Played again The Outer Worlds and DLCs a couple weeks back and preferred the deck experience over my first play-through on the XBox. Currently playing High on Life and I’m not really convinced, way to linear and controls are… not really optimal.

All time favorite: No Man’s Sky, Stardew Valley, Witcher3

Path of Exile. It’s been great on the Steam Deck and I’m going through the last few days of this league. Once that finishes I’ll start putting a lot more time into Street Fighter 6 (with the compact portable hitbox controller I made) and some Eldest Souls on the side.

Just started Witcher 3. Had no idea what I was missing.

I’ve been playing a lot of No Man’s Sky, but just picked up Shadows of Doubt and have been having a blast with that.

Shadows of Doubt has a weird bug where loading into the initial menu takes several minutes instead of a few seconds. Edit: Update came out today that fixed this! Haven’t figured out why yet, but the developer is working on a fix and the game runs pretty decently outside of that. Using a community control scheme is recommended because the default controller scheme leaves something to be desired.

Just finished Doom 2016. Runs smooth as silk, and the controls are great. Just starting Hollow Knight now.

I’ve been playing quite a bit of Morrowind.

Thanks to the Baldur’s Gate 3 hype, decided to finally jump into a CRPG and went with Divinity Original Sin 2 DE after trying Pillars of Eternity DE. I tried before, but didn’t have the right mindset.

Loving DOS2 now!

Tales of Phantasia, Far Cry 4, Control, Divinity 2, Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster.

Final Fantasy Pixel Remaster is like, the 4th version of FF1 I’ve played and the most polished. Would definitely recommend.

I like the setting of Far Cry 4, but I think I was more engaged by Far Cry 3’s story.

Divinity 2 is way different than any other game in the series, being a 3rd person action RPG. It’s ok. Nothing to write home about.

Tales of Phantasia I’m playing the PS1 version translated from Japanese. It’s the first game in the long running Tails series, and is absolutely wonderful. I’m near the end and just found out that the best version is the PSP copy that comes bundled in Tales of Phantasia X Nakiri Dungeon, the sequel, and has full voice acting(albeit in Japanese). The only version that made it to the states is the far inferior GBA version, which I own a physical copy of, but I am currently WAY further than I ever got on GBA.

Control is absolutely one of the best games I’ve ever played. Thr rich lore, superb game play, relatively glitch free, full sense of progression, metroidvania-like in its design, plenty of side quests, diversions, and collectibles. 10/10

I got the Deck from Summer Sale and since then I’ve been playing:

• Horizon Zero Dawn
  • Been waiting to play this one for years, but haven’t had Playstation since PS2 or proper desktop PC in years. SD fulfilled all my expectations, never getting a desktop PC anymore!
• Halls of Torment
  • Enjoyed Vampire Survivors on Xbox, enjoying this one
• Hogwarts Legacy
  • Seems really “meh”, so played only couple of hours.

Control, after finishing quantum break and Alan wake before.

Just finished Death Stranding. It’s mostly great but somehow crashed a fair bit halfway through the game. No issues or whatsoever in early and late to end game.

Only just got my Deck. Still in the process of doing upgrades and mods. But while I have been testing my overclock and cooling mods and whatnot, I have put a few hours into Elden Ring and it’s awesome on the Deck. The load times are insanely fast compared to my actual high-end gaming laptop. Looking forward to starting a new save on the Deck, after I have everything setup the way I want it. Waiting on a 2tb ssd to replace the 1tb that I just put in the a few days ago. Need to get that swap done before I can finish the cooling mod.

I’ve also put a couple of hours into the Demon Slayer game while testing. That game runs at a locked 60 fps, and plays amazingly.

Blasphemous right now. Plays excel·lent bar some issues with resolution. Changing resolution can result in the game freezing when doing an attack, and it keeps happening even if you relaunch the game. I found somewhere that shutting off and on the deck solves it, and it’s true.

As for gameplay having downed three bosses (+ the tutorial one at the start), it’s fun! Maybe too cryptic for my taste, I’ve had to open a guide a couple of times. But the gameplay it’s tight and challenging.

Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice and Super Mario Galaxy 2

I have a Diablo 4 addiction. It runs surprisingly well on my Deck. Only problem is it requires the internet, so I can’t play it anywhere outside of the house.