Anyone tried/use steam machine to run EU4/CK2?

[Ceodryn]

Hi,

I am a casual gamer, and mostly play on my macbook. However, playing on the TV may be an attractive option as it means my wife could be around doing her own stuff.

I saw a promotional video of EU4 on steam machine, and it seemed to work fine. I am curious if anyone is using one for real and using the steam controller with it, and your experience with both?

Thanks

 

[shiro the bushi]

casul gamer
-owns more paradox games then me..............
lying gets us nowhere

 

[HHC_Glen]

Hi,

I am a casual gamer, and mostly play on my macbook. However, playing on the TV may be an attractive option as it means my wife could be around doing her own stuff.

I saw a promotional video of EU4 on steam machine, and it seemed to work fine. I am curious if anyone is using one for real and using the steam controller with it, and your experience with both?

Thanks

I play EU IV & CK II on linux and they work fine. I cannot comment on the controller however there are lots of reviews of people using it for similiar styles of games (I watched one with it being used for Cities Skylines - which interfacing-wise is the very similar to EU IV)

(SteamOS is essentially a Valve distribution of gnu/linux)

 

[steveh11]

Surely there has to be a way of connecting a keyboard and mouse to a Steam machine?

 

[AlfredMV]

Surely there has to be a way of connecting a keyboard and mouse to a Steam machine?

There is, it's a normal computer.
For the op, it depends. Look at the specs and compare to the system requirements. I would go for the recommended or more, not the minimum. And if you end up not liking the controller it's not a big deal. Wireless keyboard and mouse should work well enough.

 

[AlfredMV]

I will add some recommendations if you need more help tho.

Alienware: good price and trusted, any will work well
http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/prod...ven1=sKy6uBShY&ven2=e&ven3=100103147245336665

The higher priced model isn't too much more expensive and adds a ton of storage and significantly better cpu (which is very important for paradox and other strategy games)

I honestly tried to find other steam machines and they all were over priced, this one is the only one I could recommend.