• dmir@gehirneimer.de
    1 day

    Steam Deck here:

    • No Man’s Sky. The new update is great, and the expedition is just moving. Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since the game release. So much has happened since, and now I can enjoy the universe, in the palms of my hands. I’ve tried playing at the lower settings at 30 FPS for better battery life and less noise, and it’s actually pretty decent and more relaxing that way.
    • ARC Raiders. Again, 30 FPS. 40 FPS is definitely doable here, but I think the visual fidelity can degrade so far this way that it can be too difficult to roam the more open areas and properly respond to threats: you may simply not see them because of the lower resolution you’ll have to run it at to keep that 40 FPS stable. And the new update is amazing, too.
    • THE FINALS. I will probably wait until 2026-10-20 with this one, when Season 12 arrives. Used to play it with gyro, but the AI that Embark Studios has been using to look for cheating behavior signals has been issuing bans to such players. so I’d rather cut down on competitiveness and not risk an account suspension for months (if that).
    • Allumeria. Great mix of Terraria and Minecraft, one I’d been waiting for for years. Can’t stop building!
    • Ballionaire. Like Balatro, but with pachinko machines and different boards that add their quirks. Really fun in its style, too!
    • Pumpkin Jack. It is Spooktober after all! Started it last year, planning to beat it now if I don’t get carried away by No Man’s Sky and "ARC Raiders* and THE FINALS again (so probably not beating it this year either).
    • DERELIKT demo. The game’s supposed to be out this year, but I just want to experience them retro System Shock + Doom 3 vibes already, 'tis the season. I really enjoy the visual identity of Hypestrange games.
    • dmir@gehirneimer.de
      5 days

      On the Steam Deck? I had actually expected much worse from an UE5 title.

      That said, we ain’t bringing down no Rocketeers or Vaporizers on them Decks.

      • radiouser@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
        4 days

        Ah, it’s only the Queen/Harvesters and Matriarch maps I avoid as the Deck really starts chugging on those matches. It’s a bit annoying since they’re endgame content (I’ve been playing pretty much since release and still haven’t crafted a single legendary weapon, lol) but after tinkering with the settings, I can usually lock in a pretty stable 35 FPS otherwise.

        Best of luck out there, Raider!

        • dmir@gehirneimer.de
          1 day

          What’s your model? I got an older LCD one. I can kind of get it to run 40 FPS pretty much all the time, but it gets noisy and hot that way, which I really don’t like and try to avoid, especially in something like ARC Raiders, because it’s a type of game I go in for a couple of hours, maybe “wired” to the socket.

          I’ve tried playing the Frozen Trail update at 30 FPS yesterday with these settings:

          • In-game:
            • Resolution: Borderless fullscreen at 1280x800, but 50% render scale (so 640x400)
            • No AA at all
            • All graphics to Low
          • SteamOS:
            • 30 FPS, 60 Hz
            • Allow screen tearing: On - to hopefully get less input, which is especially important on FPS this low
            • Half-rate shading: Off
            • TDP: 12 (at most)
            • Manual GPU clock: 700 MHz - to stop the hiccups when it either spikes or drops down

          Surprisingly playable. Although I am mostly used to playing shooters with gyro on the Steam Deck and have difficulty using it as a standard controller in such games. Playing gyro in an Embark game is not an option right now, as they’ve been increasingly more reliant on AI for behavioural analysis, which has issued many bans to THE FINALS players that were only admitted and reversed somewhat recently, with some of them being issues again weeks after - ARC Raiders has recently introduced the same system, so I’m taking my chances. What I especially like about these settings is that the device runs much quieter and cooler, which gives me a little peace of mind, helping me think I won’t have to replace it or at least do some costly maintenance that soon.

          The new controller scheme they have is also messing with my muscle memory in the most important of moments. lol

          But I really hope that practice can make perfect here as well. I’ve gotten somewhat okay at this game with a wired 8BitDo Ultimate (the XBOX layout one), but I guess I just hold my Steam Deck differently. Maybe it’s time to make better use of the back pedals.

          As for the end-game content, yeah, I feel you. Gonna be even more difficult now. I’m not spoiling this to you if you want to read the patch notes yourself.

          • radiouser@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
            3 hours

            Thanks for the tips!

            To answer your question: I’m on the 1TB OLED model.

            I’ve done a good bit of tinkering with settings myself but I haven’t tried everything on your list yet (disabling AA entirely is definitely something I need to test out). I’ll give your exact setup a go the next time I hop on and see how it performs.

            Really appreciate you taking the time to share all those details and warnings, especially regarding the gyro/anti-cheat stuff. I’ll drop an update once I’ve had a chance to test it out out there.

            Stay safe, Raider!

  • M137@lemmy.today
    9 days

    But what about us “only have Steam Controller” people? :(
    We wanna be in the club and asked too.

    • Noblesavage@lemmy.world
      7 days

      I asked the other club members and we took a vote. They said if have a Steam Controller and you’re still using it - you can be an associate member only. That basically limits you to two Half-Life 3 jokes a day and posting about how “my wallet hurts” or similar to 4 times a year. Otherwise - welcome to the club!