Recommend Me Some Games.

Started by kitler53, Mar 16, 2023, 08:42 PM

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kitler53

Mar 16, 2023, 08:42 PM Last Edit: Mar 16, 2023, 08:50 PM by kitler53
okay,

so you all are probably aware of this:
https://vizioneck.com/forum/index.php?topic=10027.msg281653#msg281653



to help me out in my decision making please recommend me some games.  The rules are:
1. the game is purchasable on steam
2. preferably the game is not on ps5
3. my main reason for considering a steam deck is to play while commuting so
 A. the game should be single player-able
 B. the game cannot require internet

That said my gaming preferences are:
- puzzle games
- metroidvanias
- platformers
- 2D / top down / or retro games in general.  
- for the form factor i'm not really looking for big story driven games like God of War.  i'll be playing in short bursts (~30 min at a time) so things that are "pick-up-and-play" are preferred for my primary use case.

Example Games I've really enjoyed portably (on vita):
- Stealth
- Super Meat Boy
- Knytt Underground
- Teslagrad
- Rayman Origins and Legends
- Retro City Rampage
- Dokuro

The spring sale is going so bonus points for games that are on sale.


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the-pi-guy

I think we have some different tastes, but some things I would play on a SteamDeck:

Celeste
Castle Crashers
Halo
Portal
Undertale
World of Goo

kitler53

I think we have some different tastes, but some things I would play on a SteamDeck:

Celeste
Castle Crashers
Halo
Portal
Undertale
World of Goo

played:
world of goo: wii
portal: 360
castle crasher: PS5

backlog on PS5:
Celeste
Undertale 
...good recommendations though


no interest:
halo



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Legend

You can play non steam games on steamdeck, just requires a few extra steps.

Papers please
Her Story
Event[0] (requires typing, not sure how that works on deck)
The case of the golden idol
Antichamber
The captain

kitler53

is papers please really any good?  i stumbled across it earlier and watched the video.  from the video it looks terrible.

added antichamber and event[0] to my wishlist.   it's listed as "playable".  "Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard".    not sure how much text entry is required but it could get annoying i suppose.

i remember you raving about her story.  i have "telling lies" downloaded to my ps5.   i know you said it wasn't as good but i figured it would be a good taster to if i like the type of game or not.


Featured Artist: Vanessa Hudgens

kitler53

oh, and also added these to my wishlist:

- Ori will of the wisps
- Ori and the blind forest
- portal bridge constructor (thought about it when Pi mentioned world of goo)
- stephen's sausage roll (i remember legend glowing about it)
- hi-fi rush
- baba is you


Featured Artist: Vanessa Hudgens

Legend

is papers please really any good?  i stumbled across it earlier and watched the video.  from the video it looks terrible.

added antichamber and event[0] to my wishlist.   it's listed as "playable".  "Entering some text requires manually invoking the on-screen keyboard".    not sure how much text entry is required but it could get annoying i suppose.

i remember you raving about her story.  i have "telling lies" downloaded to my ps5.   i know you said it wasn't as good but i figured it would be a good taster to if i like the type of game or not.
Papers please is pretty good yeah. Kinda an experimental game but it really pulls it off. Inspired a lot of copycats.

Event[0] requires a lot of text, but with a touch screen it could be fine. All the computers on the ship use freeform text entry and they're the main selling point of the game.

Telling Lies is a fine primer. Immortality is also a good primer but I disliked the gameplay in it.

oh, and also added these to my wishlist:

- Ori will of the wisps
- Ori and the blind forest
- portal bridge constructor (thought about it when Pi mentioned world of goo)
- stephen's sausage roll (i remember legend glowing about it)
- hi-fi rush
- baba is you

Portal bridge constructor was the first game I ever played on series x and I hated it lol

Stephen's sausage roll received a lot of praise from puzzle devs like Jonathon Blow, but I never finished it. I wrongly thought I had seen all the game had to show and I wasn't loving the puzzles so I quit.

Also for 10% off maybe I'll buy a deck too.

nnodley

Yeah I'm now really tempted as well to buy one

kitler53

lulz. I should get commission. 


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nnodley

And if I can get epic games store on it too then that's even better. I have soooo many games on it that I got for free or some of their really good sales

Legend

lulz. I should get commission.
I've decided not to buy  :P
10% is a pretty small discount and I'd rather just buy it once I actually need it.

kitler53

welp.  it's official. 

I got the middle teir steam deck.  64 Gb seemed too small to even just install 1 modern AAA game.  games like destiny 2 are like 100 Gb these days.  still plan on getting an SD card eventually but not right away. 

for games:
I'm going to get emulation up and running to put my snes games on it.   might have a go at dolphin too. 

was actually pretty disappointed in game selection on steam.   never really grasped how many PC games aren't on steam like Diablo. I knew it but never really grasped it.  also a lot of games I looked at aren't supported by steam deck like sunset overdrive.  

ended up spending $40 including a lot of games I already own.  just felt like replaying them I guess and they were very cheap.  a few new titles though. 
- portal 1 and 2
- Valkyria Chronicles 1 and 4
- ori 1 and 2
- the room 1 and 2
- half life 2 plus episode 1 and 2
- super meat boy
- knytt underground
- pixel junk shooter ultimate
- dragon's dogma
- portal bridge constructor
- titan souls
- down well

+ (and it was free but I'm really excited for) the looker


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Legend

I bought Infra and Cypher.

kitler53

I bought Infra and Cypher.
looks cool for you.  not sure I'd like it so much. 


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kitler53

it's here!

i'm working so i'm not even going to turn it on but holy fudge is this this big.   i remember vita getting shame on all the time for not actually being "portable" because it would stick out the top of your back pocket and they'd just choose a phone instead.   well fuk,... this thing is like 4-5 vita's duck taped together.   i'm going to get a fuking purse to take this to work. 

Spoiler for Hidden:
i already have a man-purse


controls felt okay i guess.  should be good enough for must controller based games.   rocket league is the only game in which I "claw grip" and i can tell it ain't going to work out for me.  generally speaking the R/L2 feels good but the R/L1 does not.   it has a nice man-sized bump though so i can hold it much more comfortably than the switch.   i didn't realize it had buttons on the back-side until now.  I guess the L/R 4/5 could take the place of L/R 2 for me but i didn't find them particularly comfortable either.   maybe i'm just not used to having those kinds of buttons.


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