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Any future ROG Ally owners here? (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by seqiro@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Having once upon a time been a top level Desktop Engineer for a Fortune 100 company that used Windows, I now am an exclusive Mac/Console user and haven’t really done much with Windows since Windows 7. But there are often games I want that are PC only, usually indies and puzzle/point and click adventure games.

The Steam Deck had a lot of downsides for me but the price was attractive. Almost bought it during the sale but then the Ally was announced and I preordered as soon as I could. It certainly won’t be a seamless experience, but I’m looking forward to being able to play just about any game that runs on Windows (I usually play Genshin Impact on PS5, but hate playing on mobile when I’m out and about and Steam Deck can’t play it).

Any other future owners? I’m really looking forward to be able to play Stray Gods, the musical game by ex BioWare writers and scored by Austin Wintory in August.

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[–] any1th3r3@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

i'm on the fence.
i'm waiting for more reports of ChimaeraOS or HoloISO users to pop up (ETAPrime already did a first look at the ROG Ally running ChimaeraOS and it wasn't too bad, for something without proper driver support yet).

i'm really interested in VRR / 120Hz support (as well as the much better quality of the screen), but there's no way i'd be dailying windows (except for some game pass titles).
i'm very happy with the Steam Deck, mind you, and it's my only PC atm, so i'd like a somewhat similar experience. i know i would have to compromise on lower wattage performance and that battery life would probably be worse for indie titles / emulation 5th gen and below, but that's a small fraction of my use case anyways.