Steam Deck Joel avenged: The Last of Us Part II Remastered nails handheld play
I should have been more specific when I said I didn’t want developers to make distinct Steam Deck 'versions' of their games: while locking settings, console-style, isn’t an ideal solution to ensuring capable performance on underpowered handhelds, offering the option of full Deck optimisation is very much welcome. That’s exactly what The Last of Us Part II Remastered does, which goes a long way in explaining why it’s a far better game for portable PCs than TLOU Part I was at launch. I’d still see the bottomless blackness of those bugged-out Joel eyebrows in my nightmares, had the horror not rendered sleep impossible. Read more
I should have been more specific when I said I didn’t want developers to make distinct Steam Deck 'versions' of their games: while locking settings, console-style, isn’t an ideal solution to ensuring capable performance on underpowered handhelds, offering the option of full Deck optimisation is very much welcome. That’s exactly what The Last of Us Part II Remastered does, which goes a long way in explaining why it’s a far better game for portable PCs than TLOU Part I was at launch. I’d still see the bottomless blackness of those bugged-out Joel eyebrows in my nightmares, had the horror not rendered sleep impossible.
