For me Tunic perfectly captured that sense of wider and magic that I felt as a kid experiencing adventure games for the first time. Hyper Light Drifter and Outer Wilds gave me a bit of that as well. I highly recommend all three if you are looking for a similar experience.
Ah, yes I have used Notepad before and the experience was quite similar. Thanks! I’d almost completely forgotten.
I think just getting Everest installed properly. It never seemed to run or update correctly.
I installed powertools and some other tweaks and they seemed to help. Believe it or not, just restarting the deck usually resolved the really bad frame rates I was experiencing. Now I mostly only get slight drops when I enter a new area. I can’t say for sure what really fixed it.
May be worth running the remastered version. I recently toughed it out and played the original with mods. After beating it I tried the remaster and there were a lot of really great QoL improvements with native widescreen support.
I tried picking up Strawberry Jam but had a hard time getting the mods to run on deck. What’s the secret?
I ended up playing on PC but damn these new levels are difficult.
I started Hi-Fi rush on the PC but moved to the deck and it was a great experience. I had to fiddle a bit with video settings but otherwise I enjoyed it a lot.
Art of Rally, Nova Drift, Shovel Knight, Celeste, Stanley Parable, Hollow Knight, Project Wingman, Tunic, Katana Zero, Stardew Valley, Vampire Survivors.
I’ve found racing games, walking simulators, and retro style games tend to work well since they are usually designed with controllers in mind. Surprisingly a lot of point and click games work quite well with the track pads.
I literally just bought it today. I knew it was going to come out this year but somehow missed the release. I’m pretty excited to play it (after I finish Zelda).
I’m here, but I’ve been playing TotK on switch as of late. I was actually playing Metroid Prime: Remastered on the deck before that.
I love Notepad++. I use notepad apps way more than I should, but I really prefer the lightweight, no formatting text editing experience. It’s lightweight and can be installed as a portable version and supports all kinds of languages and plugins.
Edit: I suppose this isn’t in the spirit of the question though since Notepad++ is not for Linux. Still it’s an alternative to a Windows program that’s FOSS. (2/3 on topic)
GIMP is great but the little things like where certain tools are located in the menus can be frustrating for a Photoshop user. Sometimes the one thing Photoshop has that GIMP doesn’t is exactly what you need.
The quality of the audio in the trailer blew me away. I played the first game on PC with a good stereo and it was great. This game looks like it will be incredible. I’m pretty hyped for it now.
I got it in a Humble bundle years ago for a relatively low price before the expansions and got those for free when they came out. I can’t speak much for the value of the current $40 price tag, but I certainly got my money’s worth.
The original game, now called “Shovel Knight: Shovel of Hope”, is well worth the $15 on steam for the standalone first installment though, if you aren’t looking to spend too much. Most folks do recommend getting Treasure Trove but I found I really didn’t play the expansions much myself anyway.
Hyperlight Drifter caught me in just the right way to really enjoy it. Not sure how to explain but it was intriguing and atmospheric in a way I hadn’t really experienced in many games at the time.
Celeste and Shovel Knight are my favorite semi-recent games. I’m always game for A Link to the Past though.
There are a few options out there. One of the best options is a PS3 fat with backwards compatibility. Or a PS2 with component cables. I have also looked into upscalers like retrolink, framemiester, or ossc but they are relatively expensive and I would not use them enough to justify the cost.
Nowadays I pretty much just emulate on steam deck though.
Ace Combat 2 for me. It always makes me happy to pick it up again.
Sorry the expansion didn’t find the mark for you. I found the expansion just as engrossing. Reminded me of the first time I read Rendezvous with Rama.
Prove it.