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Put a shit ton of hours into fallout 3 and new Vegas... might have to check the show out.
Seriously considering buying a steam deck. I'm itchin to play fallout 1 and 2.
My colleague brought his to work and I got to say I'm very impressed. Despite being wider than my ROG Ally it's surprisingly lightweight and the weight is well distributed. The TDP maxes out at 15w which should be more than sufficient for Fallout 1 / 2 / 3 / New Vegas, you can even go below 10w (lowest for ROG Ally) which is great for older retro titles since they use 5-7w to stretch out your battery life.
Just my 2 cents on handheld gaming devices - I found the use cases to be quite specific (traveling for work, gaming on the plane, gaming before bed, lightweight titles). I had a blast with my Ally a few weeks back while on holiday - played on the plane, while waiting for the family to get ready before heading out, some lighter games after dinner. Handheld gaming excels in short burst gaming for light to medium gaming since you're trying to balance performance with battery life.
For anything more intensive like playing newer AAA games a full fat PC or console is the way to go. Bigger screen and you can crank up the graphics without worrying about battery life.
Idk if this is true for the Ally's too but I'd assume so... but you can dock the Steam deck like a Nintendo Switch to connect it to your TV and connect a bluetooth controller and use it like a console
You could totally have it docked like a Switch, as long as the dock supports a HDMI to TV, a couple of USB ports for mouse, keyboard and controller and you have a banging console experience. You can even take it a step further and run everything off Steam Big Picture mode so interacting with Windows is minimal. I did toy with replacing my gaming PC with my ROG Ally but the latter is severely limited in CPU / GPU / storage options, and the external GPU dock for a RTX 4070 is too expensive.
If you get the itch to build a PC you can also build a Mini-ITX console roughly 75% the size of a PS5. Parts are generally more expensive for a smaller build and you will be limited when it comes to dedicated GPUs, but AMD's Ryzen APUs (built-in GPUs) are catching up in performance to Xbox or PS5 levels. .
Re the Retropad, I like the concept as a simple plug and play console for older titles, everything prior to PS1 should be fine. But the UI for 60,000 games must be a mess to navigate through, and with these China AIO emulators there are bound to be thousands poorly categorized repeats. The UX can really kill the experience.
Topic: What was the last video game you played? (Read 560334 times)