Last Epoch - on a gen 1 SD it runs great. Set for 40 fps, medium details, about 2 hours of battery life. Levelling my first character, a Falconer. It’s an offline char for now because of the server issues, but it’s fine, since I’m not planning multiplayer anytime soon, first I want to enjoy the story and learn all the mechanics without distractions.
The game is really good, and looks beautiful. Maybe the only negative is the default controller layout is not perfect, but nothing critical. With a little fine tuning it works like a charm.
I’m really interested in picking up Last Epoch, but waiting to finish the new Like a Dragon before picking up any more large games.
My understanding is that the game has both online and offline modes, but that the save files aren’t transferable so that I would have to stick to online mode if I ever wanted to play with friends. I know you’ve said you’re playing mostly offline mode for now, but have you gotten a chance to see how well online mode handles disconnects from putting the deck to sleep?
I was interested in getting D4, but anytime I put the deck to sleep (which is frequently, I have young kids) it would completely close the game and require relaunching it. After relaunching I would find myself back at the start of my current area, making for a lot of retracing my steps. In comparison, Honkai Star Rail (which is also always online) just makes me wait 30s for the game to reconnect to the server before I can start playing again. I found the short wait for HSR to reconnect was fine, but D4’s handling of disconnects completely killed my interest in the game. I’m really curious how Last Epoch handles disconnects and if it’s closer to HSR or D4.
Online mode seems closer to the worst, with a screen to kick you back to the main menu.
Once back at the main menu, due to the way all travel resets areas, you’re likely to have lost progress since the last gate. You’ll retain items and XP, but lose map reveal and have to run through the areas again.
Cant comment on online mode so far, but suspend on offline mode works perfectly. I had the game running for 3 days like that and only quit when there was a new patch released :)
Mapped the back button for the minimap, show/hide loot, inventory and one for instant sell (Shift + left click).
Changed the right touch pad as mouse + left click for menus.
Set the left touchpad to work as a D-pad so I have 4 additional buttons there. So far left-right is the map zoom and up is the loot filter, down is the skills menu, but I’m thinking of making it into a virtual menu to include more stuff.
Finally picked up Dead Cells from the current sale. I play a lot of roguelikes/lites but never been much into Castlevania type stuff so started out skeptical. But a few hours into it I find myself enjoying it more and more. It feels good to get better at it which is a key ingredient for great games.
The game is perfect for the deck, gentle on the battery, works great at the screen resolution, excellent controller support.
Gotta get that Deep Rock Galactic anniversary hat.
Tried to get back to Valheim, but so far it hasn’t sunk.
Enjoyed Easy Red 2 surprisingly mutch. You can run it on Steam Deck with max NPC count. Real meat grinding battles. AI has some room for improvement, but it doesn’t ruin it.
Just beat Twilight Princess HD and got everything. Now restarting it in hero mode. I have no idea how I’m going to fare in the cave of ordeals. I barely made it in regular mode.
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Talos Principle 2! Loved the first one, am having a blast so far diving in.
Also, PictoPix, a fun little Picross game.
Have you played Murder by the Numbers? I found it’s mix of murder mystery/ace attorney with picross to be a really fun combination.
Yes! That was the first time I played any Picross and got me into it!
Still playing LAD: Infinite Wealth as my primary game.
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is also getting a lot of playtime though, probably the most fun I’ve had with a survivors type game.
Last Epoch - on a gen 1 SD it runs great. Set for 40 fps, medium details, about 2 hours of battery life. Levelling my first character, a Falconer. It’s an offline char for now because of the server issues, but it’s fine, since I’m not planning multiplayer anytime soon, first I want to enjoy the story and learn all the mechanics without distractions.
The game is really good, and looks beautiful. Maybe the only negative is the default controller layout is not perfect, but nothing critical. With a little fine tuning it works like a charm.
I’m really interested in picking up Last Epoch, but waiting to finish the new Like a Dragon before picking up any more large games.
My understanding is that the game has both online and offline modes, but that the save files aren’t transferable so that I would have to stick to online mode if I ever wanted to play with friends. I know you’ve said you’re playing mostly offline mode for now, but have you gotten a chance to see how well online mode handles disconnects from putting the deck to sleep?
I was interested in getting D4, but anytime I put the deck to sleep (which is frequently, I have young kids) it would completely close the game and require relaunching it. After relaunching I would find myself back at the start of my current area, making for a lot of retracing my steps. In comparison, Honkai Star Rail (which is also always online) just makes me wait 30s for the game to reconnect to the server before I can start playing again. I found the short wait for HSR to reconnect was fine, but D4’s handling of disconnects completely killed my interest in the game. I’m really curious how Last Epoch handles disconnects and if it’s closer to HSR or D4.
Online mode seems closer to the worst, with a screen to kick you back to the main menu.
Once back at the main menu, due to the way all travel resets areas, you’re likely to have lost progress since the last gate. You’ll retain items and XP, but lose map reveal and have to run through the areas again.
Thanks, that’s the answer I was looking for. Quite unfortunate, but maybe it will get better.
Cant comment on online mode so far, but suspend on offline mode works perfectly. I had the game running for 3 days like that and only quit when there was a new patch released :)
What sort of control tuning have you done?
Mapped the back button for the minimap, show/hide loot, inventory and one for instant sell (Shift + left click).
Changed the right touch pad as mouse + left click for menus.
Set the left touchpad to work as a D-pad so I have 4 additional buttons there. So far left-right is the map zoom and up is the loot filter, down is the skills menu, but I’m thinking of making it into a virtual menu to include more stuff.
Thanks! Some fun bits!
Finally picked up Dead Cells from the current sale. I play a lot of roguelikes/lites but never been much into Castlevania type stuff so started out skeptical. But a few hours into it I find myself enjoying it more and more. It feels good to get better at it which is a key ingredient for great games.
The game is perfect for the deck, gentle on the battery, works great at the screen resolution, excellent controller support.
Dead Cells is a masterclass in not wasting a nanosecond of your time. The entire game is a flow state.
Been playing En Guarde, great fun little game but kinda short. Going back through the second play through to collect all the achievements.
Gotta get that Deep Rock Galactic anniversary hat.
Tried to get back to Valheim, but so far it hasn’t sunk.
Enjoyed Easy Red 2 surprisingly mutch. You can run it on Steam Deck with max NPC count. Real meat grinding battles. AI has some room for improvement, but it doesn’t ruin it.
Still playing the best steam deck game ever: HALLS OF TORMENT!
Toto, and civ 6!
Just beat Twilight Princess HD and got everything. Now restarting it in hero mode. I have no idea how I’m going to fare in the cave of ordeals. I barely made it in regular mode.
Finished system shock remastered, started pacific drive, but I think I’ll play it on the pc (bigger screen needed for the immersion)