I can't play anything that requires precision aiming with a controller.
A Steam Controller though? I'm way better. Especially with the gyro aiming or micro adjustments on the touchpads.
I know they are discontinued but as someone like you who had a rough time with those types of games without a mouse, I'd see if you can find a steam controller on ebay or something.
But I don't play FPSes at all any more really. And with games like cyberpunk, I'm always more stealth than action oriented so it hasn't been a problem. And when I have to use a normal controller and am forced to aim, I heavily rely on aim assist settings. I don't care 😂
Personally I stopped custom roms a while back. I'm not hardcore in the anti-google camp though.
If you are, obviously custom roms will be all you should be looking at. Tons of good recommendations in this thread already.
If you're not in this camp though, the default pixel experience has been great for me and might be for you. I find it the least annoying of the oem experiences (not cluttered in features I'll never use, simplified settings menu where I've never had to use the search on since it all made sense etc).
I'd say use the stock rom for a few weeks. If you hate it, custom roms are always there for you.
If you have a file manager app installed you should get that as an option for most content (I use Amaze).
This was pretty much my reaction as well.
Ah OK. Every time someone asks how to find other communities, I see that Lemmy Explorer site linked, which is why I searched there and was confused why this community wasn't on there.
Nice to know it's showing up in other indexers though.
I checked that Lemmy Explorer site and searched for "patientgamers" and this community don't show up.
Just the ones on lemmy.world and sh.itjustworks
I was just wondering how you all found this place. Are you all on lemmy.ml?
Does this community show up on any lemmy indexer?
Like others have mentioned, I am in the same boat of having multiple communities to follow with the same name but on different instances and I forget about others or (more likely) don't even know that others exist.
It does bug me that I can't group communities that exist on different instances together. It would be nice to be able to subscribe to a collection of communities that I can give a label to.
A way to group all patientgamers communities together would be a huge help.
It's just the way the whole federation stuff works I guess. And I like it...Except for when I don't 😂
Thanks!
It's more like thanks to everyone who has been posting and commenting in the last year and keeping the tone/mood of this place chill, inviting and friendly, which is all I wanted.
Hey everyone,
We're coming up on a year anniversary (I think) of this community and I thought I'd do some giveaways to celebrate that.
It's semi-annoying that not all game stores have digital gift cards you can purchase so there are a few options here.
For the gifted games / gift cards it'll be capped at $30 -- after all, we're talking about old games here right? If you want a few games that total up to $30, that's cool too.
I'm going to pick two members at random from those who reply here as the winners.
Just comment with what option you prefer, and ideally tell us about what game you'd like to get (I'd prefer to limit the low-effort comments if we can. I like the discussions people have here so please do try to comment more than just "#1" ).
I'll sticky this post and will leave it open for 2 weeks (end of April is the deadline)
Thanks for keeping this community a cool place with good discussions!
This contest is officially over!
The 2 randomly chosen winnders are:
Congrats!
I will be messaging you both individually to get your email addresses or steam/gog usernames so I can gift you your games!
Thanks again to everyone again for keeping this place going!
This has definitely been the case with me as well. Especially as I got older and had less time to play anything.
I've always been partial to story over mechanics though. I just think the preference has tilted much further in favor of story games now.
This seems to be a bit more general gaming news and less a good fit for patient gamers.
Wow that's an amazing run you've given that kindle! I used to have that one as well, years ago.
If you are sticking in the Amazon/Kindle world, then a new Kindle (whether you go with the base Kindle or the Paperwhite) you'll have a much faster experience for sure. The newer eink readers now can do several page turns without any real visual flash of the refresh. It's a small thing but very nice.
The Paperwhite has a backlight which is helpful for night reading. You'll also get dark mode in the new software (not sure if your keyboard kindle has stayed up to date with software updates or not). Also there's waterproofing.
The base kindle just loses the light and the waterproofing.
If you're not going to stick with Amazon, take a look at the Kobo readers. They're a great alternative to people not stuck in the Amazon world.
Yup! I see there's another Patient Gamers on another instance too:
https://lemmy.ml/c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works
I think when I start getting to the subscribing functionality in my summer lemmy app project I'll try and add some type of grouping.
Would be nice to have the multireddit type functionality to see a combined feed of communities with the same name that you follow on various instances.
There was an article recently talking about how forums are still around. Has a decent list too:
https://aftermath.site/best-active-forums-internet-today