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cyborganism, do gaming w What games make you happy?

On the SNES: Star Fox and TMNT 4 turned in time.

On PC it’s probably gonna be Space Quest 3 and Star Wars X-WING Alliance.

Oka, do gaming w What games make you happy?
  • Minecraft, sometimes.
  • Garden of the Sea, when I first played it
  • Walkabout mini golf
  • Lumber Tycoon 2 on Roblox
itchick2014, do gaming w What games make you happy?

Minecraft. Make your own to do list and play at your own pace. I will beat the ender dragon one day but for now I work on my next automated farm lol.

notthebees, do gaming w What games make you happy?

For me it’s Skyrim. If need a game to play just to be immersed std Skyrim

bhamlin, do gaming w If you could only play on one game console for the rest of your life which console would you choose?

PS9. Gotta think ahead if I i can’t upgrade it. I get it right now, right?

Secret300, do games w Emulation

Not really emulation but my vita and 3ds are still so fun to this day. Both consoles, especially the vita, had so much more potential

YuzuDrink,

I’m with you for 3DS. Vita was kind of a dead gen for me at the time—what are some of your favorites?

Secret300,

For a while it’s just been a kingdom hearts machine because I hate fucking chibis and so many 3DS games are chibis except kingdom hearts. I’ve started playing Xenoblade now and soon I’m gonna try to get into monster hunter. I already have 4-5 hours into monster hunter 4 but still have 0 idea what I’m doing

algernon, do gaming w If you could only play on one game console for the rest of your life which console would you choose?
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

Steam Deck, because it is handheld, and can run a lot of my Steam games. I can also dock it to a big screen and attach a controller.

UndercoverUlrikHD,
@UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev avatar

Steam deck is just a PC going through a few hoops though.

algernon,
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

Aren’t all consoles like that, though? They all run mainstream operating systems, and are basically locked down PCs in a fancy box. If anything, the Steam Deck is further from a PC than an XBox/PS, due to being handheld, with an embedded screen and controller, while XBox and its friends require a display and an external controller (like a PC).

stardust,

I would say an OS being locked down to prevent normal forms of productivity like Office work or even web browsing at times would be a requirement to be considered a console. They are usually at best a media and game system by design due to the locks in place. So I wouldn’t put Steam Deck in the category of console for the spirit of the discussion.

Macaroni_ninja,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

Consoles are more and more like PCs, with many multimedia, productivity and utilility apps and even web browsing, so the Steam Deck IMO perfectly fits the discussion.

Out of the box it has a strict console-like UI and limited functionality for everything else other than gaming. You need to take special steps to use it as a PC (reboot in desktop mode, attach peripherals, etc)

stardust, (edited )

No not really. Steam Deck I can actually use fully as a desktop replacement, since it is a full Linux desktop and can have Windows OS installed on it too. Can’t do the same with a Switch or PS5 or Xbox. Doesn’t matter what peripherals you attach. Console hardware being locked down holds it back. Even jailbroken ones.

A phone is closer to a desktop equivalent than a console. Especially Samsung with stuff like Dex.

stardust,

No not really. Steam Deck I can actually use fully as a desktop replacement, since it is a full Linux desktop and you can fully run a desktop Windows OS on it. Can’t do the same with a Switch or PS5 or Xbox. Console OS and it being locked down holds it back. Even jailbroken ones.

A phone is closer to a desktop equivalent than a console. Especially Samsung with stuff like Dex.

Macaroni_ninja,
@Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world avatar

There is no strict definition of what a console is. Just because the linux OS is not restricted and the hardware can be used as a pc with extra steps are we excluding the SD from the console topic?

stardust,

I just consider Steam Deck more PC than console. Even getting games to work requires more tinkering sometimes having to switch proton versions. Console tends to just work in comparison.

I just go by what traditional consoles have been capable of. And only console that comes to mind that even came close to the full functionality of the Steam Deck productivity potential was the PS3 with Linux support before they removed it.

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Similarly I think people were installing Linux and Steam on their PS4s.

Dudewitbow,

yeah psr could run it if you have an exploited console.

the only console to officially at some point allow for it was the PS3 though.

Alternatively, any xbox one/series is technically capable of running windows in the cloud so you could theoretically get a very expensive cloud pc running on it.

CorrodedCranium, (edited )
@CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I would say the Steam Deck is excluded. I specified against PC knowing people would either mention the Steam Deck or the Henry Cavill preferring PC meme.

I feel like otherwise Steam’s old Steam machines could also fit under the definition of being a console.

I suppose the unique portable hardware does make a good argument but the way I look at it game developers, for the most part, aren’t making games for the Steam Deck. They are making them for PC and I feel like that’s a big reason why I don’t consider them consoles. I also feel like that’s why devices like the ROG Ally and Steam Deck are considered handheld gaming PCs and not handheld gaming consoles.

jmcs,

The PS2 can run linux. And the PS3 could run Linux too before Sony killed it.

