Trackpad mouse controls are great, even for strategy games. You can fine tune them even further if default is not for your liking.
Aside from the Steam OS I think the trackpads are the other big feature for me to choose SD over the competition.
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wintermutehal@lemmy.world 5 months ago
As a soon potential buyer, how is the track pad for mouse central games? My biggest concern is playing old crpgs with anything like the control scheme on Switch. It was a waste of 30 bucks to get Baldur‘s Gate on Switch for the control alone in my experience.
Macaroni_ninja@lemmy.world 5 months ago
doggish@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I love it. The key is setting the triggers as the left and right clicks though. I find clicking the trackpad not great for precision. There is a certain level of tinkering/customizing that will be needed to get the most out of the controls.
I’ve played several 20 year old FPS games with absolutely no native controller support and completed them all. If you put in a little work in getting the controls how you like them it makes it hard to play stuff without all the Steam Deck options.