The Last of Us finally works on Steam Deck — with worse-than-PS3 level graphics
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#6CYA5)
The Last of Us running on a Steam Deck. | Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge The Last of Us Part I arrived on PC this March as an embarrassing, broken PC port of a game, even on high-end machines. When I tried it on my Steam Deck handheld, the game was utterly unplayable - despite co-creator Neil Druckmann's assurances that the game would grace" the Steam Deck.
But after 11 patches, I can finally confirm The Last of Us is completely playable on Valve's portable PC.
It's safe to go back in the... clicker-infested water?
As of last night I've completed all 14 hours of the game on my Deck alone, and I haven't seen a single crash or game-breaking glitch. I rarely saw the frame rate drop below a locked 30 frames per second on default settings, and I've comfortably pressed the power button at any time to suspend and...