The Last of Us finally works on Steam Deck — with worse-than-PS3 level graphics

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The Last of Us finally works on Steam Deck — with worse-than-PS3 level graphics
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We pulled out a 16-year-old PS3 to check.

The Last of Us Part I, Sony cranked the settings down to the bare minimum. I’m not just talking about fancy features like screen space reflections and dynamic lighting quality, either. I mean draw distance, animation quality, resolution, and — especially — textures.

The textures are especially atrocious when you compare to the PS3. There are entire levels where every surface looks like a muddy mess.Speaking of mud: would you believe me if I told you this blurry patch at Joel’s feet is supposed to be a pond? And what’s going on with that tree branch?I suspect it’s broken because that tree is living its worst life, so to speak.

It doesn’t all look this bad! But when it is, there’s not a lot you can meaningfully do to fix it on the Deck. The settings are already about as low as they can go. I’m willing to bet some of them are even lower than the developers intended — I hadMost texture quality settings are locked.The game’s actually running at a notably lower resolution than it does on PS3, too — 856 x 536, upscaled by AMD’s FidelityFX Super Resolution to 1280 x 800.

Also, the remake does improve on the original game in a few ways, like improving the AI pathfinding , adding more foliage, and making the character models more detailed — check my video for examples. There’s also an incredible number of New Game+ options, including 8-bit and watercolor graphics filters, highly adjustable difficulty and optional permadeath if you want to force yourself into a more nailbiting playstyle.

You'll also want to make sure the Deck has downloads during gameplay turned off, as downloading even a small patch for another game can effect performance. And you might want to play around with the various audio options, as I got some sound glitches in the spatial audio mode.are still negative. Some people are still reporting major crashes on desktop PCs. But 86 percent ofreviews — from the last 30 days — are now positive instead.

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