I bought a Steam Deck

[MisterBobbyPin]

I bought a 512gb Steam Deck cause it was on sale. Please give me all of your suggestions below.

I plan on playing Steam games and emulating some PS2 games.

 

[cm2]

Nice!

Final Fantasy 7 Remake runs good on Steamdeck I read.

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Works Great On Steam Deck

Cloud and the gang can accompany you on your travels, at least for a short while.

www.thegamer.com

Baldur's Gate 3 good enough too I read, from the verge:

Baldur’s Gate 3 on the Steam Deck plays better than it looks

If you also want to take the plunge, you should know a few things.

www.theverge.com

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

Alright both of those are being added to the wishlist. How does FF7 Rebirth fair on the Steam Deck?

 

[cm2]

Alright both of those are being added to the wishlist. How does FF7 Rebirth fair on the Steam Deck?

Rebirth is still Ps5 exclusive, no pc version yet, stilll waiting patiently myself for Rebirth Pc version...

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

Rebirth is still Ps5 exclusive, no pc version yet, stilll waiting patiently myself for Rebirth Pc version...

Yeah I forgot it was still a PS5 exclusive. Luckily I'll have other games to play while I wait.

 

[cm2]

Elden Ring, Persona 5 also run well on steamdeck and, Trails Through Daybreak and other Trails games too.
and Mass Effect series. Dragon Age series.

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

I'll probably pick up Elden Ring, I'm waiting for the Trails in the sky remake.

Dragon Age would be fun to try out.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

How are you emulating PS2 on it?

And I really want one as well.

 

[cm2]

How are you emulating PS2 on it?

And I really want one as well.

PCSX2 runs excellent on PC and good on steamdeck.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

PCSX2 runs excellent on PC and good on steamdeck.

I hear it takes special settings for PCSX2 to run properly, know any good videos on it?

 

[cm2]

I hear it takes special settings for PCSX2 to run properly, know any good videos on it?

it's pretty easy you just need the ps2 bios files, run the setup, play around with all the possible graphics and cpu settings and you are good. usually, even without any real tweaking it will run the games good enough already. Direct X 11 Renderer usually works great but the vulkan is better for most games. PS2 natively is "sort of closer" to Open GL because backthen a third party dev made a driver to "translate" OpenGl Api to Ps2 and Vulkan is the direct successor to OpenGL.

 

[froggyboy604]

Nice, I hope you are enjoying your Steamdeck.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

it's pretty easy you just need the ps2 bios files, run the setup, play around with all the possible graphics and cpu settings and you are good. usually, even without any real tweaking it will run the games good enough already. Direct X 11 Renderer usually works great but the vulkan is better for most games. PS2 natively is "sort of closer" to Open GL because backthen a third party dev made a driver to "translate" OpenGl Api to Ps2 and Vulkan is the direct successor to OpenGL.

Guessing its hard to get the PS2 bio files?

 

[MisterBobbyPin]

Nice, I hope you are enjoying your Steamdeck.

Haven't received it yet. Still waiting for it to ship.

 

[cm2]

PS2 bios files

well you could dump it from your Ps2 :

Dumping BIOS | PCSX2

This section will help you dump the BIOS files that are required for PCSX2 to run.

pcsx2.net

Or just search the net and download it from the net, It's not piracy because you actually have a Ps2. It's just a much faster method.

 

[Dead2009]

I still need to get me one.

 

[Nomad]

Never been a fan of hand held gaming, therefore, I have never used hand held consoles. The only hand held gaming I have done is mobile game. That's also occasionally.

 

[Artisan Vistra]

I think the Vita can play PS2? That would be my option. But it is nice to play higher end games on a Steam Deck.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I think the Vita can play PS2? That would be my option. But it is nice to play higher end games on a Steam Deck.

Vita can play anything, if you know what to do

 

[Grungie]

I think the Vita can play PS2? That would be my option. But it is nice to play higher end games on a Steam Deck.

Kinda sorta not really. You have to port the games over as opposed to running them via emulation. The Vita can’t handle PS2 emulation.