[Discussion] What games are you playing on your deck? - August 2023

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• cRazi_man@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Path of Exile. It’s been great on the Steam Deck and I’m going through the last few days of this league. Once that finishes I’ll start putting a lot more time into Street Fighter 6 (with the compact portable hitbox controller I made) and some Eldest Souls on the side.

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• twistypencil@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Diablo and Dave the Diver

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  • turddle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Woo Dave the Diver!

    Great game for the Deck

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• calculuschild@lemm.ee ⁨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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  • narwhalperson@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨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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    • morgan_423@lemmy.world ⁨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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• jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I have a Diablo 4 addiction. It runs surprisingly well on my Deck. Only problem is it requires the internet, so I can’t play it anywhere outside of the house.

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  • raptir@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’m baffled by how poorly Diablo 4 handles “mediocre” connections. I have been using T-Mobile Home Internet for a while and I’m even able to stream GeForce Now reasonably well, but I run into lag spikes on Diablo 4.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I don’t think it’s a network problem. I think Diablo has a memory leak that causes issues that are especially noticeable on the Steam Deck. I’ve heard it’s getting patched out soon, but not sure where I got that info from. One of my Discord friends I think…

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I know I’ll probably pick it up eventually, but I wanted to wait and see if Blizzard ruined the game through the early patches. Diablo 3 eventually turned out good, but playing during the launch year was a rough experience.

    Besides, if I wait long enough there’s now hope they’ll release it on steam.

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    • okmko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was actually quite impressed with how Blizzard revived D3 with Reaper of Souls and it’s Item 2.0. They had some really bold and new (for the time) ideas and it worked.

      But that was Blizzard of old and I have very little faith that they’re able to pull the same revival off on D4. The campaign was interesting, sort of, but beyond that: hollow.

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• Unnamed@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve been playing quite a bit of Morrowind.

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Have you been playing through OpenMW or the original client?

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    • Unnamed@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      OpenMW, and it works well. I haven’t tried the original.

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• Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨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. 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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  • RamesesKnibs@lemmy.world ⁨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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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨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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  • narwhalperson@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’ve just wishlisted Shadows of Doubt. Seems interesting.

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨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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• cantevencode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Just started Witcher 3. Had no idea what I was missing.

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  • cliemacfr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Is it working well ? What settings are you using ?

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    • cantevencode@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah it runs really smooth, it even has a steam deck settings preset

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• cecirdr@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  BG3…soon. :)

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• wren@sopuli.xyz ⁨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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• zaggynl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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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  • cliemacfr@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Same. Dave the Diver ! It’s so cool !

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• KennyBell@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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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  • moormaan@lemmy.ca ⁨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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    • KennyBell@lemmy.world ⁨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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• JoeKrogan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Stardew valley, mini motorways, Mario kart 8 and subnautica.

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• schwar2ss@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Played again The Outer Worlds and DLCs a couple weeks 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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• madjo@geddit.social ⁨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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• Arcenus@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨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.

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• Donjuanme@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Sacred RPG black edition, finding the community keyboard layout surprisingly easy to use, I’m almost ready to say I wish the keyboard would go to the touchpads in game instead of bringing up the keyboard overlay to enter text.

  Inscryption, but I’m not sure how much more I can inflict on myself, starting over continually is just so frustrating, especially when the early game options are so few and I can easily see a loss coming.

  One of these days I’ll get around up red dead redemption 2 or the Witcher 3, I’ve got about an hour into both of them.

  Mini metro and mini motorways, as well as dwarf romantik, such great ways to lull into slumber.

  I recently went full m+kb and have been playing 4x games, age of wonders 3, civ 5 and 6, and Warhammer Total war 2, they all run great on the deck!

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I’d highly suggest sticking with Inscryption, it’s very worth the investment. You can explore the room as well, and get more cards from solving puzzles in the room.

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    • Perroboc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I really wish the devs copied the controller scheme from the PlayStation version into the steam version.

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  • Impossible@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Mini motorways controls are so comfortable it spoilt Mini metro (on the Deck) for me :(

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• Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve just this evening started playing Hogwarts Legacy. Spent most of my time tweaking it to get it to run as well as I think it can do.

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• wavebeam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Thanks to the Baldur’s Gate 3 hype, decided to finally jump into a CRPG and went with Divinity Original Sin 2 DE after trying Pillars of Eternity DE. I tried before, but didn’t have the right mindset.

  Loving DOS2 now!

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  • morgan_423@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s a classic. I’m going to revisit it after my BG3 playthrough. I never did complete it previously.

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• donio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I’ve been on a Binding of Isaac binge. I thought that I had my fill with it over the years but the deck has really put a new life into it. It’s a perfect fit. And I am finding myself playing it again even on the desktop. I thought that I wasn’t gonna need Repentence but I guess I will have to get it now.

