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I think you said something similar in another thread about demos or AAA dev @Siri - but this is what old gaming used to feel like to me and I just love having it back.

 

I played a demo (during next fest) of something I didn't know existed, got interested as is was great, then 2m later I bought it for less than a fiver and am really enjoying it.

 

It's as close as I'll get to cover disk demo's for the Amiga or early PS1/2, browsing John Menzies for the latest Firebird release for £2 etc etc.

 

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29 minutes ago, bradigor said:

On the app by any chance?

Yep. Work won't let me on the Steampowered domain by default. Probably for the best 😅

 

Full agreement, @Gotters. I always had an affection for the era of Demo disks, and Next Fest has been the closest thing to it outside of Game Jams (another PC thing).

 

Wasn't amigas for me though, family didn't even have a PC until the 90s, so it was floppies/cd/dvd covers for both that and Playstation stuff.

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@SiriI need to use the PC if I want to use PP. Probably a good thing. 

 

Next Fest is wonderful for discovery. Things like Forklift and Tape to Tape can only benefit from positive word of mouth.

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Oh, BTW, HiFi Sim was the thing that solved the jank in Brütal Legend - it's still having frame hitches, but it's a hell of a lot smoother.

 

I also tried SMAA x2, but it made the fans spin up, so I binned it again for peace and quiet. Although you don't get that with Brütal Legend anyway 8-)

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I've been a bit tongue in cheek about Forklift Extreme but that is a proper tight control system it has going on, the combo of precision rear wheel driving and the control you have of the lifting gear is so satisfying and something with real scope to git gud. The cameras too are excellent and you really need to use them all at different moments.

 

It's not a game that has been thrown together carelessly, everything feels very polished and honed.

 

The time challenges, whilst totally optional, do seem key to earning the big bonus money to enable you to use the extra drivers/gear you unlock. It's some of those times that are a really tough very quickly into even the training levels.

 

It does feel like something particularly suited to the Deck too, simple clean graphics, short repayable levels and really plays well with the lovely analogue triggers (which I think are better than the main console pads).

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On 15/03/2023 at 04:28, yakumo said:

😁Was hoping someone who's done this would chime in, since it's no fun installing and reinstalling if its not going to work properly still.

 

I tried this, and wouldn't recommend it. Proper dual boot support is apparently going to be coming in a later SteamOS update, but for now there's a lot of faffing about following convoluted youtube tutorials to get it going. You'll need a keyboard and mouse or it'll be a nightmare to try to do everything. The tutorials I was following didn't work fully for me - the boot loader got messed up and lost my SteamOS install (though it was recoverable), and then I couldn't get the controller working in gamepass games, which was the whole reason I was trying to get Windows on there in the first place. So after spending a morning on it, I rage quit and nuked it with a fresh SteamOS install.

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Just bought Star Drift Evolution but its windows size is "portrait", i.e. like a smartphone game on the Deck. Anyone know what to do?

 

edit: ah, okay... had to change resolution in Gaming mode.

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9 minutes ago, alex3d said:

There's a career mode. Haven't checked it out though.

 

Please let us know :) I've been playing a lot of Rush Rally Origins which is a similar style to this, great fun to play but the lack of fleshed out championship/modes is a bit disappointing.

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45 minutes ago, Lorfarius said:

Does that have any championships to win?

 

loads, across all different styles, locations and vehicles, there looks hours of content, and still got daily challenges running.

 

it's exactly how I hoped Art of Rally was going to handle, but it didn't. you feel a bloody hero sequencing some of the slides together

 

you get a Dakar style truck race quite early and it handles so different to the vehicles in the event before.

 

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40 minutes ago, Opinionated Ham Scarecrow said:

Has anyone here used Cryoutilities? I only discovered it as a fix for the broken Division 2 (which now works) but it also claims to boost performance etc.

 

https://cryobyte.io/posts/2023/02/cryoutilities-2.0-massive-performance-boosts-space-savings/

Yeah I use it. It's extremely easy to setup.

 

Makes a nice difference in some games, Death Stranding runs super smooth.

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I was going to replace my pc with a megabastard of a PC but I don't need to any more so I'm thinking of just upgrading parts as they die and getting a Steam Deck. I have no interest in modding and fucking about with emulation to begin with because I flat out won't use it, but I'm hoping being sat comfortably on a settee might mean I actually play some PC games for a change.

Could anyone point me at third part docks that are worth the money because £79 doesn't appeal to me for the official one. Or point me at a post for newbies?

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Just now, moosegrinder said:

I was going to replace my pc with a megabastard of a PC but I don't need to any more so I'm thinking of just upgrading parts as they die and getting a Steam Deck. I have no interest in modding and fucking about with emulation to begin with because I flat out won't use it, but I'm hoping being sat comfortably on a settee might mean I actually play some PC games for a change.

Could anyone point me at third part docks that are worth the money because £79 doesn't appeal to me for the official one. Or point me at a post for newbies?

 

I use this and its amazing.

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1 hour ago, Colonel Panic said:

Anyone played Journey to the Savage Planet on Deck? Is it a) good and b) playable?

 

I've played it to completion and though it was fine...just. 

It's a Metroidvania-lite with a No Man's Sky vibe, but I'd far rather just play any Metroidvania and No Man's Sky. 

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21 minutes ago, moosegrinder said:

Could anyone point me at third part docks that are worth the money because £79 doesn't appeal to me for the official one. Or point me at a post for newbies?

 

I use a JSAUX one for the ethernet port, but I got it when it was on offer for about a tenner less, and I think they're all much of a much these days.

 

If you don't need a 4k60fps signal (and rightly so, because a deck would explode before that happens), or an ethernet connection, you can go very cheap and still have a good experience. JSAUX, Bezacap and ivoler docks are pretty well regarded.

 

The only thing the official one offers that nothing else does is a Displayport signal and software updates. Which is handy for Freesync support, but like 4K60 signals, it's hard to justify on a PC that's effectively a handheld PS4.

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