Steam Deck Experience?

[BioRadical]

Can anyone give me an idea of how well this game functions and what bugs/issues that might be present when playing on the steam deck? I'd appreciate it.

[Wiserthanthou]

It works great! I've had no issues. There are a little quirks when setting it up, though. You have to adjust the screen size and stuff, the game starts out fine but when you get into the game for some reason it starts at a different resolution. And then the volume completely went out when I first got control. But I turned the sound back on the settings. And, finally, you need to download one of the community layouts. I had to press X on the Community tab to show all the options and then I went with "Controller/Mouse Hyrid" (it's spelled wrong, haha)

With these settings you can use your track pad to play it like a keyboard and mouse. But if you press one of the Left Shoulder buttons or the Trigger it will switch you to controller settings. And then if you use the D-Pad you can go through the options that way. And if you press Shoulder/Trigger it will take your cursor instantly to the different sections of menus. It works a lot faster than using the mouse, but I like having the option for the mouse controls because it makes it easier to look at status effects on the enemy/party/cards.

That sounds like a lot but it doesn't take too long to get it all set up and then it's smooth sailing. I haven't had any crashes or anything and the battery lasts pretty close to 3 hours. I hope you get it, it's an amazing game!! :D

[applekwisp]

Runs perfectly, but the controls are a bit wonky. Sometimes isn't enough screen real estate to see combat animations, but really a minor hindrance. The controls are kind of wonky, namely moving between UI elements, but over all good. Sometimes the game just doesn't understand what to do with your controller inputs namely on the records screen and the main menu seems to repeatedly show the controller detected message.

[Jet Black]

Same experience, very good on deck. As for controls, I started with the controller setup but found the WASD template is better (there is even a community profile that maps a few of the keyboard buttons like M and Shift for even easier use). Definitely prefer mousing over skills and whatnot than the controller.