I wouldn't say it runs particularly well currently. I play it at 720p lower settings and it will go 50 - 60 fps at several places and times... but then when there's a ton of action and enemies, suddenly you're in Jittery High 20s / Low 30s Land.
But it's still very fun, especially with friends, and everyone picks their jobs and gets down to business. And it's early access and early on in its road map... I imagine it'll just get smoother as they optimize it more over time.
I'm about 90 hours into Silksong. Before that, it was hollow knight.
Until now, I'd never played metroidvanias or souslikes - mostly idle games, FPS' and RPGs. I might get more into them now. I've been eyeing animal well.
Recently finished another playthrough of Half-Life 2, and now I'm back on Hades (not 2, waiting for that to go on sale). I've just had the first successful run but I've got a long way to go before I'm up to the same point I was at on the Xbox.
Playing Metroid Dread right now, not having much fun though. Might quit and start play Ratchet and clank a rift apart tomorrow if things doesn't get any better.
I've played it on the deck way back. Got through about 60% of the game iirc. Then it just got crazy for me and I've used a trainer to finish it. For the story. Not getting it one bit. I just can't invest that much time in each exaggerated boss.
My biggest complaint is that the emmi zones are annoying and, time-wise are about two thirds of the game. And honestly the zones in between doesn’t feel great either and the three bosses I found so far are kinda repetitive too.
So you're in the beginning of the game. It's quite extensive. I share your sentiment. Though it does seem like it might not be for you. There's a lot of returning to previous areas in the game.
Well, I’m four hours in, that should be plenty of time for a game to be good at that point. I’ve played many metroidvanias that are far better than this game and all those were great from minute one. Guess this game isn’t for me :)
I still have Samus Return on my 3Ds, hope the emmi thing isn’t a staple of the series, will check it out in the future.
My three all time favs are Guacamelee 1 and 2 and Shadow Complex. The combat and traversal of the formers is so much fun. And the settings and 2.5D if the later are so cool. Also enjoyed Castlevania symphony of the night and hollow knight quite a bit, albeit the traversal in this game is so so.
I just finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter yesterday, so I haven't fully settled into what to play next. I think I'll go through my installed games and try to finish some games I was enjoying but never finished all the way, like Ys 9 and 1000xResist.
If you like brick breakers and Vampire Survivors, you'll love it.
It's not the most challenging game if you take your time to upgrade and redo levels with other characters, but I still find it fun to play even after 20+ hours
The Gunk. I played through it on game pass a few years ago. I was just telling someone about it and then saw that it was only like $3 on Steam, so I bought it. It's so pretty, and looks great on the deck. I love the voice work, too. And cleaning up the gunk feels so therapeutic right now.
Just finished Powerwash Simulator 2. Now trying to get my The Outer Worlds savegame from the Switch working on the Steam Deck to play the few DLC missions I skipped back then.
Huntdown It's a really fun, well put together run 'n' gunner reminiscent of the 80's 32 bit era. I'm having a blast with it. All the boss fights are totally unique.
Cyberpunk. I started it a few months ago, got bored about ten hours in and put it down, played Prey (which was fuckin great!) then I went back to cyberpunk and got the taste. I'm almost 200 hrs in at the mo and loving it. Got a couple more jobs to do then I'm starting the Dogtown stuff. Impressive how well it plays on steam deck.
Finally they added something that will actively chase you and act like a stalker type enemy(stop at nothing).
You can crank up both your car and the enemy's speed to make chasing super tense.
The atmosphere and sound design are even more spooky, fantastic stuff.
The story's main character is a bit chatty, but I think sells the "mad cultist" impression pretty well.
Performance wise:
Using lossless framegen 2x to pull the framerate up from 30 to 60.
Pixel rendering in this game is cheap, so no amount of lowering resolution will boost much performance.
I spent the time to learn how to make action layers, radial menus, and multi-action keys. It's great! (Emulating mouse/kb controls)
Holding L2 for sights/scopes enables gyro aiming.
X button presses Ctrl and Caps Lock at the same time to toggle both crouching and walking. (I will disable Caps Lock once I take the Silent Running perk.)
Holding L1 enables an action layer that changes nearly every control:
Right stick becomes a radial menu for item hotkeys, 1-8
X presses Caps Lock alone to toggle walk-run by itself
Y is hotkey 8, which is my hotkey for Stimpack. It's easier to hit in an emergency than the radial menu.
