I got an OLED 1 TB for my birthday yesterday and I’m looking for titles I can download to play when I’m off shore on a ship. I like FPS games but am always looking for the next adventure. What do you suggest?
Edit- are there any Lemmy communities I should be checking out too? Aside from this one?
Halo mcc
First of all, make a habit of checking IsThereAnyDeal before getting any PC game. There are lots of PC game stores, many selling Steam keys for less than Steam. Or you could get a bundle with some games you like, some you would never think of, for less than the price of 1. Right now I think Fanatical is about the best of the bundlers, Humble sometimes has good stuff too.
You might want to get more of your games on GoG than Steam. It’s a little more work to set up Heroic to handle GoG, but after that it is pretty close to automatic. Once you have a GoG game working, it is never going to say “I know there is an update out there and I refuse to play until you download all 50 ziggabytes of it on your tethering”.
I’m not particularly fond of FPSes, so I can’t help you there. If you haven’t already played Batman Arkham or the new Tomb Raider games on a console, catch up on those? The Humble Mind-Bending Masterpieces bundle is fantastic, being stuck on a couple of puzzles and having them roll around in your mind during dull ship duties could work together. Fanatical’s 3 for $5 BYO Relentless bundle has Red Faction Guerilla, Void Scrappers, Graveyard Keeper or Neverinth?
I like FPS games
HDoom and Gal*Gun series
On top of all the great suggestions here I’d like to point out that the deck is a great emulation machine. Everything up to the ps2 era runs flawlessly but it can also do pretty well with Wii u, ps3 and Switch emulation too but performance will vary from title to title.
It’s also a great fallback in case the deck gets unhappy about not having a network connection (YMMV but some people have pretty bad issues with this) and steam games won’t start. Non steam games work just fine regardless of whether or not you have an internet connection.
Cannot second this recommendation enough. 90% of what I use my Deck for is playing old Nintendo games.
You can use EmuDeck to add all of your ROMs to your library as if they were Steam games. It uses RetroArch, so you can also enable achievements for pretty much every game by logging into retroachievements.org
EmuDeck is a godsend. It makes emulation on the deck so easy.
I recently played the demo for ultrakill (fast-paced, combo-based fps) and had a blast
Saints Row III plays wonderfully, and has a great mix of quick and longer play objectives, which really makes it fit the times and places I play on my SteamDeck.
For other communities, the various Linux gaming communities will all be decent.
https://lemmy.world/c/linux_gaming https://lemmy.ml/c/linux_gaming
Do you have Internet in the ship? The biggest potential issue is that many games need an Internet connection once every few days to recheck the license.
I don’t play that many FPS games these days, but I would highly recommend DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal, they both run fantastic and are great games.
Cyberpunk is pretty good these days as well. Titanfall 2 is a great game and goes on sale for super cheap, but when EA switched it from using the origin launcher to the EA app it apparently caused some issues with the game crashing or refusing to run sometimes. I haven’t tried it myself since the changeover, so I don’t know how bad the problem actually is.
I can probably provide more recommendations for adventure games, but I’d need some examples of what kind of games you like.
I will occasionally get internet when in port or I’ll Hotspot my phone. At the most, maybe 4-5 days with no service.
4-5 days is more time without Internet than I’m used to, so other people may have better advice.
For using the Steam Deck offline, you can either use it in online mode (without Internet), or switch it to offline mode. For most people, it’s best to just stay in online mode and never touch offline mode even if they’ll be offline for hours.
However since you’re going multiple days without Internet, I’m guessing you’ll probably actually need to use offline mode. I would recommend launching any newly installed games in online mode once, then switching to offline mode (both in steam settings and wifi turned off) and making sure everything still works. It’s hard to determine what DRM different games have, and what will work or won’t work without Internet. Anything that you find doesn’t work can be refunded if you have less than 2 hours of recorded gameplay, and you may have to rely on that mechanic to deal with games that have DRM that keeps you from playing on the ship.
Also worth noting, offline mode specifically means the deck is not connected to Steam’s servers, but wifi and non-steam internet services can still work. Putting the deck in offline mode is supposed to keep you from having issues with the steam license check, but other DRM programs can do license checks as well and may fail if you don’t have WiFi (regardless of if you’re in steam offline mode or not).
That’s really good to know, I’m coming from console/mobile games so stuff like that never really comes up.
Yeah, it’s an unfortunate side effect of most PCs always having Internet access. Hopefully it won’t give you any trouble, but it sucks to run into a game that won’t run offline or that is insisting on a license check when you know you won’t have Internet anytime soon.
I run a heavily modded Skyrim on my deck and it plays fine offline, but the launcher won’t work offline for some reason. So, I can play it as much as I want, so long as I don’t completely exit the game. Its probably a solvable problem, but I’m rarely without a connection or at least the ability to use my phone as a hotspot just to run the launcher.
