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[–] notnotmike 19 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (10 children)

Weird to discover I'm in the minority for trusting the verification check marks. Sure, I've played games without a check on Deck, but I usually use the check to determine how smooth and enjoyable the experience will be.

I've realized I just prefer mouse and keyboard so much that I don't find the deck as enjoyable as others. I still love it, but the number of games I'm interested in playing on it are very limited. So the check is helpful to know how comfy the game will be.

I don't want to waste any time setting a game up or fixing issues on Deck. It's just not what I bought the device for.

That being said, any recommendations for smooth, out-of-the-box games on the Deck that didn't appear in the top 10?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

The verification system is not remotely accurate. It probably does more harm than good. Valve should have made it crowdsourced like protondb because they're obviously unable to keep up, and I don't know why they thought they would be.

Further, they failed to establish any concrete guidelines on frame rate for their ratings.

Shit, they could have crowdsourced the data from user devices.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

They could (and probably should) just partner up with ProtonDB and just bring in badges like the Decky plugin does. That also has the added bonus of getting some recommended tweaks or settings from other users really easily.

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