boletus

@boletus@sh.itjust.works

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Its a complicated answer. It can play probably most modern AAA games. But it likely won’t be a great experience and I can only describe it as playable. If you want a very good experience with the steam deck, then use it for mid spec games or less and it’ll be perfect and have good battery life. If you want more then maybe try another hand held, or a console.

  In the end the device you play your games on needs to do one thing well, and that’s to play the games you WANT to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is the Steam Deck getting outdated soon? Should I wait for the next gen?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you are looking for an affordable device to play AAA games well on with no issues, get a ps5.

  If you are looking for a hand held to play indie titles and the plethora of older games available I’d go for the steam deck.

  I think it’ll be a while until we get a hand held experience like the steam deck but with AAA capable hardware.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #21⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks for clarifying. Even more baffling why they’re doing this

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #21⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Please correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t this cheaper than their existing patreon subscription which is $5 a month? That would be $60 annually.

  I’m still not going to pay for it when because I don’t think it’s a good practice in the open source scene but just want to put it in perspective.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck / Gaming News #21⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Epic games is pretty anti consumer as far as things go anyway

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG News for Gaming/Linux/Steam Deck⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Recent updates have fixed it for me. Make sure you’re on the latest!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Running Minecraft on the Steam Deck using GDLauncher Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The bedrock UI is far more controller friendly. And it has aim snapping features and so on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game] Hogwarts Legacy Adds FSR 3 and XeSS 2 With Mod Fixes in New Update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Perhaps it wasn’t the best example, but the point I’m trying to get across is that almost any game you’ve played recently is likely profiting a bigot in some way or another.

  Shareholders will always exist. Funding sources. Executives. Just because they didn’t write the code doesn’t mean they weren’t involved with the development. And they certainly make money off the success.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game] Hogwarts Legacy Adds FSR 3 and XeSS 2 With Mod Fixes in New Update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course always vote with your wallet. Just saying it’s a complex topic and it’s one thing to boycott it because Rowling profits off it, but you’re also excluding the hundreds of hard working game developers who put years of their life towards a legitimately good game.

  Unfortunately, because of the existence of shareholders, pretty much anything non indie is going to be profiting off exploitative rich people with generally loads of prejudice against marginalised groups. Even indie games you’re kinda stuck, look at factorio for example. Or you’re supporting the storefront. There may be ways to consume games ethically maybe but there’s always a catch somewhere. Informing consumers of these choices is important, but judging them for it is reductive considering the only winning move is not to play.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game] Hogwarts Legacy Adds FSR 3 and XeSS 2 With Mod Fixes in New Update⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The last AAA game you played is almost guaranteed to have been worked on by at least one racist, trans phobic, radical extremist of some kind. Just something to consider.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Running Minecraft on the Steam Deck using GDLauncher Carbon⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I use modrinth on the deck and it’s been pretty good so far no real issues. I wish though that Java Minecraft was up to parity with bedrock regarding controller support

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is anti-cheat always client-side?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you misunderstood me, I meant that most games will handle the bullet simulation on the server, but you no longer have to pre aim because of lag compensation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is anti-cheat always client-side?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This is still the case for most games. Games have just gotten better lag compensation methods.