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.

    • noctisatrae@beehaw.orgOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I like what Valve are undertaking with the Steam Deck so I’m supporting them either way…

      However, I totally agree with you.

    • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Idk if you’ve used a ps4 or Xbox but they very often have games that can barely run. For example pubg, cyberpunk

        • Fizz@lemmy.nzEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I don’t think verified should mean 60fps. Verified should mean the game doesn’t crash, the controls work on and the frames are around 30.

          Also how is left4dead bad on steamdeck? What issues are you getting.

    • Daydreamy@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I agree. The 3 ratings we have now are relatively useless:

      • Unverified
      • Playable but boo hoo you need to use the Steam+X keyboard for 1 minute to input your character name
      • Playable

      Give us some actually helpful ratings please. I have to Google every title as it is.

    • averyminya@beehaw.orgEnglish
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      1 year ago

      “does it launch.” rather than “does it play well.

      That seems pretty reasonable to me, given that in my experience the hardest part of playing games I want to play is them simply not launching. Therefore, if they do launch I have the opportunity to do everything I can do to make it more playable?

      I understand the out of the box experience is important (and my Steam Deck has performed flawlessly), but if I want to try and get a Dark Forces 2 running and for some reason it launched but didn’t play well, that’s better than it not launching. Same for new games, and it seems others don’t have issues with BG3 so I’m just overall confused as to OP’s point. There’s not really much that I haven’t been able to run on the Steam Deck that doesn’t perform within what I’d expect it to after settings adjustments, just like any PC?