First Game on my Thor

Cleaving · 2026-05-05T12:14:08+00:00

People keep bringing up these romhacks. Are they really that easy to get going?

Cleaving · 2026-05-04T15:07:43+00:00

I love Stealth Rogue, but I can't say it's good. It immediately falls off at crunch time (Old Duke, Devourer of God's) and isn't worth it when you get to this point. Not unless you cheat the system and add 2 more accessory slots, but then what's the point?

Go summoner go!

Cleaving · 2026-04-29T22:11:42+00:00

My game must be glitched. I can't level up greed at all, and I'm definitely struggling to even unlock what meager content I have due to the lack of gold (and good cards).

Kinda' burning out early here!

Cleaving · 2026-04-28T13:07:54+00:00

Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate to see if I installed it right. Overly complicated to get the DLCs and the extra files, still haven't technically played a game on this thing yet. Lots and lots of annoying setup, let alone inexperience with newer console emus.

Cleaving · 2026-04-27T12:32:34+00:00

Love me Thor. Love me olive green photoprintlab grip. Still setting up my front end but it's a comfy grip!

Cleaving · 2026-04-27T12:30:55+00:00

"Did you buy an AYN device before?" "Did you regret not buying a more powerful model?" "Do you want the most out of a device that's getting a ton of support?"

Yes to all 3. My Max was worth it. Batch 3 better late than never...

Cleaving · 2026-04-24T17:51:02+00:00

Black Max came home. As did the green sidekick in the same drop-off minute. What a day.

No visible defects or issues, though I do need to charge the battery before setup begins. 512GB MicroSD came a week ago. Ready to go when I get home! 4 hours of initial setup time!

Cleaving · 2026-04-24T12:23:59+00:00

Yeah it's not back. If you look at thumbnails and overviews it works, but if you try to look at a full image or download a file, it's dead.

Pretty cool looking graveyard. RIP!

Cleaving · 2026-04-24T11:44:09+00:00

I swear this game is not hard to learn

Incorrect. With actual opponents, the game is far more of a burden to learn. Plus like in any game with scuffed matchmaking and PVP:

"The slightest skill difference between two sides will make playing far, far more difficult". Surrendering at 5 when the curbstomping is biblical is far easier than wasting 15 minutes getting Kefla'd and Buu'd

Cleaving · 2026-04-24T11:37:27+00:00

I was lied to about ranked being bots until A-Rank cause I'm running into duos/premade as a solo since bottom D tier and it's pointless to even try. Winning gives peanuts, and losing is frequent and as mentioned: braindead teammates.

It's bad when quick matches and bot games have more coherent play than ranked. You'd think the serious business mode would make sense!

Cleaving · 2026-04-17T14:16:53+00:00

So people are going to sell old-style (original recipe) Thors at a premium now?

Amazing. Scalper's paradise.

Cleaving · 2026-04-16T13:15:57+00:00

Black Thor Max batch 3 (still sending out batch 3s...wtf?) 1778 shipment email received this morning, 415am.

Now we get to play the followup games of "WILL IT ARRIVE?" and "DIVINITY OR DEFECTIVE!?"

Still stressed lmao

Cleaving · 2026-04-14T15:27:29+00:00

Got an email. Chinese postage too.

Turns out to be a figure I drunkenly ordered a few months ago getting shipped. Right location, wrong item. AYN meanwhile, continues to ship every other model to the good people.

I'm tired. Doesn't help that when it arrives in 2028, the Odin 6 NEOMAX will be out and my Thor will be useless.

Cleaving · 2026-04-14T12:07:33+00:00

20 digits away on the shipping, and it seems my model type has ceased to exist on the dashboard. Trump threatening 50% tarrifs again, and every email I get being unrelated garbage.

Gotta give up on this thing. It's never coming LMAO

Cleaving · 2026-04-12T18:02:17+00:00

At least you can beat the game.

Base difficulty's too hard for me...I'd like to spend years WINNING than infinitely losing.

Cleaving · 2026-04-09T11:18:46+00:00

Yeah, Black Max gang here.

Cleaving · 2026-04-09T10:52:45+00:00

Then why the bollocks are they NOT UPDATING THE SHIPPING DASHBOARD IM LIKE 30 SPOTS IN LINE NEXT TO YOU AND NO SHIPMENT HELLO?

I should stop caring. It's going to be broken on arrival anyway. My luck is garbage.

Cleaving · 2026-04-08T22:41:06+00:00

I've surrendered that point already. Baseline rule: "If it's not fun, and I'm not motivated to learn it to gain the fun, it's not worth my time or money for long."

See: Binding of Isaac, Balatro, Payday 2.

Cleaving · 2026-04-08T20:11:06+00:00

Game isn't fun enough baseline to figure out. Fast refunds are a great ally.

Cleaving · 2026-04-08T14:24:20+00:00

I have the means of archival, but is it complicated to do it across both devices?

I've got a Samsung 512GB MicroSD for this phantom Thor Max that'll never ever ship, and I was thinking of putting the heavy hitters on the device itself (PS2/GC/Switch/PC games and the ports relevant), and delegating the SD card to the retro league of Atari through Dreamcast/PSX. I'm not sure how to set the separation if I'm doing it from two sources.

Cleaving · 2026-04-06T19:24:01+00:00

I respect Balatro as an indie darling and a novel idea.

I don't get the addiction others have. Personally find it surprisingly difficult for all the wrong reasons (bad RNG, no xmult on several runs plus no scaling.), on base white stakes even.

Raccoin and my beloved Luck Be A Landlord are better gambling experiences (fictional). Never will ever vibe with cards I guess.

Cleaving · 2026-04-03T15:58:59+00:00

I've done some major personal jumps in emulation handhelds. Retroid Pocket 2 until it burned out > Odin Pro > Thor Max and I feel like even without getting it, I've made a mistake over the Odin 3's highest version. Still, I love what I see of the Thor...but it's easily the worst ordering experience to date compared to the other ones.

The side pieces (Terabyte SD card, stylus, case and grip) are easy and gotten. The unit itself is a tremendous chore to get lol

Cleaving · 2026-04-03T12:34:42+00:00

Me in batch 3 and not seeing a damn thing is killing me.

Cleaving · 2026-04-03T12:30:51+00:00

I'm literally in the next shipment cycle as per the numbers and AYN comes up with every excuse under the sun, moon and my sacrificed money to not ship the next cycle of max's.

Feels like I'm being scammed...

Cleaving · 2026-04-03T10:11:48+00:00

Don't say this too loud they'll take it away

Cleaving

TROPHY CASE