u/tomkatt

Hell yes.

Been playing through Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne remaster. It’s been something of a white whale for me as I missed it in the PS2 era despite really enjoying Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2.

Also enjoying Ball x Pit here and there.

Nice. Well, it's abandonware and I have a copy. Will have to get around to checking it out. Does it need any proton or WINE tweaks to get running?

If you're interested, WRC 7 and 10 play surprisingly well on the Deck. 7 has excellent controller support out of the box, and 10 has very good control but needs some tweaking in the settings for better control.

All the games I mentioned except for RBR have run well on the deck and handle fine on a controller. Might want to check if any are on sale, since Steam has the Racing Fest on right now. I also can't recommend New Star GP enough, it's arcade F1 style racing, and really fun.

How is that one compared to other rally games? I have a copy but haven't gone through the trouble to figure out the install. With regards to comparisons, I currently have:

• WRC 4, 7, 10, Generations

• Sebastian Loeb Rally Evo

• V-Rally 4

• Old School Rally

• Rush Rally Origins and RR3

• Dirt Rally and DR 2.0

• RSF Richard Burns Rally (haven't tested this on the deck)

I've really enjoyed WRC 7 and 10 on the Deck. 4 is decent but kind of arcade, very easy. Sebastian Loeb Rally should be sim, but the physics are a bit wonky. And V-Rally 4 is sort of simcade, leaning arcade, but rather fun.

Most of these, orther than WRC 4 can be a bit hard on the battery, so something that looks and plays well without being a battery hog would be nice.

I'm in the middle of Ikenfell (nearing the end I think). Dabbling a bit with Aim for the Ace!(Ace o Nerae!) for the SNES. Holy crap, the graphics on this one are mind blowing for a SNES game, an actual 3D camera that follows the ball.

Also in the middle of Armored Core 3 (PS2) but sidelined it for now, can only play so many games at once and I'm stuck on a mission that annoys the hell out of me (the one where you unlock the Karasawa).

Outside of the Steam Deck, wife and I have been enjoying Across the Obelisk and WH40k: Rogue Trader.

Thanks, didn’t know that!

I could be extra sensitive to perceived soft language these days, so I appreciate the context.

The word is “kidnapped.” Not vanished, not disappeared. Kidnapped.

Language matters. Stop reporting falsities via soft language.

Currently alternating between **Half-Life 2** ~~(I swear I’m actually gonna finish it this time)~~ (yeah, I can't bring myself to finish HL2) and **Chrono Trigger** (I swear I’m actually gonna finish it this time).

power vacuum

That's a strange way to spell "block party."

Use the latest proton GE and set the following launch options:

PROTON_NO_ESYNC=1 PROTON_NO_FSYNC=1 %command%

>Oh and the battery can drain out pretty fast too.

Depends if you have the OLED or the LCD model. The OLED has been surprisingly good with battery. For really high end games that max out the deck it’s maybe 2.5 to 3 hours, but for most games I’m getting between 5.5 and 8 hours battery, and for low spec indie games and lower end emulation like GBA it can run for up to 12 hours in some cases.

I bought the 512 GB OLED back in May with no regrets. I’m surprised how quick I am to turn in the Steam Deck now instead of booting up my gaming PC. I wouldn’t say it’s changed how I play, since I already tend to game with a controller, but it’s great fun, and so far I don’t think I’ve encountered a single game in my Steam Library that wouldn’t run. Plus, I love handhelds and portable devices in general.

A few games have needed minor tweaks (proton version, a fix that would also be needed in Windows), but everything has worked. As a disclaimer though, I don’t play online competitive games, just single player and co-op stuff with my wife, so YMMV.

On the other hand, I’ve found some games work that I couldn’t even run decently in Windows. Like Rainbow Six: Vegas. On Windows it would never properly work with a controller but on the Deck it was no problem. And Silent Storm ram out of the box, no tweaks at all. Linux is awesome like that for older titles.

It’s also been great for emulation, at least through PS2 and GameCube, I don’t emulate much above those. Emudeck is nice, and I was already familiar with EmulationStation since I use that on a Powkiddy X55, so that was nice.

One thing I will say is a game changer is the suspend function. Being able to tap the power button and sleep it at any time and then pick up where you left off later is amazing. Reminds me of the old Nintendo DS, just shut the lid and get back to it.

All told, I’m really happy with it.

My understanding is Retrodeck is a cleaner install, being self contained as a flatpack… and that is.

Emudeck works with standalone emulators that are just hooked into EmulationStation. That means more frequent updates. Also, Emudeck supposedly had better performance due to this, but take that with a grain of salt.