I gave up on installing Immortals through the EA app last month. I got to the installation part but then it always failed trying to install Microsoft C++ dependencies.
Does it work better with NonSteamLauncher to take care of those issues?

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Played this for roughly 10 hours by now.
Overall very enjoyable.
4 things that make it feel fairly different from Lethal Company:

• There's a big focus on hiding. In Lethal Company your only real option is to run away. In R.E.P.O. there's plenty of cover in every room, allowing you to stay close to most enemies.
• There's no time limit, making it overall less stressful and gives you more opportunity to wait for the right moment.
• The levels are structured in a relatively linear way and you have to bring items to dedicated checkpoints, requiring you to push further into the facility.
• The physics based mechanics are very fun and make the more expensive loot feel like a puzzle. We had some pretty rough situations to solve so far.

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I never thought about this before but since those recompilation projects don't require BIOS or other console software to run, would they be legally safer than emulation? For modern consoles you pretty much need proprietary code (re-implementing would be too time consuming) to run games.
There's probably still something regarding modifying code under DMCA in question but at least to me it sounds safer.

Also, nice thing with the new version of the mod manager. I heard that the developers were accommodating with patches addressing Linux issues but actually having a native version is miles better. Couldn't get mods for Sonic Frontiers working, so it might soon be time to try again.

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It Take Two removed the EA requirement at some point, if I remember correctly. Relatively recently too. I still played through it when it was required.

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Darn climate change increasing videogame prices :angry:

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It is pricey but I'm genuinely interested in one of those desktops solely for the energy efficiency. You more or less get a full entry level PC under 100 watts. Electricity is only going to get more expensive and we seem to have a new global crisis every few years now, pushing prices further up.
Add in the fact that we seem to heavily start to stagnate now with overall performance improvements (and said improvements often needing even more power consumption) and I imagine one of those could last a decent while (not to mention it could make for a good TV console after it ages out as the main PC). It heavily depends on where you live but the savings from power consumption could actually make it worthwhile for some.
Give it 1-2 more generations and I might actually buy one.

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If there were a more powerful Steam machine to run the games and the list of supported devices gets regularly updated in the anti-cheat, I would almost accept it as a possible(albeit limited) solution. It certainly beats having to dual-boot Windows for me.

But man, does this feel like a mess. I would've hoped that Valve would at least throw some ideas into the room by now. But it seems like they'll leave it to the developers to figure something out.

At least the Steam Deck is still selling well. Pretty incredible considering that most major titles either don't run or barely scrape by on lowest settings. Gives me hope that we'll reach some threshold one day.

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The lack of upscaling aside from DLSS was baffling to say the least.
Here, have this game with mandatory raytracing and most settings only affecting VRAM usage. But offer enough upscaling solutions? Nah.

Also, XESS 1.4? Did I miss something? When did that happen? There isn't even a release on the Github page.

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Microsoft might be the most baffling one out of all of them.
They literally had the opportunity to bundle a store directly into the OS that's synonymous with PC gaming, especially at the time where Proton was many years away. They had the chance to dominate like with Internet Explorer.

And they failed. Badly. Apple and Google enjoy massive profits with their stores. Microsoft's consoles are falling behind.
And aside from Gamepass, their store is probably one of the last places someone would buy games from. Meanwhile, the Steam Deck shows people that PC gaming is getting very good outside of Windows and that it's not a requirement anymore.

It's genuinely fascinating just how much they fumbled in pretty much any aspect possible.

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I view it pretty relaxed. A Steam Machine is not a traditional console. They don't need to sell tens of millions to get developer support and they're not dependent on it to make money.
While all of the areas of improvement will impact sales(especially anti-cheat), I believe that it could still do decent numbers, even in its current state.

I do think that people understand that similar limitations like the Steam Deck apply and base their decision based on that. And as long as it increases marketshare, it's a win in my book.

But given the limitations, I do believe that they might need to focus on the lower end to compete. More in line with a Series S. It's a great little console that was butchered by the lack of RAM. As long as Valve doesn't make the same mistake, I imagine people would be interested.
A PC or PlayStation as the main device and an affordable Steam Machine to bring PC games to the big screen.
That's probably the best they could for a 1st generation device.

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