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I Guess I'm Done Playing Vidya Games (lemmy.world)
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I liked playing games on my gameboy, but long gone are the simple days of "insert cartridge, turn on, play". Even the 3DS is kinda bloaty and games dont really feel luke they were designed for the medium.

I liked playing games on my N64 and xbox, but now that I know about modding games it's hard to live with the QoL issues that I know could be fixed.

I liked playing games on my PC, but windows gets worse each generation and finally I had to switch to Linux, where even minor changes take hours. Some people love when their computer has a problem because it gives them something to do -- they get to fix it. I have enough to do, I'm just trying to play games.

I feel like I've been elbowed out of the past time. The user experience is so poor that I end up unhappier for trying. I guess I'll buy a dart board?

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[–] 14 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

Steam Deck is literally designed to be picked up and play.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago*

    Given that OPs already tried switching to Linux. I wonder if something like Steam OS might work better for them. It's hard to say without knowing their compute needs, but naively, they'd get most of the pick up and play perks of the Steam Deck/ Machine without having to necessarily buy new hardware.

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  • [–] [S] -2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    I got Fallout NV mods to work, but it was a very tiring process. And whatever windows emulator the OS uses really takes the piss out of the GPU: anything from this decade really brings the system to it's knees.

    I like my steam deck, but it's really not a very impressive machine.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    Some games are better than others for this equipment. Its not a hig end gaming PC so yeah, tone down the graphics, go 2D, and games that work well in short sessions, you will probably have a better time. Things to try on it:

    Slay the spire 1 and 2

    Into the Breach

    Dead Cells

    Hollow Knight 1 and 2

    Blasphemous 1 and 2

    Ball X Pit

    Dome Keeper

    Katamari (any)

    30XX, 20XX

    Tunic

    Mewgenics

    XCOM Enemy Unknown, Xcom 2

    Deep Rock Survivor

    Cult of the Lamb

    Stardew Valley

    Hades 1 and 2

    Dave the Diver

    Cuphead

    The Outer Wilds

    Some longer session or more demanding things that work:

    The Alters - I felt like medium graphics was fine on this one.

    The Witcher 3 - remaster has a steam deck preset.

    Valheim - switch to classic controls, default is nonsense but otherwise runs fine.

    HiFi Rush

    A Plague Tale (1 and 2)

    God of War ran surprisingly well

    Clair Obscure, sort of. A little rough sometimes, but playable

    Subnautica

    Sekiro

    Control, if you turn down the graphics

    Elden Ring runs. I dont like multiplayer on wifi though

    Monster Hunter Rise and World

    Resident Evil 8 and earlier

    Theres really no shortage of good choices for the deck. Like sure, most of that stuff didnt come out this year... But neither did the deck.

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