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[Maiden Voyage]

I know I am biased, but that game is worth the $20. I'm at just under 17 hours on the Early Access version. That's basically everything besides the never-ending optional quests in chapter 3. I know from the plot points that the next stuff will be in a brand new area. I also know from the fish farm section, it's about 1/3 of the plots so I think the game will expand pretty heavily when it releases later this year. Maybe not by 2/3rds but I can definitely see the game continuing on with substance in content.

Given that timing, I'm not sure if the devs will put it on sale or not. Either way, I would definitely recommend picking it up. The gameplay loop starts off simple, buts ramps up and diversifies with each new chapter. It's incredibly enjoyable and I am doubtful that a better indie title will release this year. The humor is on point. Dave the Diver will most likely be my indie GOTY.

Edit: Watching the dev update video and they are targeting June 2023 as full release.

 

[AndrewRyan]

Haven't tried it yet but looks to add a nice performance boost by optimizing the swap files.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Sue-duu? I always thought it was pronounced sue-dough.

 

[jshackles]

Sue-duu? I always thought it was pronounced sue-dough.

This guy is just a nonce. It's sue-dough (ryhmes with judo).

Technically "sue-duu" should be the correct pronunciation, since it's a command that means "do this as the super user (su)". But, it's not. Maybe it's a day-ta / da-ta scenario though. I've worked in IT for over 25 years (many of those as a Linux admin) and I've never heard it said as su-duu before by a professional.

 

[kvltus lvlzvs]

CrossCode, AstLibra, Necesse, Ex Zodiac, Psilocibil, World of Horror

maybe dark souls remastered too, so I can get it running on deck (if from actually has gotten off their asses and fixed the game, not sure yet)

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Hmmm... I am actually getting 15-20 fps less in Session after installing cryo utilities.

 

[calistan]

This guy is just a nonce. It's sue-dough (ryhmes with judo).

Technically "sue-duu" should be the correct pronunciation, since it's a command that means "do this as the super user (su)". But, it's not. Maybe it's a day-ta / da-ta scenario though. I've worked in IT for over 25 years (many of those as a Linux admin) and I've never heard it said as su-duu before by a professional.

What's your professional opinion on gif?

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Do you pronounce it NeoGaf or NeoJaf?

 

[Jrecard]

Hoping for nice discounts on Brotato (it's only $5, I'll probably buy it anyway even if it's not discounted), Star Ocean The Divine Force, Last Epoch (just got multiplayer), maybe Forspoken if it's cheap enough.

I might triple-dip on Hades, just to make it easier to play on the Deck. I have it on Xbox and Switch already, but I'd like to do a third playthrough before the sequel comes out and the Deck looks like it runs the game nicely.

Would also like to check out that Dave the Diver game that Maiden Voyage keeps going on about.

Finally, I'll probably pick up a few things I'm either forgetting to mention here, or stuff that catches my eye on an insane discount.

Heavily recommend Brotato, but I haven't played the other survivor games to compare it against. 36 hours and I've just beaten a Danger 5 run after playing with different builds and characters. Still have a fair bit of stuff to unlock with different stat challenges and character wins. Got it as a quick pick up and put down game due to the short play loop, but I keep finding myself saying "just one more run"and shunning the rest of the library

 

[AndrewRyan]

Hmmm... I am actually getting 15-20 fps less in Session after installing cryo utilities.

Yikes! Still haven't tried it yet.

 

[ThatStupidLion]

Do you pronounce it NeoGaf or NeoJaf?

Same way i pronounce gif

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Same way i pronounce gif

neoyaf

 

[drotahorror]

Let’s goooo

 

[kubricks]

Just complete Sekiro on the Steam deck, what a ride! Finally killing Isshin the Sword Saint felt absolutely exhilarating!
Now I am thinking of either Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, which one gives the best experience on the Steam deck? How well do they run? Can I expect 40fps+ at medium sort of setting?

