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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Did you get a chance to try Starfield yet? I'm on the fence, at least until there are some performance fixes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve been playing it on the Steam Deck (haven’t had a chance to play on the desktop yet as it’s currently extremely hot where I live so I’m huddled next to the aircon). And yes, it actually plays. Low frames in big cities but otherwise seemingly playable!

I love it. It’s more Skyrim than No Man’s Sky but I’ I’ve been playing Bethesda games since Redguard so I’m biased and a fan of their jank.

Only one crash to desktop so far…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice! That's good to know. I was actually waiting for feedback on how it runs on the steam deck before taking the plunge (since that's where I'm planning to play it most of the time). As long as it's playable, I think it should be good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You’ll be playing it on low settings for everything and there are major frame drops in the big cities. But I’ve sunk around 8h in on the Deck and so has my partner. So far, so good. Only crash to desktop happened after resuming the Deck from sleep mid play.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Starfield is pretty good, but space is just the background. It's not really much of a space game TBH. (I'm enjoying it though!)