Capcom’s Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the form of sport you’re going to wish to sink many hours into. I’ve already settled nicely into my function because the Arisen within the sequel, and I’m having a blast battling hordes of grotesque denizens. That mentioned, I discovered myself caught enjoying DD2 on my desktop PC for the easy cause that it’s not rated or optimized for Steam Deck by Valve.

Fans who’ve taken the plunge and put in it on Steam Deck to play natively are reporting body charges across the 10 to15 frames-per-second (fps) mark, which isn’t nice. It means the sport is just about unplayable. That’s with the sport dropped to the bottom settings, too. It’s no surprise contemplating how exhausting the sport hits your CPU.

But it’s not a hopeless case. Indeed, for those who’re not one to face for dodgy body charges on Valve’s handheld (and let’s face it, what sort of gamer would you be for those who did?), you would possibly wish to strive one of many workarounds which do supply a extra optimized gameplay expertise for DD2 on Steam Deck.

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Capcom

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One means is a subscription to Nvidia GeForce Now. The sport streaming service’s Ultimate tier is the one to decide on for streaming DD2 on Steam Deck. It makes use of RTX 4080 SuperPODs which might stream greater than 64 teraflops of graphics horsepower to your Steam Deck, after putting in GeForce Now.

The actuality of that could be a little simpler to know: Subscribers have reported clocking between 50 to 60fps in Dragon’s Dogma 2 with solely occasional dips on the service, which is actually easy gameplay. To make the most of the service, you’ll have to personal a replica of DD2 on Steam. GeForce Now’s Ultimate tier subscription prices you $19.99 a month, with lesser-powered choices additionally obtainable (together with a free tier).

Alternatively, the open-source app Moonlight is a good choice that gained’t price you a dime. Moonlight used to work with Nvidia’s GameStream software program earlier than the graphics card firm eliminated it from the Nvidia Experience sport consumer. But, you may nonetheless use it with one other consumer, Sunshine. In truth, Sunshine enables you to stream to AMD gadgets too, so it’s the extra versatile choice.

Moonlight is favored by many players over Steam’s personal streaming consumer, Remote Play, due to its very low latency. Moonlight devs promise you may rise up to 120fps in video games, however you possibly can anticipate much less with a sport like DD2. It additionally means that you can disable V-Sync, so it’s an amazing choice for video games as massive as DD2. To use Moonlight to stream DD2, you’ll need to obtain and set up each Moonlight and Sunshine.

Finally, for those who personal a PlayStation 5 you can even stream instantly out of your console to your Steam Deck utilizing the Chiaki4deck app. Once once more, you’ll have to personal a replica of the sport. This app also can stream at a snug 60fps for a a lot smoother-than-native gameplay expertise for DD2 on Steam Deck.