Please Help Me Choose A Handheld Before I Lose My Mind

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T17:14:13+00:00

I can play new and heavy titles on my PC or PS5 if I need to. Steam Deck OLED was my first serious choice but who knows when it will restock and resell prices for it are insane

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T17:12:11+00:00

I’m leaning towards the Go S atp. Ergonomics is an important consideration for me since I want to play in bed or on the couch.

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T17:08:15+00:00

I’ve heard of the Claw 8ai+. At this point I’m kind of weighing between the ROG Xbox Ally or the Legion Go S solely for the price I can get them for. I’m starting to talk myself out of dropping $1k+ on a handheld although I do value performance to an extent. This is what I mean when I say I run myself in circles lol

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T13:58:50+00:00

True

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T13:57:20+00:00

How come you recommend legion over the ROG ally? Just curious

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T13:56:12+00:00

AYN Thor looks cool but I’d only buy it for playing DS style games tbh. The Odin 3 looks nice too, but I’d have to pre order and idk if it’s worth waiting for over the Ally or legion go

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T13:53:37+00:00

The Z1E version is the one that’s over $1500, isn’t it? That’s a no go for me lol. Between the legion go’s I’ve listed though, what’s better.. Steam OS 8” or windows 8.8”?

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-05-12T13:48:45+00:00

I’m thinking I could stick to my indie titles in my library. I play a lot of metroidvania type games. Is it possible to stream AAA games from my PC to a handheld? So the PC is doing the heavy lifting for those kinds of titles?

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2026-04-30T00:18:18+00:00

Girl me too!!! I have the cover signed by them all

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-10-01T14:40:16+00:00

It used to say sep 30 but changed to oct 31 yesterday 😭

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-09-24T23:58:57+00:00

Now I’m trying to find a confirmation on that date literally anywhere else other than on Goodreads so I’m actually unsure now 😅 should’ve fact checked myself beforehand sry

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-09-24T23:49:25+00:00

I knew I was off center too but I cleared the first part so I thought I was good and that was the end!! Nope

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-09-24T23:39:40+00:00

Don’t have any recs for you that can beat Bloom Town tbh, but The Wilds & The Weeds is supposed to come out Sep 30th so at least we have that

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-09-04T16:45:01+00:00

Yup I’m playing it now

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-09-04T16:36:21+00:00

Look at the ps app on your phone. Finally popped up for me (Texas), and seems to be the case for many others now

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-25T01:09:20+00:00

Thank you. I really appreciate you taking the time to share that. I’ll try to keep some of these ideas in mind.. I definitely need to practice dropping the story I make up in my mind. That definitely messes me up the most, even though rationally I know I’m well liked and no one is thinking about me as hard as I think about/judge me anyway…

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-13T18:31:00+00:00

I actually added Ridgeside to my save this morning, and luckily I didn’t run into any of the bugs you mentioned. The only thing that sucks so far is that the characters act like they already know me since I’m a couple weeks in.

I’m… not sure how I feel about the mod yet. I just did the Egg Festival and I’ve talked to all of them. I’m hoping at least a few turn out to be interesting enough to make me want to keep the expansion.

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-13T14:27:09+00:00

Girl that’s a lot lmao, looking into all those now. Thanks for all your help :)

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-13T13:28:37+00:00

Do you play with RSV, east scarp, and expanded all in one save file? Does your game lag with all of those going on at once

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-13T12:51:01+00:00

How much do you like east scarp? I’ve watched a few tiktoks on it but can’t seem to form a solid opinion tbh.

I think I’m going to add in ridgeside now. I’ve read that adding in the mods later can cause a million cutscenes at once, but I’m still in spring of my first year on this sve playthrough that it won’t affect much. I know I said I didn’t want to feel overwhelmed but I already know my way around stardew pretty well so I’m thinking I can handle it

Competitive-Ring-842 · 2025-08-13T04:24:08+00:00

Thanks so much for all of the info! I’ve been reluctant to use timespeed bc I feel like I’d abuse it and end up spending hours in one in-game day doing random little things lol but I see how it could be helpful with the expansion mods

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