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Pretty much title, and looking for game recommendations. I'm hoping I can play Apex Legends and The Finals reasonably well on it. I'm out of cell service frequently so I'm looking for interesting games I can download. I'm mostly a FPS player but do third person for World of Warships on console.

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[–] Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

apex legends works. the finals does not, because of their anti-cheat solution.

for multi-player fps games remember that you'll play against pc players, they'll have keyboard and mouse and you won't have assistance features you might be used to from console fps. Experiment with gyro controls, the touchpads and/or "flick stick" you'll might find a way to get similar speed and accuracy as a mouse user, but i'd guess you are in for an uphill battle.

have a look at the control schemes provided by the community for games, if you don't like the default controls.

my competitive fps days are in the past, but i can recommend some single player fps i enjoyed on the deck:

  • Doom (2016)
  • Black Mesa, the half-life 1 remake.
  • Amid Evil
  • Boltgun
  • Borderlands 2

e: www.protondb.com to check how various games work on the deck. some games are not "verified" by valve because they only show xbox button prompts, or some "unplayable" games run perfectly fine with a specific launch options

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Get started with Steam on your PC or Phone. You can find games you want before it arrives!

[–] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm actually building my wishlist now!

[–] BlueFairyPainter@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

You may want to check out isthereanydeal.com to build your wishlist. It allows you to set the price thresholds at which you want to be notified and also supports other fully-legitimate (as in devs actively collaborate with them and get paid) stores than just Steam. Many of which sell Steam keys which are codes you can redeem in Steam to activate the game there.
You have all the benefits of Steam games such as no to little extra fiddling to play games on Linux, library and cloud save sync, Steam community and workshop content, playtime tracking etc.
The only real downside is that you're not covered by Steam's super lenient refund policy, which is actually quite good to have, since not all games run perfectly on Deck yet. If you buy from other stores, it's usually hard to refund games that you've already redeemed. But if you're fairly confident that it will run and you won't refund it, you can sometimes find really good sales "off-season" this way.
Hope that helps :)

[–] Tugboater203@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What do you suggest for audio options? Can I Bluetooth a set of earbuds? I love my Turtle Beaches, but they're Xbox only.

[–] cron@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Bluetooth works fine for me, just as you would expect it. But I don't know about your specific headphones.

[–] cron@feddit.de 0 points 8 months ago

Start with creating a steam account and start looking around. Put the games you'd like to buy on your wishlist. There is a big sale just about every two months, with smaller sales in between. Most games are heavily discounted during the sales, so waiting a few weeks can save you a lot of money.

With the steam deck, you can also play games from other stores like epic, but the setup is a little bit more complicated.