I used the touch pad as a trackpad mouse which worked very well for me. I also had various hotkeys mapped to the other touchpad and the rear buttons as modifiers (control and shift, if memory serves). I think I submitted my config but as my deck is in for repairs I can’t check right now (it’ll have my username attached).

Does this keep the prologue from the director’s cut?

Oops, forgot to reply to you!

With the custom input mapping I used (available on Steam) it played really well. Probably not as well as a keyboard and mouse but I was able to complete all the campaigns on hard without issue, if memory serves.

Multiplayer has never been my thing with RTS games so I can’t comment on that.

Hearty agreement here. I fired up Red Alert 3, hated the art style (and the co-commanders playing the game for me!) and bailed on the whole affair. Meanwhile I recently played through Red Alert 2 again on my Steam Deck and absolutely adored it.

No One Lives Forever and NOLF2 get my vote. I enjoyed them a great deal back in the day and would love to have another bash at them now, albeit with a lick of paint.

Symlink each individual file, obviously.

Join our Discord!

No, don’t trouble yourselves, I’ll just use something else.

Not particularly paranoid. I have clothes with my username on!

My daughter is also named Bort.

I feel like Lemmy is substantially less combative. Reddit has become so very hostile over the years and every thread felt like someone was about to start a fight. Not that there isn’t any here, but there feels like a normal amount, rather than an over-representation of people spoiling for a fight.

They don’t have the same problem for me at all. I really enjoyed Freelancer, for example.

It’d legitimately be easier to fit an arcade cabinet in my house than space for proper VR play.

It’s an odd one for me. I think it’s related to how I like to spend my relaxation time. I don’t want any significant challenge (I have lots of other stuff in my life that scratches that itch, often too much…) and I don’t want to be particularly uncomfortable. I hate games that try to grade my performance (league tables, onscreen timers, ranking systems). I’m not necessarily bad at them - I just do not like the approach.

I’ve not played Baldur’s Gate 3, unfortunately, so I can’t comment on that.

I’m trying to figure out why I don’t find The Binding of Isaac uncomfortable. It might be because I disable the oppressive soundtrack and know that the maps are actually quite sprawling, often with many ways to approach problems. Hmmm…

I still cannot fathom how anyone justifies paying so much for phones. My most recent one was a Pixel 4A, £100. I’ve not seen anything exciting in a smartphone in a decade or more.

No Diablo, either!

I’d also struggle to find anyone to play co-op with anyway!

I’ve long been skeptical about VR as a mainstream platform. I think the technology is quite cool, but much like those people who used to say “In ten years everyone will have a 3D printer!” and the like, no, I just don’t see it happening. The hassle factor is too great for it to be for everyone. Hell, most people seem to be fine with stereo sound, even though surround sound setups have been available for decades.

Whether it’s space, cost, or lack of software support, it all seems to combine to make it a bit of hobbyist kit at best. If your goal is to sell millions of copies then you need to target a broader market than hobbyists, and it looks like a lot of companies have ploughed enough cash into this that hobbyist sales aren’t going to be enough.

Not really, no. I think it’s the overall “vibe” that grates on me. Spending time somewhere dingey actively repels me.

Hard to say. Perhaps I don’t like having my back (literally) against the wall. I associate being outside with the space to approach a task on my own terms.

There’s perhaps also an element of growing up in places like Wales and Scotland where sunlight is at a bit of a premium!

In the real world I quite like caves…

TempleOS: Hold my communion wine