Ok, so it arrived Monday morning. No instructions with it or anything but I'd prepared and watched a few videos on set up. Very straightforward.
Love the case it arrives with and its a beautiful looking little machine. I've made my Steam account appear offline for the time being as a couple of my Steam friends are work colleagues ๐
So far I have installed:
Katana Zero - brilliant game and plays very well on SD
Prey - i will now finally give this game some love
Hotline Miami
Divinity 2
Rimworld
Disco Elysium
Desperados 3
South Park Stick of Truth
So, what was i looking out for to start forming an opinion?
My no.1 concern was controls.
2nd was sound. 3rd was holding it for long periods of time.
I'll start with sound. It's amazing, with or without headset/ear buds they did a really good job. People were talking about fan noise. I've haven't heard them at all. Sound without headset is very loud and rich and I take my hat off to Valve on that.
But yes controls. I was a bit afraid to begin with that I would find them too fiddly. But I have been pleasantly surprised. Rimworld, the game I thought I would have most trouble with, has been a dream to play. The track pads work extremely well and there has clearly been some effort made to ensure user friendliness. I'm very happy.
For first person shooters, I'll wait until I've spent some time on Prey before fully feeding back. I still prefer keyboard and mouse but from what I have played of it on the SD it's very smooth so far.
With regards holding it, I can put it on my lap or if I'm in bed it's light enough not to be cumbersome or tiring.
So yes, after 3 days I'm very very happy. I'm going to Ramsgate on Saturday and it's only the possibility of me getting drunk there that's stopping me taking it for the journey, will see๐