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[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 34 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Man I wish that number actually meant anything

[–] marighost@piefed.social 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Some games I have no clue how they managed their Deck verification. Monster Hunter Wilds recently got it, and there is just no way that game can run smoothly on that thing.

[–] 7112@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

30 FPS. No frame gen.

Runs pretty well. Lots of texture pop-in and the only place I have slowdowns is when the seasons are "plenty" and there is extra vegetation in the plains and jungle.

Not perfect but playable. I probably could get more out of it by lowering textures and additional character animations.

[–] marighost@piefed.social 4 points 1 week ago

That's... surprising to hear, but I'm glad that it's playable!

[–] EonNShadow@pawb.social 4 points 1 week ago

Mmm crunchy 540p Low settings

[–] Schal330@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

There needs to be a rating system.

  • Runs (but borderline unplayable)
  • Plays well (but not perfect)
  • Plays great!

Tried to run Expedition 33 on it and although performance seemed ok, it looked a right mess.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 7 points 1 week ago

I mean, there is. Just with two levels instead of three. Playable and verified are the two highest and on top of that we have Unsupported for everything where we know that it doesn't work and unknown which can be pretty much any of them but more often than not plays well.

[–] Rigal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

For me if the battery can't hold the game for at least 3 hours, it's unplayable.

[–] Stampela@startrek.website 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

No kidding. Back when the Deck was new, I played a fair amount of Cyberpunk on it and it was fiiiiine. Not good, not very good looking, but enjoyable you know? Minus the bloody text, as I had to guess what things did because a tiny font at a minuscule resolution on a small screen in red? Not exactly readable.

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 4 points 1 week ago

Especially with games that are on console I cannot fathom how they don't have the option of displaying huge texts. With the Steam Machine (or any computer) hooked up to a big TV the fonts are still often unreadable.