Sorry, bit late on this one. Life’s been hectic.

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    Mostly CrossCode. A fun little sci-fi action puzzler that pays homage to the SNES era of games. It’s similar to Spirit of Mana. Low power requirements, and it has a Linux-native version that works better than the Windows version (you need updated engine files if you play from itch.io).

    I’m also playing a little bit of No Man’s Sky, but just here and there; I’m mostly playing that on my desktop.

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      Do you play No Mans Sky alone or with friends? I picked it up for my deck but havent tried it out yet… Unfortunately one of the reasons why I have a deck is my PC can’t handle some games

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        Alone. I don’t currently have friends that play it, but I still have a good time. Works great on Deck, and you can even make use of HDR settings, if you have an OLED version.

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    I bought Vampire Survivors since it was slightly discounted and have only heard rave reviews about it… I sank 7 hours in my first day lol!!

    Picked up all the DLCs too. Imo worth the money to support the developer

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      I’ve played 60 hrs of Vampire Survivors in the last year since I got my SD OLED. Had the game platinumed before the latest DLC release. Just a ton of fun

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    Honestly mostly been learning blender, I am sure sure nobody ever intended blender to be used on a handheld gaming system but that is the beauty of the steam deck right?

    Also been playing some everdell.

    Coincidentally I had just downloaded Apex to start playing with a friend :(

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      I purchased a new monitor and video card right before rockstar pull their stunt with gta v. They arrived the day after I was locked out of gta online. So I feel your pain.

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      Honestly mostly been learning blender, I am sure sure nobody ever intended blender to be used on a handheld gaming system

      I’m interested in the “how”

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        Just install blender from the discover app on the steam desktop, add it to steam as a non-steam game and you can launch it as you would any other game.

        As for controls I prefer joysticks + gyro, but that is just me.

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    Sea of Stars. 🌊✨

    It’s a really well done, turn based style rpg.

    Been enjoying it a lot.

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    Witcher 3, Just finished the main story. And boy, CDPR really nailed the story/ character writing in this game. Looking to grab “Hearts of stone” & “Blood and Wind” DLC next GOG sale.

    What an amazing 50hr time sink!

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      Is it the Phantom Liberty part specifically that isn’t deck friendly? I replayed some of base cyberpunk on my OLED recently, and was really impressed by how well it runs now. I seem to remember performance being a lot worse when I tried it back on my original LCD deck.

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        The new content just has a bunch of parts where you are mobbed so if your playstyle is ninja decker and not the best up close and personal it can be tough. Its definately a bit different with a ton of parkour initially and many hidden item caches. I actually just got through the initial mission and now everything has opened up.

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    I’ve been playing a whole lot of Metaphor ReFantizio, and highly recommend it.

    I enjoy the persona games, but I actually do like a fantasy setting more than the modern day setting of persona. I also find some of Persona’s mechanics make the game more tedious than it should be (You have to equip a matching persona before spending your time with someone socially, and you have to get the right conversation responses or spend multiple time slots building social points), and Metaphor gets rid of those points of frustration. The road trip aspect is really fun too, overall I’m having a great time with it.

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    Wilmot Works It Out - much simpler than Wilmot’s Warehouse, an extremely enjoyable puzzle game.

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        It’s perfect. My only gripe is sometimes it reads analogue joystick input as double move - but then you can just use pad or tweak the steam input profile.

        Performance-wise it feels like a game made for deck

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    Loop Hero . Picked it up for last week for just under $5 and it’s been a lot of fun.

    It’s an Indie rogue-like with a surprising amount going on.

    My favorite being is that it mixes a deck builder rogue-like with building a world each run.

    The “permanent upgrades” (outside of the game-loop) are pretty interesting as well- building a village/city and managing supplies.

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      Had a great time with YS 8, been meaning to pick up 9 or 10 whenever they have a decent sale.

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        Like most Ys games, they’re a trudge at first, and some graphical letdown, but they’re still great stories with great characters. I remind myself to power through the beginning each Ys game and eventually find myself loving it.

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    Windblown plays really well on the SD. Developed by Motion Twin, same folks behind Dead Cells. Rogue-like that plays similar to Hades but has some persistent upgrades like Dead Cells.

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    I’m a weird Deck gamer, in that I often start games and come back once in a while, which I never do on PC, where I try to finish one game at a time

    • Death Crown
    • Narita Boy
    • Citizen Sleeper
    • Dave the Diver
    • Deep Rock Galactic Survivor
    • 60 Parsecs!
    • In Other Waters
    • Race the Sun -Merchant of the Skies