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• RazgrizOne@piefed.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Love my steamdeck but it’s definitely not similar to a switch other than they both play video games handheld. Even the docked experiences are super different.

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• Deestan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  How’s the deck for mouse-heavy strategy games like Stellaris, Civ, etc?

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  • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Great, the touchpads are amazing for mouse-related stuff while handheld. I can comfortably use mouse heavy menus with them. Obviously, a lot closer to a laptop touchpad than an actual mouse, but still a lot better than a joystick as mouse.

    A Steam Deck is a PC. If you dock it, you can hook up a mouse+KB and a monitor, and use “desktop mode” (KDE plasma) to use it exactly like any other Linux desktop. Docked “gaming mode” makes it feel more like a home console for PC games (and emulators). It is even possible (though not recommended) to install Windows.

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  • atomicpoet@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    If you hook it up to a monitor and use a keyboard with mouse, it’s indistinguishable from a regular PC.

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  • samus12345@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Playing portably, mouse-based games run pretty well. Games that use a lot of keyboard keys are where it gets difficult without using an actual keyboard.

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  • SheeEttin@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I don’t personally have one, but Civ has a touch interface (at least 5 does, never got into 6). The touchpads probably approximate a mouse input.

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