CorrodedCranium,
@CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

Most consoles from the sixth generation onward can run Linux. The Wii, Xbox 360, original Xbox, Nintendo DS, and PSP can all run some form of Linux.

I’d still say that’s bypassing the restrictions of the console so it can be something else. It’s like installing DOOM on a smart fridge and calling it a gaming console.

algernon,
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

I disagree. It’s a gaming console. It is marketed as such. It’s primary purpose is to run games. By the way, you can browse on the Xbox. And because it has a full-blown browser, you can even use Office365 if you attach a keyboard and a mouse. So lets disqualify that too? :)

stardust,

Can it run movie editor, code, blender, etc? How many people could be given an Xbox that doesn’t intend to game with it and use it for productivity?

By that loose definition Windows is a console too, since Steam can be launched with big picture mode so the device has a simplistic UI at launch that can be navigated by a controller.

algernon,
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

Yes, it can run all that. You may have to jump through a few hoops (just like in the case of the Steam Deck, just different hoops), but it can run all that.

I’ll also turn your question back to you: how many people use the Steam Deck for productivity, rather than for gaming, which is its intended purpose? And does it matter?

Like it or not, the steam deck is a gaming console, even if you can run non-game stuff on it too. Heck, even stuff like the Game Boy had (official!) accessories like the Game Boy Camera and Game Boy Printer, which were both useful outside of gaming. Does that stop the Game Boy from being a (retro) gaming console? There’s an ongoing project to provide productivity apps for the Game Boy (though, arguably, it did not ship yet, but you can extend the game boy with a cartridge in whatever way you can imagine).

Or, you can use your SNES as a MIDI Synthesizer (www.supermidipak.com)! No modding or anything necessary, it’s just a regular cartridge. Can it be used for fun? Yes. Is it a game? No. You can do a lot of stuff with an SNES cartridge that has nothing to do with gaming. There was even a cartridge that let you play online games on the SNES (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XBAND) - but not only games, it also let you read and write messages to other people. You didn’t need to go into “desktop mode”, nor install a browser, nor do anything special. You plugged in the cartridge, and it worked. It was far less locked down than the XBox or even the Steam Deck! Does that disqualify the SNES (or the game boy) from being a gaming console?

stardust, (edited )

To me a PC is something that has less restrictions to be able to do what you want out of the box.

If Steam Deck is a console then PC is a console to me too.

So then my answer to the thread for console is PC.

algernon,
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

So then a Game Boy is a PC, and so is the SNES, and the SEGA Genesis. Cool, cool, makes perfect sense.

Myself, I think the wikipedia definition is far better than yours.

stardust,

By your definition I don’t see why PC wouldn’t be a console, since being to do some things doesn’t exclude it. And why exclude PC as console just because it can do a lot of things.

algernon,
@algernon@lemmy.ml avatar

There’s a very important difference between what you can do with a thing, and what the thing was intended for, and what it is best at doing.

stardust, (edited )

Wikipedia that you referred to before calls Steam deck a handheld gaming computer. If Steam Deck is a console why wouldn’t a gaming PC fall into the category of console.

This all seems arbitrary. It is all subjective anyways. You can see steam deck as different from PC. I’ll look at Steam Deck and PC as the same. So to me both are either console or PC.

You can also take it up with valve for their it’s a pc comments. Even the reveal they did with ign calling it a handheld gaming PC.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLtiRGTZvGM

Even the Steam Deck store page description is

All Steam Decks (both LCD and OLED) are powerful, portable, PC gaming devices made for comfort and a console-like experience.

At best described as “console-like experience”

Steam Deck has a user-friendly interface specifically designed for its gamepad controls. Its software and operating system are tailored for Steam Deck, making it the easiest way to get into PC gaming.

store.steampowered.com/steamdeck

This is also a nice watch of Gabe talking about the openness of the PC ecosystem and how if you want to you can install epic game store or run oculus quest on the Steam Deck. Take what you will from it but I feel like Gabe and the people who worked on the Steam Deck see it more as a PC than console.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kO6Dj2XNfY&t=588

bionicjoey,

All modern consoles are like that, but not necessarily all consoles. Older ones had more specialized hardware architecture

CorrodedCranium, (edited )
@CorrodedCranium@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

They all run mainstream operating systems, and are basically locked down PCs in a fancy box.

I feel like Xbox is the only console running a mostly mainstream OS. The Playstation series is based off of FreeBSD and but I think that’s at a base level and a majority of what’s added is custom proprietary code. Considering gaming on FreeBSD really doesn’t surpass Quake I’d say it’s quiet different.

