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I battled monsters with others while enjoying buttery smooth controls and gorgeous graphics. There were no issues like I had experience when trying to play A Way Out or Gauntlet. Multi-player on Monster Hunter Rise also ran smoothly. In fact, I have bragging rights that my Monster Hunter Rise game loaded quicker than my partner’s, who was playing beside me on PC. The frame rates were smooth aside from a few choppy bits during a long stint with Death’s Door, and everything loaded swimmingly.
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The controls fit right, and I even got used to the track pads, which substitute as the “mouse” on PC (for the most part). While the Steam Deck has not gotten lighter, I’ve grown used to playing it while resting against a surface and quickly forgetting the inconvenience once I got immersed in a game. I initially had a growing list of gripes when I first fired up my Steam Deck–mostly getting used to the controls and the size/weight however, most of my complaints have leveled off.
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Each time I launched Xbox Cloud Gaming, my Game Pass loaded instantly, and I had no issues playing games through it–granted I only played one game through Game Pass so far, as I will mention in the coming paragraphs. It’s been about a month and a half with my Steam Deck, and I’m checking in! Xbox Cloud Gaming ExperienceĪfter the painful, non-intuitive process of installing Xbox Cloud Gaming on the Steam Deck, running my Game Pass was a piece of cake.
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