Comment on [Discussion] Double discussion this month, what games did you buy for your Deck during the Steam Sale, and what are you playing on Deck right now? - July 2024

random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sunred@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Deep Rock Galactic

  Since a few people already mentioned it in this thread, are you playing it on Deck? It’s one of the main games I play with a few buddies regularly but I always found it to be a bit cumbersome on a handheld but maybe that’s because I generally dislike fps with a controller (even if using gyro).

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Make sure to bind jump, grapple and other important movement buttons to rear buttons so you dont have to take your thumbs off the joysticks to use them (think bumper jumper control scheme from halo).

    I am perfectly comfortable playing multiplayer competitive shooters with joysticks and gyro, fine aim control is a breeze with gyro for me and really the disadvantage playing on the deck is a framerate and screen size issue, I can be competitive even in a game like Xonotic (possibly the most fast paced, aim heavy shooter period) with joysticks+gyro.

    I say all of this not to say you are wrong, maybe joysticks+gyro isn’t your thing and that is fine, but it is a comfort and preference barrier limiting you here, not an inherent limitation to joysticks+gyro.

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  • random_character_a@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agreed. I experimented heavily with different control options and had special configs for all classes and even for some weapon sets. Some things were really good, others remained combersome. Also used the steam controller.

    In toughest lvl 5 moments, no tweaking was enough. It was “OK” if you were on the road and with shitload of practice it might have been great.

    In the end, I’ve done most of my playing with Dock + keyb + trackball + external display.

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