I’ve seen the Switch’s OS described as

Proprietary OS, derivative of Nintendo 3DS system software (partially Unix-like via certain components which are based on FreeBSD and Android)

warmaster,

Plus, it would have new games until the end of time. Although simpler graphics each gen, due to incremental sysreqs.

heatofignition, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

If you think she might like a 3D platformer that’s also one of the best ever licensed property videogames, give SpongeBob Battle for Bikini Bottom a try. The original was the first videogame I think I ever finished, and I thought the remastered version from a few years ago is very well made.

Also this game is how I got my girlfriend to start playing videogames

Epzillon, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

I played Minecraft with my gf before but she didn’t really enjoy it. The only game I’ve seen her play a lot of is Civ 6.

This time on Minecraft I started a server with some friends and she’s having a blast. She made a cute little house and she has built a “girl-cave” where she and her friend shares cake. It’s so wholesome.

In case you she’s new you could probably play a LAN world on peaceful. That’s what I did back when I started.

Drummyralf, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

Games that I played with my wife that wr thoroughly enjoyed

--------COOP-------- -Unravel two. Great cute platformer where it doesn’t matter if one player isn’t that great at platformers. A mpving stoey with beautiful graphics and fun coop.

It Takes TwoA platforming game with a great story. Good feels all around

-Stardew ValleyMany people already suggested this. It’s amazing. Super addictive, great coop, but can be played singleplayer as well if you’re not around

- Trine seriesAnother great platformer series. Difficulty can easily be adjusted (by allowing lifting boxes with people on it with wizard). And can also be played solo.

Escape SimulatorGreat escape room game with many small escaperooms that take about 10 to 15 minutes each to solve. Solo and coop.

-OvercookedGreat hectic coop game. I find this game quite hectic and exhausting to play for a long time, but my wife couldn’t get enough of it. Even when she was tired. Best to play coop, can be played solo.

-------SINGLEPLAYER------- My wife enjoyed management style games a lot, where you had no time pressure of any sorts.

- Strange HorticulturePuzzle game where you try to find the right plants by deductions. No time pressure, very relaxing. Only single player, although you could play it together.

Planet ZooProbably the best zoo management game out there. Wife was addicted to it for months

Planet CoasterSame as above, but with theme parks

**Cities Skylines (first one)**Great city planner

Hope this helps!

nutsack, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

i played civ 6 with a non-gamer partner and it was pretty fun

Maalus, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

It’s funny how people overestimate what a person that never gamed can do. OP, Factorio is constant precise clicking with an unintuitive UI if you haven’t played any games. So is Satisfactory and similar others.

Start with things casual gamers play. There is a reason Sims is so popular. If you want to later (muuuch later) introduce her into the FPS genre - Portal 2. It has very little controls to remember, and very rarely is there any action that needs to require dexterity in aiming. Also, Valve invisible tutorials are awesome for new gamers.

cottonmon, (edited )
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah, I played It Takes Two with my gf last week and she had trouble with the most basic jumps because she couldn’t use the keyboard and mouse at the same time. It might be easier with the controller, but moving a character and the camera at the same time is surprisingly hard to learn for beginners.

The best recommendations here are the games with extremely simple controls. I think Vampire Survivors was a good pick since you only need to use the keyboard for most of the time. Adventure games was another good recommendation since it should only require the mouse.

Honytawk,

Yeah, I’d also recommend more casual games.

Good that she likes organizing, but Factorio is way over the head of any non-gamer. Doubt it would keep her entertained for long. Its only great if you like micromanaging and meticulously playing around with game mechanics. Which usually only happens after being exposed to gaming long enough.

It Takes Two is much better for a beginner since it isn’t a punishing game.

Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime is an other great couple game.

We were Here if both of you like puzzles.

Dark_Arc,
@Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

Yeah, I played It Takes Two with my gf last week and she had trouble with the most basic jumps because she couldn’t use the keyboard and mouse at the same time.

This is probably a stupid question … but it was an actual mouse right? Like we wasn’t using a touchpad?

So many OSes default to the touchpad being disabled while typing and that causes big issues for WASD keyboard and mouse games.

cottonmon,
@cottonmon@lemmy.world avatar

Yes, she was using a mouse

Dark_Arc,
@Dark_Arc@social.packetloss.gg avatar

Okay, totally fair just checking for my own curiosity 🙂

stardust, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

Dark Picture games with it being coop and story driven so easier for new comers to get into with less reflexes being involved.

WeebLife, do games w What games do you recommend for my girlfriend?

Visual novels are an option.

Krudler, do games w Emulation

Squarez Deluxe.

License was changed to Freeware and it’s one of my all time favorite DOS games.

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