Ruining It For Everyone Else Since 2004
Today I had some spare time during my lunch break to play a bit of Trine on Steam Deck! It keeps a steady frame rate even when you bump up the eye candy! I came pretty close to finishing it on my last playthrough, but decided to start again to see how it performs on Deck, and to get more familiar with the control scheme. If you like a mix of hack n slash, physics puzzles and magic I recommend it. You can also co-op with it with up to 3 people! Great for couch sessions with buds!
Kicked off my weekend by playing Outland on my Steam Deck! It’s a fast paced side-scrolling platformer, where you learn to harness the power of light and dark to overcome obstacles and save the world yada yada yada. Also, it’s Linux native! Although you can run it in Proton if you’d like.
Any day where I can put time into a game and actually make progress puts a smile on my face, even if I don’t get any trophies. I mastered the gravity inversion technique! Now I can turn my world upside down to get into places I never thought I could go! I’m over 75% of the way to completing it, but I still need to do another playthrough in David Hayter mode! 😛
Thanks to cloud saves I’ve been playing it between my main computer and the Steam Deck quite easily. It’s cool being able to play this on the couch, in bed, on the toilet? Literally anywhere, with only one copy of the game. No having to rebuy it for multiple devices.
I knocked a light bit of Dust off of Dust this evening while running a couple renders. There was even one quest completed! I’ve moved onto the creepy woods now to further the plot, and this is where the adventure ends for now. There are plenty of other games screaming at me for their attention this weekend.
Today at lunch I decided to revisit Portal Reloaded! If you’ve never played it – Portal Reloaded is a free mod that owners of Portal 2 can download via Steam! It’s a Portal game with a twist, you have your two typical portals, and a third Portal to take you back and forth between the Present and the Future.
I didn’t get as far as I wanted to, but now that I have it moving forward on Deck I might be able to finish it!
Went on a bit of a road trip today with my Steam Deck! Playing the Yakuza games during a long car ride is like watching an in flight movie AND being able to participate! I also opted for some Klonoa innocence, just to end it on a sweet note. By the time we made it back home I was down to 39%, and that’s from at least two hours of gameplay. My experience with the battery has met my expectations, it’s as good as a gaming laptop if not better. Overall I’ve been pretty happy with it!
After years of emulating the PS1 and Wii versions I finally decided to get the recent PC port! It comes with Klonoa: Door to Phantomile and Lunatea’s Veil. I never got to play the PS1 version on release, and I never owned a PS2, so it was nice to finally buy the real deal for my platform! I played a bit of the Lunatea’s Veil tonight, and cleared a few stages in Door to Phantomile last night. It runs nicely on Steam Deck! I’m not sure what’s been up with me playing all of these furry critters lately, but I’m sure it’ll give me more to blog about. 😛
I’ve been having some issues getting back to my “normal” sleep schedule… I find myself waking up just a few afters after sleeping, and instead of lying there hoping to go back to sleep I’ve been reading on my tablet or entertaining myself with something on my Steam Deck until my brain decides it’s time to pass out again. As a result I’ve really been pushing through Freedom Planet 2!
Other than that – I’ve been enjoying my endless tea collection! Mostly green teas with fruit or ginseng, and my nightly Matcha Milk Tea! In fact… I just looked at the clock, and I see that it’s Matcha O’ Clock. I should probably take care of something.
I’ve been playing Freedom Planet 2 on my Steam Deck on and off, and decided to put more time into it tonight. I’m really liking it! They made quite a few changes since the original game, which could basically be described as a Sonic Clone (a really good Sonic Clone!). The music is still powerful as ever, and the visuals look just as stunning – with the protagonists having matured a bit since the original game.
Instead of going from one level to another, you gain access to different levels instead (kinda like in the older Super Mario games). This is great if you want to go back and explore each level (there’s a lot to explore in each level). You also have the added option of starting levels with buffs that you can purchase with gems you find throughout your runs, though it introduces a penality.
Freedom Planet 2 allows you to choose between 4 different characters to play as from the start. So far I’ve mostly played as Lilac the Dragon, but I’ve also dabbled a bit with Carol the Wildcat and Milla the Hound. They all have different movesets that are familiar if you played the original game, but they’ve also added a guard option as well as additional cool features. Carol can now pocket her motorcycle to use at later times, and Milla can supercharge her green block gun!
You also have the option of starting a tutorial depending on which character you start as, if you want to get a better idea of how each character’s abilities work before jumping into the actual game. I’ve enjoyed what I’ve seen so far! And while it isn’t verified for Steam Deck, it might as well be! It runs without any issues and looks really nice on the screen, as evidenced by all of the above screenshots. If you liked the first game, and you like Sonic type games in general, I highly recommend this one.
I’m slowly plinking away at Okami on my Steam Deck! I didn’t really accomplish much, other than walk on large bodies of water and mine for demon teeth. Demon teeth are a currency that you can give to special sellers in exchange for special abilities. The music from Okami is oddly addicting, too. I had it playing while cleaning up earlier. 😛 I might play a bit more after a small allergy drug induced nap.