I’m not sure about Vita, but there is a decent 3DS emulator (Citra). I haven’t tested MGS3 on it

I like the sound of this! The Starfield coffee article was funny. $7 a month miiiight be a little bit much for me - but I’ll keep an eye on this and if the journalism is decent and they put out a fair number of articles I’ll definitely consider it. I guess I used to spend around that amount on gaming magazines…

Oh awesome, most of these were on my wishlist. The backlog grows yay!

Thanks, I got it working! Well all except the ragdoll mod because that requires you to have all the DLC :(

I’ll give those two a go! Looking into it, I think I’d need the following mods to get these to work, which isn’t too bad:

• B42 Weapon inertia
• Ragdolls
• JIP LN NVSE
• JohnnyGuitar NVSE
• NC Compatibility skeleton
• The Mod Configuration Menu (optional)

One thing I’m not sure about… I installed MO2 on my Deck using this guide which also installs NVSE. But how do I know what version of NVSE it installed? A few mods mention they need a particular version of NVSE.

Yes this is annoying. I like to play games docked, and in order to get them working correctly I have to manually tell Steam to use 1080p resolution for every game. This then gives you more options within the game settings (rather than maxing out at 1200x800) whilst docked. But in most cases I have to then change the in-game setting each time I go from docked to portable.

It does feel like docking is an afterthought with the Steam Deck. I was expecting something more akin to the Switch which has a flawless docking experience. I hope SteamOS improves on this in future.

Some of those look nice! I notice that a lot have pre-requisite mods, and those require their own pre-requisites 😱 I’ll see if I can find some easy to install ones

I’ve started a new playthrough of Fallout New Vegas. Never got round to finishing it last time, so hopefully will do now! So far I’ve added some stability mods and a new radio station. Anyone got any other mod recommendations?

If you like puzzles and open world games, have you tried The Witness? There are a lot of puzzles to complete so it should take you a while!

Not currently on sale on Steam, but it does drop in price regularly. Depending how you feel about key reselling sites, you might be able to get it cheaper.

The Vita version is flawless, I guess because it’s a native port rather than emulation. Emulation of certain PS2 games can be tricky due to the weird CPU architecture

From my testing a few months back, there was significant slow down in the cutscenes. Actual gameplay was fine. I have no idea why. I know that SteamOS 3.5 has a fix for a kernel issue that caused issues with SMT, so perhaps things are better now. Once 3.5 reaches stable I’ll test the games out again.

Unfortunately emulation isn’t all that great for these games on Deck. The PS2 versions are laggy. PS3 actually works a lot better than expected, although one of the final scenes in MGS3 has some slowdown. If this version can be fixed, it may be the best option for the deck. I’m definitely not paying the price they’re charging though.

I’m not sure that’s the message we really should be sending though. We shouldn’t encourage huge studios to get away with this kinda laziness. I agree that they’re some of the best games ever made, which is why I think Konami should treat the IP with a bit more respect

I understand, but I’m not sure I could justify spending even $45 on this. If they’d put a bit more effort into it sure, but this is purely a cash grab.

They were very good ports for the PS3 and 360. But Konami have just taken that and popped them on the marketplace without much in the way of work to make them suitable for PC players. Sure, it’s great to finally have them available on PC, but if you’re gonna put such little work in, the price they’re asking isn’t justified.

Yes I’m sure Valve will get Proton working, but regardless of the current Linux compatibility, these are lazy ports by Konami and they don’t justify the price tag.

That’s clever! For something where you need a keyboard constantly that seems like a good solution. (Although for a game like that I’d have thought an actual keyboard would be kinda the point lol)

Damn, I really want a decent way to play 2&3 on Deck. Given the lazy ports, I’m tempted to wait for some updates to fix things and then find alternative methods of obtaining these.

Thank you! I’ll see if I can get it running at some point in the near future :)

Ah thanks - are you aware of any essential bug/stability fixes I should go for in particular?