The Witcher 3 got bumped up from Playable to Verified for the Steam Deck around the initial Deck release, and developer CD Projekt RED has released a statement on it now.
A game that was supposed to gain official SteamOS support back when the original Steam Machines released, with Valve showing a huge splash image on the Steam homepage to announce it coming. It was quickly removed, which Valve and CDPR stayed silent on afterwards. How things change huh?
In the announcement the developer said they're "working closely with Valve on the compatibility and performance aspects of our games on the Steam Deck. The goal is to provide the best possible Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 experience on this platform, while keeping in mind its unique hardware characteristics" and they also said not to expect any updates for their "legacy" titles like the original Witcher game.
Here's a video of it running on Steam Deck:
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Nice to know more developers are paying attention now. Let's hope this continues for a very long time.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: slaapliedjeI still need to figure out how to beat five over powered bastards in the second game to progress and beat that!
The only overpowered enemies I remember in the 2nd game were a few mages in an optional fight. And not five of them.
Quoting: rustybroomhandleWow, the comments on that announcement seem to be 90% Russians yelling about nazis and calling CDPR "traitors" and stuff.
Let them vent out to Putin if they want to scream. I think CDPR did the right thing.
Last edited by Shmerl on 14 March 2022 at 4:28 pm UTC
Quoting: jordicomaIt's a native port or it has only minor changes to put the banner of "Steam deck verified"?
I assume they simply made UI more aware of smaller screen (that was the main complaint about TW3 on the Deck from what I've heard), so it's not native, but same DX11/dxvk version.
Last edited by Shmerl on 14 March 2022 at 4:45 pm UTC
Quoting: soulsourceQuoting: rustybroomhandleWow, the comments on that announcement seem to be 90% Russians yelling about nazis and calling CDPR "traitors" and stuff.
It's saddening what propaganda can do to people.
Whose propaganda? Western?))
It will be difficult for Poles to return to the Russian market. Formally, they will return, but they have lost their respect and fans completely.
DamonLinuxPL Mar 14, 2022
Quoting: mphuZQuoting: soulsourceQuoting: rustybroomhandleWow, the comments on that announcement seem to be 90% Russians yelling about nazis and calling CDPR "traitors" and stuff.
It's saddening what propaganda can do to people.
Whose propaganda? Western?))
It will be difficult for Poles to return to the Russian market. Formally, they will return, but they have lost their respect and fans completely.
It is not about returns. CD Projekt and GOG thanks to Europen Union sanctions for Russia and disable SWIFT can't selling games. Well, can sell, but payment methods are blocked. So the CDP's decision is somehow forced.
Last edited by DamonLinuxPL on 14 March 2022 at 5:07 pm UTC
Quoting: mphuZIt will be difficult for Poles to return to the Russian market. Formally, they will return, but they have lost their respect and fans completely.
I think with the war going, respect for gaming companies in Russia itself should be the least concern for those who dealt with it.
Poland knows well what occupation means. If anything, they'd worry more about losing respect everywhere else for continuing business in Russia.
Last edited by Shmerl on 14 March 2022 at 5:26 pm UTC
Can I just start with witcher3 or should I go back to Witcher1 and walk through the series?
Anyway, very reassuring that CDPR is actually committed. Guess I'll go out of my way and order cyberpunk on next sale :D
Last edited by const on 14 March 2022 at 6:08 pm UTC
Quoting: constI own witcher 2+3 and never really played them. Certainly looking forward to try them again on my deck (just finished the real order *yay*)
Can I just start with witcher3 or should I go back to Witcher1 and walk through the series?
All games are pretty good, so better play them. But it's not necessary.
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