Recently finished Bioshock, Spec-Ops: The Line and Nier Automata (not so old, but played really well).
I’d love any suggestions for older AAA titles that are worth a play-through!
The Batman Arkham games
The Witcher series
Fallout series
FYI: the next major Steam sale starts June 29th- I got all those Arkham games for 8 bucks last year, so make a list and wait a few weeks. You can join the rest of us who have 100 games bought for 80% off and 10% played 🤣
Hey thanks for the tip!
I’ll 100% get in on the coming sale, my first Steam sale…ever.
Welcome! And say goodbye to your wallet :D
But seriously, I’m curious why this is your first. Always stuck to console before? Finally got some extra spending money? New to gaming in general?
Oh its been a long time!
So my return to ‘PC gaming’, not console gaming, is the Steam Deck! First Steam account, first Steam sale (coming up). I’m so happy to have got this, really enjoying what is possible.
If Borderlands series works for the Deck i would recommend it as well! I am absolutely in love with the franchise from the first to the last game.
Enjoy! Glad you’re liking your Deck it’s really an awesome device. I would highly recommend using the wishlist feature on Steam. Add any games in here that sound good to your wishlist, and you’ll get notifications from Steam when those games go on sale. There are pretty frequent sales outside of the big ones too so if you can only get a few games on the upcoming sale, don’t worry because another one will be here soon enough.
Prey - Steam Deck verified (https://store.steampowered.com/app/480490/Prey/)
Also: the old Prey from 2006.
One problem: It is not easy to legally obtain Prey (2006) anymore. I wish more old games were still available on Steam :(
Ooohhh there are two preys - the release date of the newer one always felt off to me because I played the original back then. Are they related?
No relation between them. Literally zero, aside from the name. The Prey from 2017 is only called that for marketing reasons.
Unfortunately not. Actually there’s a pretty frustrating thread running through Prey. Zenimax / Bethesda Studios got the rights to the name in 2009.
In 2011 there was going to be a “real” sequel set in the same universe that still managed to have nothing to do with the original. It was one of the first games I got really hyped for. Big shock, it got stuck in development hell and got scrapped. (Side note, I love how in 2011 every video game was acting like what’s now basic quality-of-life movement stuff was revolutionary.)
…Then ZeniMax / Bethesda bought Arkane Studios, and after Dishonored 2, they wanted to make the next game in the System Shock / BioShock / (DeusEx?) immersive sim spiritual successor soup, and they wanted it closer to System Shock than anything else had been. They considered the names Typhon and Starseed. A lot of people are convinced it should’ve been called Neuroshock. Zenimax, though, some suit at Zenimax decided it was too risky as a new thing and reached for the nearest sci-fi names they had access to. So regardless of what Arkane wanted, it was called Prey.
Horizon Zero Dawn is pretty good once you get past the first hour or so, not sure how well it runs on the Deck though
Works great! I’ve been playing it ever since I got my deck
I was kinda interested, but it’s 100 GB. That’s quite a lot. I’d have to check if I have enough free space for it.
Horizon: Zero Dawn is one of my favorite games of all time. I would strongly second this one.
Don’t worry with the sequel, though, IMO. I couldn’t even bring myself to finish it.
It runs terribly and is one of the prime examples why verification is broken.
Depending on your definition of AAA and older
- Red Dead 2
- Persona 5
- Remnant
- Witcher 3 (runs okay)
- Ori
- Knights of the Old Republic (sometimes the audio gets messed up when pausing)
- Half-life 2
Are you asking specifically for older AAA, or is that more a description for good games that have good battery life on the Deck?
I’ve been meaning to play P5, and didn’t realize it would be good on the deck. I’m not sure if I need to play 1-4 first so I might just give it a go and set it aside to do the rest if I get lost.
All the Persona numbered games are pretty much completely self contained, so you can jump in to any of them in any order (except the 2 persona 2s iirc)
https://www.protondb.com/app/1687950
Works decently but has some minor issues. You should probably set refresh rate to 40fps to extend battery life, as well.
I only played a little bit of 4 before doing 5 and it’s been fine, so I think you’ll be alright. Only thing that doesn’t make sense is the Velvet Room, but I get the feeling that it’s supposed to be mysterious and isn’t explained in previous games.
You do not need to play 1-4 at all… however I think p5 is one of those games that really overstays its welcome.
I hadn’t played anything from the Persona franchise and still really enjoyed P5. Didn’t feel like I missed anything.
I’ve been playing Mass Effect lately and it certainly lives up to the hype.
I finally got around to playing the XCOM reboot entirely on my Deck and it was a fantastic experience. Those missions are short enough that I could pick it up, play a mission, and then put it down and do something, and come back to it.
Thanks for mentioning that, I sort of assumed that they didn’t have controller support but now I see that they do and it works quite well too!
Well, a major focus of Valve for a while now has been getting PC-exclusive games working well with controllers. The original Steam Controller, Steam Input, and the Deck itself are all geared towards solving that problem.
Yeah, they say it is unsupported but it is totally fine. I just used one of the community templates for the controls and it worked like a dream. Looking forward to playing the sequel later this year.
Have you done any tweaking to graphics settings? Feels like it’s running a bit “hot” considering that it’s not that graphically intensive.
I guess I could try just lowering the TDP too.Not on my end, I just ran it the standard settings. I rarely mess with TDP as I am playing at home mostly and always have access to my charger.
I am currently playing through Doom 2016 and Doom Eternal, both are excellent and play great on the deck.
You asked for AAA but I will mention some of my deck favorites from the indie side too: Binding of Isaac, Enter the Gungeon, Hotline Miami 1 and 2 and Monster Train.
The Tomb Raider 2013 reboot is great and works really well on the Deck.
Thanks for reminding me of that, picked it up long ago but never finished it. Perfect excuse to get back into it.
I could never get into Fallout New Vegas, but for whatever reason playing it on the Steam Deck made it infinitely more enjoyable! I couldn’t recommend it enough.
Oh, and Mass Effect is perfect too.
I had the same experience! I’ve started New Vegas many times over the years, but never got very far along. Playing it on the Steam Deck was fantastic.
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Which is better? I see Shadow of War came after Shadow of Mordor. Both look promising!
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They are more or less the same 😑
Big recommendation for Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Just finished it on the Deck and it played fantastic. Will be giving Mankind Divided a go shortly.
You can never go wrong with Dark Souls.
100%! Dark Souls is challenging but incredibly rewarding. They reward pattern recognition and give you a ton of build options. If you’ve ever played Elden Ring, you’ll probably enjoy the third game, too. 😄
All of the titles work well on Steam Deck too, with gold or platinum rankings on ProtonDB.
You try Shadow of Mordor? Game is really good and goes on dirt cheap sales all the time.
I’m about halfway through Mass Effect Legendary Edition and I’m loving it. Plays great.
“Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey” plays incredibly well on SteamDeck, looks gorgeous and has (almost) none of the annoyances of other AC titles. It’s considered the best AC by many. I use it as a Skyrim replacement because I couldn’t be bothered to port & maintaine 1.300 mods + Vortex on the SteamDeck.
The “Crysis” Remastered series also plays very well and is a fantastic shooter if you’re into FPS.
