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[–] tiberius@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 hours ago

Went back to playing Luck be a Landlord.

[–] meant2live218@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago

This week has been a bit of UFO 50 and Terra Memoria.

UFO 50 hasn't hooked me with a single specific game yet, but the entire package together is incredibly compelling and fun. It's just neat to hop in, play half an hour of a game that makes me think back to playing on my dad's NES, and then put it down for something else, much like how I played when I was 5 or 6.

I'm still very early on in Terra Memoria, but I think it's pretty neat! I like the combat system as they've introduced it so far, and it looks like there will be a lot of depth and choices to make in combat or team-building (maybe). Something about turn-based RPGs feel perfectly suited for the Deck.

[–] pythonoob@programming.dev 2 points 11 hours ago

Right now 9 sols

[–] Artopal@lemmy.ml 2 points 12 hours ago

The first Templar (received as a gift on GOG a few weeks back).

[–] ClassyHatter@sopuli.xyz 2 points 13 hours ago

Alan Wake's American Nightmare. Just finished the story mode. It’s Steam Deck Verified, so it runs and plays well, and it’s easy to play with a controller because it has a bit of auto-aim/aim correction.

I did enjoy it. Not a must play by any means, but it does add to the lore of the Alan Wake series. If you are a fan of that game series, I recommend playing this. And if you aren’t, you probably should play the other games in the series. 😉

[–] russjr08@bitforged.space 3 points 15 hours ago

A lot of Rocket League! Additionally I've been having a pretty good time with Star Trucker.

Then recently I've been streaming Helldivers 2 from my PC to my Deck while it's connected to the living room TV, which has been fun.

[–] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

RDR2, works so well on the Deck, kinda blows my mind.

[–] Marighost@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

I just got a deck last week and I'm loving it so far. Been playing Castle Crashers again (here's hoping the new update comes out soon!) as well as Baldur's Gate 3 with my wife, which runs incredibly well surprisingly.

[–] F04118F@feddit.nl 2 points 18 hours ago

In my first month with the Deck, I have mostly played:

  • Death Stranding
  • Red Faction: Guerrilla
  • GRID (2008)

And the hilarious tech demo of course!

I'm really happy with how well Death Stranding works and really see myself finishing it now that I can play it on commute. Love that game but it never fit my schedule (at the desk, I always played flight sims in VR or just a very quick shooter session).

Red Faction and GRID are easy enough on the battery, especially at 40 fps, and not too fussy about controls so they feel good with a controller (I felt a bit handicapped in Dirt Rally 2 and Project Cars 2).

In terms of emulation, I installed RetroDeck and tried Gran Turismo PSP but found that hard with the large stick and no analog controls for accelerate/brake Just putting some PS1 and PS2 games on it now, let's see if those will be able to bump GRID and Red Faction from my frequented list:

  • Metal Gear Solid 1,2 and 3
  • Gran Turismo 4
[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Super Mario All Stars, just to spite Nintendo.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm replaying through the Metroid Prime Trilogy again, primehack is amazing.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 5 points 1 day ago

I should pick that up again. I remember getting stuck somewhere in the first one.

[–] Klanky@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Dave the Diver!

[–] DrDominate@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Sea of Stars went on sale and it's fantastic.

[–] Water_Melon_boy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nine Sols!

Who would've guessed a hand drawn 2D side scroller runs amazingly at 90Hz. That sound of parrying attacks coming out of deck's speaker is just so satisfying.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Hell yeah. Been hanging out for getting this one.

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

Ghost of Tsushima and Kingdom Come: Deliverance. I finished the main story of both games yesterday but now I've got DLC to play.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 23 hours ago

Jusant is next on the list after Kingdom Come: Deliverance.

[–] Alxe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Metaphor: ReFantazio.

Well, the demo honestly, which is relatively long. The game is releasing in a week! It runs relatively okay on the Deck while locked at 30fps.

[–] QubaXR@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Persona 5 Reloaded!

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

Haven't been playing it much recently, but I've gotten to a point in Pokemon Unbreakable Ties where I'm stubbornly bashing my head against a wall to win a battle, so that's off the table for a while.

