
Kirkmania
Published
Didn't get far launching out of the box (on v7.0.3); even the developer splash screen on startup is an unrecognisable mess of graphical artifacts.
Switched to v6.3.8 as other reviews recommended and it's been flawless for the next 2 hours.
As mentioned in another review, had trouble launching when I had no internet connection. The game would hang at the spinny Steam logo, and "abort game" doesn't properly close it, gets stuck on "Stopping" status in the steam library.
Found a workaround that helps - if you toggle "Offline Mode" in the Deck settings the game launches without a hitch. It only seems to be "Online Mode" with no signal that causes issues.
Only played a short while so far. Launching issue aside, the game plays great! Control scheme works as well as it can; building is a bit slow as it would be on any controller, you can use the touch pad too though which helps a bit.
Redigit also made a Steam Deck specific update to add default hotkeys to the trackpads and back-side buttons :)