Hi guys! So, yeah…Which games are good for a nice gaming session while on a flight? Last time I played one of the newer Tomb Raider games, and while performance was good, it decked (heh) the battery in less than 1h… So, while I like these too, if the flight doesn’t have a socket under the seat I might want to play games that don’t kill the battery immediately. What’s your best/most addictive Deck games? Also, after the whole big N mess…how’s the Switch emulation these days?

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    Most 2d games give me solid battery life. Hades, balatro, dead cells, pizza tower, streets of rage 4 all kept me entertained through cross country flights with no external power. But really you should just get a fat battery pack, it’s just plain useful for keeping all your devices topped up.

    • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz
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      7 months ago

      Most 2d games give me solid battery life

      I can’t agree here, 2d games have the capacity to be extremely resource efficient but a lot of PC 2d games were developed by developers with monster gaming PCs and they never really bothered to optimize them.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
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        7 months ago

        Yeah I mean I definitely have games like Noita that are 2d and happily empty the battery in 2, 2.5 hours. Guess I was just speaking relatively to tomb raider, 2d games I can usually minimize the tdp with no performance impacts and carry on for 4 to 6 hours, compared to any average AAA 3d game that is going to have a hard stop around 1.5-3 hours.

        I figure a cross country us flight is around 4.5 hours, those games I listed proved they go the distance. I’m struggling to think of a single 3d title that would make it.