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[–] dmir@gehirneimer.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Steam Deck.

The Talos Principle. It's actually my first time playing the game despite having learned about it near launch and having seen some footage and just wondering at this mysterious puzzle-solving adventure set in such beautiful locations... And it's every bit wonderful, much more than I had expected. And there's so much reading, too! I actually love that part and how it's executed, because it allows me to choose whether to go lore-learning, puzzle-solving or secrets-hunting. The latter is especially amazing here: I love spending days on trying to get to something only to learn that the solution lies in a different direction and turns out to be much simpler. I wonder if that's intended or it's just me.

Half-Life. A while ago I tried playing THE FINALS with gyro only and quickly found out that I gravitate towards the dual-trackpad control scheme, allowing me to achieve more and do less. However, a fast-paced online shooter that is also as demanding wasn't the perfect choice for every time I grabbed the deck, so I tried finally beating Half-Life on Hard - and got humbled. I had thought I was kinda good with gyro, but apparently not. All the better, as it led to me mixing mouse input on the right trackpad combined with gyro as opposed to committing to gyro entirely, the latter doesn't being that much comfortable or precise on a Steam Deck, essentially rotating your controller with your screen.

I will probably pick up THE FINALS on the Steam Deck again, too, with S11 introducing bot matches. Could be a great and fun way to practice or warm up before joining someone's team and contributing a fraction of a fraction of what I can with mouse and keyboard at least semi-predictably.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

For competitive or fast paced shooters, I really like to combine gyro with flickstick, where the right Thumbstick exists only to instantly turn your character to face any direction, and then they gyro is used for any aiming beyond that. It's especially nice for horde shooter type games where you have to constantly turn around and shoot at enemies behind you.

[–] dmir@gehirneimer.de 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Given how trigger-happy THE FINALS is with the ban hammer towards gyro players, I really doubt I'd be taking my chances with flickstick in that game.

But I've been thinking about for a while for singleplayer games, yeah. Thinking about the new DOOM trilogy for this.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes, Doom 2016+ are great games for it.

I recommending doing a mode shift with the right bumper (that opens the weapon selection wheel) to revert the Thumbstick to a regular stick when held, which makes swapping weapons easier.

[–] dmir@gehirneimer.de 1 points 4 days ago

Solid advice, thanks!

[–] barkingspiders@infosec.pub 7 points 3 weeks ago

Factorio in docked mode on the tv. I can't believe how well it runs. Looks just fine in 1080 or whatever on my 4k

[–] Red0ctober@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Valheim has been my go to for awhile now. And when I'm struggling there, I boot up Ghost of Tsushima

[–] nuclear_wizard@startrek.website 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

1000xRESIST and Pathogenic

1000xRESIST was on a lot of underrated games lists last year when it came out, and I kept putting it off because the plot points I had heard about seemed very heavy, but it is a beautiful piece of art. It's a very cinematic game with a lot to say about identity, family, and the pain we inflict upon ourselves. Saying anything about the story would probably ruin it, but it's a walking sim with some light puzzle elements.

Pathogenic is a rougelite twinstick shooter where you play as an infection fighting through the human body and upgrading along the way by adding internal upgrades that power up external upgrades like tentacles that allow you to move or appendages that shoot/attack. It's almost the complete opposite of 1000xRESIST. Basically no story and all gameplay.

[–] alternatingcurrent@piefed.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

These games both look great. Any other recommendations?

[–] nuclear_wizard@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

SWORN if you like Hades. It's pretty transparent that they just said "What if Hades, but rip out any depth to the story, make it up to 4 player multiplayer, and change up the pantheon of gods" then made that, but it's still fun to play.

Esoteric Ebb is a self-described Disco-like (referring to Disco Elysium) where you play as a cleric investigating a local tea shop that exploded. You have the typical RPG stats that you distribute points into at the beginning (so you can basically make whatever class you want despite your job being a cleric at the beginning), and as you go through the game, the stats are represented by different parts of your psyche that will comment on and influence your actions. The writing is genuinely hilarious and the sheer amount of content could keep you coming back for many playthroughs with very different experiences each time. I've never played a video game RPG that captures the experience of playing a TTRPG as well as this one does.

I hadn't seen Mina the Hollower mentioned in this thread, and I really enjoyed that earlier this year too. It's a more modern take on 2D Zelda game with more focus on skill difficulty (harder enemies and some brutal platforming) than puzzles. It has some great pixel art in the style of a Game Boy Color game and is packed full of secrets to discover. It's got a really great soundtrack too!

[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Skate 3 Recomp, Windows version via Proton using Faugus. Freaking amazing.

[–] uymai@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Still on ufo 50, I think I’m at the end of cyberpunk: phantom liberty and dragging my feet /waiting to get a good chunk of time to fully pay attention to it, and just installed tunic and the witness

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

All good games, Tunic and the Witness are personal favorites of mine

[–] graynk@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

A chill lil puzzle game Wilmot Works It Out

[–] ben@ly.eok.me 4 points 3 weeks ago

Just finished Gothic1 remake

[–] anotherhoffmann@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Hades 2 and Dredge have been fun!

[–] mapleseedfall@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Factorio. And it will always be factorio

[–] alternatingcurrent@piefed.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

GTA IV. Been craving a replay of this, and need a hit of GTA before the next big installment.

[–] anakin78z@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Playing Absolum. I'm pretty bad at it, but I'm having fun.

[–] uninvitedguest@piefed.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

This game caught me be surprise and I could barely put it down.

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[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I've been playing a couple games:

  • Sea of Stars - Been wanting to play this a long time, and it's similar in some ways to the Golden Sun games, which are my favorite JRPGs. However the combat is slow, and the skill lock mechanic is actively unfun a lot of the time. Not sure if I'm going to play much more, I might tweak the difficulty settings to make combat really easy and just "skip" that part of the game. Mainly just disappointing because I really want to like this game.