B becomes X (keyboard) for exiting shops
Right trackpad become a a scroll wheel for menus
Stuff like that. Basically, I have every important keyboard key mapped somehow. I have the E key mapped two different ways. R3 for just opening doors and such where aiming isn't important. And L4 for when I'm using the right trackpad as mouse for carefully picking up individual items like bottlecaps, Nuke Colas and such that are often surrounded by junk. Same with landmines.
It's not as good as a real kb/mouse, but it's much better than the default XBox 360 controls. Steam Input is so amazing.
The Last Sovereign, using a walkthrough. Some battles are hard. I had to use RpgMakerSaveEdit on my windows machine because I didn't buy enough items and to buy equipment needed for a battle.
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morgan_423@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 322d
Playing a lot of Jump Space and Deep Rock Galactic with friends.
Single player, Baldur's Gate 3 continues to be my long haul game, and Brotato and Balatro remain my "20 free minutes to game" games
railway692@piefed.zip · 4 pts · 322d
Didn't know Jump Space played well on Deck. I'll have to try it out.
morgan_423@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
I wouldn't say it runs particularly well currently. I play it at 720p lower settings and it will go 50 - 60 fps at several places and times... but then when there's a ton of action and enemies, suddenly you're in Jittery High 20s / Low 30s Land.
But it's still very fun, especially with friends, and everyone picks their jobs and gets down to business. And it's early access and early on in its road map... I imagine it'll just get smoother as they optimize it more over time.
Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 320d
Rock And Stone!
insight06@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 321d
I'm about 90 hours into Silksong. Before that, it was hollow knight.
Until now, I'd never played metroidvanias or souslikes - mostly idle games, FPS' and RPGs. I might get more into them now. I've been eyeing animal well.
domi@lemmy.secnd.me · 4 pts · 321d
Check out Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDt-5mLafqk
foobaz@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 322d
Dead Cells 😍
vimes@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 322d
Finally finished Death Stranding. On to Hades 2.
TedZanzibar@feddit.uk · 6 pts · 322d
Recently finished another playthrough of Half-Life 2, and now I'm back on Hades (not 2, waiting for that to go on sale). I've just had the first successful run but I've got a long way to go before I'm up to the same point I was at on the Xbox.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
Playing Metroid Dread right now, not having much fun though. Might quit and start play Ratchet and clank a rift apart tomorrow if things doesn't get any better.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 322d
I absolutely love Metroid Dread, sorry to hear you're not enjoying it much.
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 322d
I've played it on the deck way back. Got through about 60% of the game iirc. Then it just got crazy for me and I've used a trainer to finish it. For the story. Not getting it one bit. I just can't invest that much time in each exaggerated boss.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 322d
My biggest complaint is that the emmi zones are annoying and, time-wise are about two thirds of the game. And honestly the zones in between doesn’t feel great either and the three bosses I found so far are kinda repetitive too.
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 321d
So you're in the beginning of the game. It's quite extensive. I share your sentiment. Though it does seem like it might not be for you. There's a lot of returning to previous areas in the game.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 321d
Well, I’m four hours in, that should be plenty of time for a game to be good at that point. I’ve played many metroidvanias that are far better than this game and all those were great from minute one. Guess this game isn’t for me :)
I still have Samus Return on my 3Ds, hope the emmi thing isn’t a staple of the series, will check it out in the future.
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 321d
Which others? I'm curious 🤔 I've really enjoyed Prince of Persia the Lost Crown for example.
mrfriki@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 321d
My three all time favs are Guacamelee 1 and 2 and Shadow Complex. The combat and traversal of the formers is so much fun. And the settings and 2.5D if the later are so cool. Also enjoyed Castlevania symphony of the night and hollow knight quite a bit, albeit the traversal in this game is so so.
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 322d
I just finished Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter yesterday, so I haven't fully settled into what to play next. I think I'll go through my installed games and try to finish some games I was enjoying but never finished all the way, like Ys 9 and 1000xResist.
sicarius@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
Assassins creed: valhalla for the big stints.
And knights of tight spaces for when I think it's a short stint and ends up playing it for a few hours.
UnfairUtan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
Ball X Pit
Almacca@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 322d
I've been thinking about getting that. It looks fun. What's your opinion on it?
