Few games demonstrate the disconnect between graphics and aesthetic like Metaphor: ReFantazio. A pure technical analysis would conclude that it has the fidelity of an early Nintendo Switch game at best, and yet anyone whose heart flickers with even the tiniest ember of sentiment will instantly fall in love with its lavish pause screen animations. Yes, this RPG has style for days, maybe even an entire calendar, and an upside of its more dated aspects is that it runs fine on the modest internals of the Steam Deck.
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AMD’s new Variable Graphics Memory lets laptop users reassign their RAM to gaming
Many laptops and gaming handhelds share a single pool of memory between the CPU and GPU—and sometimes you might want that RAM to boost your graphics performance instead. Now, AMD isn't forcing you to dive into a BIOS to redirect that power. The company's new variable graphics memory lets you convert up to 75 percent … Read more