 

[IbizaPocholo]

Valve says making an OLED Steam Deck would be more work than people assume | VGC

The company “understands the limitations” of the current screen…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Kupfer]

neoyaf

It's "niojeff" isn't it?

 

[GHG]

http://[URL]https://www.videogamesc...m-deck-would-be-more-work-than-people-assume/

[/URL]

They would need to account for the possibility of burn in and put preventions in place.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Just complete Sekiro on the Steam deck, what a ride! Finally killing Isshin the Sword Saint felt absolutely exhilarating!
Now I am thinking of either Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, which one gives the best experience on the Steam deck? How well do they run? Can I expect 40fps+ at medium sort of setting?

DS3 runs better than ER but both are playable. ER expect between 30-50 fps on default settings. DS3 was between 40-60 for me. Both were on default settings throughout and vanilla DeckOS w/ no added scripts or software.

 

[Mr Branding]

So I'm contemplating on jumping on a huge open-world, and might buy one on this upcoming sale but with my super limited time, I can only play for a few hrs/week so hopefully it's a worthwhile experience.
Which one plays best on Deck between these: Just Cause 3 (never played) , RDR2 (finished once on PS4 when it released, but am willing to have another go), Days Gone (never played), Gta V (finished on ps3 and ps4 but it's been awhile and am also a big Gta fan)

 

[JCK75]

Just complete Sekiro on the Steam deck, what a ride! Finally killing Isshin the Sword Saint felt absolutely exhilarating!
Now I am thinking of either Dark Souls 3 or Elden Ring, which one gives the best experience on the Steam deck? How well do they run? Can I expect 40fps+ at medium sort of setting?

Pixel Deck is my favorite source for the absolute best mix of settings to get the most of out games.. they are a facebook group but are just starting to do youtube videos.

 

[jshackles]

So I'm contemplating on jumping on a huge open-world, and might buy one on this upcoming sale but with my super limited time, I can only play for a few hrs/week so hopefully it's a worthwhile experience.
Which one plays best on Deck between these: Just Cause 3 (never played) , RDR2 (finished once on PS4 when it released, but am willing to have another go), Days Gone (never played), Gta V (finished on ps3 and ps4 but it's been awhile and am also a big Gta fan)

Personally, I'd recommend Just Cause 3 for a couple of reasons:

1) The game is relatively short for an open world game (20ish hours to finish)
2) It's a bit older, and should run just fine on the Deck (there will certainly be fewer compromises than with RDR2 or Days Gone, graphically)
3) The game is a lot of fun, personally my favorite Just Cause game

 

[Warnen]

Brother just got me a steam deck since rebuilt my pc. Wow can’t believe this thing runs cyber punk now.

 

[calistan]

Personally, I'd recommend Just Cause 3 for a couple of reasons:

1) The game is relatively short for an open world game (20ish hours to finish)
2) It's a bit older, and should run just fine on the Deck (there will certainly be fewer compromises than with RDR2 or Days Gone, graphically)
3) The game is a lot of fun, personally my favorite Just Cause game

Top game. I might have to break it out for the Deck again, I forgot I had it on Steam.

I think I preferred Just Cause 2, though. I found 3 to be a bit sprawling and it was hard to locate the mission objectives, so I went off pretty early and liberated every island outside of the story. Took ages (43 hours, says Steam) but I freed them all and went back to the story, which caused every base I'd previously destroyed to be reincarnated. Stopped playing after that, it was a major downer.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[TaroYamada]

10% off is crazy. This thing is $19 more than a Switch.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Deck do what Nintendoesn’t

 

[Jrecard]

With another infamous steam sale coming up, does anybody else have a shortlist of stuff you want to pick up? My wishlist is long, but have narrowed it down to these few as long as the prices are right:

Dead Space 2 (playing through the og right now)
Bully
Slay the Spire
Cult of the Lamb

Maybe:
Persona 5R

Those along with my current backlog takes me through to the next seasonal sale and then some.

