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[–] [email protected] 56 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Are competitive FPSs intended for handhelds?

[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Maybe, maybe not. But I think people expect a game made by Valve to run on gaming hardware made by Valve, even if it's only for casual playing.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago

Well it runs - just not as fast as you want. I personally would never want to play those competitive shooters that need pixel perfect aim on a handheld console… but that’s just me.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think people expect a game made by Valve to run on gaming hardware made by Valve, even if it’s only for casual playing.

Yes. Why else did CSGO get controller and gyro support? While Valve did not promise anything in that regard, there was the expectation that CS2 would basically be fully optimized for Deck. Maybe it will still happen. The "final" release is nothing but an open beta.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

To add to this, the expectation is because they basically killed off CSGO for CS2 as an upgrade, so it should have the same and more functionalities.

Yes you can still turn on CSGO from settings but it's worthless without servers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Sure but they haven't cared about the state of their games in ages. Iike I'm all for pushing to get them to fix it and all, but think it's weird that people are surprised. Especially when the vast majority of their focus has been on steam for the last forever

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah we should be able to play half life Alyx on the steam deck too!!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, I have seen some very crazy shit with Metroid Prime Hunters for DS.

EDIT: Like tthis

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I play Destiny 2 on my Asus ROG Ally almost daily, and have played lots of PVE and Gambit, but hate Crucible. It's really powerful, so I think it's possible to play competitive games on a handheld if you're comfortable with using a controller. Of course, you can plug it into a monitor and use the XG Mobile to get a decent graphics card. So yeah, I think a handheld can hold up to a gaming PC if you temper your expectations. You're not going to be playing at 4k, 120 fps, but instead 720p 50-60 fps. Good enough for casual play all the time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't played destiny 2 in a long while but isn't that game far from competitive?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It has competitive modes, but I don't know how well it would do at tournament play. I'm not a big fan of PVP, but I'm pretty sure the Ally is powerful enough to play most of those games if you lower the graphics to get a nice FPS. I just cited Destiny because it's what I've been playing lately.