{"id":472,"date":"2021-10-21T11:38:04","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T11:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/?p=472"},"modified":"2021-10-21T11:38:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T11:38:56","slug":"half-life-2-should-work-on-steam-deck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/half-life-2-should-work-on-steam-deck\/","title":{"rendered":"Half-Life 2 Should Work On Steam Deck (And That&#8217;s Freaking Awesome)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With an impending Steam Deck launch set to take place around the holidays, questions remain regarding which games will work on the device. You can read our <a href=\"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/steam-deck-review-the-latest-popular-handheld-put-to-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steam Deck review<\/a> if you want to learn more about the device, but today, we talk Half-Life 2.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This week, Valve released a rating system that rates games based on their Steam Deck compatibility. In the future, gamers will be able to quickly assess how well a Valve game will work on Steam Deck. In essence, the rating system speaks to a game&#8217;s Steam Deck compatibility.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an example of a full rating (after you click for more information).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-474\" src=\"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating.png\" alt=\"steam deck half life rating\" width=\"1768\" height=\"832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating.png 1768w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating-1536x723.png 1536w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-rating-1200x565.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A new beta update for Half-Life 2&#8217;s perfect rating suggest that the game should work seamlessly on Steam Deck. The new Beta update is bold and sweeping, to say the least.<\/p>\n<p>The beta update for Half-Life 2 fixes a lot of previous bugs that gamers have complained about over the years.<\/p>\n<p>For Steam Deck compatability purposes, Half-Life developers made sure that aspect ratio scaled to fit. On non 4&#215;3 monitors, many HUD objects are much larger now.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review.png\" alt=\"steam deck half life review\" width=\"2062\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review.png 2062w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-1024x495.png 1024w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-1536x742.png 1536w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-2048x989.png 2048w, https:\/\/xxxgames.games\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/steam-deck-half-life-review-1200x580.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The beta update also includes an ultra wide view that requires no additional modifications. You can also decouple that game&#8217;s aspect ratio with the HUD aspect ratio. Its not as if many gamers would care to utilize the latter, but hey, an update is an update.<\/p>\n<p>Because the Steam Deck runs a linux based operating system, Half-Life 2 now supports Vulkan rendering API. From a widespread perspective, Valve intends to update its full catalog of Steam Deck compatible games with the Vulkan rendering API.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the Half-Life 2 update is a big deal. It brings sweeping change to one of the more popular games of the last decade.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Half-Life 2:  Full Game Walkthrough\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jElU1mD8JnI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With an impending Steam Deck launch set to take place around the holidays, questions remain regarding which games will work on the device. 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