  • Dragonsword awakening - basically was a heavily genshin inspired gacha game, that got reworked into a full premium release. Pretty fun if you want a game like Genshin but without any f2p crap.

  • Sifu - Really good combat game, I flip back and forth between feeling like a martial god and a bumbling idiot.

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[–] toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 4 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I'm in the middle of replaying Cyberpunk and finishing my fourth playthrough of Silksong. A friend also just got me neon white so I've been playing that too. Other than that still the occasional windblown run when I can convince my husband to play

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

How is Windblown? Been considering playing it with a friend

I adore it, I've sunk like 300 hours into it so far. Definitely worth picking up, especially if you can hook a friend!

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[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I picked up Control - Ultimate Edition a few months ago and beat it.

After playing God of War (2018), some of Hogwarts Legacy, and way too much Destiny and Destiny 2, I am very much tired of the:

“Upgraded gear makes you stronger and there are multiple rarity tiers of gear” mechanic.

I’m debating between playing Mass Effect Legendary (played the Original many times) or starting up FFVII Remake again — I’m about 7 hours into that one.

[–] kokomo@reddit.kokomo.cloud 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

Just recently started playing Denshattack! on Steam Deck, it's been really fun. Never knew i would appreciate arcade-style train hopping, parkour hybrid mixed into a pretty cool story around post-climate crisis Japan.

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[–] johnydoe666@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 weeks ago

Just started with Moonstone Island on my new steam machine

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I finally picked up palworld on the deck (previously had it on ps5). I have been playing that a bit.

[–] tiberius@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Palworld is addicting. I tried Pokemon, Monster Sanctuary, Coromon, Cassette Beasts, and Nexomon. Bounced off all of them. Who knew that adding base building, shifting to a 3rd person view, and adding a million things to do would make it stick with me.

[–] nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

I get bored rather quickly with Palworld. I will play for a month or so solid, then put it down for 8+ months. But I do that with pokemon too.

[–] tiberius@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams - F2P jigsaw puzzle game that supports multiplayer. You can use custom images after a DLC purchase but the base game has a good sample of puzzles. My first 500 piece puzzle took 10 hours to do. It tickles my nonogram crave as I hit a skill wall in Voxelgram. I would recommend.

Ara Fell - 2D RPG. Simple combat. Story is cheesy but I needed more calcium in my gaming diet. I would also recommend.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

Black Flag Resynced. Obligatory “fuck Ubisoft,” but I loved the original and I’ve been loving the remaster. And I’m pretty sure this is the first Ubisoft title I’ve bought since the original. It runs surprisingly well on the Deck if you limit it to 30FPS and put it on one of the handheld settings.

That is, I love it when I can play it. I’ve been traveling this weekend, and if I want to run the game I need to connect the Deck to my phone’s hotspot to start the game. It can run disconnected, just needs to be connected to start it. But fortunately the Deck suspends and wakes just fine while the game is already running, so I’ve just left it going.

(Obviously it looks much better if I play on my PC or stream it to the Deck from the PC, but I’ve been glad to be able to play it on the go with minimal fuss.)

[–] Macallan@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

In the middle of another New Vegas playthrough.

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[–] yuri@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

skate story, i’ve beaten it twice and still wanna play more! by FAR the coolest skating game i’ve ever played.

[–] Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's definitely visually striking

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[–] eodur@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I just finished the most recent Shinobi and it was exactly what I wanted from it. Nine Souls before that was quite excellent. Animal Well was even better than expected. Dome Keeper was fun. Sea of Stars was good but couldn't hold my attention. I also played the newest installment of Axiom Verge.

I'm a sucker for good Metroidvania games. Open to suggestions for others in that genre.

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Monster Boy and the Cursed Kingdom is one of the best Metroidvanias I've played in a long time.

[–] eodur@piefed.social 3 points 3 weeks ago

That looks really fun. Thanks for the rec!

[–] Flamekebab@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

I started playing Sid Meier's Pirates but got frustrated that no one has labelled the buttons in the control schemes. I'll do it myself once I've fetched a keyboard.

I've also been playing Raccoin which is relatively fun.

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Been playing Caves of Qud recently. Hadn't played it since I hit the current endpoint in early access (IIRC it ended after Bethesda Susa) so I am catching up to the current version. Just looking for a god damn zetachrome weapon for my golem to climb the spindle. Fucking things never drop 😩

Also playing a super simple build that is strong AF. The only things that really can kill me are cheribum and chrome pyramids. Or evil clones of myself.

[–] ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Got back into Caves of Qud recently. I gave up on it a while back, but I have a renewed interest in it and it's going well.

[–] PrincessKadath@ani.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

Finally found some time to play and sat down to play Replaced. Loving it so far.

[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Just finished RDR on my modded xbox360 and about to start RDR2 on my Bazzite machine.

[–] Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Indiana Jones and the great circle.

Graphically it's mildly disappointing. For example the Sistine Chapel looks really bad in game and it takes long for the textures to pop in.

It's quite playable though, the framerate is decent and in most areas the delayed textures are not an issue.

It is quite a buggy game though, it has that typical Bethesda jank to it.

The game itself is a lot like the classic movies. They really nailed that part and that is well made.

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[–] gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Satisfactory, Megabonk, Haste

I've found that, at any one time, I like having one that's a real timesink kinda game, and 2-3 that are pick-up and play arcadey games

[–] boletus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Into the Chronosphere and Spider-Man. Both run great and play great and having a blast.

[–] compcube@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Vampire Crawlers. Just finished all the dairy plant levels.

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