Comment on Best deck games for a flight? (as in...possibly running on batteries)
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Most 2d games give me solid battery life. Hades, balatro, dead cells, pizza tower, streets of rage 4 all kept me entertained through cross country flights with no external power. But really you should just get a fat battery pack, it’s just plain useful for keeping all your devices topped up.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
I can’t agree here, 2d games have the capacity to be extremely resource efficient but a lot of PC 2d games were developed by developers with monster gaming PCs and they never really bothered to optimize them.
CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Yeah I mean I definitely have games like Notia that are 2d and happily empty the battery in 2, 2.5 hours. Guess I was just speaking relatively, 2d games I can usually minimize the tdp with no performance impacts and carry on for 4 to 6 hours, compared to any average AAA 3d game that is going to have a hard stop around 1.5-3 hours.
supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 8 months ago
Xonotic would like a word
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CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
Well lol sure, I’ll concede there’s a whole world of games that were built for spec equivalents to a smart toaster that would stretch the battery. Just nothing I’d personally want to play. We already did the 90s.