One more thing I’d recommend is to set up some emulators or other non-steam games. That way you’ll always have something to play, even if you do run into some Internet related issues.
Emulators are great for this, emudeck and other emulator programs make it very easy to set up, and many emulated titles are both battery friendly and don’t take much room compared to modern games.
Is there somewhere I can find more info on them? Like I said, I’m coming from console and mobile. I’ve never messed with a pc in a gaming sense.
This is the one I use, you’ll need to go to the website in desktop mode, download the .desktop file, copy it to the desktop, and run it. Then just follow the instructions.
You can choose what emulators to install. You’ll need to acquire game roms elsewhere online, and then put them in the appropriate game system folder. A few of the more modern emulators will require bios files or things like that to work.
It takes a little setting up, but once you’re done the games will show up in your steam library looking like native games.
You’ve been super helpful, I really appreciate your time, thank you.
Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn’t work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: [email protected], [email protected]
On Thunder both the URL and the name work fine. Pretty nice
The links fails with voyager because of the underscore.
Thanks kind bot stranger.
Two great games that are perfect for Steam Deck - Hades and Hollow Knight.
Both of those games are at the top of their genres. They are fantastic games, and they do play great on the Deck.
I did a full playthrough of Hollow Knight when I got my OLED deck (except some of the extra Godhome challenge stuff). It was gorgeous and got 8-9 hours of play from a full charge. Highly recommended.
I don’t know how much the Navy still resembles my time, but back then if you didn’t want your PSP stolen by some shitbag, you painted it pink. Nobody ever stole pink electronics.
While that would probably still work, I’m not in the Navy.
Well have fun at sea, whatever you’re doing! Don’t forget to go on deck at night. Hopefully they shut the lights off so you can see bioluminescence and the stars.
I’m on a tug and barge unit, I do shut the deck lights , it’s amazing
It’s one of the few things I really miss. God, those nights!
Been playing a lot of Doom eternal and Red Dead Redemption 2 on mine
I wouldn’t recommend RDR2 here because you need a net connection to launch the game.
good point. completely forgot about that
Hades
Dead Cells
Halls of Torment
Bloodstained
Vampire Survivor
Backpack Hero
Megaman/megamanx collections(just picked these up from.a humblebundle if they are still available)
Brutal Legends
EmuStation(bit of a setup on this but worth it if you want to emulate things)
Edit: why the ever loving hell cant i do single line? Double enter is dumb
Single new line is two spaces followed by Enter.
Like this.Hades Dead Cells Halls of Torment Bloodstained Vampire Survivor Backpack Hero Megaman
Is one long motherfucker of a title! They should’ve thought of something more concise
Also, press return twice to leave a space between lines, btw
Thanks, I would prefer it look like this screen shot. So dumb
In that case.
Press.
Space.
Twice after each line before pressing enter.Unfortunately on Android that adds a full stop too!
Unfortunately on Android that adds a full stop too!
Quick tip for a double space:
<space><enter><backspace><space>
or, if your keyboard supports it:
<space><space><backspace><space>Hugs. Thanks for helping me learn. So complicated
Your punctuation and the lack thereof gave me an aneurysm
Unfortunately, one enter in the editor doesn’t actually create a new line
I’m sure their intention was a list
Yes
Oh god sorry, it was supposed to be on a new line. God why does the format change from how its typed out. lemme go fix it
Yeah lol, I love markdown formatting but I never understood why double line spacing was necessary
Brotato is a perfect game for the Deck and it’s my favorite from the “auto shooter” genre.
Seconding this, at first I thought it was obtuse and overly difficult. But once you get a feel for how the synergies work it’s amazing. Despite the simple structure it’s a much deeper and more mechanically complex game than Vampire Survivors, and you have a lot more control over your builds.
On the other hand it’s a positively insidious timewaster. (But isn’t that the point?) I certainly never expected to get 100 hours of fun out of it, but that’s what happened.
As for FPS, visually simpler stuff is perhaps easier to enjoy on the small screen. I highly recommend Amid Evil if you enjoy classic Quake style shooters. I used it to teach myself how to effectively play shooters with the touchpads, which can be a tough hill to climb but definitely pays off. Don’t be afraid to play with the control settings through Steam; personally I run 175% sensitivity, no accel or haptics, with high friction trackball to help quickly change directions. It took a few hours to figure out what worked but once you get a feel for what’s comfortable for you personally it only takes a couple minutes per game to dial in the control settings.
I have been reconnecting with Left 4 Dead 2 and the master chief collection, as far as shooters go.
Just tried Severed Steel this week after trying the demo for the studios next game on next fest last week. It’s an incredible movement shooter with a great soundtrack and really satisfying gameplay. Highly recommend. Regularly goes on sale for five dollars and it’s a steel at that price. :)
Xcom 2 is pretty much the only game I’ve been able to play in handheld but that’s skill issue on my part. It’s turn based tactical combat, it’s been a lot of fun for me, maybe try it out
