This game is Arkham Asylum. I picked it up during the steam sale, and i had Red Dead 2 installing to pay online. I didn’t plan far enough ahead though for it to be done tonight (it was going to take nearly 5 hours and my Steam Deck’s recent issues has me afraid to finish up Silent Hill 2 until i figure out the issue with the power button), so i installed Arkham Asylum. It’s on my Bucket List to 100% and it’s a short game. So i figured why not boot it up and play some. I made it all the way to the Batcave before stopping for tonight.

To my surprise the game ran at a stable 30 FPS at 1440p on my Steam Deck, which i was shocked by. The game honestly looks really good at high resolutions, though it still shows it’s age. Especially in the textures. One such way this is supported i feel like is the scarecrow hallway

The lighting is really well done here. It got me to try and figure out the FRAMED. Community walkthrough for Arkham Asylum because i’d love to get proper photos of the Asylum.

On the subject of Scarecrow i wanted to talk about the damn scarecrow segment. I’ve played this a few times and every single time it scares the shit out of me. Especially the bit where he’s peeking around the corners of a narrow wall back and forth and you have to sprint across.

This also brings me to the morgue. I didn’t expect to be complimenting a morgue but the lighting is really well done in here too:

Overall it’s a really pretty game that excels at being scary. Though City and Origins are my favorite. I can definitely see why this one has captured so many people’s hearts

  • MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    22 hours ago

    Thank you! I love seeing people enjoy the texts I attach to it.

    For the Steam Deck, I will say as an unsolicited review that in my opinion it was well worth the price. It packs a surprising amount of power for a game console of its size, though I play mostly docked nowadays so people’s mileage from mine will vary.

    A lot of modern games are in the playable range for me at native resolution. Playable for me meaning 30 FPS and tolerable levels of FSR grain. Though some games like Silent Hill 2 I make an exception for since it’s really not supposed to be running on Steam Deck and instead will allow it 20-24 FPS (like a cinema)