I’m a few hours in and haven’t experienced any issues with improperly playing cutscenes or audio, either, though I have followed Valve's advice of installing Proton Experimental from the Steam Store and running it with that.

The Deck’s controls are a good fit, taking advantage of the trackpads as alternate aiming or weapon select inputs, and text is always legible on the 7in, 1280x800 display. Although Valve haven't rated Resident Evil 4 for Steam Deck compatibility at the time of writing, I fully expect it to follow the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes in earning either Playable or the coveted Verified status.

I’ve worked out a couple of setting combinations for you to choose from, but first, the basics. Maybe not to the battery-sipping, framerate-abundant extent of the very best Steam Deck games, but with the right settings, nu-Resi 4 can keep its burlap sacked head well above 30fps even in its most visually demanding scenes. The Resident Evil 4 remake is a mostly cool runner on desktops, and good news if you’re recently picked up a certain handheld PC in the sales: its Steam Deck performance is alright too.

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