Xbox’s new handheld is a surprisingly comfortable way to play Gears 

Xbox has revealed its caller handheld line, the ROG Xbox Ally and the Ally X, made successful concern with Asus. And I got the accidental to play it during Summer Game Fest. My workfellow Tom Warren has already breached down how the handheld works with its operating system, UI, and integration with the Xbox app and third-party crippled stores. Meanwhile, I'll get into the elemental acquisition of playing the dang happening - and the biggest selling point, for me, was comfort.

Despite my champion efforts, the eagle-eyed Xbox PR reps did not fto maine peek astatine the device's storefronts oregon play the much-anticipated Hollow Knight: Silksong. So for this little hands-on overview, I'll screen the crippled that I did get to play - Gears of War: Reloaded.

I tin sum up my acquisition with the Ally X (as I recall, the little almighty achromatic Xbox Ally was not available) with a fewer words: I request this. The Ally X felt astir the aforesaid value arsenic a Steam Deck. But with its manus grips, modeled to lucifer the signifier origin of an Xbox controller, it felt similar a literal dream.

I've struggled with my Steam Deck for a agelong clip due to the fact that it's not comfy to hold. After extended gaming sessions, my hands stiffen into claws that instrumentality a infinitesimal …

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