I'd like to give this game a proper go. What's the recommended graphics API? Looking to play at max settings at 4k60 on my 7900XTX.

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I didn't know Steve Langasek, and even though it was a while ago, it's still sad to hear of a loss like this. Rest in Peace. :heart:

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But why you wanna play a PS5-level game on small, ps4-like gaming device?

This is kind of a big reason I stopped using my Steam Deck for the most part, and what became of my Switch before it.

Handheld gaming is a really cool novelty, but then the novelty wears off. Gaming on something that isn't my PC just... Isn't fun.

Playing with the Steam Deck docked is a nice way to share games on a bigger screen, but gaming on a couch simply isn't fun for me.

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This does not appear to be well-received with gamers, Linux gamers or otherwise. I haven't heard of anyone enjoying Discord since 2019. Hopefully this doesn't take off.

This one is a big "no" from me, even if I loved Discord, I don't want it integrating or overlaying in my games. Discord Rich Presence is awful enough - no, Discord, I don't want to see what my friends are playing. I can see that on Steam, and if they aren't playing on Steam then I don't want to know.

So... How's TeamSpeak these days? I've been eyeing up moving to Signal (I avoid Discord servers like the plague) but I remember hearing TeamSpeak was getting a bit of a resurgence.

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I can report that the desktop session is still X11. I wonder what's on their shortlist that makes them not touch that default yet.

Thanks, saved me switching to Preview. I think there are ways to work around it, but easy fixing of Overscan for TVs in the Plasma Desktop settings would be a pleasure (only available in the Wayland session). I want to watch YouTube on my TV with my Deck and keyboard/mouse, Firefox doesn't work properly in fullscreen in Game Mode last I tested (or with GameScope in general on my Desktop PC). Considering compromising on Ungoogled Chromium for this, but would be nice to use Firefox in Desktop Mode without overscan. :grin:

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Picked this up yesterday, just got past the tutorial. Seems more comfortable with a keyboard despite the recommendation to use a controller, although the controller layout is still very enjoyable (more than I can say for any other ARPG I've played, where a controller severely hinders the experience). Nice to see this improvement as I might give it a go on my Deck that I've recently dusted off for the first time in months for some emulated gaming.

The game definitely has optimisation issues, and doesn't let you disable upscaling from the menus. So at Best Quality FSR 2 running at 4k on my 7900XTX, it still chews up 80% GPU. However it does this regardless of scene, even on boot splashes, and GPU usage never changes. It is consistently 80% usage.

Any performance improvements are only a good thing from any side, so let's hope once the game gets more optimisation that these SteamOS-specific ones (Mesa-specific?) only add to that. :grin:

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Awesome to see! Zink is handy to use even on AMD for some older native titles (BioShock Infinite ran much better with it back when I tested).

I'll be interested to see some games like Minecraft benchmarked with Zink on Nvidia GPUs.

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Quoting: TevurDear Remedy, sincerly hope you're the next devolper getting pulverized by capitalism. You earned it!

Let's not forget, Control was an Epic Exclusive. Even more reason to dislike the studio.

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Some awesome features in this! Great to see the devs pushing through and against all of the negativity surrounding Godot.

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Personally, I don't use Steam because I play on PC, but rather I choose to play games on PC because of Steam. Any company is going to have a hard time challenging that.

I also support GOG and Itch, and I'd sooner stop playing games altogether than touch the Epic Games Store.

As for Amazon, eh. Free games don't entice me to use a service. I've got hundreds on GOG and thousands on Steam, I don't need more. And I'd rather buy a game on Steam than get it for free elsewhere.

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