What games are your currently plaything through on your deck? Would you recommend them to other players?

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    1 year ago

    Just finished Doom 2016. Runs smooth as silk, and the controls are great. Just starting Hollow Knight now.

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      1 year ago

      Good to hear about more people playing Hollow Knight. It’s excellent, and I highly recommend avoiding story spoilers until you’ve finished the main quests.

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        1 year ago

        Tiny text and 40s eyes cause me to want to play a lot of stuff docked, but Hollow Knight was a fantastic experience on the Deck.

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    1 year ago

    I have a Diablo 4 addiction. It runs surprisingly well on my Deck. Only problem is it requires the internet, so I can’t play it anywhere outside of the house.

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      1 year ago

      I’m baffled by how poorly Diablo 4 handles “mediocre” connections. I have been using T-Mobile Home Internet for a while and I’m even able to stream GeForce Now reasonably well, but I run into lag spikes on Diablo 4.

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        1 year ago

        I don’t think it’s a network problem. I think Diablo has a memory leak that causes issues that are especially noticeable on the Steam Deck. I’ve heard it’s getting patched out soon, but not sure where I got that info from. One of my Discord friends I think…

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          1 year ago

          I can pretty well track my performance issues to network performance. If I play in the morning when TMHI is performing better I don’t see any issues, while in the evening when the network is congested I run into lag.

    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyzOPM
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      1 year ago

      I know I’ll probably pick it up eventually, but I wanted to wait and see if Blizzard ruined the game through the early patches. Diablo 3 eventually turned out good, but playing during the launch year was a rough experience.

      Besides, if I wait long enough there’s now hope they’ll release it on steam.

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        1 year ago

        I was actually quite impressed with how Blizzard revived D3 with Reaper of Souls and its Item 2.0. They had some really bold and new (for the time) ideas and it worked.

        But that was Blizzard of old and I have very little faith that they’re able to pull the same revival off on D4. The campaign was interesting, sort of, but beyond that: an awkward compromise between D2 and D3, and without the panache of either.

        I suppose it’s worth playing at least once.

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    1 year ago

    Dave the diver. Game keeps so surprising me, its so good! 30 hours in and it feels like i just started, works flawless on the deck aswell.

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    1 year ago

    I’ve been playing a lot of No Man’s Sky, but just picked up Shadows of Doubt and have been having a blast with that.

    Shadows of Doubt has a weird bug where loading into the initial menu takes several minutes instead of a few seconds. Edit: Update came out today that fixed this! Haven’t figured out why yet, but the developer is working on a fix and the game runs pretty decently outside of that. Using a community control scheme is recommended because the default controller scheme leaves something to be desired.

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      1 year ago

      I picked up Shadows of Doubt a month or so ago and it seemed quite juddery (on my PC mind, not the deck). Has the performance improved over time? It really seems like a game I could sink my teeth into but the performance issues made me put it down for now

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        1 year ago

        I know the dev’s current priority is fixing bugs and performance issues, so it may run better now than when you tried it.

        It runs acceptably on deck. Inside performance is great but the fps would tank outside. I had to disable a lot of the visual effects and drop the resolution slightly to keep a stable 30 outside. Honestly looks pretty good though even on the lower settings.

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        1 year ago

        Fanatical actually has it on sale right now for 30% off. Biggest sale on steam so far is just a 20% sale, so the fanatical deal is pretty good.

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    1 year ago

    I’m hoping to get a chance to start Elden Ring and Middle Earth Shadow of War this weekend

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    Grim Fandango! The Steam Deck is perfect for finally tackling my backlog of older games. Also finished 198X recently which was short but good.

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      1 year ago

      198X seems cool. I tend to play lots of older games on my deck too, mostly old DOS/Windows releases which can run with Wine/Proton or Dosbox for me.

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    1 year ago

    Finished Dave the Diver, loved it!

    Now playing Halls of Torment, have played and finished Vampire Hunters, HOT is a bit different, I miss the swinging music of VH. that said it’s fun to figure out and explore HOT.

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    Link’s Awakening on my spare time. I’ve also spent several hours modding Skyrim, eager to see how that turns out

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      1 year ago

      Can you please describe how you made Link’s Awakening run on the Deck? Is it the new, remastered version that is currently available for the Switch? I’m interested in getting Twilight Princess for the Deck somehow…

      • Kenny Bell@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        I emulate it using Yuzu. Ryujinx might be an option, but I haven’t tried it because it runs great on Yuzu already. If you’re looking to install several emulators, give Emudeck a try. There are several guides around to get everything ready (don’t rush it!).

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          1 year ago

          Thanks for the pointers! Is there a way to legally obtain ROMs for these games if I don’t own actual physical games? I don’t even know if WII could have games delivered online, or it only used physical cartridges.

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            1 year ago

            You’re asking the wrong person :)

            I would think there is no way for Wii games without physically owning them.

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    1 year ago

    Played again The Outer Worlds and DLCs a couple weeks back and preferred the deck experience over my first play-through on the XBox. Currently playing High on Life and I’m not really convinced, way to linear and controls are… not really optimal.

    All time favorite: No Man’s Sky, Stardew Valley, Witcher3