Submitted 3 months ago by inlandempire@jlai.lu to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
Haven’t seen a post like this recently so I thought I’d start the conversation !
I’m close to finishing Wario Land 3 (emulated GBC), which was the game of my childhood, I’m surprised of how tricky some levels are.
I also started playing The Eternal Cylinder but it’s quite a demanding game so I’m thinking of playing it on PC instead
Right now I’m not playing too much games, just testing them here and there out on an emulator. And have neglected my Steam Deck as a whole too, since I purchased a new Gaming PC. So nothing recent to report playing on Deck. When I do, its mostly emulation; I’m big fan of emulation.
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Heh, the tree with the spiders, falling for 15+ seconds… Glorious. I miss the old game design, I feel like it’s a little more creative than tossing up a “You Died” and respawning from the last save point. They’re effectively the same, but there’s something special about showing you everything you completed, further and further each time you progress just to fall longer…
I miss the old game design, I feel like it’s a little more creative than tossing up a “You Died” and respawning from the last save point.
It’s not the same! Yes, if you die, its a similar thing. But usually with games you don’t get punished by instant dying. Take Super Mario as an example. You might get hit and still be at the same position, but lose your power up or get small. Or you lose some health or a live. The important part is you keep going. Take the boss as an example. In Wario Land 3, if you get hit you jump out of frame and have to play a certain part again to try the boss. At least for me, this feels frustrating.
But don’t get me wrong, its just a thing I don’t like. I still like these games and the overall game is creative and impressive what they did with the GB. Not without reason is Wario Land 2 one of my alltime handeld games, that could get released even today! (same or even more for WL3) I think after our discussion here, I will go back to the game (on my Steam Deck) and try to finish it. Now that I have some time for other games, after Zelda. Man Zelda took time!
Yeah the backtracking in Wario Land 3 sometimes feels too punishing, like being caught by a random water bubble, or being bumped by one of those zombies and being mega slow, I do think in general this is a clever way to not have a game over state, but some areas aren’t well designed for that
I completed Firewatch in a couple of days. Nice game, cozy, if anything a bit too short. Still, perfect for my summer nights.
Motor Town, because I love Motor Town, it just has such good driving feel that it is hard to make a serious argument for another racing/driving game when I can open Motor Town, pick up a taxi passenger and start racing with zero thought or decisions having to be made. It is FANTASTIC as a relaxation and meditation tool, especially since you can either a) just suspend the Steam Deck and come back to your race or b) put the vehicle into autopilot and let it drive itself which fits the mobile, multitasking nature of the Steam Deck experience perfectly.
…steampowered.com/…/Motor_Town_Behind_The_Wheel/
I have been playing a lot of new games but one that particularly stood out to me on the steamdeck was the Descent spiritual successor Overload. WOW DOES THIS GAME FEEL GOOD with Steam Deck joysticks and if you mix a bit of gyro aim into it and bam you really can actually see deep into the future potential of the Switch/Steam Deck hardware form. Very very very quickly you can get locked in when using joysticks and gyro in this game and it is just a blast to zip around the environments using a totally new form of control that the original game that inspired it could never have dreamt of.
isthereanydeal.com/game/overload/info/
I had a big sailing rant on a sailing thread recently and admittedly some people were taken aback by how hilariously imbalanced my hyperfocus is, but the sailing game that I have kept playing the most and am most interested in following development of is definitely Sailwind which is like a relatively dry space trading open world game if space flight mechanics were actually deep and organic feeling in control.
store.steampowered.com/app/1764530/Sailwind/
Also, honestly I think a lot of people just look at me weird for this but I play plenty of competitive shooters on the deck with joysticks + gyro and I love it. I used to play Battlebit, but I think the devs really lost their way with game balance. One game I have actually really been liking the realism/fun balance with is Operation Harsh Doorstep which is a free multiplayer realistic moddable shooter on the Unreal engine. It is in the process of adding vehicles and the gun mechanics are really good. More importantly, it feels like the kind of game where being hyper aggressive and rushing can be super powerful (as you can hip shoot an assault rifle accurately enough at close range to make a rush work if you are willing to empty your magazine) but also creeping around, being stealthy and projecting powerful kill angles with scoped weapons also feels similarly powerful. That balance is actually really hard to nail, even in a realistic game where you would think you could just fall back on modelling everything as realistically as possible and just hope the actual in optimal in game tactics end up being similar.
…steampowered.com/…/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/
What I really appreciate About Operation Harsh Doorstop is that movement mechanics feel slick, it doesn’t feel like playing Arma 3 in the slightest, but that weapon handling feels very realistic so long as you pretend you are a super human with impossibly buff arms to hold your scoped long rifle aim steady at a target while standing lol.
