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In the 33 months since Baldur's Gate 3 launched, it's hardly ever fallen out of the top 5 most-played games on Steam Deck (www.pcgamer.com)

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[–] artyom@piefed.social 11 points 4 months ago (8 children)

So weird, because it runs like ass on SD too.

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[–] Pieisawesome@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 4 months ago

Works fine for me. They even released an optimized build for steam deck

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[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 8 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Really tried to give it a go on my deck but it was unplayable for me.

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[–] 87Six@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

artyom@piefed.social too (is this how you tag people on lemmy? - no it's not, help lol)

Are your SSD's nearly full by any chance? Could that be messing your performance up?

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[–] iamthetot@piefed.ca 6 points 4 months ago

Not even close. I understand that some people find it playable; I said for me. It's a desktop only title. I didn't like the controls on deck either.

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[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 1 point 4 months ago

Just curious, what kind of hardware are you used to gaming on?

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[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I can see why some would consider it playable but it was unplayable for me, sub 60fps and the graphics had to be so low the textures looked terrible. Or I had to enable frame gen which also makes it look like shit.

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[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 1 point 4 months ago

A lot of us grew up where even 30fps was a target, not the low. I appreciate it when it’s smoother, but can easily enjoy slower paced games at 25 or lower.

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[–] ericwdhs@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago

I think it depends more on the person than the tech. I've only had AAA games on my Deck for demoing to others. I'm too spoiled by my desktop to actually enjoy playing them that way.

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