If a game hypes a lot of people up, it will be verified. That’s like, the most important factor… not even the performance, the controls, etc…

As seen in the title, Baldur’s Gate 3 is the perfect example of this: running at 20FPS with constant dips and my Steam Deck on the verge of exploding isn’t what I call “a game flawlessly running on the Steam Deck…”

Just try to be honest guys, it’s okay if the game is badly rated for compatibility with the Steam Deck, it’s not a big deal if it’s too demanding to run on the handled.

But DON’T BE MISLEADING…

Thanks :))

EDIT: Not tested on the most recent major update. The big one with many changes to the flow of the game.

    •  Jaxseven   ( @Jaxseven@beehaw.org ) English
      6•10 months ago

      Not to mention the community controls are great. Larin did a fantastic job adapting the game to a controller, but I much prefer the flexibility of keyboard and mouse and the Deck’s input options are fantastic.

    •  noctisatrae   ( @noctisatrae@beehaw.org ) OPEnglish
      5•10 months ago

      This is misleading. Having played the game with optimised settings and FSR, it does look good but no matter the settings, there are countless dips, without any interruptions.

      What you wanted to say is… the game runs at 30FPS as long as your are not outside. The game is so unstable that saying 30FPS is kinda false actually.

      •  Fizz   ( @Fizz@lemmy.nz ) English
        25•10 months ago

        Nah it runs at 30 anywhere for me. Maybe it dips occasionally but it’s mostly 30fps.

        I don’t even think my settings are good. I should be able to get it to look better and still run at 30fps. I turned off my frame cap and I’m getting 37 fps outside.

        My presets are pretty much everything on medium and fsr off

      •  joshinator   ( @joshinator@feddit.de ) English
        10•10 months ago

        To be fair, BG3 just runs like crap. I’m playing it mostly on a decent PC, there were some dips in act 1 and 2, but act 3 has a lot more dips.
        Still a great game, and the city maps in act 3 are pretty packed, but the frametime consistency is pretty poor.

        And Vulkan was even worse, slighly lower avg FPS, same inconsistency and graphic glitches (random flickering black or white squares).

        I see the “verified” badge more as a “no need to fiddle to get the game running” not a “you get locked 30fps with decent graphics” guarantee.
        Always subjective what “runs well”, someone might be accustomed to 4k@144hz while someone else is used to “cinematic” 30fps.
        Both will notice the unstable 30fps, but the latter wont mind, just like most players didn’t mind with Zelda TotK.

      •  AphoticDev   ( @AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
        3•10 months ago

        I mean, FSR 1 ain’t pretty, but it gets the job done, and it’s all BG3 has. I also turned down all the critical settings like shadows to low. You can’t see the fine details on shadows anyway when playing the deck, so no point wasting resources on them. Same thing for fog, turn that shit to low. Everything else should be set to medium.

        You’ll probably not get as much FPS as I do, because I’ve tweaked my Deck a lot, but you should have no issues getting a solid 30fps on average, which is what most people report. I spend about half my time on BG3 on my Deck, because I play it at work, and it runs really well for me, so I know you can get there too with minor adjustments!

        •  Willdrick   ( @Willdrick@beehaw.org ) English
          2•10 months ago

          I don’t own a Deck, but from trying on smaller screens (1366x768 laptop) fsr is practically indistinguishable from native at “quality” preset. “Balanced” becomes a bit blurrier, but still pretty much playable, without sacrificing UI legibility

          •  AphoticDev   ( @AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) English
            2•10 months ago

            It’s usually not very noticeable, but there’s a lot of face time in the game when talking to people, and that’s when you really notice it. It’s not a deal breaker though, because when you use a platform like the Deck, you accept that not every game is going to look its best. And the rest of the experience with BG3 is fantastic on the Deck. I prefer moving with a joystick over the point and click movement of the KB/M for this game.

          •  termus   ( @termus@beehaw.org ) English
            1•10 months ago

            Yeah on the decks screen it’s not really noticeable. It’s great for handheld mode. Once I docked it to my 1080p TV it was very noticeable blurry mess. That’s when I decided to just Stream it over Sunshine from my desktop.

  •  Mars   ( @Mars@beehaw.org ) English
    7•10 months ago

    I have at least 60h in my play through, all of them on the steamdeck. Good enough for me.

    Not saying other games are no getting certification they should not but BG3 on the deck is not bad at all.

    •  Pigeon   ( @Lowbird@beehaw.org ) English
      2•10 months ago

      I think difficulty setting, how often you get into combat, and how far you are into the game might affect it. In my playthrough it was fine for a long time but now every now and then it hangs a bit when it’s calculating enemy turns, even with my good CPU.