18th October
Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games we’ve been playing. This week, Tom wraps his hands around the Xbox Steam Deck with a silly name; Kelsey hits a wall in Silksong; Connor finds balance; Bertie bites lots of necks but gets bored; and Ed wishes for a bit more Sonic in Sonic Racing.
What have you been playing?
ROG Xbox Ally X
Despite the fact that it has one of the worst names for a handheld in a world where almost every handheld has a terrible name, I have spent a large chunk of time with the ROG Xbox Ally X this week. In short, if you hate all things Xbox and Windows, avoid this. If you don’t, this is a very nice handheld that runs modern, demanding games acceptably – something the old Steam Deck simply can’t do any more. Yes, it might have some Windows apps installed that I don’t need (I’ve seen chat online about MS Teams being on there), but frankly I wouldn’t have realised had someone not pointed it out on social media.
Hollow Knight: Silksong, Nintendo Switch 2To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Watch on YouTube
I’ve managed to sink just over 60 hours into Silksong now, and I’m just about ready for Act 3. I’ve only a couple of bosses and tools to mop up before I move on, but this has become a bit of an issue for me: I think I’ve finally hit a wall in Silksong.