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Lenovo Legion Go Review
09.02.2024 - 16:47 / mmorpg.com / Jason Fanelli
The portable PC market has exploded in recent years, with the Steam Deck and itsOLED counterpart leading the charge. We've seen entries from Asus ROG and Ayaneo along with Valve's breakthrough device, and now Lenovo has joined the battle with the Lenovo Legion Go.
As someone who is still new to PC gaming but LOVES handheld, I treated this review as a welcome challenge, both in learning more about the PC environment and in checking out games I might not have played otherwise. Luckily, I was assigned a competent companion, as the Legion Go is a bulky-yet-beautiful piece of hardware that brings the majesty of PC gaming wherever I go. I only wish it didn't run out of energy as fast as I do.
Specifications
Current Price: $649 (Amazon)
Lenovo Legion Go — Unboxing and First Impressions
When I first opened the box that housed my Legion Go review unit, my first thought was simply «wow, this is a thicc boi.» At 852 grams (1.88 lbs) with the controllers attached – and why wouldn't the controllers be attached? – it's nearly 25 percent heavier than its Steam Deck OLED (640 games, 1.41 lbs) counterpart and 30 percent heavier than the ROG Ally (608 grams, 1.34 lbs). While that might not seem like a huge difference, I definitely felt arm fatigue in extended play sessions – granted, «extended» should be in quotes there, but we'll get to that.
The carrying case is similarly bulky, but it does a great job protecting the Legion Go as I travel with it. It's made of a thick plastic exterior, with plenty of space for the device to sit in the specially-fitted area snugly and with room to move around if need be. I put this case through its paces – both intentionally while driving long distances and unintentionally with a few falls from a coffee table, yet the Legion Go was never affected.
My one gripe with the carrying case is, though it's perfectly suited for the device itself, there's no specific area for the charging cable to sit cleanly. The only way I can travel with the cable in the case with the device is to place it on top of the Legion Go, and that is begging for a shattered screen. A microfiber cloth over the screen between the two might suffice, but I was too nervous to even try it, electing to travel with the charger in a separate bag. This is a matter of convenience, of course, but an extra compartment for the charging cable would have been nice.
Lenovo Legion Go — Powering On
Powering on the device for the first time, I was wowed by the standard Windows interface. As I've said before, I'm not a PC guy usually, and my limited time with portable PC gaming devices like this was with the Steam Deck only. I was unaware that the Legion Go could become an extension of my home PC once I logged in and got everything
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