No Dead Space 2 discount
Grabbed Bully, Slay the Spire, and Cult and will keep an eye out for any other good deals.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Boot videos available for points

Steam Points Shop

Get points for shopping on Steam or by contributing to the Steam Community. Use your points to customize your Steam presence or award fellow members of the community.

store.steampowered.com

I went with Saturn. Still have 140k points.

 

[GHG]

Reporting in to say Warm Snow plays wonderfully on the steam deck and seems tailor made for it.

If you like Hades or similar games do not sleep on this. Only played a little bit so far but it's fantastic.

 

[TaroYamada]

Same. Also there's another called Swirl, Sega references methinks..... And the star one shows the deck logo as Saturn too....

Maybe it's just the Sega fanboy in me but it's a bit on the nose!

 

[Kupfer]

Happy Birthday Steam Deck! What a year, after the release my day1 unit was defective and the second unit also had a defect, I finally had a working Deck 6 (or so) weeks after release and boy, do I have fun with it. It's not just about gaming, it's also about fiddling around and making things possible. Also the Deck has reduced the need to sit at the main computer and opened a new door for completely new games that would have remained closed to me otherwise. This month alone - Norco, Exo One, Vampire Survivors. Awesome, I'm still blown away-

Boot videos available for points

And for all those who have no more points for boot vidoes, there is also a free plugin with a huge selection of boot and suspend videos
It's called "Animation Changer" and is available in the Decky Store.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

Some cool stuff got added to the Deck press kit page. Higher res versions available for download on the site.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

 

[AndrewRyan]

So I'm contemplating on jumping on a huge open-world, and might buy one on this upcoming sale but with my super limited time, I can only play for a few hrs/week so hopefully it's a worthwhile experience.
Which one plays best on Deck between these: Just Cause 3 (never played) , RDR2 (finished once on PS4 when it released, but am willing to have another go), Days Gone (never played), Gta V (finished on ps3 and ps4 but it's been awhile and am also a big Gta fan)

Not on your list but you might also consider Protoype, plays great on Deck.

 

[IbizaPocholo]

There are now a ton of clear shell options available for the Steam Deck at a decent price. In this video, we look at the new transparent clear shell kits from Jsaux.

The video explores the different options available for customizing the Steam Deck with transparent shells, showing off six different colors and discussing changes made to the shells such as the darker color of the metal plate. The speaker also delves into the importance of being able to switch out buttons while not disturbing the shell and also replacing the thermal pad with a transparent back shell. The speaker shares their opinions on the various colors and concludes by discussing their overall thoughts on the mod and its performance during testing. They recommend the mod for people without technical expertise but note that the back shell's edges are sharp and may cause discomfort to the fingers.

 

[Silver Wattle]

75% resolution scaling

 

[CrustyBritches]

Diablo 4 seems to play quite well on the Deck. Deck Wizard did videos on it for both SteamOS and Win11.


Deck Wizard has one of the best channels for benchmarking and tweaking games on Deck...

https://www.youtube.com/@DeckWizard/videos

 

[SCB3]

Diablo 4 seems to play quite well on the Deck. Deck Wizard did videos on it for both SteamOS and Win11.


Deck Wizard has one of the best Steam Deck channels for benchmarking and tweaking games on Deck...

https://www.youtube.com/@DeckWizard/videos

I still cannot decide on console or PC for D4, Steam Deck is a great middle option

 

[jshackles]

Fanatical

www.fanatical.com

Fanatical has a sale on Deck Verified games, a lot of them at or better than Steam's prices. There's an extra 5% coupon: STEAMDECK5 that might help someone save a bit over' Steam's own prices.

 

[calistan]

I was just looking through some old photos and I found this from E3 2004, deep in the bowels of the Kentia Hall. The Steam Deck we never got.

