I got an OLED 1 TB for my birthday yesterday and I’m looking for titles I can download to play when I’m off shore on a ship. I like FPS games but am always looking for the next adventure. What do you suggest?
Edit- are there any Lemmy communities I should be checking out too? Aside from this one?
Hades
Dead Cells
Halls of Torment
Bloodstained
Vampire Survivor
Backpack Hero
Megaman/megamanx collections(just picked these up from.a humblebundle if they are still available)
Brutal Legends
EmuStation(bit of a setup on this but worth it if you want to emulate things)
Edit: why the ever loving hell cant i do single line? Double enter is dumb
Hades Dead Cells Halls of Torment Bloodstained Vampire Survivor Backpack Hero Megaman
Is one long motherfucker of a title! They should’ve thought of something more concise
Also, press return twice to leave a space between lines, btw
Thanks, I would prefer it look like this screen shot. So dumb
In that case.
Press.
Space.
Twice after each line before pressing enter.Unfortunately on Android that adds a full stop too!
Hugs. Thanks for helping me learn. So complicated
Your punctuation and the lack thereof gave me an aneurysm
Oh god sorry, it was supposed to be on a new line. God why does the format change from how its typed out. lemme go fix it
Yeah lol, I love markdown formatting but I never understood why double line spacing was necessary
PORTAL
Get the whole orange box, HL2 is amazing too
Also portal 2.
The Binding of Isaac for an amazing roguelike. I have 1300 hours in it and am still playing it religiously.
On top of all the great suggestions here I’d like to point out that the deck is a great emulation machine. Everything up to the ps2 era runs flawlessly but it can also do pretty well with Wii u, ps3 and Switch emulation too but performance will vary from title to title.
It’s also a great fallback in case the deck gets unhappy about not having a network connection (YMMV but some people have pretty bad issues with this) and steam games won’t start. Non steam games work just fine regardless of whether or not you have an internet connection.
Cannot second this recommendation enough. 90% of what I use my Deck for is playing old Nintendo games.
You can use EmuDeck to add all of your ROMs to your library as if they were Steam games. It uses RetroArch, so you can also enable achievements for pretty much every game by logging into retroachievements.org
Brotato is a perfect game for the Deck and it’s my favorite from the “auto shooter” genre.
For other communities, the various Linux gaming communities will all be decent.
https://lemmy.world/c/linux_gaming https://lemmy.ml/c/linux_gaming
Do you have Internet in the ship? The biggest potential issue is that many games need an Internet connection once every few days to recheck the license.
I don’t play that many FPS games these days, but I would highly recommend DOOM (2016) and DOOM Eternal, they both run fantastic and are great games.
Cyberpunk is pretty good these days as well. Titanfall 2 is a great game and goes on sale for super cheap, but when EA switched it from using the origin launcher to the EA app it apparently caused some issues with the game crashing or refusing to run sometimes. I haven’t tried it myself since the changeover, so I don’t know how bad the problem actually is.
I can probably provide more recommendations for adventure games, but I’d need some examples of what kind of games you like.
I will occasionally get internet when in port or I’ll Hotspot my phone. At the most, maybe 4-5 days with no service.
One more thing I’d recommend is to set up some emulators or other non-steam games. That way you’ll always have something to play, even if you do run into some Internet related issues.
Emulators are great for this, emudeck and other emulator programs make it very easy to set up, and many emulated titles are both battery friendly and don’t take much room compared to modern games.
Is there somewhere I can find more info on them? Like I said, I’m coming from console and mobile. I’ve never messed with a pc in a gaming sense.
This is the one I use, you’ll need to go to the website in desktop mode, download the .desktop file, copy it to the desktop, and run it. Then just follow the instructions.
You can choose what emulators to install. You’ll need to acquire game roms elsewhere online, and then put them in the appropriate game system folder. A few of the more modern emulators will require bios files or things like that to work.
It takes a little setting up, but once you’re done the games will show up in your steam library looking like native games.
You’ve been super helpful, I really appreciate your time, thank you.
4-5 days is more time without Internet than I’m used to, so other people may have better advice.
For using the Steam Deck offline, you can either use it in online mode (without Internet), or switch it to offline mode. For most people, it’s best to just stay in online mode and never touch offline mode even if they’ll be offline for hours.
However since you’re going multiple days without Internet, I’m guessing you’ll probably actually need to use offline mode. I would recommend launching any newly installed games in online mode once, then switching to offline mode (both in steam settings and wifi turned off) and making sure everything still works. It’s hard to determine what DRM different games have, and what will work or won’t work without Internet. Anything that you find doesn’t work can be refunded if you have less than 2 hours of recorded gameplay, and you may have to rely on that mechanic to deal with games that have DRM that keeps you from playing on the ship.
