Hi, lovely people! I have around 600+ hours on BG3, so yes, I am definitely enjoying it a lot. However, I’m trying to think of what to play next. A few people have recommended Cyberpunk to me, so I did get that, and it runs well. Nooot sure how I like it just yet. Are there any other, like, RPG games, that have character customization, that also run well on the deck?
Thank you in advance! Apologies if this isn’t the right sub to post this on, I haven’t been on Reddit in a hot minute.
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Fallout is the obvious answer for an rpg w customization. For a crpg, combat focus is Divinity Original Sin 1/2, DOS2 In particular is amazing. For dialogue focus, Disco Elysium. You can’t control your characters physical look in DE but it’s a unique experience
I would recommend Witcher 3, it doesn’t have direct creation in that you play an established character but it has a lot of wiggle room to set up and define the morality of the MC.
In addition the writing isn’t perfect but when on point its damn good.
Can you post your settings?
Dragon Age Origins, when BioWare was really firing on all cylinders
It’s not the best experience on deck. It’s totally playable but requires tweaking controls. And worst of all, no cloud saves.
Pathfinder Wrath of the righteous is tagged as playable.
It’s like baldurs gate, but more complicated as an RPG system and not as reactive.
It WAS one the the best CRPG out there until BG3 took the world by storm. Still a personal favourite.
I played it a little in the deck, it ran well. It has controller support but I find it way better using the trackpads and mouse and customizing all the SD keys for more ease.
At high levels it will get a little hard to manage, cause all the abilities. It happens on PC with keyboard and mouse. So i guess it will happen with a trackpad emulating it.
With all that. Fantastic game, Fantastic RPG.
Also cyberpunk rocks, but is more like an FPS inmersive movie more than a reactive RPG
Pathfinder is definitely good. My friend who has played both BG3 and WOTR says that the latter is quite superior in story. I’ve just started and I’m getting used to the controller settings, but I may end up doing similar to what you did what you did so I can utilize the trackpads for better mouse movement and ability access.
For me WotR is the superior game in every way excep the visual presentation. BG3 can’t be beaten in this regard, but when it comes to the actual game, including story, options AND reactivity I see WotR in the lead.
I haven’t played that much BG3 yet. But for what I understand BG3 is more in the vein of a fallout 1 or Torment. Where decisions matter and creativity is not only possible but expected. That’s why i call it Reactive.
WotR is emulating an adventure path ( pathfinder pen and paper campaign) So it’s meant to be more linear and a lot more combat focused. But on the better side it has a ton of classes, archetypes, mythic powers and character build options. And cute purple dragon that likes cookies
Both are CRPGS but their focus is completely different
Divinity Original Sin 2
I assume OP already tried Divinity 2 but if not, absolutely get it. Same developers and a ton of mods at this point.
I might also recommend XCOM to see if you like other strategy games.
I have played Divinity Original Sin 2 and ADORED it. I shall try XCOM!
You may also like the Pathfinder series. Wrath of the Righteous is really fun, but it is a bit harder to get into than Divinity Original Sin 2.
If you end up liking xcom, try out marvel midnight suns. Not as much character customization when it comes to cosmetics and such, but a lot when it comes to builds and stuff. It’s a really unique strategic game and I enjoyed my playthrough quite a bit.
Seconding this. Wasn’t such a fan of XCOM personally but thought Midnight Suns was great, and solid on the deck. If you are going to nab it, maybe wait for the deluxe version to go on sale. Contains DLC with extra characters you’ll want, and the lone DLC itself is rarely on sale.
The sales are pretty good for it too: If it’s still active, Steam has it down to $30 for the deluxe, i’d you have Humble Choice you can snag it off the Humble website for $25.
Thirding this, Midnight Suns runs really nicely on the Deck, I played the whole thing on it and it was fab.
Midnight Suns runs great on the Deck, but be warned, you will definitely have FPS drops in the Abbey hub area.
oh man…even the original xcom game is still a ton of fun. it came out in like 94? it’s a turn based strategy game with economy building, resource management, etc. xCom, terror from the deep, and then the 2 modern games are fantastic. the other games in the series…we don’t talk about those games
Xcom 2 control schemes suck a lot on the deck. It’s one of my fav games of all time but I can’t deal with the control. I played alot of it previously on pc.
it’s all preference right. Some games i’ve been playing mouse and keyboard for like 10 years and it’s super hard for me, as a non console gamer, to adapt to the steam deck. Other games that I have never played on the pc I’m having very little issue playing on the steam deck. So it just depends on your experience as a gamer and your experience with a specific game. civ is another game that is just impossible for me to play on the steam deck because of the control scheme. I’m sure the control scheme is fine, i just can’t get used to it after like 1200 hours in civ6 with a keyboard and mouse.
Hard disagree. The control scheme is simple as hell for consoles/Steam Deck.