UnfairUtan@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 321d
If you like brick breakers and Vampire Survivors, you'll love it.
It's not the most challenging game if you take your time to upgrade and redo levels with other characters, but I still find it fun to play even after 20+ hours
Almacca@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 320d
Sounds right up my alley, but I'll wait for a sale, I think. I've got a pretty big backlog to get through.
anakin78z@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 322d
The Gunk. I played through it on game pass a few years ago. I was just telling someone about it and then saw that it was only like $3 on Steam, so I bought it. It's so pretty, and looks great on the deck. I love the voice work, too. And cleaning up the gunk feels so therapeutic right now.
PrincessKadath@ani.social · 2 pts · 321d
The Gunk is great. Wish they expanded on the story.
mbirth@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 322d
Just finished Powerwash Simulator 2. Now trying to get my The Outer Worlds savegame from the Switch working on the Steam Deck to play the few DLC missions I skipped back then.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org · 4 pts · 322d
Hades 2 (last achievements) and "I was a teenage exocolonist" to play on my own.
"Look outside" to play with my spouse, sharing the controller and suffering from the horrible key mapping, but the game itself is nice!
TheMadCodger@piefed.social · 4 pts · 322d
ESO, but in desktop mode. Otherwise, Disco Elysium when I'm on the go.
thethirdobject@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 322d
the android version is nice, or at least interestingly ported
Almacca@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 322d
Huntdown It's a really fun, well put together run 'n' gunner reminiscent of the 80's 32 bit era. I'm having a blast with it. All the boss fights are totally unique.
Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 322d
Mass Effect 2 for the second time years after playing it on Playstation 3
rollerbang@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 322d
Spelunky 2 with mods.
conrad82@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 321d
Mostly 9Kings. One round is typically 20 mins, which suits me
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2784470/9_Kings/
its_kim_love@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 321d
The new Time King is pretty fun! Paradoxes and all that.
PainInTheAES@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 322d
Megabonk and Peglin
Regrettable_incident@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 315d
Cyberpunk. I started it a few months ago, got bored about ten hours in and put it down, played Prey (which was fuckin great!) then I went back to cyberpunk and got the taste. I'm almost 200 hrs in at the mo and loving it. Got a couple more jobs to do then I'm starting the Dogtown stuff. Impressive how well it plays on steam deck.
7112@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
Getting back into FFXIV
mrbn@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 321d
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
Had very little time to play, so it's:
ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 322d
Recently finished Ultros. Started playing The Drifter.
barkingspiders@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 322d
Megabonk and Hades, I love both of them so much right now
Nima@leminal.space · 3 pts · 321d
a lot of Hades 2. like a LOT 😅
quite a bit of modded Terraria and a little bit of WoW every now and then casually.
rotopenguin@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 321d
Öoo was a nice quick play. Logic Bombs is a brutal puzzler with a fantastic Gameboy rom included.
Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 320d
Pacific Drive, Whispers in the wood DLC.
Finally they added something that will actively chase you and act like a stalker type enemy(stop at nothing). You can crank up both your car and the enemy's speed to make chasing super tense.
The atmosphere and sound design are even more spooky, fantastic stuff.
The story's main character is a bit chatty, but I think sells the "mad cultist" impression pretty well.
Performance wise: Using lossless framegen 2x to pull the framerate up from 30 to 60. Pixel rendering in this game is cheap, so no amount of lowering resolution will boost much performance.
Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club · 2 pts · 307d
Fallout 3.
I spent the time to learn how to make action layers, radial menus, and multi-action keys. It's great! (Emulating mouse/kb controls)
Stuff like that. Basically, I have every important keyboard key mapped somehow. I have the E key mapped two different ways. R3 for just opening doors and such where aiming isn't important. And L4 for when I'm using the right trackpad as mouse for carefully picking up individual items like bottlecaps, Nuke Colas and such that are often surrounded by junk. Same with landmines.
It's not as good as a real kb/mouse, but it's much better than the default XBox 360 controls. Steam Input is so amazing.
tiberius@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 320d
The Last Sovereign, using a walkthrough. Some battles are hard. I had to use RpgMakerSaveEdit on my windows machine because I didn't buy enough items and to buy equipment needed for a battle.
BigPotato@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 321d
Grapple Dog and Yakuza 5. Grapple dog is more short sessions than Yakuza, so I'm playing that a bit more.