Also worth noting, offline mode specifically means the deck is not connected to Steam’s servers, but wifi and non-steam internet services can still work. Putting the deck in offline mode is supposed to keep you from having issues with the steam license check, but other DRM programs can do license checks as well and may fail if you don’t have WiFi (regardless of if you’re in steam offline mode or not).
That’s really good to know, I’m coming from console/mobile games so stuff like that never really comes up.
Yeah, it’s an unfortunate side effect of most PCs always having Internet access. Hopefully it won’t give you any trouble, but it sucks to run into a game that won’t run offline or that is insisting on a license check when you know you won’t have Internet anytime soon.
I run a heavily modded Skyrim on my deck and it plays fine offline, but the launcher won’t work offline for some reason. So, I can play it as much as I want, so long as I don’t completely exit the game. Its probably a solvable problem, but I’m rarely without a connection or at least the ability to use my phone as a hotspot just to run the launcher.
Just tried Severed Steel this week after trying the demo for the studios next game on next fest last week. It’s an incredible movement shooter with a great soundtrack and really satisfying gameplay. Highly recommend. Regularly goes on sale for five dollars and it’s a steel at that price. :)
Halo mcc
If you like platformers, I highly recommend Pizza Tower.
The platforming is as if Wario Land and Sonic had a baby. And it’s more refined than both of those games. The art is amazing, and it’s reminiscent of old cartoons like Ren & Stimpy and Courage the Cowardly Dog. And don’t even get me started about the music, there’s some absolute bangers in there and the tracks add a lot to every level.
I recently played the demo for ultrakill (fast-paced, combo-based fps) and had a blast
I don’t know how much the Navy still resembles my time, but back then if you didn’t want your PSP stolen by some shitbag, you painted it pink. Nobody ever stole pink electronics.
While that would probably still work, I’m not in the Navy.
Well have fun at sea, whatever you’re doing! Don’t forget to go on deck at night. Hopefully they shut the lights off so you can see bioluminescence and the stars.
I’m on a tug and barge unit, I do shut the deck lights , it’s amazing
It’s one of the few things I really miss. God, those nights!
- Persona 5 Royal
- Persona 4 Golden
- Persona 3 Reload
I really like how Rimworld plays. It’s a colony sim with the ability to control pawns. And there are many great mods to help improve and change base gameplay
If there’s any retro games you like, consider emulating!
Also, just wanted to say that I enjoy docking my deck to the TV and playing with a controller. Been playing Ark Survival Evolved with my brother all week
Lemmy communities you should keep an eye out for is: [email protected] for freebees and discounts. The other social media site that shall not be named also has a similar community with the same name.
As for new games when in doubt, Humble Bundle. They currently have some fantastic game deals right now if you are a fan of Capcom or Indi games. Outside of the Destiny 2 bundle I’ve heard nothing but positives from them.
Now as you say you are new to PC gaming I’m going to recommend you some niche/personal fav games of mine that either aren’t on consoles, or aren’t know well on consoles.
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Antichamber, a first person “shooter”, that’s more of a mind bending puzzle game. The most atmospheric game I’ve played and a wonderful time.
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Most thing from Valve, Half Life 1 & 2, Left for Dead, etc. All good fund and often onsale for dirt cheap. Get it if you find it for the right price. The YouTube series “Freeman’s Mind” is worth a watch if you want a see what the gameplay is like.
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Portal 1 & 2, Valve FPS and puzzle games. Well known, and obviously recommended. Play in order is advised.
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Slime Rancher if you are looking for a framing game in the first person
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Star Wars Dark Forces, Star Wars in the Doom Engine. Not the biggest fan but it’s the first in a series of fun adventure games.
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Star Wars Jedi Knight Dark Forces II, This is an interesting genera of game. It is a FPS, but it’s in the mission structure of the old doom games. With a narrative of Star Wars. There are light sabers, and you can cut off your enemies limbs. Fun time
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Star Wars Jedi Knight II/Jedi Academe, aka Dark Forces III. Same as the first game but you get your saber quicker. Had a blast with academe.
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Super Hot: Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot.
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Team Fortress 2. Team based hero FPS before Overwatch. I’ve heard the quality went down recently but I haven’t checked.
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Wolfenstein The New Order. Just a very angry dude killing nazi’s what’s there not to love.
What do you like about Slime Rancher? I tried to play it but I didn’t really understand what I was doing. And then one of the slimes scared me (lol) so I haven’t tried again
Exploration and slime optimization.
The exploration was more just looking around, and since the game is finished I can explore to my heart’s content.
As for slime optimization, the farm has only so many plots of land. So mixing your slimes into mixed slimes lets you feed the slimes easier to feed and maintain.
The goal being a farm that doesn’t create monsters from free roaming plorts while making the most money.
I’m in it for the exploration and without guides its a good time sink
That makes sense! Thanks for the explanation. I think I will give it another shot.
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