And the only other games I've actually played recently are Yooka-Laylee (only 2 levels in due to exploration and a lot of goofing around), Baba Is You, and Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers. But I've only been playing a little bit since I've been busy enough.

[–] GooseFinger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Thinking about buying one to play Project Zomboid on. Has anyone here done that? Happy with the experience?

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

GoW Ragnarok. Runs flawlessly without touching the settings.

[–] galbraith@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Warhammer Space Marine. Wanted to get into Warhammer and saw space Marines 2. The first one is good fun.

[–] donio@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It's been mostly Isaac as usual but I picked up Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate yesterday and I like it a lot. It's a fast-playing roguelite with a neat idea that's implemented well. The game mechanics remind me of Hoplite on mobile.

The game is currently on sale and has a free demo. It has good controller input and low resource use, a great fit for the Deck.

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

Shotgun King is definitely a fun game. The worst part about it is how I've played enough to where I'm stuck on one of the higher difficulties and and bored of it.

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[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Started playing Animal Well the other day. It's quite good.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

ttyd switch, echoes of wisdom.

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[–] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

I told my friend when I got my Deck I wouldn't just use it as an emulation device...yeah I mostly use it for PCSX2

Been playing through Midnight Club 3 Remix the last week

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Untitled Goose Game. Silly fun.

I tried Satisfactory, but the controls just aren't (yet) made for a controller.

[–] wasted_in_time@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Dang. I wanted to try Satisfactory on it.

[–] Telorand@reddthat.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You could, but there's no official control scheme. My experience wasn't great, but maybe yours will be better. I just think that since there's so many buttons (multiple toolbars, multiple menus and build modes, etc.), it's hard to make it all work.

Maybe I'll try my hand at a new control scheme, but it just seems built for a M+Kb. It plays well, though, so the limitation really is only the controls.

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[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

There's a profile I tried on my desktop during update 8 that wasn't terrible on an xbox controller, it's surprisingly playable imo, works well with action groups, probably be way nicer on the deck with something like rotary menus on the trackpads and using the back buttons for modifiers.

I'd give it a try anyhow, just probably going to need some fiddling to get where you want.

[–] treeofnik@discuss.online 4 points 1 day ago

Rocket League, Stardew Valley, Dirt 4.

Nostalgia stuff: Crash Bandicoot PS1, Worms World Party PS1, NFL Street PS2, MX Superfly PS2, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition PS2, probably some others

[–] LittleWizard@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Thronebreaker, Hogwards Legacy. I also started Bayonetta and recently finished (and real enjoyed) Hotline Miami 1 and 2. I tried Cyberpunk 2077 as well but my fps skills on a controller are so bad that it's just too stressful.

[–] BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 23 hours ago

I know what you mean. I just started playing Borderlands and it’s so hard to do the shooting. I don’t know how people play these games on consoles.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How is Hogwarts Legacy nowadays ? I'm thinking to pick it up in the future but want to make sure it plays ok on deck.

[–] LittleWizard@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Game updates did break the startup process once before. That was fixed after one or two days. In game the graphics are set to the lower settings but I don't mind. I only notice slow loading textures from time to time.

When it comes to the content: I think the world building and the castle are well done. Missions and dialogs are quite dull though, aimed more at children. Still fun to play from time to time.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Good to know thanks for the info 👍

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago

Yeah, I did hacking + smart weapons for my CP2077 playthrough so that almost no aiming is required. I imagine melee builds play fine as well.

[–] 0x01@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)
  • Balatro
  • Peglin
  • Some pokemon rom hacks
  • Dragon quest monsters
  • Necesse
[–] Zelaf@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 day ago

Currently I'm playing through Ready Or Not, the engine update and them adding FSR3.0 made the game playable at the best of times! However the Deck still freezes and crashes occasionally sadly.

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

In between

God of war (lowest settings capped to 30 due to the memory leak)

Bad North

Mini metro

Forza horizon 4

Fallout 4

Vampire survivors

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Brotato, hocus pocus.

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