Review Lenovo Legion Go Review: Bulky, Switch-Like Gaming PC

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I game on 40" fullHD tv, and I would not go under 32". 32" is minimum for any serious gaming. Portable gaming is good for Tetris or snake.
 
I just purchased the 2TB version at Microcenter. I don't find the Legion Go bulky, but I am used to the Steam Deck and this isn't much larger (11.8 x 5.15 x 1.61 vs 11.7 x 4.6 x 1.9) especially if you consider the screen size difference. Pros: Screen, comfort, joy sticks, D-pad, mouse responsiveness (and that it has one...looking at you Ally), performance (confused/strange on Tom Hardware's test results) mouse scroll wheel, kickstand, button feel and placement (see con as well), not having to use Heroic Launcher for non Steam games. easy to add games to the game launcher and usually show up without issue. Cons: FPS counter works ~5% of the time (installed MSI Afterburner), battery life, default VRAM set to 3GB (can change via BIOS, but not in Legion Space), Legion Space needs more features, and to remove game advertisements.

All in all this is what I have been waiting for. More versatile than the Steam Deck, larger screen, and a lot of power for a handheld. There are some bugs that need to be ironed out, but the same can be said for both the Steam Deck and ROG Ally when they first launched. Thankfully this isn't really "Switch like" as that thing is mostly a first party app machine that gives me hand cramps 😉.
 
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Hm... this fills a certain niche, it's nice to have an alternative, but I would not buy this vs a switch for portability (size) or due to exclusives on there if I was on the Nintendo game bandwagon, and then again, I'm not sure I'd prefer this one over the Steam version with the solid Linux support and less overhead than Windows.

That being said, if your niche is portable windows gaming, this might fill it for you.
 
I can't imagine using something 40% heavier than the Ally in a fully portable fashion. As it is the Ally is heavier than my 12.6" Android tablet which is about my limit for long term usage.

I'm also surprised there wasn't a consistent performance advantage for the Legion over Ally given that it has ~17% more memory bandwidth even accounting for the extra ~11% pixels in the 1280x testing.
 
peterf28 said:
I game on 40" fullHD tv, and I would not go under 32". 32" is minimum for any serious gaming. Portable gaming is good for Tetris or snake.
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Why do you need to have a 32"+ screen to be a 'serious' gamer? IMO 27" monitors are still pretty great especially if you can fit two of them or a double ultrawide instead of a 32" monitor. I have a 27, 32, and 55 inch OLED in front of me right now and would consider any of them for 'serious' gaming.
 
helper800 said:
Why do you need to have a 32"+ screen to be a 'serious' gamer? IMO 27" monitors are still pretty great especially if you can fit two of them or a double ultrawide instead of a 32" monitor. I have a 27, 32, and 55 inch OLED in front of me right now and would consider any of them for 'serious' gaming.
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I thought most "professional" gamers used 24" high refresh screens. I guess they are not "Serious gamers" 😉. I use a larger screen personally, but would never tell someone they are not a serious gamer because of screen size.
 
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helper800 said:
Why do you need to have a 32"+ screen to be a 'serious' gamer? IMO 27" monitors are still pretty great especially if you can fit two of them or a double ultrawide instead of a 32" monitor. I have a 27, 32, and 55 inch OLED in front of me right now and would consider any of them for 'serious' gaming.
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Once you go 32"+, you cannot go back ..
 
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