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So far I'm pretty impressed with it! Do you know if the previous games in the series are worth going back to play?

@bigratt51g I've not played the prequel, Nehrim. I've heard it's pretty good but with it being built off Oblivion it's really buggy and unstable, prone to crashes etc.

​@@lewisphillips7223 Part of me (the sick, obsessive, completionist part) wants to go back and start at the beginning with SureAI's two Morrowind conversions. But I'm pretty sure if I fall down that rabbit hole I'll never get back to playing Enderal.

I would have loved to be able to play some of these early Xbox Live games when they were new! Unfortunately at the time the best internet I could get was dial up.

That's good to know! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I wasn't sure how much more I was going to play, but I think I'll give it some more time to hook me.

I showed the tutorials because I wanted to be able to go back and compare after they reworked them in the Timelines update. I've been playing this game on my Steam Deck since long before it was marked verified and it's always ran relatively well for me. Of course there a performance drops -- I get those on my gaming PC with this game.

Somehow I'd never even heard of the series until a friend clued me in a few years ago.

That's awesome. My original Xbox died years back and I've not replaced it yet. Exploring these backwards compatible games is all I can do to scratch that itch at the moment.

Glad it helped! The native controller support is pretty good, but you might want to customize it a bit depending on how you like playing. The most obvious additions are probably to map the right TouchPad to mouse/leftclick and the left to a touch menu so you don't have to go into the ship menu all the time.

Yeah that's some nice ideas! Been battling the controls a bit, it does take some time getting used to, specially navigating the menus with the controller but this game seems worth it and I haven't even scratched the surface

​@@frankiedaarddon't get fooled, the tutorial doesn't simulte the universe yet, as soon as you'll start playing in open universe performance will significantly drop and make the game mostly unplayable.

@@SuperDestructoid I've done the tutorial and yeah did have a few slow downs in the game itself but after looking around the Internet it's running with high textures, quality FSR ( everything else mostly low ) with 40 fps with the occasional drop, I'd say it's very playable after a dozen hours in but haven't been in a major ship battle yet.

I read they had a different campaign. Do you know which out of the PS2 and GC versions plays better?

@bigratt51g I haven't played them yet, I just know some stuff from the wiki. For your information, the PS2/Gamecube version is called First Contact and the Xbox version is called Final Assault, there's also an expansion/sequel game for the Xbox campaign called Ghost Recon 2: Summit Strike, which is only Xbox. This video by the devs does a very good job explaining the differences between the two games ua-cam.com/video/u8dH2BcF6kI/v-deo.html

ps2 demo

Man, it was so hard to aim with a joystick at 18fps haha

Yep! I picked up my copy for about $5 plus shipping on eBay. As I think I mentioned in the video description, the MP servers are long gone but you can play bot matches to check out this slice of history.

@bigratt51g i will definetly buy this version of Counter Strike for my xbox 360, this is the main reason why i bought Xbox 360 for such classics

No, unfortunately. This one was never backwards compatible with Xbox One and later consoles, and (like most OG Xbox games) never saw a digital release. So the only legit way to play it is to get the disc and run it on an original Xbox console or an Xbox 360.

goldsource

@@MazdoTheWolf beat me to it :)

It's goldsource and it seems to be based on condition zero

I really enjoy exploring old CS maps for some reason. I spent some time looking around the Miami map and was thinking about including some gameplay since this version predates its appearance in Condition Zero.

You heavily rely on sound cues in cs game when playing on high level, the ambiance distracts.

Yeah, I didn't know about it until fairly recently. I didn't have a broadband connection back then, so a lot of MP-focused game slipped under my radar. The best I can tell, development-wise it's kind of a half-step between CS and Condition Zero. There are some Condition Zero maps that seem to have debuted in this version.

@bigratt51g it's like an untouched archive of what could've been the current scene of shooter (at least the COD alternatve for consoles)

@Quaiver have you tried the Xbox 360 version of CSGO? It's an interesting little time capsule as well?

It's not intended to replace a PC. It's meant to be something I can pull out of my bag on a work trip and grab a few minutes of play. I thought it ran pretty decently for what it was. Where do you feel it falls short?

I'll have to check that. I only tested the first level of the first game. Was there a particular point where it was lagging, or was it just a case of constant low performance?

@bigratt51g Thanks for the response. It was the first level after you slide down the big hill and go through the first swamp to the first main door area where there's a monkey . When I was moving around there I noticed frame drop . This was all with the remastered graphics . I don't recall if it did with classic graphics. I'm assuming it was because I have it running on windows I hope because I wouldn't mind playing the whole series on Steam OS . I just don't own the game yet .

@@unkles I loaded that level up today and played around in that first area. I'm getting a solid 60 fps with both old and new graphics. From what I'm seeing on ProtonDB, stable 60 seems to be what most people are getting on their Decks. I hope this helps you make your decision! Thanks for dropping by to chat.

@7mil3s Thanks for the reply again and the test . I definitely might consider purchasing it when I get the cash and reboot my Deck back to Steam OS for a playthrhough . 👌👌👌cheers.

just realized my last reply was under the wrong account -- ​ @7mil3s. My mistake.

Yes, it was! The speed of the Valkyrie probably makes it the better choice for this mission. But the boxy goodness of the Apollo takes me right back to playing this in 1999 😆

I have tried Terran Conflict on Deck and it ran fine. If I am remembering correctly, I don't think it detected the controls so I had to use Steam to emulate mouse and keyboard, but this was two years ago.

Thanks! Hope you have a great time with the game!

100% -- I was so disappointed release night. In the video that follows this one you can see how bad I struggled with the fps during the Trial of Position (it shows the fps in first person going down into what looks like single digits). My wife surprised me with the new Galaxy Black Series X this past week and it plays so much better on that. We've been in the middle of a move, though, so I haven't been able to capture any gameplay yet.

