I initially deliberate on reviewing Marvel’s Midnight Suns in the midst of December, but it surely was damaged in a couple of methods for me on PC and Steam Deck on the time. Firaxis’ collaboration with Marvel resulted in my favourite Marvel sport alongside Marvel’s Spider-Man Miles Morales, however the PC model was not in a fantastic place. Alongside the PC model, I used to be additionally enjoying Marvel’s Midnight Suns on Xbox Collection X, and having plenty of enjoyable with the way it blended components from a few of my favourite video games whereas retaining what makes Firaxis’ tactical RPGs value enjoying. With it being Steam Deck Verified as of final week, I needed to renew my PC playthrough and see if it was really fastened up and value getting for those who had been hoping to expertise it on Valve’s transportable gaming system.
Earlier than attending to what makes Marvel’s Midnight Suns a fantastic sport, it has been an attention-grabbing journey with it on Steam Deck from day one. After I first tried it throughout launch week, I used to be shocked at the way it was working loads higher than I anticipated. I performed it for a couple of days, and even gifted it to a pal on Steam. Every replace that arrived since, made it a worse expertise for me, and I even had hassle loading my save for about two or three weeks. I gave up on enjoying it on Steam Deck and determined to deal with it on my laptop computer. Quick ahead to final week, Marvel’s Midnight Suns is now Steam Deck Verified, and a current replace even fastened the Steam Cloud points and made it a a lot better expertise on Steam Deck. It isn’t excellent proper now, however I can safely advocate it to any Steam Deck proprietor concerned about it with a couple of caveats.
In the event you’ve not performed Marvel’s Midnight Suns but, it blends in Firaxis’ turn-based tactical RPG fight, card-based battles, and a few components of video games like Hearth Emblem Three Homes within the downtime between battles. You will have glorious tactical battles that I loved all through the sport, a beautiful improve system, and light-weight social components as you work together with different superheroes within the Abbey which acts as not solely your hub, but additionally a large space stuffed with secrets and techniques and extra. The gameplay model completely fits the pickup and play nature of the Steam Deck, but it surely hasn’t been enjoyable to play on Deck till now.
Since Marvel’s Midnight Suns solely launched on PS5 and Xbox Collection X|S alongside PC, I wasn’t certain what to anticipate from it on Steam Deck at launch. My launch setup is just not actually related anymore, however I’m very impressed at how nicely Marvel’s Midnight Suns performs on Steam Deck proper now. I set it to the medium preset and tried the dynamic decision and FSR choices for a greater body charge. Proper now, the tactical battles can hit 60fps comparatively nicely with some drops throughout massive talent animations, however the Abbey (your hub) is the place efficiency drops to the 30s from 60. The very best present setup could be turning a couple of issues down to keep up 40fps within the Abbey and through battles. This may prevent battery life in addition to providing you with a extra constant expertise general. With that setup, Marvel’s Midnight Suns appears to be like superb on the Steam Deck’s display, and it performs brilliantly in fight.
Ideally, I’d be capable of set it to 60fps for battles and 30fps for the Abbey. Even on the lowest preset, working round within the Abbey can see it drop beneath 30fps for a bit, but it surely normally hovers round 40fps on the low preset. This doesn’t shock me, as a result of even the PS5 model doesn’t maintain a secure body charge within the Abbey, whereas my Xbox Collection X’s assist for FreeSync helped make issues really feel higher right here. Talking of the opposite variations, I want Marvel’s Midnight Suns had cross development so I might take my progress throughout platforms.
My solely points with Marvel’s Midnight Suns proper now, must do with how the graphics settings typically didn’t save as I used to be checking completely different configurations to see how the Steam Deck handles the sport in numerous eventualities, and in how the hub itself nonetheless isn’t optimized too nicely. The battles had been a pleasure to play with nice efficiency. I solely had some drops through the particular talent animations that had plenty of particle results, however no points throughout precise motion or gameplay the place you will have management of a personality.
Marvel’s Midnight Suns itself is a bit too bloated, however I had comparable points with Hearth Emblem Three Homes‘ downtime sections in between battles. I’d’ve most well-liked if it was a bit shorter, however I’d be mendacity if I stated I didn’t take pleasure in this far more than I anticipated. I even began the brand new Deadpool DLC which has been enjoyable to play on Steam Deck to this point.
Whereas I wasn’t actually bought on Marvel’s Midnight Suns pre-release, it has continued to impress me extra as I performed by the story, and it’s chock stuffed with a ton of elective content material that can maintain you busy for a really very long time. It wasn’t a fantastic expertise round launch on PC, however Marvel’s Midnight Suns is nicely value your time proper now, and a pleasure to play on Steam Deck. It already felt like an ideal match for Steam Deck from the beginning, and it has lastly been fastened for Valve’s transportable system with a current replace.
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