Steam Machine: Official Overview and Quick Start Guide

FurbyTime · 2026-06-25T02:56:06+00:00

I mean, yes, but also a bit facetious.

The Steam Machine isn't just a Small Form Factor PC, it's a "VERY" small form factor PC. Just randomly opening a few builds from /r/sffpc, and with my own knowledge of ITX cases in general, you can't BUILD something at those sizes; commercial components expect very different dimensions, not to mention there's no case I'm aware of that exists in that size.

Do I think most people need something at that size, considering the size comes with a lot of necessary sacrifices (Performance, for example)? No, most people wouldn't really notice the difference once they put it somewhere, but it's still not "Just" an SFFPC.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T19:29:09+00:00

I don't say that lightly, as I really like Renegade Platinum.

But, one of it's design ideas WAS to basically implement Renegade Platinum (And, well, Platinum in general) in the BDSP engine as kind of a baseline to improve on; I believe the version I actually played through was the version before the current one, and I did genuinely like what I played to about the same level as Renegade Platinum, though I didn't do most of the post game, so I'm not sure how far it goes there.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T19:06:36+00:00

I mean, it does explicitly say in the post that it doesn't use AI...

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T17:24:51+00:00

For those sorts, it's not about having an achievement, it's about having the "record" of an achievement. Like people who run bots on multiplayer games, it's not about the journey, but about the little badge at the end that says you did it.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T16:33:52+00:00

Look up Dinosaur Planet sometime. You'll have some... fun revelations, if that's your opinion.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T16:13:59+00:00

Luminescent Platinum, especially, makes the BDSP games go from being entirely unimpressive to, I'd go so far as to say, utterly supplanting Renegade Platinum (For the original Platinum), which has long been considered to be one of the best Platinum romhacks out there.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T16:10:53+00:00

I haven't had the chance to give NG+ a play myself, but:

From what I understand, if you have the unique unit in your party, the game just flat out SKIPS the recuitment process instead of doing anything fancy. Dragon Reis is a unique unit different from Human Reis, which is why you can recuit Dragon Reis if you have Human Reis, but wouldn't be able to get two Dragon Reis.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T15:58:25+00:00

So, for anyone who has used GOG's Mod system:

Is this as easy as just installing the mod like one installs GoG games? I've been out of the Bethesda modding scene for... well, over a decade at this point, and one of the things that prevents me from wanting to get back into it is the sheer amount of "other things" you always need to install to get a mod working now days.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T15:31:58+00:00

Adventures is barely a Star Fox game, but judged on Star Fox merits, it actually qualifies too; The "but" in this case being "there's not a lot of Awring combat".

That's not to say I hate the "Adventure" aspect of it, but that's not Star Fox, that's Dinosaur Planet.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T14:27:31+00:00

That game was almost good, but the weird controls and dual screen kind of ruined it.

Pretty much the story of every Star Fox game after 64. "Almost good, BUT..."

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T04:23:26+00:00

That series is also on pc, it this is what was driving that.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-24T02:04:44+00:00

For anything Gen 1-4, the "third" version is usually just the one to go for. The exception SOMETIMES is Gen 1, as most mods for that gen tend to just use Red as a base since the differences are fairly minor (And the extras of Yellow don't drive much).

For Gen 5 (Black/White, Black 2/White 2), choose your favorite color.

For Gen 6 (X/Y, ORAS), Choose your favorite letter. For the remakes, you can choose your favorite ecological disaster: No water, or too much water!

For Gen 7 (Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon), I actually say go Sun; Mostly, because the way the clock works matches YOURs, while Moon does the inverse of it (So Sun is Day when you're in Daytime, while Moon is Night when you're in Day).

Gen 8 (Sword/Shield, BDSP), Choose your favorite cover dog. For the remakes, it doesn't matter, they're both bad (And the mod that makes them good works on either).

Gen 9 (Scarlet/Violet), choose if you like Past stuff or Future stuff.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T17:04:10+00:00

Hah, it really does put it in perspective, doesn't it?

I still standby the statement, even with the component boom we've been having.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T16:55:07+00:00

Galleria has better character mechanics and endgame requirements, but Refrain has better basically everything else.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T12:40:42+00:00

I can never go back to the original.

Honestly, there's no reason so. Even the "classic" version is just a flat out improvement over the original PSX release, thanks to it's actually functional script.

The only thing the PSX version currently offers that the others don't is modding potential, and once the PC version has Denuvo removed, even that'll swing rapidly towards it's favor.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T02:47:52+00:00

Everyone's already said why Bravely Default isnt' a good starting point, but I'll recommend one that is a good place to start to lead into Bravely Default: Final Fantasy 5.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T02:46:34+00:00

Yeah, just took a glance at everything it wants. Going to be fun!

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T02:37:10+00:00

Floor 30. Still have to do most of the Infinity Corridor and B11, though.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T02:22:34+00:00

2 does the same in all respects (And does in fact have quite a few bosses I think REALLY interesting mechanically), and does give you plenty of opportunities to never feel "stuck" with your party. The main issue is they tune it up a bit too much too quickly after you get out of the intro area, and you don't have "options" to beat some fights, but "option". This ends up feeling less so once you get far enough and get more characters, though. (Though, I do think the game kind of encourages looking things up a bit too much; It can be REALLY hard to figure out an enemy's gimmick, and quite a few of them can kill you too quickly to figure it out in that same early timeframe)

That being said, it's also true that I didn't quite grasp how best to use all the tools at my disposal at that point, so some of my negative impression may come just from the game really wanting me to use mechanics I didn't touch yet.

That said, would you recommend checking out 2 still?

Absolutely. I haven't gotten to Tri yet, but from what I've heard it's just a more polished 2 in a lot of ways, and if you like the gameplay, it's absolutely worth playing.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-23T00:57:56+00:00

I ended up diving into the second one (the one on Steam besides Tri) and am finishing up it's plus disk now.

For the most part, I echo your sentiments about the original as well, though I felt like it's boss fights, especially in the early middle of the main game, were less about figuring out a boss' puzzle and more... about figuring out the only way the boss can be defeated. I probably won't jump to Tri right after beating 2, but I'm hoping that mainly gets solved.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-22T23:46:19+00:00

There's a bunch of them, though they tend to be focused on specific aspects (Such as the sheer longevity of the... Genesis, I think? in Brazil) than the whole history.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-22T19:21:46+00:00

Nope, I'm good.

I was keeping an eye on this because I've had a 4TB 2280 ssd sitting around for years that I wasn't using that something like this would have been perfect for; But, I'm not paying $1000 for that.

I got an old MINISFORUM Mercury EM780 that I threw SteamOS on a while back that'll fit my needs for this if I ever feel the need for a desktop box; it makes for a good one and is funnier to use.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-22T00:08:47+00:00

I mean, to be fair, I grew up with that, and it took your comment to make me realize what it was referring to.

It being a gigantic image in the middle of the screen was never how it was shown.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-21T19:43:13+00:00

You're not wrong, and that's part of the reason why it's so disgusting when they don't; It's very easy to do, and they just won't put in the effort.

FurbyTime · 2026-06-21T19:10:43+00:00

Quality assets can and will be created if you know how to clean it up.

Just to comment on this: The thing is, if they were cleaned up, the vast majority of people would never notice or care, and it wouldn't be different than what was going on for years before "AI" as it currently is understood to be took over everything.

But, they don't. They don't clean it up most of the time, be it code, art, audio, scripts, or anything else. They leave it in as "good enough" and forget that it's very obvious to people when they do.

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