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...and I'm not even done.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

17hrs and just completed the 1st chapter. Balteus took me about 3 hours, fuck me lol. My first AC game and I'm just getting a hang of the customization. EN management is my main skill check that I need to overcome.

[–] Strangle 4 points 10 months ago

They say this game is like 11 hours long or something, I’m at about 12 hours and just started chapter 2.

This is probably why I wish there were more games as focussed as this one is

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm thinking about picking it up, but I'm afraid it's the kind of game where I really want to use my steam deck for the controls but that needs a PC for good framerates.

I wish the deck had a mode where you can attach it to a PC and just use it as a controller.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Holy shit, thank you. I've been looking for this ever since I got my deck but I never found it. Given that the post is a year old I feel a bit stupid right now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure it does.

If nothing else, you can game stream to it, but just look at your PCs monitor.

But I think there should be something that does just the controls...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I tried that but the controls are often stuttery with the deck on wifi. Guess I won't have to anymore, thanks again!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's unfortunate. Note that the usb forwarding is still via network/wifi. If your wifi is spotty, you could look up how to connect the deck to your PC LAN via usb so you have the network traffic go via a cable, to try and remedy that.

[–] FooBarrington 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I've been using it on my Deck on Medium settings, and it runs pretty well. Firing it up right now to get an FPS measurement...

Update: amidst explosions etc. it seems to reliably hover between 30-40 FPS. Interestingly this doesn't seem to increase when settings are lowered further.

[–] Sanctus 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No mention of your 16th run of Operation Wallclimber in a span of 10 minutes. 0/10

[–] FooBarrington 1 points 10 months ago

The betrayal I felt midway through the end section :(

[–] Yokozuna 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

So I'm not gona lie I've beaten it twice already and there is still new stuff happening. Buckle up because it's a ride.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. Apparently there's an entire new ending behind three playthroughs.

Not to mention the new missions and parts you get playthrough before even that.

[–] Yokozuna 3 points 10 months ago

Yea that's why I'm doing it. The third play through is hard as fuck.

[–] capt_wolf 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Mine usually ends with

  • Go back to the garage
  • Equip tank legs

I really do hate how tank legs feel like such a crutch. Like, I'm doing fine through the entire mission, popping mts like they're bugs and I've got a magnifying glass, then the PCA assholes kick in...