injustice 2 and Vampire Survivors. The last Indie I played is this beat-em-up / horde survival game An American Werewolf in LA which was pretty cool.

  • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    8 hours ago

    I’ve been playing it as well, and it really is quite good. It’s not very challenging though, which is a bummer, but they’ve done a great job on the world.

    Some nitpicks:

    • lots of collectibles
    • broom isn’t very fast, and upgrades are lame
    • no quidditch, and fast travel makes the broom kinda pointless
    • way too much pointless loot (lots of trips to sell stuff), and the whole gear system is dumb

    But those are pretty petty things. Quest design is pretty good, casting spells is fun, and side content is largely worth doing. I think it’ll age pretty well.

    • youngalfred@lemm.ee
      1·
      6 hours ago

      I do like that you can keep the stats of gear you’re wearing but change the appearance of it to anything you’ve collected before. Nice to actually be able to look good and have good gear.

      One thing I’ve done is turn off the Minimap. It’s made it more interesting - I actually pay attention to the landscape details and the golden path thing is actually useful. Just wish you could keep a compass visible.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        5 hours ago

        change the appearance of it to anything you’ve collected before

        I like that too. I don’t like the limited inventory space for gear though, which means I keep having to go sell stuff if I don’t want to destroy things. I should be able to just sell it any time with an owl or something, doing a bunch of collectibles to get more space doesn’t feel great.

        That’s a pretty small nitpick because money is rarely an issue. It just feels bad to destroy stuff to open a chest.