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I have. One small caveat is that I was using the deck to stream it from my Desktop where I have much better hardware (and I’ve noticed that some games play differently locally on the Deck vs streaming, so YMMV).

I played probably 2 hours so far. I wasn’t able to get the controls to work comfortably. I tried 2 of the top listed control configs without much success.

There are a lot of camera controls, like camera rotation, elevation changes, etc and they just aren’t intuitive. One mapped camera rotation to L1 and R1, one mapped it to the back L and R keys (L4 and R4 I think).

None of the configs seemed to support using the analog sticks or d-pad to navigate/make ui selections so instead you’re stuck using the right touchpad to control the mouse cursor and R2 for selecting/left click.

If anyone has any suggestions, I’m itching to play it, but until I find a better solution keyboard and mouse might be the best way.

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treefrog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thanks!

I don’t have a steam deck but do have chronic neck issues so playing mouse and keyboard is no longer an option for me.

If the controller support isn’t good I’m going to pass for now.

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- Sharpiemarker@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  
  but do have chronic neck issues so playing mouse and keyboard is no longer an option for me.
  
  It’s like looking in a very hunched over mirror lol. Same neck issues, friend. It’s been a difficult transition to couch gaming but the steam deck helps bridge the gap. Can’t recommend it enough.
  
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- Bluefold@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  Controller support is pretty good. I’m playing with a PS5 controller and pretty much the whole interface has been redesigned to fit it. It feels like it was an experience designed to fit the systems of the game opposed to fit a controller onto the PC release of the game.
  
  Most annoying for me was End Turn was mapped to Y/Triangle and I kept pressing it. I swapped it to R2 and haven’t had any more slipups.
  
  There’s refinements and QoL changes to be made for sure, but I’ve been surprised at how well it plays so far.
  
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  - treefrog@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Cool I use a ps controller too.
    
    I’ll have to check the game out once my cash flow improved.
    
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- KiofKi@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  I’m playing with controller and it works just fine. Only thing I could not yet figure out was how to make t gf e whole party sneak at once.
  
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beto@lemmy.studio ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thanks! I guess I’ll wait a little bit then before giving it a try.

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hoodatninja@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Thanks for the insight this answered a lot of questions re: playing on my deck as well

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