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Bioshock 2 remastered power switch crash5/25/2023 Those savings are negligible considering that screen brightness makes up the majority of the game’s power draw in all but the least demanding areas. Lowering the game’s settings to their minimum, except anisotropic filtering as this helps immensely with the detailed texture work in the game, and capping the framerate at 40 fps, squeezes out an additional watt or so of power, bringing battery life to approximately 4:30. While BioShock isn’t an intensive game and commands a respectable three and a half to four hours of battery life at 60 FPS with maximum settings, it is possible to squeeze a little extra juice out of the battery with some tweaking. All that said, it’s possible to command another hour out of the game with near-silent operation if you’re willing to make a few changes. Valve’s Proton (7.0-3) works swimmingly as well, so no need to download another compatibility layer like Proton GE. With cool temps of around 55c and 8W - 12W drain (around 4 hours of battery), it is already an excellent way to play. Because of this, there really wasn’t a need to change anything whatsoever to get this running fantastically. A 2007 game with only mild changes for the Remaster, the Steam Deck does not struggle to run it at all at maximum settings. BioShock Remastered’s Max SettingsīioShock has always had a well optimized, albeit buggy, PC port. Gyro controls function flawlessly, although you may find the game’s aggressive auto-aim fighting you from time to time. The only hiccup preventing this game from verified status, if 2K chooses to submit it, is if you exit the game without using the Quit to Desktop option in the pause menu or at the title screen, a mouse/touchscreen-only dialog box to launch in safe mode appears.Īs an added perk the game supports Cloud Saves which is personally a must for me, as I switch between the Steam Deck and my PC regularly. There are no middleware incompatibilities either. The official controls work flawlessly out of the box with Xbox One glyphs indicating controls and the game runs smoothly, taking up the full 1280x800 screen during gameplay with menus at 1280x720. Thankfully, Bioshock Remastered works on Deck without any extra setup!. Does the extra polish stand up to another 6 years of aging? Let's load it up on the Steam Deck to find out! The Deck ExperienceīioShock Remastered is currently listed as Unknown in the Deck Verified program. 2K updated the textures and shifted the art design in some key areas, giving the then nine year old game a much needed overhaul that brought the timeless classic into the modern day. As Jack, you find Rapture crumbling at the seams when you descend into its belly after a plane crash leaves you stranded at sea.īioShock Remastered is a fresh coat of paint on the otherwise unchanged masterpiece. You'll spend a dozen hours exploring the underwater “paradise” of Rapture, the once-breathtaking dream of one man fed up with taxation and regulation, long abandoned by all but the most fervent devotees and burnt out Splicers (addicts to genetic modification that lose all sense of self). The game pulled no punches in its stance on “utopia” under a stateless society that lacked authority. In an era of otherwise relatively mindless military shooters, BioShock stood apart as a thought provoking, politically charged RPG-hybrid that took direct swipes at the rugged individualism of libertarian politics.
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