• mohab
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      11 days ago

      You joke, but half of my Steam library is incompatible with Steam Deck. Like, I fucking hate Windows, but I’m stuck there for gaming, and I don’t even play these multiplayer games. I’m talking Catherine, Persona 4 Arena Ultimax, Under Night In-Birth II… etc. Niche games all of them.

      • @xavier666@lemm.ee
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        411 days ago

        I just checked the games on ProtonDB. Two games are Platinum are one is silver/gold. Essentially very less tinkering.

        Steam Deck compatibility is usually very conservative so even though it says incompatible, it will probably work. Nowadays, I just check if the game has some weird DRM or anticheat, otherwise it just works.

        • mohab
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          110 days ago

          Shows one platinum, one gold, and one silver on my end? Catherine is notorious for being difficult to run on Linux, even the comments on ProtonDB say so… IDK if I can consider that very little tinkering.

          Plus, that doesn’t include docked performance… I need stable 60FPS docked for fighting games.

          Like, I see your point that it’s almost there, but going full tilt into gaming on Linux RN still feels like a risky investment for both my time and money when my $400 Windows laptop runs everything OOTB.

          One day though.

          • @chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
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            210 days ago

            I made the jump two years ago. I started with a 512GB SATA SSD with Windows and then my main drive on Linux.

            There aren’t any games I play regularly that don’t “just work” on Linux, but I also get that can depend on the person. I hope you can get there one day.

            Until then…maybe dual boot?

            • mohab
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              110 days ago

              I am dual booting Artix and Win 11, and solely gamed on Linux for 2 years before getting into a bunch of games that don’t run there, which eventually pushed me to dual boot Win 11.

              I’d rather not touch Windows at all though and just hate it any time I have to use it for any reason other than gaming. The flip side is I hated gaming on Linux when I had to use it to play incompatible games.

              I’ll most likely just wait until my favorite games run on there and move for good. Maybe go for a Steam Deck then too. But RN attempting to go back to gaming on Linux feels like a potential time/money sink for non optimal results, which doesn’t make sense when I already have a working setup.

              • @chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world
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                10 days ago

                It’s always interesting seeing the different experiences people have. I have way less problems on Linux with games than I do on Windows. Mostly because every time I would boot into Windows, I’d have to spend 15-20 minutes on a good day installing patches for games and Windows Updates.