It went on sale yesterday so I ended up buying it!

I have not. I have a 144hz monitor and even at 144fps games games with heavy camera movement are unplayable.

Some games don’t even have crosshairs… Another big offender was Spyro, for instance. Just the camera moving was enough to make me sick in the stomach.

Phogs

This one caught my eye as well. Split Fiction had a small section that played very similarly to this game, don’t want to spoil too much. It was fun, but I’m unsure if I want a full game about it.

Cassette Beasts

This one looks good for me heh :P

Sea of Stars

This one has been on my wishlist forever now, the mixed reviews have been turning me off. I’m not sure if these classic RPG games are her thing but we should try and figure it out.

Children of Morta

This one fell flat for me. I don’t know why, I didn’t connect with the game.

I’ve had motion sickness ever since I remember. I just can’t play shooters, it’s physically impossible for me.

Somethings help like a TV instead of a monitor, zooming out as much as possible, moving as further from tv as possible, low camera speed. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. It’s a struggle.

Trine

I do own the first 2, I totally forget about this game. Definitely gonna give it a try.

Spiritfarer

I already played and loved SpiritFarer, it was an amazing journey. I don’t want to say too much but I just can’t repeat it any time soon.

The lego games

I forgot to mention in the original post that we did play the lord of the rings lego game and I really hated it. I found the gameplay so boring…

Knights And Bikes

This one looks intriguing, I’ll check it out!

Monaco

I do own Monaco, maybe i’ll give it a try!

Thanks!

I have RetroDeck set up but I’m honestly not into emulation. I do own a Nintendo Switch and we’ve played a couple of those. They’re fun but I’m not looking into supporting Nintendo for the time being.

You know I have like 4 manuals printed and only played it once? Gotta give it a try some time!!

Broaden your horizons, start using emulators.

I get what you’re saying. I do have RetroDeck fully set up but I only use for old games that I do physically own. Most of them haven’t aged very well and aren’t of any interest to my SO.

I have enough disposable money that I’d rather support “new” games/developers rather than emulating titles for other consoles.

The Cinnabunny sequel looks so adorable. Lots of animal crossing vibes. Definitely wishlisting that!

Fortunately I already made that mistake once, a friend recommended me Spelunky 2 as a casual mining game…

I already played and loved SpiritFarer, it was an amazing journey. I don’t want to say too much but I just can’t repeat it any time soon.

Tinkering is fine, I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks!

I don’t know why I didn’t remember this. I do have a decent PC and the streaming functionality works quite well. I played Path of Exile 2 this way and it was great. Thanks for reminding me!

It looks sick, definitely something I’d enjoy playing. Unfortunately I feel like it would fall under the same umbrella as Overcooked or Moving Out. Too chaotic, I think.

I think the combat portion of the game would be a big turnoff for her. I do own the game so it doesn’t cost anything to try it.

This one looks for me, actually :P

The steam deck status is unfortunately unsupported. Otherwise it would be a great fit.

Trine sounds like a great idea, I already have the first two. Gonna give it a go.

We tried the lego lord of the rings game but it fell flat for us.

I have Baba Is You! It’s a brilliant game, love it to pieces, but it’s not a good fit for my SO. She’d lose interest very fast, looking for something more chill and casual.

Blue Prince is definitely something I’ve been considering but I’m unsure if she’d enjoy games that are just puzzles. Pretty sure Lorelei is just too thinky for her to enjoy.

Definitely looking into more chill games to blow off some steam.

The maps in act 2 and 3 already felt too long and repetitive, if normal mobs just take longer to clear that’s a big turnoff to an already underwhelming experience.

I use Linux exclusively but I don’t think it’s relevant to the discussion.

I would rather use windows 11 than any other EOL version of windows. I loved windows XP when it came out, wouldn’t dare to use it today.

It might be a remote exploit or it might not. An OS is not just a program that runs in the background, if it is critically important.

These kind of exploiters don’t tend to attack you in particular, they have botnets scanning the web for any compromised machine.

Running windows 10 is fine today, might not be fine after EOL. It is irresponsible to shrug it off and not even consider the alternatives out there, including windows 11.

The desktop environment is called KDE Plasma. Every distribution with KDE will look and feel very similar.

Fedora is a good and safe bet for a distribution.

The problem is that as soon as a security issue is found on windows 10 it won’t be fixed, it is perpetual. In Windows 11 it will probably be fixed before you even know it exists.

I can understand the console being more expensive, especially since we don’t really know its specs yet (or at least I don’t). Why is Mario Kart 30 euros more expensive, tho? It doesn’t paint a good picture.

It’s not just the console prices that have gone up. Console is, 470 euros, Mario Kart is 90 euros, Pro Controller 2 is 90 euros, the SD card is 60 euros, a webcam is 60 euros…

Meanwhile, their competition is getting cheaper every day.

It’s out in the nintendo stores and general retailers are already accepting preorders at the same price. It’s real, Mario Kart is 90 euros. Insane.

When the Switch 1 released there was nothing else on the market like it. Play handheld on the bus, get home, dock it, continue playing in full HD. That is amazing. I didn’t get the Switch 1 because of the exclusives, it was the versatility that got me.

Similar form factor, similar price, similar use case. The big difference is that one plays Nintendo games and another plays PC games.

I own a steam deck, therefore the appeal of a switch 2 is their exclusive games. I don’t need both, they scratch the same itch.

It’s definitely an underrated game!!

In order to get good recommendations you’re going to need to provide additional information. How many people are playing? How complex can a game be? What games have you tried and loved? Is there a favorite mechanism? What is the game duration you’re going for? 10 min? 30? 3 hours? What’s your budget?

Generic recommendations based on my library:

• Just One - Favorite party game

• Brass Birmingham - My favorite; Beware it’s quite complex and lasts around 3 hours

• Blood Rage - Cool dude’s on a map game with very nice minis

• Turing Machine - Good puzzle game

• Slay The Spire - If you love slay the spire, you’ll love cooperative slay the spire as well

• Menara - Favorite dexterity game

boardgamegeek.com is the imdb of boardgames, check it out.

Unfortunately this is one of the cases where you’re going to have to do some research.

Check ProtonDB to see how a game plays on Linux. I’m assuming the flight simulator would be problematic.

Usually the periferal drivers are built into the Linux kernel. Your keyboard and mice will just work, gamepads as well. Niche stuff like wheels and flight controllers will likely not work out of the box and you’ll have to find a community based software to support it. Sucks.

If I were you I’d boot a virtual machine or a live USB drive and try it out. If you’re not comfortable with the amount of compatibility just don’t install it. Nothing lost

If you have the exact hardware supported by the SteamOS then you’ll be fine. However, I don’t even know of they support nvidia video cards yet, I believe most of their stack is optimized for AMD cards.

In that sense, installing a more generalist linux distribution will net you a better driver compatibility.

Linux gaming is at a fantastic state right now, you install steam and games work. 20 years ago I would have never believed it to be possible.

Trying from a USB or virtual machine is just a good idea in general. Use Ventoy to put several distros into a single USB stick and try them out. Try your hardware, check which UI you like the most.

If you are tech savvy enough to install Windows, you can easily install Linux as well. If you install any of the big distros you will have a good time.

Linux not supporting kernel level anti-cheats is an amazing feature, in my honest opinion.

It’s not going to happen in this iteration of SteamOS. It remains mostly a gaming “only” distribution.

Very disappointing. They delayed the game for a few weeks and then for 5 months. How did anyone think the November date could be achieved?

Guess I’ll look for a community updated database for this year.