Leaked Patch Notes Confirm Starfield Compatibility with Steam Deck
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Leaked Patch Notes Confirm Starfield Compatibility with Steam Deck - Game Is Hard

While it’s great news that Bethesda is making an effort to make sure Starfield will run on Deck, I’d still like to recommend that most people wait for performance reports before buying and expecting a good experience.

  •  RaincoatsGeorge   ( @RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip ) English
    16•1 year ago

    I just don’t think the steam deck is going to be able to handle this game. Baldurs Gate 3 is certified playable and they did a great job making it a seamless experience but it’s obvious that the system strains in anywhere but the most sparse locations.

    The steam deck just isn’t meant to play all the AAA next gen ray traced games and nobody should expect it to do so. It already goes further than any handheld on the market, I don’t need it to play starfield. I need it to play cult of the lamb really well. And it does. And I love it.

    •  worfamerryman   ( @worfamerryman@beehaw.org ) English
      15•1 year ago

      Someone said that valve does not want to upgrade the Steamdecks cpu regularly that way it can act as a baseline for games to target.

      I kind of like this approach. I think so many devs focus on making everything bleeding edge when most of us would be happy playing with low settings.

      Maybe the steamdeck will lead to further optimizations to these games down the line and maybe games that are early in development will try to target the steamdeck for the minimum spec.

      Starfield and bg3 were too far along in development when steamdeck game out for them to optimize for it.

      I’ll be happy to see how it runs though.

      •  Fidelity9373   ( @Fidelity9373@artemis.camp ) 
        4•1 year ago

        “Tricks” like FSR should certainly make a single platform be able to last longer. Say what you will about the techs usefulness on top of the line hardware, low/mid level hardware like the deck/ally/switch is where it’s greatest benefits lie.

        •  Car   ( @Car@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
          2•1 year ago

          FSR really shows it’s limitations when you’re running a low resolution to begin with. I want to like it, but it’s pretty noticeable and jarring with every game I’ve tried it with, including BG3.

    •  iAmTheTot   ( @iAmTheTot@kbin.social ) 
      2•1 year ago

      Baldurs Gate 3 is certified playable and they did a great job making it a seamless experience but it’s obvious that the system strains in anywhere but the most sparse locations.

      Yeaaaah it’s pretty rough on the steam deck in my experience.