I’m getting my first Steam Deck for Christmas and suffering from analysis paralysis on which games to get first lol (especially as I’ll have to be more limited on what I spend than I’d like), so I was curious what AAA games you’ve played on the SD that you enjoyed the most so far.
The one I’d really love to play is Baldur’s Gate 3 but I‘ve seen a lot of mixed reactions on how well it plays on the SD so I’d probably wait to play it especially as I’m not very technologically literate lol. But some others I’m considering are Cyberpunk 2077, Witcher 3, Elden Ring, Skyrim, Fallout 4, RDR2, and Sekiro
Sekiro runs like a dream at 40hz refresh.
If you like fighters, SF6 and GG Strive are awesome portable experiences.
I’m starting to fall in love w Persona 5 Royal all over again, just picked it up off the sale yesterday.
And gotta drop the obligatory Doom Eternal also great on deck.
Iam currently playing the witcher 3 again on the deck (and going for all achievements) it rungs read even on relatively hight settings with some tinkering (also has a pre set specifically for the deck)
The only AAA game I’ve played so far is Yakuza zero. This is my first steamed deck and I’ve tried multiple times to get into the Yakuza games, and I actually own them all on steam at this point, I don’t know what it is but in playing it on the steam deck has made it so much more enjoyable
Baldurs Gate 3 easily
Elden Ring and Sekiro are great experiences on the deck! Sekiro you can get close to 60 fps if you turn it to low settings, Elden ring you’ll get 30. I wouldn’t try pushing for more.
I have cyberpunk on GoG so I briefly bought it on steam when it came out with the 2.0 update and I just didn’t love that experience. I refunded and I’ll just keep playing it on my pc on GoG
God of War and Horizon Zero Dawn.
CP is a good choice, also Jedi Fallen Order, Mafia (Remake) and the System Shock (remake). Fallout 4 also runs also well, it‘s just not a good game at all.
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Been loving Metro Exodus. Getting average to 40-50 FPS, with worst case scenario around the 30 mark. Runs really well on the deck and is so much fun.
Diablo 4 and WOW
How’s wow with the controls ?
Pretty good with the console port add on, probably depends on the class you play though. I play Hunter these days which works well.
600 hours of elden ring
I play ff7 remake, hogwards legacy, bg3 [the game is even with 20 fps playable sinince its round based]. Mass effect legendary edition.
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A man of taste.
Monster Hunter World Iceborne
Can u jus play some games…I know nothing about changing FPS, battery drain, CPU, GPU optimization
Should I bother buying a steam deck oled ? Or will it all go over my head ?
You don’t need to know anything about optimization. It’s plug and play easy. Just turn it on, open the store, and buy games that are “deck verified”. Those are games tested that run well on the deck. Other games may not be 100% verified because in game text is too small, but sometimes you can adjust the UI sizing in game options.
But trust me, this is an easy console experience. It can be more in depth and complex if you choose to go down that route, but out of the box, it’s just plug and play easy.
Thanks for your reply
Ordered one yesterday with the 🕷️ man game
Got refunded this morning n now it won’t even go to checkout page
Out of stock maybe
Doom Ethernal played glorious, also Metro Exodus