Lenovo Legion Go Review

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