Steam Deck It came out in February 2022 and it is true that today, two and a half years later, it already has some problems when it comes to successfully running some AAA that are developed with Unreal Engine 5 or require a power that unfortunately does not. is within reach of the device Valve. Although, as has happened in the case of Silent Hill 2 The developer can lend a hand on his part.
And it is that from the beginning the community of Steam Deck broke down a little when he realized that it was practically impossible to enjoy Silent Hill 2 in their handheld PC, not only because of the necessary power itself, but because the game was not very well worked out. At least on computers it had many errors such as slowdowns, stuttering and a thousand more errors that prevented us from taking the game in portability.
How does Silent Hill 2 work now on Steam Deck?
The fact is that it has improved a lot, among other things because the studio responsible for the game has stepped up and released a patch that, apart from everything it is responsible for covering up, which is an endless list, tells us how one of his achievements that thanks to him we obtain a «Improved performance and optimization for Steam Deck«. So now it will be possible to execute it without waiting for the game to end (so to speak) before a crash or crash sudden.
With this patch applied you can now trust that the game will work without errors and, most importantly, with a specific graphic mode for the machine. Valve. A preset that they are already encouraged to use many other studios and that, without having to fiddle with us for hours, the game is already in place for us (Silent Hill 2 in this case) on the path of acceptable operation, tested by the developer himself. What we understand is a guarantee.
As you can see in the video that we leave you just above, where it is possible to see Silent Hill 2 with patch 1.04 already applied and working on Steam Deck, We will be able to play without problems on Valve’s laptop, with a fairly good degree of quality and, above all, without giving up a frame rate per second high enough to make it worth it. So check that, when you start your machine, the patch is applied from the downloads section (sometimes you will miss the patch). update from another game, so check that the title of the game is downloaded Konami before other programmed).
Successfully update Silent hill 2 on Steam Deck
As we tell you, Steam Deck It works (aside from other possible errors on the desktop) with an update calendar that is organized as the developer indicates and gives priority to the most recent ones. If when you enter you see that you have on the list waiting for Silent Hill 2click on the download button now for it to be applied. Otherwise, when entering the game without this patch installed you will continue to access the version of the game with problems, errors and crashes.