/vr/ - Retro Games

>>10066931
Figured I may as well give a quick update before I head off to bed. For Monkey King it seemed to be fine. Made it to the end of Stage One, but died at the bird boss multiple times. Not due to the D-pad, more because I'm still trying to learn the attack pattern, game's just kicking my ass.
I feel like my preference for the D-pad just varies based on the game desu. For slower puzzle platformers or ports of retro games like Secret Agent HD and Monkey King I feel like it's absolutely perfect, for recent 2D platformers like Rayman Origins its still good though you'll still need to rebind the controls since it's not enabled by default. For some more "modern" playing indie games like Neon Abyss, I person wouldn't recommend it since by default it seems to have a "twin stick" approach to its design, though thankfully the analog sticks do a good job and the game genuinely looks gorgeous on the Air's 5.5" OLED display. Its small yeah but indie games with pixel art and retro 2D/3D games look great on it, which I feel like is the real strength of these handheld PCs more than anything. Its more preferable than playing the latest triple A release at 720-800p, lowest settings, sub 30fps with FSR or something.

Outside of being caught off guard when it turns out DHL Express charged me $59 for shipping that wasn't listed when I bought it, I really don't regret buying it. I like it as a nice little device that doesn't suck. Unless Ayaneo somehow screws the pooch when it comes to the Pocket Air, I think that should also be a nice little retro device but for Android users at least.