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’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

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

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    1 year ago

    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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    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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    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

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    1 year ago

    Track mania. It’s a little addictive. Though I’m not good enough to participate in the online events, yet.

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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…

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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.

          • Kenny Bell@lemmy.world
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            You’re asking the wrong person :)

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

  • Arcenus@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Blasphemous right now. Plays excel·lent bar some issues with resolution. Changing resolution can result in the game freezing when doing an attack, and it keeps happening even if you relaunch the game. I found somewhere that shutting off and on the deck solves it, and it’s true.

    As for gameplay having downed three bosses (+ the tutorial one at the start), it’s fun! Maybe too cryptic for my taste, I’ve had to open a guide a couple of times. But the gameplay it’s tight and challenging.