I ayed old school xcom a lot. I played the modern xcoms on Xbox and found the controller scheme easily accessible. The same scheme is available for Xcom2 on steamdeck but you have to change the control scheme in the game settings as the defsy us mouse and keyboard.
I love XCOM 2 and have played and beat it on PC. It was the first game I downloaded on my deck, but I can’t get the workshop mods to work? Have you had better luck? Only thread I found was years old and was a little intense for someone not familiar with Linux to figure out
I feel like I only see people suggest 2, is 1 not good?
1 is certainly good, but 2 is basically “everything you loved from 1, but prettier and bigger.” So people tend to go for that one.
Does 2 continue a story from 1, or is it completely independent?
1s story was a bit of a silly afterthought. 2s story is more meaty (the characters are unique and presage to bg3) but still pretty silly. Both games are about systems and scenarios more than a plot.
Yes, but this is not really a story driven game (and to the extent that it is, the story from 2 is much better than the story from one). The story is an excuse to shoot aliens.
Hot take, I actually prefer 1. Feels more cohesive / complete as a game, plus it runs a LOT better. I finished 2 playthroughs of 1, never finished 2.
I prefer 1 over 2
I definitely liked the story of the first one more, and the party members and most of the NPCs. But the mechanics and cohesion of 2 is a lot better. I’m not sure how well the first would play on the Steam Deck; its controller support is pretty rough IIRC.
People suggest this a lot, but I find it unreadably small. On an external monitor maybe, or if you have teenager eyes and like squinting.
Yeah, I was using the Magnifying Glass but constantly holding down Steam + L1 was a pain. However I figured out you can make it a toggle by mapping it to one of the back buttons.
Wasteland 3
Divinity Original Sin (both, tho 1 is a bit dated, but still very good)
Shadowrun
Shadowrun is such a good series.
Massively backing up Wasteland 3.
Incredible game.
Wasteland 3 is so fucking good.
How do you play it on the deck? With the trackpad or is it possible to play it with controller controls?
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My man. Baldur’s Gate 3 came out 113 days ago. If you have 600 hours, that’s 5 hours and 20 minutes a day every day on aversge
It’s been available in early access for much longer than that.
Jan 2021 is when I first played it.
Haha, look, you show me a guy like Gale and tell me he’s romanceable and I’m gonna spend a looottta time playing. In all seriousness, been a very long time since I’ve hyperfocused on a game so I’ve been really excited.
Love Skyrim! Doesn’t have to be turn based, just love the story and rp element.
Yeah I perfectly get you lol. Also sorry if I sounded harsh I didn’t mean to insult you in any way.
Not at all! :)
You don’t need time to romance Gale. 2 hours into the game and he’s over you like a rash.
The mass effect collection runs beautifully. Of course the borderlands games. Shadowrun is pretty good but very dated imo. Disco elysium plays a lot like these games, but without combat if you’re feeling particularly casual. If you’re gonna be playing cyberpunk make sure to get phantom liberty! Pretty sure it’s in second place right now for the game awards despite being a dlc, of course after BG3
Pathfinder good
Is BG3 so enjoyable on the deck? I am afraid to buy it, this and Cyberpunk because I have a ps5 too and could potentially remote play it
I sometimes play BG3 on my steam deck via remote play (chiaki), and it works like a charm. In terms of streaming quality, and of course also in terms of FPS. I mostly play on the big TV but it’s convenient to be on the SD at times. You’ll miss out on mods, that is the only downside imo.
It’s decently performant after patches, but if you expect 30FPS stable everywhere, I still don’t think it can quite achieve that. Personally, I played at 24FPS@48Hz in the first act and 20FPS@40Hz in act 2 and act 3. It’s pretty much the opposite of a fast-paced game and I preferred a mostly locked framerate to constant dips in later areas.
I think it’s pretty good, but with some caveats.
There’s some texture pop-in which is a bit annoying, and performance still goes down in act 3. But the game generally performs well most of the time with a little tinkering in the settings, especially now that they’ve added FSR 2.0. It’s much better than it used to be.
However, it has the problem a lot of games have on the Deck: the interface and entire look of the game is made for much larger screens, so some things are a bit difficult to read/spot. Not nearly to the point of unplayability, but definitely not as optimal as playing on a big screen.
It’s a great game, so I’d recommend getting it even if you can only play on the Deck, and especially if you use your deck a lot (maybe you travel for work or something), but I do think the base experience on PS5 is going to be better than on the Deck. Then again, you can say that for almost anything because the PS5 is much more powerful.
Thanks! This sums up my thoughts too. I don’t have a powerful PC, so definitely using chiaki to play is the way to go!
I had to uninstall bg3 since it’s eating most of my time.
Wasteland 3
Divinity: Original Sin 2, Larian’s big game before BG3, is also excellent.
The Last Spell is great on deck! Not so much RPG, but you might enjoy the setting and strategic combat.