 

[balls of snow]

In for the hype. Ordered one and getting a shitload of games from the sale. It pays to be a late adopter it seems, never trusted Valve to stick with hardware but the deck took off and I wish them all the best in the coming sucessor.
Finally gonna play Yakuza 0, Persona 5 royal and revisit Deus Ex Human Rev/Mankind Divided.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Steam customer support is getting right on my tits. I did the latest update which seems to have knocked out my SD card slot, no matter what brand of card I use or size NOTHING shows up on the system, the slot is utterly dead. I've explained this via pictures (including most of the SD cards tried) over two days..

I then get this -

What The Fuck.

 

[Kupfer]

Steam customer support is getting right on my tits. I did the latest update which seems to have knocked out my SD card slot, no matter what brand of card I use or size NOTHING shows up on the system, the slot is utterly dead. I've explained this via pictures (including most of the SD cards tried) over two days..

I then get this -

What The Fuck.

The support can be a pain sometimes. I also had problems returning my second defective device, but after a week of back and forth, it worked.
Stay polite and firm.
Do the cards work in other devices?

 

[Kenpachii]

So basically, i had a shit streak of bad luck the last couple of months. I have been in and out of hospitals and rehabilitation centers to sit in there to recover from broken bones and more. All with all no access towards my PC so i started using my steam deck entirely.

I must say, holy shit is it awesome.

I use it basically like a normal PC now and frankly i wonder why i even own a PC at this point anymore. I bought the deck just in time and it works great.

I got a few games installed on the deck, i play chat and do everything i do on my normal PC in the same manner.

I ditched big picture mode basically entirely and just use the deck entirely in desktop mode with steam os. It's just simple said amazing.

I run discord and talk to buddy's while playing games, hardly any impact on performance, i have chrome running on the background with music at 180p or the lowest possible resolution to remove as much strain from the hardware, barely notice a impact on performance, have whatsapp on to talk with people etc, and playing heroes of the storm with friends or they are billions and having libreoffice writing running on the background to write some stuff down once in a day, it all works so god dam smooth. Recently got some new games also but still gotta check them out, so much to do on it.

alt tabbing like a boss, not even a issue.

Steam deck is honestly the best investment i ever did. It makes you wonder as i play mostly heroes and they are billions, why i even still have a 500w eating monster PC, while this few watt device does everything perfectly fine and its entirely mobile.

I also noticed that when i played billions and heroes of the storm in the normal mode ( big picture mode i think it is ) both games have lag spikes and bad frame pacing, when i move to desktop mode its entirely smooth so performance is better and honestly performance is straight up brilliant. Make sure however in billions to put on fast timer in the settings for higher end CPU's, so the game becomes a lot more smoother and u always want to have it on anyway.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

The support can be a pain sometimes. I also had problems returning my second defective device, but after a week of back and forth, it worked.
Stay polite and firm.
Do the cards work in other devices?

Aye they do, and in my second Deck, zero problems. Another ironic thing is after a full system restore my 1tb card showed up on the system for a few minutes, with all games intact. Two minutes later total collapse. Now nothing shows up

The pic I sent had various brands of cards yet they want me to contact Sandisk.. bunch of jokers.

Yeah I'll be civil but my god

I just sent a basic reply to issue me a returns ticket, really cant be arsed to keep explaining the problem over and over. It's a shame, Valve have been the best customer service i'd dealt with over the years, they seem to have changed and employed people without basic reading comprehension.

 

[Maiden Voyage]

So basically, i had a shit streak of bad luck the last couple of months. I have been in and out of hospitals and rehabilitation centers to sit in there to recover from broken bones and more. All with all no access towards my PC so i started using my steam deck entirely.

I must say, holy shit is it awesome.

I use it basically like a normal PC now and frankly i wonder why i even own a PC at this point anymore. I bought the deck just in time and it works great.

I got a few games installed on the deck, i play chat and do everything i do on my normal PC in the same manner.

I ditched big picture mode basically entirely and just use the deck entirely in desktop mode with steam os. It's just simple said amazing.