@bigratt51g After the patch it's playable on the series S, but i still get fps drops from time to time

@@kevinh1792 That's awesome. I haven't went back to my Series S to test, but I've started running into some areas toward the end of the Courcheval invasion that are making the Series X chug a bit.

For sure. We are in the middle of a move right now so I don't have my Steam Deck handy. But as soon as we get settled in I'll circle back to this and get that info to you.

In reponse to this and your other question -- I'm not forcing Proton, so it's the Linux native version. Frame limit of 40 with integer scaling in the Steam performance settings. In game settings are 1280x800 rez, TAA antialiasing, AMD FSR balanced, and graphics quality low. I've heard people running it at higher quality levels, but I prefer the extra fps. Hope that helps!

No -- it's nice to be able to play on Deck if you already own it, but I don't think most people would be satisfied with it as their primary experience. Value-wise, I don't know that I would suggest paying full price for it either. For $10 you can get essentially the same gameplay with older graphics with SWAT 4, and it has some excellent mods.

🤣 I can answer the first part, but not the second. This is a boring tutorial mission dropped on me while I am trying to play through the campaign.

I'm using the Decky Recorder plugin for Decky Loader. decky.xyz/

@@bigratt51g awesome looks great

@@encendiogamer Thank you!

Glad you liked. I need to get back to this game.

I'm afraid I don't have anything that is HDR-capable, so I'm not much help here. I did a bit of poking around online though, and I'm not sure if the devs have added support for HDR.

Glad you liked! This is one of my favorite games to come back to because there's just no "right" way to play it.

It's somewhat minimalist graphics translate well to the Steam Deck screen. That, along with it's bite-sized missions, controller support, and low price point make it a nice game for any space-combat-loving Deck owner. It routinely drops to around US$6 in sales.

For me it has been. I came late to the party, but it's one of my most played games on Steam and I've picked up all of the DLC over time with no regrets. If you like space games, I'd encourage you to pick it up cheap to see if it fits your taste. You can often find the base game deeply discounted.

Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to explore Antistasi yet. I've had it downloaded for a while because I want to try it. In general though, I've been pleased with how the Deck has handled Arma 3. I probably have logged more hours playing it handheld than I have on my PC.

@@bigratt51g Glad to hear its playable.. been itching to play this game for years now but never had a PC.. Thx for the reply bro

@@Doomed2Wander Always happy to talk games. I put a lot of work into Steam Input to get a button mapping I liked, but it's definitely playable by my standards. I defined a touch menu for the left trackpad so I have easy access to things like my compass and binoculars. One thing I should mention that might turn some people off is that I have to play on the lowest difficulty setting while on handheld, otherwise the baddies will kill me while they are still too small for me to effectively hit.

When I play this game it’s like a lot of my controls don’t work. do I have to play with only keyboard and mouse ?

I set up a custom control scheme with Steam Input. For the most part it mirrors standard (gyro-enabled) shooter controls, but it also uses a touch menu and some input overloads (like double press or hold) to include all of the extra functionality I commonly use on PC.

Thank you! I was using the Steam Deck controls. This video was captured while I was playing in handheld mode.

I'm using a plugin called MangoPeel for Decky Loader that lets you customize the overlay.

I think the answer to that might depend on what you like and don't like about X4. I think overall I prefer X4, but this is a good game -- and since the engine is older it's not pushing my laptop nearly as hard as X4 does.

It's always fun to try to get software to run on something it shouldn't work on.

I definitely remember scooting around the ducts in X Rebirth!

@@bigratt51g yees! rebirth! haha

I've really been enjoying it on Deck. I've played it on and off for years, but I'm hoping to finally complete all of the DLC before Clans is released.

I've updated the video description with my current settings. I still get some major fps dips when I'm playing in sandbox and approach a busy area that loads a lot of assets, but it still runs smoother than it did when I tried to play it on deck last year. If I had to put my finger on one thing, I'd say the PowerTools plugin for Decky Loader is probably helping. When I started testing out settings for Mechwarrior 5 a while back, the PowerTools settings gave me a nice little performance bump.

I'll probably start a fresh save once I get tired of playing the Timelines missions. We'll see how it holds up. Thanks for stopping by!

I’m just reinstalling it because I noticed today they released a update to improve steam deck performance specifically

@@honeybadger9425 Nice. I haven't been keeping track of the updates closely. Please let me know how it works for you.

No, I've got one of the original 512GB models with the antiglare screen.

Thanks for the tip! I'll definitely give it a try when I get the chance.

The X series is interesting, wish I had discovered it decades ago!

@@bigratt51g some of my oldest favorite videos are of x

A perfect storm of mission prep, cut scenes, and a night beachhead mission... :)

Thanks for watching! I've been trying to learn the board game and I thought this would be an interesting way to familiarize myself with the miniatures.

⁠@@bigratt51g No problem! How long have you been in the boardgame scene?

@@witherrose1566 The most honest answer would probably be that I've never really been into the scene. It's not a popular hobby where I'm at. I've just always enjoyed the Mechwarrior games and turn-based tactics games, so I thought I'd try to learn more about it. I have a game set up on an extra table in my office and I play both sides. I've played a few games online recently with MegaMek.

This was actually a pretty cool game. It's not the kind of thing I usually play, but every time I see your comment in my queue I think about how much fun I had playing through this first section.

There's probably a bit of a graphical downgrade going on, but I haven't seen anything I would complain about. I test a lot of games on my Steam Deck, so lower graphical settings and 720p/1080p output feels normal to my eyes. I've actually forgotten I was playing on Switch a few times.