• gamermanh@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Finally got over my laziness and set Retro Arch up so both my PC and SD can play and sync easily

    So I’ve been playing a bunch of old PS1 and GBA games for the last few weeks, Pokemon Emerald most recently

    Having achievements in old games is addicting

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    I thought I’d have enough of Baldur’s Gate 3 by now, but I think I’m about to start my third playthrough. Even though performance sucks ass in the third act.

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      Did the last update help much? It was largely performance focused but I haven’t heard much about how significant the improvements are.

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        No, not really. I think it’s all the NPCs running around in the city. I bet that’s CPU bound, which is not that great on the Deck.

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    Baldurs gate 3, crosscode, and might give invisible inc or RimWorld a try. And some occasional Halo infinite, somehow it runs better on steam deck than my windows PC

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      If you like HoT some other games to try:

      • Vampire Survivors - I actually like this more that HoT and I played HoT first

      • Brotato - Simpler version of this type of game, fixed map size but fun variant

      • 20 Minutes till Dawn - I just started this (got it in a Steam bundle with Brotato) and it’s ok, I don’t like the aiming very much but it’s a decent game.

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        Thanks. I actually enjoy all those games and can’t wait for Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor.

        Another game that’s a bit less polished but still enjoyable is Don’t Shit On My #!$@& Roof.

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          Oh fuck! I hadn’t heard for DRG:Survivor. I LOVE DRG and now I can’t wait for this game.

          Also steam just started a big sale of these types of games that you should check out if you haven’t already. Shmup Fest.

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    I’m still having a blast with Baldur’s Gate but I’ve been hearing good things about Armored Core and want to try it

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      It sounds like it runs pretty well on the deck! I’m excited to try it too once I’m done with bg3

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    Just got it two weeks ago. Darkest Dungeon and Disco Elysium mostly. I tried a few oddball titles that I was curious to see how well they played. It’s hit or miss but that’s expected. Strategy/map heavy games aren’t likely to play well on any console controller.

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      Since you’re somewhat new, here’s some general advice for having a good experience with unusual games:

      For games that don’t run well, be sure to check protonDB to see if there’s any known fixes for issues.

      As far as controls go, when a game doesn’t play well with a controller, you’ll want to check community control layouts. There are usually some really good layouts that make playing much more viable, even if it can’t compete fully with mouse and keyboard.

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        I forgot about the community layouts!! Shame on me, i even own the og Steam controller that pretty much needed it for every title.

        TBH I was just sort of testing out. I don’t have a whole lot of need to play CK3 or Rimworld on a handheld but I’ll check out my controller options for other titles.

        Any tips on streaming games instead of installing locally?

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          I personally haven’t messed around with streaming games, so I’m afraid I don’t have much advice to give there. In addition to the native Steam streaming there are alternate streaming options like moonlight (if you have a nvidia graphics card) that might give a better quality stream.

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    Was playing a bunch of Pokemon Fire Red, but then unfortunately had to RMA my deck. Waiting on a replacement. Luckily i still have my SD card, and i cloned the SSD before sending it back.

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        New deck, albeit on the older side. The physical buttons just stopped working one day. By that I mean the d pad and A B X Y buttons would just randomly be unresponsive.

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    Been playing Risk of Rain 2 quite a bit on both my PC and my Deck. Other than that, I’m going through Cyberpunk 2077 for the first time.

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      How’s your framerate for CP2077? If you’ve got it stable, would you mind sharing your settings?

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        I played CP2077 as the second game on my deck and put way too many hours into it. I used the stock deck performance recommendations that were provided from Steam with a refresh lock at 30fps and I haven’t noticed any issues. Ran smooth throughout all of my play.

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        Hi! I do have it fairly stable, but with a 30fps cap. I rarely see significant framedrops. Here are a bunch of screenshots with all of my settings, TDP included. Hope this helps!

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      What are your thoughts? I started it this week. 7 hours into so far but I find the combat system boring.

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        i actually kinda like it. I’m really enjoying it, but i’m playing it really slowly, leveling up my characters and exploring every zone as much as i can.

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    I bought Forza Horizon 5 on sale, and then immediately fell into buying Sea of Stars. So splitting time between the two.

    Edit: Oh! And Bomb Rush Cyberfunk! Forgot about that.

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      Coming from the computer with near 2000 hours of gameplay in Factorio I just couldn’t make the jump to the deck. I miss the precision of a mouse and the keyboard shortcuts (the deck buttons weren’t enough and I didn’t want to memorize a ton of shift/modifier-* type shortcuts)

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        Yeah that makes sense, I started out on the deck so I’m used to the shortcuts. I also played a ton of elite dangerous which does something similar to fit 50 controls into 10 buttons.

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    i’ve been switching between Littlewood, Siralim Ultimate, and various visual novels/dating sims (like Hatoful Boyfriend 😆). the first 2 games i can play comfortably while watching a stream or listening to a podcast. i play visual novels when i feel like getting into a fantasy/romance kinda story with pretty artwork.

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    Graveyard Keeper, Diablo 2 Resurrected, and I plan on getting Cyberpunk 2077 for the fourth time to play on the go - hopefully on a platform that crashes less.