I'm playing through Far Cry 6, and it's running perfectly (Proton GE). I'm genuinely surprised by how good it works, even if that game chews my battery.
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Been mostly playing ToTK on switch like some here, though I think I'll have to give a few more attempts at P ranking some bosses in Pizza Tower soon, or perhaps try to 100% Hifi Rush
Would you say Hifi rush is worth the price in amount of content terms? I've been switherong on it for a while.
Sorry for the late reply! It’s really a question of how you approach postgame content. It’s a fairly short “linear campaign” with hidden challenges for level replays. For me the story was fun and the mechanics engaging enough to enjoy beyond the short playtime.
I still enjoy turning it on to do a few fights and enjoy the rhythm mechanics, might do a new play through.
Vampire Survivors for a while. Lately I just finished up a run through of Pokemon Red and just got started on a run of Pokemon Silver.
Im currently swapping between playing Rimworld, and Tape to Tape.
Tape to Tape is a hockey rogue lite that playes like classic nhl games with a bit of Mario Strikers.
How is Rimworld on the deck? I've seen that it's supposed to be "Verified" but it seems like a game with so much mouse-based activity that it would be really annoying to try to do on the deck.
Also, how does it handle mods? Because I may have... one or two... hundred.
Not the OC, but I personally wasn't fond of trying to play it on the Steam Deck. The UI just really lends itself to mouse and keyboard IMO.
I'm sure you could get comfortable playing on the Steam Deck with time, but there's definitely going to be an adjustment period.
As for mods, I probably don't have nearly as many as you installed, but it worked perfectly fine with the 5-6 mods I was using.
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Diablo 4 runs very well on the SteamDeck and has annihilated my free time
I've been streaming it from my PC onto my deck with Moonlight and love it as a handheld game. That said, being able to run in natively is more appealing, what kind of framerate are you getting on the Deck?
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I've been loving Hades, but I'm currently fighting to get done emulation working - although I didn't spend much time and I at least know, where I fucked up...
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Diablo 4 for me! Amazing performance, it can even run on Ultra but battery is sucked dry within 45 minutes
Have you tried lower settings to see if you get better battery life? Do you have any issues with the always online if you put it to sleep? I almost never exit a game on my steam deck unless I'm switching to a new one
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Been slowly working my way through Shadow of War, between probably a bit too much Against the Storm, Surviving Mars, Stellaris, and Timberborn.
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After religiously following the order number tracking efforts on the Steam Deck subreddit (finally got mine May '22) it's been my 'clearing the backlog whilst sitting with the significant other' device...heavily punctuated with Vampire Survivors and, lately, Diablo 4. It's a great little roguelike device -- stuff like Cult of the Lamb, Spelunky 2, and Rogue Legacy 2 -- that I can just play for a few minutes wherever the Heck I'd like.
I still find it like holding black magic. I'm a software engineer, and I understand how it works, but playing a Windows port of a PS4 game (like Horizon) in Linux in my hands is something I don't think I'll ever not be impressed by!
I got to ask: what's your secret on still clearing the backlog since that time? I've gotten mine since June '22 if I remember correctly, and my backlog-beating definitely got reduced.
+rep for Spelunky and Rogue Legacy 2! Really loved my short play session with RL2 when trying several games out for my backlog list, but haven't gotten back to it. Spelunky I adore, but I can't deny it's frustrating to get through it despite actually making progress after a while.
Big respect to Valve and CrossOver for turning Wine into something more usable for handheld devices running Linux (and now even macOS is profiting from it with their Game Porting Kit). There are still caveats, but it's definitely good enough for me. Software engineers like us can easily tweak with settings or improve compatibility with quick tricks compared to a regular Joe, but it's still impressive. I've always wanted to build a tiny Raspberry Pi handheld just for coding, but this is way better.
Honestly my backlog has still somewhat grown at a steady pace, but I've kept my Steam Deck mostly roguelikes for killing time and one or two 'main' games which helps keep focus. The steady stream of disappointing 2023 releases has certainly helped too...! It'll be interesting to see stats if Valve do another Steam Replay; 2022 on Deck for me was Vampire Survivors, Rogue Legacy 2, Horizon, Hitman 3, and Elden Ring.
I also still alternate between the Deck and my main machine, playing more controller-focused stuff on Deck. My main machine is more FPS and driving-sim focused -- although it would be amusing to play a sim on Deck hooked up to my racing rig...!
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Been on BOTW now for the last week. Been having a lot of fun, though I'm kind of rushing through so I can start with TOTK.
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There's a bunch of us at steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
But I'm currently playing Crash Bandicoot 4 on deck since it finally came out on Steam. It's my game to take a a break from playing ToTK on my PC
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I just found out recently that "NBA Jam" (SNES) has a romhack online with updated rosters, so I've been reliving my childhood playing it. Aside from that, I'm a JRPG fan, so I started Terranigma (SNES) for the first time.
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Stardew Valley has been my go-to so far, along with lots of old puzzle games (Portal 1/2, Myst, etc.) and the early Lego games, namely Lego Star Wars
Have you tried mods at all with Stardew? I've only played it on console so far but I think modded on steam deck could be fresh and interesting
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I just finished Trails in the Sky SC at just over 90 hours playtime. I didn't even 100% it. I have to admit. I didn't even much enjoy the first half or so. It mostly ended strong, but I was starting to get a little sick of kicking the same bad guys' asses over and over only to have them declare they're not even using their full strength in the post-fight cutscene before they mysteriously disappear to inevitably come back later.
Dark Souls 2 with a very nice lighting mod. It's called DS2LightingEngine SOFTS. I played DS1 and DS3 but could never get into DS2, partly owing to the visuals which I really didn't like. Now it looks cool and I'm getting a few deaths in here and there on the deck.
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Been playing TOTK too much to pick the Deck up… Was playing Lone Fungus before, which ran really well.
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Me! Currently playing graveyard keeper and Subnautica. Though I'm hanging on to the hopes that totk emulation will improve soon so I can play at a stable frame rate
Nice, I actually just finished Subnautica the other day. I did get a bit frustrated near the end, since I didn't realize I missed a PDA at one point that was supposed to point me where to go next. So I kept bda wandered aimlessly for a bit after maxing out tech until I looked at a guide.
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Recently: Skyrim yet again, Portal 2
Currently: Horizon Zero Dawn, Wreckfest, Emulators
Next: Probably Cyberpunk. I started it a few months ago, but have been playing Horizon instead.
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Played Marlow Briggs over the weekend and about to start Dead Space (2008) for the first time ever