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I'm going to play the whole of Baldur's Gate 3 with a controller and you can't stop me (www.pcgamer.com)

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Playing Larian's outstanding game as a third-person Mass Effect-style RPG is really working for me.

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[–] Glide 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jesus christ.

But not the Steam Deck. No, I need the extra GPU power and better screens of the Ryzen 7 7840U powered devices that have arrived recently, and because I crave that USB4 connection, too.

I've been playing the game wherever using the AOKZOE A1 Pro because it's got a high-res screen and the Radeon 780M iGPU, but also because it's got a USB4 port that lets me hook it up to a standard Thunderbolt external GPU dock when I'm at home. That means I can take twin advantage of both a discrete, desktop RTX 3070 and DLSS.

That feel when this is not-so-subtly an ad disguised as an article.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And I mean, is this guy kidding us? A craving to connect an external GPU which will double the amount of dB heard, while playing within the handheld console which you’ll not be able to move much because of the external GPU plugged in? Man, like… just use Steam Link to your PC with your Chinese toy instead of paying 3-4K bucks for a 800p resolution screen experience.

[+] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Long press the A button and it "searches" the area and gives you a list of interactable items in the area. Unfortunately, this system needs some polish because selecting items results in your character moving around to interact with items and this changes which other items are in range, and reorders others, but even with this I prefer this method.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I was going to suggest this too. Divinity 2 did searches with holding down the button too. And it will select everything in a radius around you that you can interact with and you just choose what you want and how to interact with it.

I normally will select the book and then read. I may or may not pick it up. I only like valuable books quest related books.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yes

Though it’s also missing the change of the item name when it has been opened (like a box). Otherwise it’s super annoying to loot everything.

But it’s a quick fix, I’m sure they will get around to it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Larian does controller support extremely well.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've been playing it on my pc and on the Steam deck, and I gotta say I enjoy the steam deck experience more.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Honestly my PC gaming habits dropped dramatically since owning a Steam Deck. Easier to play a steam Deck with kids in the room vs PC, and I'm starting to just wait for games to be "Steam Deck" ready now

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I spent like 5hrs a week on the train, the steam deck is a god sent. I was a little bit afraid that the controls for Baldurs Gate would be terrible, but I enjoy them a lot

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same here except x2. Me and my gf were hoping for a DOS2 replacement and boy does it feel that way. Even the first couple of hours it has that divinity look and feel (no spoilers but the first couple of hours are very similar in many ways it seems).

Zero issues so far with the controllers.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you figured out how to merge the screens together when nearby like in DOS 1 and 2?

Apparently it's a feature, but I can't get it to work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I have not

I did not know that was a thing. If you do find out tell me!!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Will do. I wonder if it's bugged and the fix is bundled with the console launch that got delayed...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Been playing on the steam deck and it has been an excellent experience so far. Play the game with a banana for all I care. More people need to experience and support Larian's masterpiece.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The controller support is so good. I played like 50 hours of early access on keyboard and mouse, but I've used my controller since launch and haven't skipped a beat in functionality.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Anyone figured out how to "cursor" over the ground to see if it's poisoned, fire, wet, ect? Or how to aim spells up high?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Press the left stick.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't picked up the game yet, but this would likely be my move too. I really like using my PC to play games, but apparently can't be bothered to buy a decent desk chair. So couch it is!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yea, the comfy couch is the plan for me too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

I might not have bought it if it didn't work well on controller. I know myself enough to know I won't take the time at a desktop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

But instead of the PS5 I will play on my gaming PC. Move you character with the controller and the camera follows you.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I am so salty I'm priced out of the hardware upgrade I'd need to play this lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm currently away and finding the experience on my steam deck really great out of the box! I set one of my back buttons to toggle the thing that shows interactables around you and looking forward to finding more little tweaks to do as I play.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

When I tried this (default controls, mapping left alt to one of the back buttons) the game would pause while swapping to the mouse and keyboard overlay and stick to that until I hit another button. I wasn't able to move around while the overlay was swapped. Was this the same for you or did you map it in a different way?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I mapped it to pressing in the right stick on the controller and under settings set it to toggle.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Ive been playing on my PC and streaming using sunshine/moonlight to my steam deck and its perfectly fine.

Its much better on PC, but I cant lay in bed on the PC. Steam deck is a happy balance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The only problem with controller I've had is the input box doesn't open for text boxes where applicable. Though that could just be Steam and there isn't too many input boxes like that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Anyone know how to invert camera Y-axis?