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  • my_blackest_day@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I have 1000 hours on Repentance on Steamdeck and it’s fantastic. Really recommend it

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  • Razzazzika@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    It’s my favorite game. Deck is great for it. Isaac anywhere. Great battery life on it too.

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  • theragu40@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    What control layout are you using? I tried to install this a while back (maybe a year ago?) And at the time the control layouts I found were horrible and made it no fun to play.

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    • donio@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I was used to the standard layout from playing on the desktop so I didn’t even bother to look at alternatives: move with left stick, shoot with buttons, activate items with triggers and bumpers.

      I am curious which part are you unhappy with. Should be easy to customize.

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• Firefeet@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Barony! It just had a big update release yesterday, part of which was a UI overhaul that made it much more playable with a controller. Runs flawlessly on the Deck with compatability set to Proton mode; prior to the update I had issues running the default native Linux version (text and textures were garbled) but have not tried on the new patch.

  It is a roguelike that feels more like actual Rogue or Nethack than anything I have played in a while and has great co-op support. I was having lots of fun learning the game before the update and am excited to spend more time with it, if the voxel-y graphics are not a turn off I definitely recommend it! Works well for shorter play sessions.

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  • westyvw@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I used to play that game, I think I will add it to the deck, thanks!

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• Blxter@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Been playing the guardians of the Galaxy game on it. It’s a blast

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• Dima@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Dead cells
  Got it in the summer sales and the deck is a great way to play it

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• Sharkwellington@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Steamworld Heist and Olli Olli World. They fit what I want to play on the Deck: something bite sized, good for lounging, a little more simple than what I want to play when I’m sitting at my desktop.

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  • Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    No joke, Steamworld Heist got me through the first two weeks of being a parent.

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  • Jarmer@slrpnk.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    All the steamworld games are SO GOOD. I can’t wait for Build later this year. The demo is already wonderful.

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• PrivacyBean@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I can’t stop playing brotato. I say I’ll do one more then another hour passes.

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  • okmko@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How you do feel about it compared to the others like Halls of Torment and Rogue Genesia?

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    • PrivacyBean@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’ll be honest. This is the first time I’ve ever heard of either of those games. It’s just a really good turn off brain game if that makes sense

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• 17451k@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Kentucky Route Zero, quite a mythical experience I would say.

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• Kruulos@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I am somewhat of a patient gamer so I tend to focus on few years old games.

  Currently playing Valkyria Chronicles which works pretty well on deck ( I hate how finicky accurate aiming is ). Non-interactive visual novel storytelling and turn based combat puzzles works really well for short periodic gaming moments.

  Just finished Salt & Sanctuary and the remastered Grim Fandango. Both great on deck and good games overall

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• rickrolled767@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I lately I’ve been playing elden ring since I got it on sale but before that I mostly used it to emulate a bunch of older titles. Love the consoles versatility

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  • Oneeightnine@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    How does Elden Ring run on it? I’ve already played it on Xbox but I’m thinking a second play through might be in order on the Steamdeck.

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    • Declared0978@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I played it start to finish on my deck using the co-op mod to play 2 player with my brother (who lives out of state). I also ran discord in the background on the deck, using headphones and the deck’s mic. Didn’t have any problems at all, super fun.

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    • DJGlowworm@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Runs at 40fps pretty solidly!

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    • rickrolled767@ttrpg.network ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      It’s nothing spectacular, but I can usually get a decent frame rate if I keep the settings down

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• DLSantini@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Only just got my Deck. Still in the process of doing upgrades and mods. But while I have been testing my overclock and cooling mods and whatnot, I have put a few hours into Elden Ring and it’s awesome on the Deck. The load times are insanely fast compared to my actual high-end gaming laptop. Looking forward to starting a new save on the Deck, after I have everything setup the way I want it. Waiting on a 2tb ssd to replace the 1tb that I just put in the a few days ago. Need to get that swap done before I can finish the cooling mod.

  I’ve also put a couple of hours into the Demon Slayer game while testing. That game runs at a locked 60 fps, and plays amazingly.

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• notme@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Control, after finishing quantum break and Alan wake before.

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  • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Control is really good, I beat it earlier this year.

    I have Alan Wake and Quantum Break in my library, going to try to play them later once I catch up on some other parts of my backlog.

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    • notme@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Both good games as well and they run flawless on the SD. It’s also fun to compare the games side by side and see the progress (mostly).

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• valtsu@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  I got the Deck from Summer Sale and since then I’ve been playing:

  • Horizon Zero Dawn
    • Been waiting to play this one for years, but haven’t had Playstation since PS2 or proper desktop PC in years. SD fulfilled all my expectations, never getting a desktop PC anymore!
  • Halls of Torment
    • Enjoyed Vampire Survivors on Xbox, enjoying this one
  • Hogwarts Legacy
    • Seems really “meh”, so played only couple of hours.

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