buffaloseven
@buffaloseven@lemmy.ca
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - December 2025 3 hours ago:
I have a similar issue with RetroDeck; I can usually just pop over to the controller config and reorder so my controller is #1 rather than the Steam Deck. Bit annoying though.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - December 2025 1 day ago:
I’m almost half-way through Persona Strikers; enjoying it so far but it has some really weird difficulty spikes at odd places. I’ve fought mid-stage mini bosses that I lose to like 30 times and then wipe the area boss on the first try.
Other than that, chipping away at occasional hunts in Monster Hunter: Rise (which is currently crashing when I’m hooked up to my monitor, need to figure that out) and piddling about in Deep Rock Galactic Survivor and Snowrunner.
- Comment on Steam Machine – Powerful Enough? 1 day ago:
My prediction: this box is going to sell like gangbusters for the parents in the 40-some odd years old range who have kids under the age of 16.
I am one of those people. Could I build my own PC? Yes. But the reality is I just don’t have the time to dedicate to all the fringes of the PC gaming hobby. And space is precious these days as the house fills up with things you want/need for teenagers (including the teenagers themselves who are noticeably larger than when they were 8 years old about 3 weeks ago.
The Steam Deck was amazing in part, and I’ve heard this from multiple parents, because it allowed you to just get to playing your games in a way no PC had before. The Steam Machine offers that same experience but with more power. I won’t be hooking mine up to a TV, that’s already a disaster area owned by the kids. This will hook up to my 1440P HDR monitor in my office. This box will be plenty to power that. It’s tiny, it’s very quiet, and it offers an experience that, while I could hack together on a custom built PC, would be difficult for me to get the time together to do.
I dunno…the older I get, with more time pressures in life, the more I appreciate quality turnkey solutions over DIY. I’ll buy this as soon as I can, and I’m pretty confident that it’s going to deliver an experience that will fit into the “great” to “good enough” category for what I’m looking for, and that’s good enough for me. And I’m willing to be it’ll also be good enough for a lot of other parents in a similar life stage to me.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - May 2025 6 months ago:
Good to know; thanks for getting back to me!
- Comment on Grab eight fantastic Steam Deck games for just $12 and save 95% against the total MSRP 6 months ago:
Based on my experience with Shadow Tactics, I will be getting this month’s bundle for this game alone. Like ST, Shadow Gambit should play great on a controller and be a good fit for the Deck.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - May 2025 6 months ago:
I’ve been on a Souls-like kick lately, so the two games I’ve been playing the most recently on my Deck are Blasphemous 2 and No Rest for the Wicked.
Blasphemous 2 I got as part of Humble Choice a bit ago and I’m really enjoying it. Not too difficult, but definitely gives its own unique feel to a metroidvania.
I just picked up No Rest for the Wicked after its recent Breach update and I’ve been loving the gameplay and loop they’ve built. Hope to see more performance improvements for the Deck…it really feels like a game that they should be able to get running much better on the Deck over time, but I am able to get a mostly stable 30 FPS so far.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - May 2025 6 months ago:
Have you had a chance to play it since the recent update? They completely re-did the controls on the Deck, right? I’d love to hear how it plays now, I’ve been eying it for a while.
- Comment on [Discussion] What are you playing on your Deck? - May 2025 6 months ago:
How have you felt about playing CO:E33 on the Deck? The game looks quite good, but I’m really unsure about playing it now on the Deck or waiting until I build a new mid-range PC in the fall/winter.
Do you feel the trade-offs for getting it working on the Deck are worth it?
- Comment on SteamOS 3.6 Is Now Released With Performance Improvements, Mura Compensation, and Much More - Steam Deck HQ 1 year ago:
No, this is an update of SteamOS while game recording is a Steam Client feature. It’s still in the beta channel.