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A level 12-20 D&D adventure would pose major new design challenges.

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It does run on steam deck (though at lower settings with FSR to get 40 mostly stable).

Open world games with some complexity generally take a decent amount of power. You have to load a good number of surrounding objects at any given time, with a pretty wide view on the zoomed out view. There are also other characters/animals doing stuff, environmental effects, and a healthy dose of passive checks on the environment against various traits of your party to see if your character identifies any of the secrets all over the world.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The steam deck is so amazing. I’m so close to pulling the trigger on one, but am wondering if I should wait for a cpu upgrade.

[–] Atralyx@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Support the Steam Deck, Valve is doing everything right. Right to repair, virtually all parts replaceable, Linux, Rma's to name a few. Not to mention it's a monster of a small machine, it could very well be a desktop replacement as well as a portable gaming system.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I’ll totally get a steam deck over any other handheld, just wondering if waiting for a steam deck with better cpu is the right choice.

I’m not in a position to buy it today anyway.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One of my coworkers got one recently and absolutely loves it. I really want one, but I’m waiting until the next version eventually comes out, since the current one is slightly too heavy for me to hold easily.

[–] worfamerryman@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I too am waiting on the next version. I need a new phone and laptop before I can think about a steamdeck. So hopefully a new one will be out by the time I am ready to buy it.

[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I figure they’re going to learn a lot from the current steamdeck and the next version will be amazing.