Hello fellow players. A couple of friends and I are thinking about getting BG III on Steam Deck with the intention of playing together. However, what’s stopping us from buying it is the mixed reviews when it comes to performance. We’ve mostly been Switch gamers, so graphics are not really an issue. Some people say it’s playable, but we’ve also seen reviews bashing on it since they say it really isn’t playable (but some PC players consider anything under 60fps to be unplayable). And as we know, sadly the verified status doesn’t always guarantee it works great. So, is it possible to maintain a stable 30fps after all these months? Does it make a difference having it installed on the Deck’s internal memory or on an SD? Is it worth it to experience it for the first time through the deck? Thanks in advance for the answers.
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I bought SD specifically for BG3 and i’m absolutely thrilled, and the most recent update makes the graphics look like 3x better with netter performance due to FSR.
Played it with my wife. Graphics didnt look good, but since I wasnt bound to my pc downstairs i could cuddle wihle playing - which was even better :)
I have it locked at 30, and it stays there to the most part, but there are some dips to mid to high 20s in more demanding situations. I’m only a few hours in, but so far I have no complaints. I’m running it off an SD card.
BG3 is fantastic on the Deck, IF you have a desktop to stream it from. I tried both playing it natively at the locked 24fps preset that was popular at launch, and streaming from my desktop on Ultra settings at 60fps. Once I tried it streaming, I couldn’t go back to native.
It just depends how tolerant you are to frame dips or lag. It’s a turn based game, so it’s not going to get in the way of the game unless it bothers you. I think it runs well enough, and it’s great to be able to continue playing during travel
Runs fine overall, with the new improvements they keep making it’ll only get better.
Totally worth it 🤘
This and Remnant 2 are my first purchases if 30 fps for 90% of the time without regular crashes are possible
It works. Graphics are pretty shit and frames dip from time to time but otherwise playable. Just depends on your tolerance for those kind of things.
I did a full play-through a month or two ago solely on Steam Deck. I had a great time. Performance does get a bit iffy in Act 3 (sub 30fps in intense areas), but turning off dynamic crowds and turning FSR on helped quite a bit. To be fair, I don’t think Act 3 performs at a stable 30 fps on PS5 either. Not sure if that has been patched yet. If you’re used to the Switch, there shouldn’t be a terrible amount of concern here.
I’m actually looking forward to another play-through once my OLED comes in. There also should be a decent performance update once they release the Xbox version, as they found an optimization that reduces VRAM usage. Either way, I’m happy with the game and could recommend it if expectations are kept in check.
Streaming over moonlight works pretty good
I played it all in SD, worse is act3. Average 28FPs. Enjoyable and pretty much worth it
As someone who just deadass does not care for graphics or framerates, I’m having a ball with it and can’t actually imagine playing it on a desktop or ‘static’ home console tbh. I’ve put about 50 hours in so far in the first two acts and haven’t had any game-breaking glitches/performance issues personally, but it’s also not gonna look as good as the clips you’ll see online from PC/PS5.
Fellow former Switch gamer here, so my expectations might be in line with yours when it comes to performance and visuals.
I think the game is worth playing on Deck. The game has three acts. The first act always had solid enough performance on Deck if you approach it with Switch expectations. The second act used to be borderline, with some pretty rough dips but mostly still not below low 20s range. The third act used to be horrendous - think 15FPS or lower while panning or rotating the view, and barely more than the low 20s while doing nothing. That’s where most of the serious performance complaints came from, and this has been improved significantly since launch.
I won’t promise you can get a stable 30FPS in act 3 - not in the overword anyway. Too much going on CPU-wise. But if you’re happy locking to low-to-mid 20s, it’s very playable, and IMHO still very enjoyable, as it’s a very slow-paced game. I should point out that I mostly play at 8-10W TDP cap, but have occasionally uncapped TDP to see if it makes a difference - in my experience it usually didn’t gain me more than a few FPS - not enough to justify burning through battery for me personally, but YMMV.
FWIW, I’m only playing on Deck and I have it installed on the SSD. I might be less inclined to rate the experience favorably if I was jumping back and forth between a gaming desktop and my Deck, but I only game on Deck.
Its gotten better over time. For the first like 60 hours it’s gona be perfectly fine. But the last act is a good bit laggier. But idk, it’s still good I think