I would say if you can excuse having a slightly lower graphics and no ray tracing, go for it. The portable factor makes it worth it over the Xbox or pc. I got it for pc first btw. The fps is usually hovering near 30, sometimes more sometimes less. If you play docked it gives a consistent 40 fps. Keep in mind I never comprimise on quality for fps. Think I have mine at the tier below ultra quality (quality maybe?). The game is so good and looks stunning that I sometimes forget it doesn’t have ray tracing

Surprisingly well. I had a few crashes at the start but after restarting, I could set every preset to quality and still got roughly between 20-40 fps, so average 30. I would reccomend making space on the ssd to play bg3 as the micro SD card will make it noticeably slower, even a good one.

It is a way different experience. You have to relearn how to play when using controller. For example you no longer click the spot, you just move around freely. You also have a little less precision when placing attacks like spells at specific spots but if you have a PS5 controller (I play docked), the TouchPad help a lot with this issue. In general it takes a little longer to do things but it isn’t a game breaker, just takes more time to learn it. The graphics are what shocked me. Coming from a 3070 to the steam deck was like being flung unto a play station 3. But you get used to that as well

Foe context I usually play FPS, like BF5, L4D2 or COD BO3 (Zombies especially). I also LOVE rpgs like Cyberpunk, BG3, RDR2 and Stardew Valley.

Baldurs gate 3. After giving up on waiting for sale, I finally got it and now I can’t stop playing

Cyberpunk 2077 is a pretty great game. Runs well on deck too and there is a sale

I have both. Bought the switch first, but now I never use it. Emulating switch games on the deck made it irrelevant (I don’t use the split joycons either, but maybe you might. If so get switch). The ability to play AAA games at a high quality is the reason I would say steam deck. Bought the witcher on switch and I can’t believe how poor it was. On steam deck it’s more or less the exact same version with tuned down resolution and no ray tracing. I could also download regular apps like reddit as well. In essence, steam deck

While I would say get the official dock if you can afford it, I don’t think you miss out on anything by buying a cheaper offbrand dock. I bought this dock it gives me the exact same results for cheaper

I didn’t say that.

Whenever I am home I love using the dock. Don’t know why the SD does this but in handheld games throttle after a while sometimes and I get a lot of screen tearing but not when docked or charging. Also love playing with a controller on a large screen, especially with my gf or brothers. Makes the SD feel like a console I can just pack up and bring to Uni

Post was removed for mentioning the p word but For context I mostly only play “mainstream” games such as RDR2, BFV, GTAV, BG3, Cyberpunk, Spiderman and switch games. I don’t usually like games like, say Hades, DaveTheDiver or persona 5 (despite their success and strong followings, no hate, I’m just not a hardcore gamer)

I use antank. Gives about 8 hours (+/-) and came with the accessory to hold it on the back

If your on this subreddit then most people will say yes. I haven’t owned a legion but here’s my opinion anyways (lol) The steam deck is the king of Handhelds. No two ways around it. The support it gets allows you to fix most problems with it quickly or eventually. Valve updates every 3 seconds it feels. There are plugins that allow you to customize EVERYTHING! I mean everything… hate your cover art? Plugin to put a video cover there. Want to make a save every time you open the game so you can rewind? Plugin for saves. Want to get achievements while running emulations? Plugins for that. It is perfect for emulating, playing steam back log, heck even pirating if you do that (no judgement). TouchPad are there so you don’t have to detach the sides everytime you want precision (though I like the legion go’s way of doing that). Also steam OS makes it very noob friendly. Feels like a console. I agree though, if you want to play online games like fps you’re out of look but besides that, it’s king

That I would needed to learn Linux 🤢 (damn headache) That I didn’t need to buy a mouse or keyboard despite everyone saying I should. That the simple concept of playing PC games in a couch 2m away from my desktop would make it worth it. That the battery was so shit ( I was warned but damn) That the people saying the screen was not good looking because it wasn’t oled are crazy and presumptious (cry) That the Oled would come out one month later That I would save so much more money by emulating instead of buying on switch (looking at you breath of the wild 🫠) That my switch would never touch my palms again (😂🫶SD) For that matter, I would never play my ps5, Xbox or switch again That docked mode really feels like a lower resolution console (in a good way) That I would not get my Sly Cooper (and other emulation saves ) unto the SD and should just start over. (Linux is hard)

Great idea. We played As Dusk Falls together and had a blast but I wasn’t sure about walking dead as I don’t know if it has the same coop features. We love overriding each others choices at the last minute to add in crazy twists but not sure walking dead would have the same effect by just deciding which choice to pick.