Considering the Switch 2 (with those pretty joystick well covers to protect from drift, omg) and the Ryzen Z2 Go announcements, the low cost and availability of Steam Deck & parity level APU machines for purchase now, and the giant 1080p gaming install base represented by current gen consoles, it sure seems like low spec & 1080p gaming is going to have a pretty sunny future. I am hoping this gives small and medium sized development teams a chance to show up what is left of AAA gaming.

What are your favorite low spec gaming setups right now? I’m enjoying a 5700g APU system the most these days. Mainstream wise, I’ve been playing Elden Ring and Injustice 2 and Vampire Survivors. The last Indie I played is this beat-em-up / horde survival game An American Werewolf in LA which was pretty cool.

  • Treedrake
    8•2 months ago

    For sure. There’s also an amazing amount of backlog these days so you’ll do really fine with an older system, especially if you count emulators as well. I for one don’t require photorealism in every game

    • @maxprime@lemmy.ml
      4•2 months ago

      Seldom do “photo realistic” graphics add to a game, at least for me. All it takes is a close up of one person talking to break it.

      • @DdCno1@beehaw.org
        4•2 months ago

        The uncanny valley remains, but as a palette cleanser, I do enjoy looking at expensive games every once in a while. It’s like walking through a film set that clearly took months and lots of blood, sweat and tears by the artists who created it. For as much as I have always loved scrappy Indie games, this kind of splendor is one thing they can rarely provide.