cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/18054199
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.
My favorite low spec gaming setup is to load Xonotic on the shittiest computer I can find just to see if I can actually find a computer low spec enough that it actually starts struggling with framerate.
I am not sure it is possible without resorting to some old ass computers or a raspberry pi (which still might run it ok lol idk).
edit yes the pi 5 can apparently run Xonotic fine, I honestly find that hilarious for how insanely good of a fast paced pvp shooter Xonotic is, it doesn't seem probable or even possible and there may be good reason to think humans could have never developed such sophisticated but minimal technology, perhaps suggesting not only Alien Arena was developed by ancient aliens but also Xonotic
https://www.reddit.com/r/raspberry_pi/comments/19aqrj4/so_i_finally_started_playing_around_with_box64/
Also during the periods I haven't had access to a computer that I could play actual games on I end up playing a lot of Cataclysm Dark Days Ahead because it is one of the most amazing games ever and it will run on any computer period. Like... CDDA is so damn good utterly and encompassing as an RPG I end up enjoying those periods of gaming just as much.
It is a fork of a Quake Engine, so it's really no surprise it runs well even on a raspberry pi5. Try it on a pi3 ;)