Finally got over my laziness and set Retro Arch up so both my PC and SD can play and sync easily
So I’ve been playing a bunch of old PS1 and GBA games for the last few weeks, Pokemon Emerald most recently
Having achievements in old games is addicting
I thought I’d have enough of Baldur’s Gate 3 by now, but I think I’m about to start my third playthrough. Even though performance sucks ass in the third act.
Did the last update help much? It was largely performance focused but I haven’t heard much about how significant the improvements are.
No, not really. I think it’s all the NPCs running around in the city. I bet that’s CPU bound, which is not that great on the Deck.
Baldurs gate 3, crosscode, and might give invisible inc or RimWorld a try. And some occasional Halo infinite, somehow it runs better on steam deck than my windows PC
Halls of Torment
Was playing a bunch of Pokemon Fire Red, but then unfortunately had to RMA my deck. Waiting on a replacement. Luckily i still have my SD card, and i cloned the SSD before sending it back.
Ouch, what happened to your deck? Also was it a new or refurbished deck?
New deck, albeit on the older side. The physical buttons just stopped working one day. By that I mean the d pad and A B X Y buttons would just randomly be unresponsive.
I’m still having a blast with Baldur’s Gate but I’ve been hearing good things about Armored Core and want to try it
It sounds like it runs pretty well on the deck! I’m excited to try it too once I’m done with bg3
rn i’m enjoying octopath traveler!
What are your thoughts? I started it this week. 7 hours into so far but I find the combat system boring.
i actually kinda like it. I’m really enjoying it, but i’m playing it really slowly, leveling up my characters and exploring every zone as much as i can.
You bring up a good point. I’m always trying to be productive, even with games…
I’ve been playing through Sea of Stars. I’ve been enjoying it so far. It’s music and aesthetic are fantastic.
Dave the diver, boltgun, and SNES roms
Sea of stars, valhiem, and deep rock galactic.
Rock and stone!
Just got it two weeks ago. Darkest Dungeon and Disco Elysium mostly. I tried a few oddball titles that I was curious to see how well they played. It’s hit or miss but that’s expected. Strategy/map heavy games aren’t likely to play well on any console controller.
Since you’re somewhat new, here’s some general advice for having a good experience with unusual games:
For games that don’t run well, be sure to check protonDB to see if there’s any known fixes for issues.
As far as controls go, when a game doesn’t play well with a controller, you’ll want to check community control layouts. There are usually some really good layouts that make playing much more viable, even if it can’t compete fully with mouse and keyboard.
I forgot about the community layouts!! Shame on me, i even own the og Steam controller that pretty much needed it for every title.
TBH I was just sort of testing out. I don’t have a whole lot of need to play CK3 or Rimworld on a handheld but I’ll check out my controller options for other titles.
Any tips on streaming games instead of installing locally?
I personally haven’t messed around with streaming games, so I’m afraid I don’t have much advice to give there. In addition to the native Steam streaming there are alternate streaming options like moonlight (if you have a nvidia graphics card) that might give a better quality stream.
I bought Forza Horizon 5 on sale, and then immediately fell into buying Sea of Stars. So splitting time between the two.
Edit: Oh! And Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! Forgot about that.
Been playing Risk of Rain 2 quite a bit on both my PC and my Deck. Other than that, I’m going through Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time.
How’s your framerate for CP2077? If you’ve got it stable, would you mind sharing your settings?
I played CP2077 as the second game on my deck and put way too many hours into it. I used the stock deck performance recommendations that were provided from Steam with a refresh lock at 30fps and I haven’t noticed any issues. Ran smooth throughout all of my play.
Hi! I do have it fairly stable, but with a 30fps cap. I rarely see significant framedrops. Here are a bunch of screenshots with all of my settings, TDP included. Hope this helps!
Started playing Fallout New Vegas for the first time on the Steam Deck.
Can’t mod it unfortunately, because it’s the GOG version. And it’s pretty ugly. But the tutorial area git me interested a bit. Let’s see how far I venture into the wasteland…
Just started Trine 5 and I’m very excited to play this En Garde game that came out a few weeks ago.
