I had a similar issue and honestly I would just recommend worrying about it later. Don’t force it, just try it when you have some free time.

I started off with dual boot to play with Linux and jump to windows when I need it. Then eventually to full Linux once I realized I never actually needed it to do all my work.

I recommend Linux mint as its the most similar to windows and is built for new Linux users. I tried Ubuntu first and the experience was pretty bad, but I learned much quicker in mint and had a much better experience right away.

Its definitely a mindset thing. In any game with any sort of competition, the majority of people seem to have this thought that “I must win”. And if they dont, then they are having a bad time.

I notice this alot in smash specifically when I play with new players, they put all this emotion into matches with nothing on the line. Then beat themselves over every loss.

I even get questions like “Why you did this dumb thing?” which sometimes leads them to thinking im trolling. Like bro, im playing for fun.

Or if im not sweating 24/7, “Are you sandbagging?” Dude, we are playing friendlies, this is not a tourney that decides my future career, its not that serious.

Its like people forgot what casual gaming was.

Casual multiplayer games still exist, but are pretty rare these days. Stuff like left 4 dead, minecraft survival, and halo minigame maps are all very casual. I would think VR multiplayer games are probably casual too but I never got into it lol

If you hate any social interaction with randoms at all tho, then I would still avoid those probably.

I dont understand what makes them “somewhat unfair”.

But I strongly agree we need more PvE stuff. I love competitive games, but they are so commital. More casual experiences would make it alot easier for me to try new games without too much commitment, and PvE sounds like it would fit in well.

People like games like those cuz of how rewarding it feels when you overcome it. With that said, its not for most people.

General rule of thumb is to update luma before performing a system update. If the luma version is old, then it wont support the latest 3ds update and wont boot to the home menu.

This doesnt mean its bricked, but that you are now forced to take out your sd card and update luma to boot to the home menu properly.

So just update luma, then do a system update and you are good. Worst case is that it fails to boot, you update luma on your sd card, and then boot just fine anyways.

Finally playing that game and the music blew me away.

Halo 2 music tho 😳

ODST is great too.

Original DS, only Red/Blue rescue team got a remake so far.

Explorers of Sky is the second in the series.

Wished it was on PC

As someone who doesnt mind 30fps, there shouldnt be games running at 30 on new gen hardware anymore lol

Smash bros in general is the biggest one I can think of, but minecraft too.

Spyro, Explorers of Sky, and Yoshi Island to name a few.

There is no haptics, just normal rumble. I also dont remember the xbox controllers having those either, I thought that was exclusive to ps5, then something new came out?

For my quick review of the pro 2:

Best dpad on a modern controller so far, but I still think it needs improving. (Still good for platformers tho)

Build quality is good overall with the grips feeling great.

Joysticks work good, but the small travel make them not ideal for fps precision games like halo.

Bluetooth input lag is not good, its bad enough that I exclusively use it wired. (I am very sensitive to input lag tho)

The cable that comes with it is not great and I had to replace it after about a year. (Any cable will work basically)

Overall I enjoy using it alot and often prefer it over the switch pro controller. Must have for retro gamers, but if you dont need a good dpad, then I would probably stick to the more traditional controllers.

Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky had poor reviews on IGN so I decided to give it a shot and it became one of my favorite games of all time.

I would but they never released it on PC still lol

All I know is that the campaign is apparantly trash and halo 5 multiplayer being alright. I know competitive players enjoyed it and it had the best forge possiblities during that era.