You have to turn the settings WAYYY down on Operation Harsh Doorstop and I honestly just limit the frames to like 45 fps, but super realistic body cam shooters are all the rage these days… isn’t this kind of just like a lofi, Steam Deck equivalent? Why go through the process of simulating all the grit and haze, embrace the pixels lol. I will upload bindings for Operation Harsh Doorstep for the Steam Deck.
Unfortunately nothing. Been running another round of Injustice on comic to better understand why Batman is such a douche.
I’ve recently finished playing the entire Ratchet and Clank collection… Well… With the exception of the PS3 spinoffs.
But yeah, was surprised the Deck can actually handle PS3 emulation quite well. I was holding off on playing Rift Apart, but when I got Motorstorm running nicely, a game that previously was completely impossible to run decently, I was convinced I could finally go and play all of R&C.
Now I just got to wait till…
*checks notes
… 2029!?!
Uh… Yeah… 2029 for the conclusion of Ratchet and Clank…
Anyway, Rift Apart ran great after some tweaking. The default settings make the game look fugly.
Recently played through:
Just started GTA V.
The Deck will never cease to amaze me.
Project Zomboid, more than 30 hours in.
I am a bit of a cheater because I do backup saves and restore them when did.
That ain’t cheating, play any way you like.
Rocket League! It plays at a smooth 90FPS on the OLED Deck which is really nice.
Additionally, some ARPGs - Last Epoch, Diablo 4, and I’m trying out Path of Exile (but we’ll see about that one) since I’ve been really into those as of recently.
I tried The First Descendant on the Steam Deck but unfortunately it seems to be just unstable enough FPS-wise, and for some reason the game completely disconnects you from the servers if your framerate is unstable for too long.
Are you playing on Epic or do you have the Steam version ? I’m the latter but they kept asking me to create an Epic account which I’m too lazy to do lol
Thankfully I do have the Steam version! I made my Epic account far before they bought out Psyonix so I’m pretty sure my Epic account has been linked to Steam for a while, so it never asked me to explicitly login.
The Binding of Isaac, Noita, Vampire Survivors
I suppose I didn’t actually answer the question! I’ve been soooo busy lately, but I’ve been playing bits of Children of Morta, I think made by the same people as the Wizard Legends game. It’s fun, although while I understand the fatigue mechanics I’m not big on that one aspect. Everything else is nice though
Little Kitty Big City. It’s cute & charming, a little glitchy here and there, and makes me smile. I’m not trying to speed run the thing, just collecting hats and trying to hit all the goals.
Star Stuff : which is a very cute little programming-puzzle game. Light on the programming - you are heavily boxed into there only being one correct solution.
The Farmer Was Replaced : literally “Python the game”.
Veritus : the sequel to Prodigal. It’s weaker for lacking the whole adventure side of things, and no waifus 😭.
Crash Bandicoot on PSX using duckstation. Man some of these levels are hard, I remember as a kid getting so frustrated and it was absolutely warranted.
The remake/remaster(?) isn’t any easier. I’ve played through a little bit of the original on duckstation and the remaster(?) and it certainly feels just as aggravating on both.
The past two month I have played lots of Zelda. I finished Breath of the Wild and now I am working my way through Tears of the Kingdom.
Two superb games if I say so myself! Unfortunately TotK could have better performance on the Deck but it’s playable with the right settings. For BotW I played the Wii U version with great performance
Warframe
Battle Chasers: Nightwar
Runs pretty well on the deck and the turn based-ness of combat lends well to pick up and play
Hype: The Time Quest, a 90s PC game by Playmobil that was a formative part of my childhood. Surprisingly dark story for baby’s first 3D action adventure game. Took quite a bit of work to get it running on Steam Deck, but I’m about 3/4 through it. Starting to lose my patience with the awful fucking tank controls, though. Tried to modernize them a little with Steam Input, but the platforming is killing me.
I’m planning on checking out the Wario Land series myself soon. Recently got a cheap retro handheld and that’s on my list for sure.
That was the game of my childhood too, there’s a record of the soundtrack on YouTube I highly recommend for massive nostalgia
Insanely enough, Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver. I’m playing with friends and it’s been fun to see many concepts here that were heavily used in the industry later, even though this game is very dated.
Cult of the Lamb
Bought it right at the end of the summer sale. Been having a blast.
In what way is Eternal Cylinder demanding? Graphics wise or gameplay/control wise?
Graphics wise mostly, it runs okay, but there’s some input lag because of it in some environment heavy parts
Sea of stars… Such a great game
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Finally came back to Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery - a sci-fi tactical RPG. Really fun, with interesting story so far. Can be pretty challenging at times (especially on higher difficulties when trying to complete all optional goals on your first try) but that’s kind of what you’d want from a title like this, isn’t it?
It plays great on both desktop, with mouse and keyboard, as well as on the Deck so I tend to jump between the two depending on the situation. Thankfully game has no problem with that.