Steam's Proton layer actually does this (chooses a correct version depending on the game) with the vanilla Linux Steam installation. This isn't exclusive to HandheldSteam or ConsoleSteam. It truly is install and run with zero worry. Most of the simple Linux distributions really are dead goddamn simple to install and use for anyone. The installer just asks simple questions, chooses the best defaults, and off it goes. Installing things in Linux is as easy as opening an appstore-like application and hitting Download on everything you want. No fiddling around with the commandline, no advanced knowledge, nothing.
Linux isn't like it was 25 years ago when I had to manually select and specify modules for all my devices, edit a file just to get a GUI up and running, do an archaic demonic ritual to get sound working, and be content with Tux Racer being the peak of Linux gaming ability. (Okay, fine, we had Doom, Quake, Unreal Tournament, and a few other games, but we didn't have much was the point.) Linux is damn easy now.
Hell, I feel "rest of the owl" vibes anytime someone wants me to use WINDOWS. Yeah, enjoy taking 10 hours to update everything, go into regedit and powershell to disable as much of the Windows laughable crap that's installed by default (like the horrible AI trash it comes with), and it's still at the point where even Microsoft admits it's pretty much trash.
UE5 is the worst performing engine out there, and that's saying something given that Unity exists. If the freaking Unreal Engine logo pops up when a game starts – even dead simple, casual games with low end graphics – I might as well just go ahead and refund that game because it's going to run like ass on everything but $4000+ systems.
Honestly, if you have a PC, you already have a ValveCube. Install Linux, install Steam, configure it to start when your desktop starts, and configure it to open in Big Picture Mode. Bam, you have a ValveCube. You can even hook it up to your TV. And you can use the Playstation and XBox (and others, most likely) controllers you already have, you don't necessarily need their fancy ValveControllers. Sure, ValveCube is pretty cool, it's just… a PC. With Linux. And Steam. At least with the ValveHandheld, you have the small portable advantage of it. There's no real advantage here that I see. Maybe that it's a way to dodge Microsoft's garbage OS without having to actually install Linux and getting it by default, but installing Linux on an existing PC – by itself or dual booting – is dead simple these days with good starter distros.
Next thing you'll tell me Sonic will be on Nintendo consoles. Oh wait.
Dok would hate [Doom: The Dark Ages]
I've hated every single Doom game released in the 21st century, and I've gone through the entire Doom 3 and Doom 2016 game and beaten both just to be stubborn (and played just a small bit of the next one). They are an insult to the original Doom games.
But there's tons of people who love them, so what the fuck do I know.
Just played the Shinobi demo myself. Now I just need the full game. I can't believe I just said that. Me, wanting a new game. Madness.
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