For me I'm currently trying to push my way through elden ring. But gosh it sure gets hard half way through, especially underleveled and offline. I need to find that mimic summon.
Other than that, cycling through local coop games like PlateUp. Any suggestions?
I finally got totk running on Yuzu at a playable setting. But I'm 2/3 of the way through it on my switch lite. So torn on starting fresh on the deck or just finish it on the lite. The screen is so small and crappy compared.
Deck itself just started Hi-fi Rush. Such a cool game.
Taking a break from hunting achievements in Hollow Knight and starting to get into Horizon Zero Dawn which I bought last Steam sale. The battery sure seemed to last a lot longer while playing Hollow Knight...
I’ve been playing through Horizon Zero Dawn! Cryotools really helped stabilize the frame rate and I’ve been enjoying the crap out of it. I’m level 40 right now with about 25 hours in.
Dicey Dungeons, Streets of Rogue, Enter The Gungeon (its default controls are kinda weird though); I played Cassette Beasts for about 10 hours but then I got bored.
+1 for Dicey Dungeons. Playing it on the Steam Deck might actually be the ideal format, too. I don't think I could have cleared the Witch campaign at all if I hadn't broken that up into dozens of micro-sessions.
One thing I will lament, however, is the Steam Deck's current poor support for Bluetooth headphones. Being forced to resync headphones constantly forces me to play on mute most of the time, but it's practically a crime against fun to play without the Dicey Dungeons soundtrack.
I was going to say I remember remapping the blanks to one button in EtG and also moving the map button around, but on SD, the back buttons must be great, since most of my playtime was before I got mine.
I was playing Fire Emblem Engage (Lunatic/Classic difficulty), but then I started replaying Disco Elysium and got hooked on that one all over again. I was pleasantly surprised by how well it controls on the Deck -- great way to kill time on the train!
I've been interested in trying Disco Elysium, good to know that it runs well on the Deck! You mentioned playing on the train - is it a good game to play in short bursts?
Hmm... I'd say you really need at least 20 minutes of time to have a properly satisfying session with Disco Elysium. That's just fine for me because the train frequency in my city (Atlanta) is particularly shit, but results may vary otherwise.
One game I can recommend for play in short bursts is Slay the Spire. Even if you're just sitting down for five mintues, you can usually manage to get something accomplished and ascend a few nodes.
You can definitely play it in bits if you're able to follow the game log. It keeps track of all the conversations and bits that you need to remember.
There's no action in the game, so there's nothing you can't just put down and pick up later, as long as you can remember what you were in the process of doing or where you were going.
I usually play DRG with a controller, the controls aren't bad! For the deck, I think it's okay, switching weapons can get a little crazy because of the d-pad placement. The ergonomics can get a little awkward when it gets fast paced because of that. I usually play with a buddy who is way better than I am at DRG, so my answers are probably pretty biased, hah.
I don't have time for longer SD sessions so I only play like once or twice a week now, but halfway through Persona 5 Strikers (with the audio bug on Proton, sadly) and I REALLY want to finish so I can get to NEO: The World Ends With You, ever since I beat the DS original.
...I end up procrastinating work with Youtube instead. Actually, for the past year or two, playing games feels like I'm being productive, comparative to scrolling online.
Just got started on My Time at Sandrock after the cozy/family friendly games sales. It runs at a stable 30 FPS so far & I'm enjoying the game. Once SoS:aWL releases later this month, I'll be switching over though.
Works pretty smooth in my opinion. About the only noticeable change I see from desktop is it automatically moves to the next bolt when mounting or unmounting a part. Repairing parts and salvaging scrap is just slightly more difficult in my opinion, but that could just be a 'me' issue coming from keyboard/mouse and not use to controllers.
I just bought it, and am absolutely loving the art style and gameplay. I'm excited to see how the mechanics get more complex as I progress. 1.5 hours in and I'm hooked!
Also, got the recommendation to buy it from the fediverse so that makes it even a bit more sweet!
I've just bought Espresso Tycoon, and it seems like a charming little indie game, so my plan is to play through that when I have the time this weekend.
I mostly use mine when traveling so currently working on God of War II on the PS2 since i finished the first one recently on the Deck. I have Jak and Daxter and Sly Cooper queued up for later since I never got around to playing those before.
Edit: For Elden Ring bleed has really helped me on harder enemies. That and finding some good farming spots.
Much appreciated, I'm currently using some big flame sword that I leveled up a lot, but it's just not doing much damage. I'll see if I can get one of my weapons bleed imbued, cheers
I've been working on Forza 5 Horizons and chilling with some Transport Fever 2. Both run really well.
Haven't tried any local coop games, but gaming via cellular hotspot in a bad signal area seems to be working out fine for games that don't need heavy bandwidth.
Pokemon infinite is just a fanmade Pokemon game, it's got nothing to do with Nintendo and runs on PC natively. It looks and plays closer to Pokemon leaf green but with new mechanics and story
Magic Arena and a lot of WH40K Space Marine. The latter works pretty good and I noticed the servers are still online! Played some good old exterminate yesterday.
I've actually really gotten into the emulation scene, so I'm playing through Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and some Pokemon rom hacks rn. Also some Fallout New Vegas.
Cassette Beasts is really fun but I've mostly caught everything now so I'm running out of motivation to finish, just like I always do with the actual Pokemon games.
A friend made me try Runescape (3, not Old School) a few months back for the first time in my life. Then they quit and left me hooked and alone, so I do a lot of late night grinding on the deck when I'm too tired for a proper game.
Chivalry 2 on the deck has become a comfort food for me too. No thoughts, just run in and get slaughtered vibes, then run in again.
I've been waiting for the time tracking plugin for non-Steam games to reappear as I care too much about statistics. It's taking some time though so I've instead taken a break from videogames instead, as it turns out.