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Pemalite said:
Laptops aren't like desktops. You pay more for the equivalent performance, vast majority of laptops like yours are extremely low-end devices that aren't great/meant for gaming to begin with.
It works both ways as well. People are entitled to reply and criticise your points. If you don't like it, you aren't forced to read or reply to them. :P |
I was never under the assumption that it would play the latest games well, just underwhelmed that recommended specs that seem close don't mean anything. Some games run great, some have a lot of problems, not all scales well. My original point was about convenience, you never have to check or wonder if something will be playable on console. Then again, Steam nowadays has a no questions asked refund policy which takes the risk and guess work away, just not for Kickstarter games obviously. The minimum specs of Dreamfall chapters are far below my laptop, Core 2 Duo 2Ghz, Intel HD Graphics 4000, yet on the lowest possible settings it's still unplayable.
It was again the convenience why I mentioned the overscan and font issues. I set my projector up to overscan on purpose (project on the black velt) to remove unwanted artifacts in certain shows. It's only ever a (minor) problem when I connect my PC or laptop.
I enjoy PC gaming a lot, there are tons of great things which I have mentioned before as well. Currently my kids (and I'm peeking in now and then) are enjoying Pokeman Go on my laptop. With the current heat advisories probably the best way to play. I've put 9 months combined into Elite Dangerous on my laptop, much more than any console game. What kept me going was being able to participate on the forums at the same time, organize my screenshots and write a travel log during the down time. There's a lot of that in ED, which also makes it perfect to have it on in the background. Plenty other Kickstarter games have turned out well and run fine. Which reminds me, I should get back to The way, excellent puzzle platformer.
It's only the convenience factor I do not agree with. You can't go to the store to buy 'the thing' and expect all the games made for 'the thing' to run well for 6 to 10 years to come.
But the op probably meant convenience in a different way, closer to versatility. Which I fully agree with. The open nature of the system has always been very welcome, from modifying exe files with hex editors back in the 80's to simply editing a few ini files to get it the way you want. Or simply copy and replace that save game if it's one of those game over restart games :) If you want more out of your games, PC is the natural place to be.
