Steam Deck : Last Epoch on Deck Game Review

Last Epoch on the Steam Deck - A review video briefly looking at the game but more concerned with how it plays on the Steam Deck, Steam linked from PC to Deck and plays on the TV at home. The game has an online and fully offline mode and is most definitely a contender for games like Diablo 4 and Path of Exile.
Go to www.steamdecked.com/last-epoc... for the written review
Chapters
0:00 Intro
0:24 About Last Epoch
2:51 How it plays on deck
4:39 Offline Mode
8:38 Conclusion
9:55 Score
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If you want to make a suggestion on what game, program or accessory to try, l let me know in the comment section below.

[@McSmurfy]

I am looking for something similar to Path of Exile, but not as complex. Is this that type of game and is it possible to also make a summon build? Thanks for showing how it runs on the Deck and workarounds if it struggled. Plus the ability to play it in offline mode is something I didn't know about (can be annoying to play online all the time).

[@SteamDecked]

Last Epoch is exactly that type of game and a good one as well. I would say it's not as in depth and as complex as POE but it does offer a lot of variety. There's plenty of builds on the web if you like guides to follow but you shoud be able to navigate your own builds with the tool tips in game if you like a good theory crafting session. Regarding summoning you can go down the necro route and summon an undead army or you can go Beastmaster with wolves. lots of variation. Finally offline mode on the steam deck is a prerry crucial factor if you plan to take your Deck away from an interenet connection or if you connection goes in and out. I'm currently playing Diablo 4 and while it plays great on deck the biggest failing of that game is not having an offline mode and will impact massivly on my scoring on my review which is coming soon. With regards to Last Epoch and offline/online, if you don't care much for online play you would get a better experience playing offline. You can change online and offline at any point but you can't move characters between the two.

[@McSmurfy]

@SteamDecked Okay, thanks, I do like wolf companions, so this is a great fit. Will wait for pay day to see to get it and maybe it's on sale.

[@zakillor4182]

Try Grim Dawn

[@FidelCashflow_YT]

Tried playing this on a controller and the control schemes are a mess. The items that drop are labeled, went to pick up the item. It picked up the label above the item. It became stuck on my screen. The characters wont aim the way you point them. I tried a few different control schemes players made, none worked right.

[@SteamDecked]

I’ve only used the Steam Deck as a controller. And while pickling up items isn’t as easy as say D4 I didn’t have an issue. Maybe cause I was using the track pad on the deck to get more precision. Curiously which controller were you using?

[@FidelCashflow_YT]

@@SteamDecked I play in docked mode with an 8Bitdo controller that basically has the same button layout as an X Box controller. This game was so broken when I tried playing it I refunded it. When I see an item labeled "boots" on the ground, and I go to pick them up, and it doesn't, but instead picks up the word "boots", I've seen enough.

[@wataruik2244]

Use d pad to choose item to pick up also right joystick can move the cursor

[@kennymenorias827]

Game ain't broken lol issues are with you. I played smoothly on my deck 😊😊​@@FidelCashflow_YT

[@jonathonshirley4169]

Is anyone else getting consistent issues with this? Like my resolution is messed up so top and bottom of screen are cut off and controller doesn’t work unless I don’t force compatibility through proton

[@SteamDecked]

I found the game was more stable running in desktop mode. Have you tried this? I’ve only used keyboard and mouse as a controller instead of the deck controllers

[@jonathonshirley4169]

@@SteamDecked I got it working like that for about an hour last night but then kept facing hard crashes, I think I might wait on full steam deck support for this one unfortunately

[@the100ways6]

Is it worth it if I want to play this type of game fully offline ?

[@SteamDecked]

If you don’t intend to play with others yes. You’ll bypass all the latency issues too and just enjoy the game. It why imo the game is better than D4 for portable devices

[@drebinfrank4843]

Itemization is like diablo 2? Ty in advance mate

[@brice9013]

If you mean like d2 as in takes years to achieve optimal builds and once you find/trade for a SOJ you are good forever then no, itemization is NOT like d2. Its more like d4/poe

[@SteamDecked]

I think it’s more the choice of builds via items than being piegeohold with set bonuses and specific class based cookie cutter builds much like we saw in d3

[@zinfandelzaddy]

Bash build.? 😊

[@SteamDecked]

The bash build is strong 😉

[@Flegado]

I get consistent crashes on my steam deck oled

[@FragManSaul]

Drop your fps to 40. It does do well running at max