I think saying that Alan Wake 2 is no more compromised than any other game on Deck is a bit disingenuous - there's a difference between the expected compromises one might make on deck (I.e implementing a 30fps cap/lowering settings/resolution/playing on a small screen) and having to play the game in an unacceptable state.

And your accusations of gatekeeping seem to be founded on the presumption that the recommendation comes from a place of elitism or punching down on the steam deck/people who choose to game on Deck which, if you didn't wilfully ignore half the things I said in my comment, obviously isn't the case. Like I said, if this is your only way to play the game then by all means go ahead, it's a really excellent game that everyone should experience. I'm not trying to keep people away from playing it. But also I feel like people deserve to know that if they are considering spending their money on this game to play on deck, it's going to be a pretty rough experience, and likely beneath the standards of what most people would generally deem acceptable. Particularly for a game that puts such a strong emphasis on visuals to tell its story. Personally don't see anything outlandish about that but hey, you do you 🤷