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I don’t know when it started, I no longer have the interest to play games. Even though there are many games in my steam library and hundreds of games in the xgpu, I have no desire to experience them at all. I bought my first xbox in June last year, activated the xgpu, and played it with great interest for a while. I also wrote a special article to praise its multi-mode wow. For details, you can read this article: Bank of China Xbox Series X experience , but after a year and a half, the time spent playing it is estimated to be no more than 20 hours. I downloaded a bunch of games, and I never wanted to open it after playing it at the beginning.
I know that I have ED, and playing games has reached the point where I can only buy but not play. There are so many games in Curry that I have not cleared any of them in recent years. The last game I cleared was in 2017.
Every time I open it, every time I sit in front of the computer, even if I open the game, I can’t go deep. I always feel that there is something unfinished. The worry about the future and the pressure of life have greatly reduced my enthusiasm for the game. For a while, I would rather open Bilibili to scan some garbage videos than open a 3A masterpiece to experience the fantasy game world. After watching too many videos, it not only makes me feel empty, but also makes me lose patience.
Until some time ago, I was taken to a hotel for isolation, and I only brought a switch as my entertainment device. When I was quarantined, there happened to be a domestic independent game “Land of the Wind” discounted, and then I played it for a few days, and I felt surprisingly good, except for the poor plot. At that time, I thought that the handheld is really suitable for playing this kind of indie game. It just happened that the steam deck has recently reduced its price, so I ordered one.
After I got the steam deck, I gradually understood what the real joy of the game is.
First-class experience in handling and grip
After a simple comparison, everyone will know how big this thing is. The length is about as long as my forearm, and it is several laps larger than my switch. So why does such a large machine have a good grip?
It provides a very strong handle on the machine, so that it fills the entire palm, and there are 4 back buttons on the back, which actually increases a lot of playability. So thanks to its grip, although the machine is big and heavy, it doesn’t feel very tiring to play, and you don’t need to use your fingers like a switch.
Then steam deck makes the operating areas on both sides of the handle very large, so that the cross keys and ABXY can be placed on both sides of the joystick, so that the thumb can be touched without moving far. The actual experience I feel is no better than xbox The key position of the handle is poor.
There is a touchpad under the two joysticks. When sliding, the machine will feel the vibration of gears, and the operation accuracy is quite good. Since the four sides of the touchpad can still be pressed, students who do not like the layout of the cross keys can also set the left touchpad to function as a cross key. The video on station B also uses it to play cs:go, which looks pretty good. In addition, it is also excellent to use it to play games such as Civilization 6.
Having said so many advantages, there are naturally disadvantages. The two shoulder keys of this machine are really the worst quality I have ever seen. I saw many people on the Internet blowing up the key shoulders. When I touched the key shoulders, I felt that it had a rattling sound. This was all because of the problem of its machine structure. I also found a tutorial on the Internet and repaired it myself after disassembling the machine. In addition, there are two rockers on the left and right. When you press it twice, you will feel the trigger twice. The second time is the real trigger. Since the joystick is also pressed less often, I don’t care about it for the time being.
So in summary, no matter how poor the workmanship of this machine is, I think it is not a loss if I can buy it at the original price of $399.
play experience
The system is easy to operate and has a high degree of openness
The openness of steam deck is very strong, it allows us to toss freely, including installing win11, plug-in mall, Linux desktop mode and so on. In an interview, G Fat also said that he would not engage in a closed ecology, and worked hard to promote the development of an open community ecology. This means giving the ability to steam deck all in one.
The open attitude of Valve has also promoted the development of plug-in stores and software ecology. On this handheld, you can play steam games, epic games, xbox streaming, etc. And V agency also open sourced the Proton compatibility layer, and the community also further open sourced Proton GE based on Proton to help solve various software compatibility issues.
Due to its openness, it can also do many things that other hosts cannot do, such as mod the game, replace the archive, use cheats and other operations.
In the game, because the SteamOS system has been well adapted and has built-in display performance parameter settings, you can monitor CPU and GPU usage, frame rate, core occupancy, memory and temperature and other data at any time. In some games with tight performance, by adjusting the power consumption of the CPU and graphics card, the battery life and the number of game frames can be well controlled.
In addition, you can also run various emulator games. After installing EMUDECK, you can run PS3, PS2, DC and other old games; you can also download Yuzu, which is a switch game emulator. With it, you can play on the steam deck Play most switch games like Zelda, Mario, etc.