I run discord and talk to buddy's while playing games, hardly any impact on performance, i have chrome running on the background with music at 180p or the lowest possible resolution to remove as much strain from the hardware, barely notice a impact on performance, have whatsapp on to talk with people etc, and playing heroes of the storm with friends or they are billions and having libreoffice writing running on the background to write some stuff down once in a day, it all works so god dam smooth. Recently got some new games also but still gotta check them out, so much to do on it.

alt tabbing like a boss, not even a issue.

Steam deck is honestly the best investment i ever did. It makes you wonder as i play mostly heroes and they are billions, why i even still have a 500w eating monster PC, while this few watt device does everything perfectly fine and its entirely mobile.

I also noticed that when i played billions and heroes of the storm in the normal mode ( big picture mode i think it is ) both games have lag spikes and bad frame pacing, when i move to desktop mode its entirely smooth so performance is better and honestly performance is straight up brilliant. Make sure however in billions to put on fast timer in the settings for higher end CPU's, so the game becomes a lot more smoother and u always want to have it on anyway.

Hope all is well. I love the versatility of the Deck and find myself in desktop mode fairly often. I plan to install SteamOS on my desktop whenever Valve releases their official distro.

 

[Assaulty]

I 've got an issue with my steam deck that I can't find anything about online, so I'll try it here.

I have upgraded my 64GB deck with a 1TB ssd and it has been great. There is one issue tho: Brotato started hitching like crazy. I've played 2 hours of Jedi: Fallen order, some shadow of the tomb raider and 2 hours of Halo: MCC: all play fine with 0 hitches. At first I thought it was because I hadn't whiped my SD card, so I reformatted that and installed Brotato on the SSD instead of the SD card. The same problem persists. It's always after wave 11 that it starts freezing and hitching and it gets worse throughout the rounds. It honestly feels like a memory leak within the game, but I can't find anything about that online. I've tried playing with Proton Experimental and Proton 7, but nothing changed. The GPU and CPU usage is the usual (doesn't go above like 20-30%) and the RAM usage is fine (never above 3gb).

I've been using the Cryobryte software. I have tried disabling that, but the problem doesn't go away, so I am kind of at a loss of what to do next..... Any ideas?

 

[CrustyBritches]

I 've got an issue with my steam deck that I can't find anything about online, so I'll try it here.

I have upgraded my 64GB deck with a 1TB ssd and it has been great. There is one issue tho: Brotato started hitching like crazy. I've played 2 hours of Jedi: Fallen order, some shadow of the tomb raider and 2 hours of Halo: MCC: all play fine with 0 hitches. At first I thought it was because I hadn't whiped my SD card, so I reformatted that and installed Brotato on the SSD instead of the SD card. The same problem persists. It's always after wave 11 that it starts freezing and hitching and it gets worse throughout the rounds. It honestly feels like a memory leak within the game, but I can't find anything about that online. I've tried playing with Proton Experimental and Proton 7, but nothing changed. The GPU and CPU usage is the usual (doesn't go above like 20-30%) and the RAM usage is fine (never above 3gb).

I've been using the Cryobryte software. I have tried disabling that, but the problem doesn't go away, so I am kind of at a loss of what to do next..... Any ideas?

I’d try delete proton files from the Brotato Steam settings wheel. If that doesn’t work try the beta channel, then try the stable channel. Otherwise, do a full reinstall and format your sd card. If it’s happening in just that game from both ssd and sd then it seems like corrupted shader cache or proton layer.

 

[TaroYamada]

Kenpachii crazy update, get better soon but very awesome use case. Love to see the flexibility of our device. Maiden Voyage the actual release of the distro is taking way too long, Valve does need to get it out the door.

 

[HotSauceEnema]

upgraded my storage today, noticed I have the delta fan, makes sense why it seems so damned loud when going full blast. Not arsed enough to get the other one, hoping we see some sort of noctua level fan upgrade in the future though