All in all, I wouldn’t be particularly surprised to use it for anything due to its openness.
The masterpiece can run smoothly, and the small game is cool
At present, I have not encountered a game that cannot be played due to insufficient performance. Even the new game old man ring can have a good gaming experience with a little adjustment. Even I can run “Black Soul 3” with high-definition 40 frames at 8w power consumption, and the battery life can reach about 2.5 hours. As for whether the 40 frames are stuck or not, in my opinion, it is not stuck at all. It may be because the screen is small, so it feels very smooth.
Although many masterpieces can forcibly pull the TDP to 15w and run at 60 frames, the accompanying wind noise is still a bit annoying, and the battery life is usually less than an hour at this time, so I generally don’t do this, unless it’s like Games like “Death Stranding” need to see the scenery along the way. At this time, I will plug in the power and run at full power. I have to say that even on the handheld, the scenery and music are great.
If it is an independent game or a small game, the battery life and frame rate performance will be even better. Like the P5R that I have played the most recently, it can basically be played for 4-5 hours with 7w power consumption without any problems.
The only disadvantage in the experience process is that there is no resume function like xbox. Every time you change the game, you need to exit the game and open a new game.
If you want to compare the performance of switch and steam deck, you can watch this video: “The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt” Steam Deck vs Nintendo Switch screen comparison . I took a screenshot to show you the difference:
In my opinion, the switch on the right is too blurry to use up the game, and it always feels like a layer of dust to me, just like I take off my glasses to play games, but the display on the steam deck is still ok. So the steam deck should be compared to the switch:
- cheaper games
- better picture
- faster loading
- A more complete library of classic games
- More MOD support
For game support see here: https://store.steampowered.com/greatondeck. In addition, you can also install the chrome plugin Show Great on Deck on Steam, which can tell us how the support is when browsing steam. But many games say they are not tested, but they are actually supported.
best game
First of all, for it, the most suitable games are definitely various independent games, such as “Hollow Knight”, “Dead Cell”, “Master” and other games. Compared with the switch, it has a faster startup speed, runs at 60 frames, and has a good battery life. , and various MODs can be played. If you have a Turkish or Argentinian friend, you can even buy a lot of games for as cheap as a few bucks.
Then there are various text adventure games galgame. These games don’t need performance, but they can’t be played by major hosts, but they can run these games perfectly through the compatibility layer of steamOS, and it has a touchpad that can simulate a mouse. For various galgames The mouse operation can also be well adapted.
Then there are some 3A masterpieces. Many 3A masterpieces can actually be played smoothly. For example, the “Dark Souls 3” and “God of War” I mentioned above, and even the new “Eirden Circle” all run very well. With the optimization of Valve, more first-class 3A masterpieces can also run smoothly on it.
Some games can only run on windows because of their unique authentication system, such as “GTA”, this is not a problem of SteamOS compatibility, but because Rockstar’s authentication cannot pass on SteamOS, so you need to install windows to It works. It is currently recommended to install windows on the sd card, so that you can switch back and forth between the dual systems.
Compared with streaming experience
I have long had the experience of playing games in bed with streaming, something like this:
The above posture looks very beautiful, but it is actually quite uncomfortable, because the gravity is not balanced, the top is heavy, and it is very sore after playing for a long time. Then the streaming itself is actually quite troublesome.
First of all, streaming can’t be opened at any time like steam deck. That is to say, every time I think of streaming, I need to turn on the computer, then open the game, wait for it to load, and then enter the game. Every time I think of this process, I don’t I want to stream too much;
Then there is the network problem. I use a Xiaomi AX3600 WIFI6 router at home. It is fine when testing the network speed, but it always gets stuck when playing, which actually affects the mood. It is estimated that if you want to play more smoothly, you need to change to a better router.
If the above two can be tolerated, but this is not enough, then the portability of the handheld allows you to take it out to play at any time. Like I was quarantined last time, it is actually very cool to bring a handheld to play games. .
Summarize
Generally speaking, steam deck has brought me a lot of happiness. I can’t remember the product that surprised me last time, but this time it really brought a lot of surprises. You can take out the steam deck anytime, anywhere and continue playing where you left off. You can stop for anything and just go to standby. After all, there are so many things in life, and the most important thing is to switch back to life at any time.
After playing steam deck for more than a month, I looked at the xbox that had not been played for more than 20 hours in total, so I opened Xianyu and took the xbox out.
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