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So... has anyone played ME:LE on Linux through Steam on PC and how did it go?

I bought Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order in the past and the EA App requirement gave me problems. Managed to play for a while, then not anymore, then again after tinkering... don't remember how anymore... In conclusion, I try to avoid EA titles since, but Mass Effect has always been a game I wanted to try. I already checked protondb, but am none the wiser as of what awaits me if I buy it.

So I thought someone here may want to share their experiences.

I'm running Manjaro and only AMD hardware, btw.

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[–] any1th3r3@lemmy.ca 14 points 2 months ago

I recently installed ME:LE on Linux, directly via the EA app (got that game for free years ago), and the game runs flawlessly so far, so I believe you'll be fine running it via Steam. FWIW I'm also running AMD hw only, albeit on Fedora.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I've played all three games. Arch on PC, Lutris, some GE-Proton 9 version. If the camera acts up in ME2, try Gamescope with relative mouse.

EA App didn't come up. If it causes issues, try an alternatively sourced copy.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 6 points 2 months ago

alternatively sourced copy.

As a paying customer, I can confirm that this is yet another example of paying customers getting a worse product.

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Plug and play. PopOS and nvidia user here.

[–] Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

It runs great on Steam Deck and, according to what I read, you just have a manipulation to do if you want to play offline. Although it wasn’t annoying enough for me to do it as I could just played using my phonés hotspot when not at home.

You should definitely play it if you get it for cheap.

Proton DB is great for such questions.

[–] TheBeardmancer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 months ago

EA App was the only issue I faced, otherwise all three games ran great via Proton. Tried using old Origin rollbacks for offline play, but it would break after a session or two. Recommend playing with an online connection if using a copy that requires the EA App.

[–] muhyb@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

I played it last year and as far as I remember it was fine. Check ProtonDB for recent reviews though.

[–] ashleythorne@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Works well in my testing. The biggest barrier is their stupid launcher, which may occasionally break on Linux.

[–] plm00@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

ME:LE runs great on Steam Deck, I had no issues for the bit I played. YMMV of course but I think you'll be fine.

[–] winety@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

It runs great but the EA app is a pain in the arse.

[–] markz@suppo.fi 3 points 2 months ago

I played it, the game worked perfectly. However, EA launcher did not. It would just die immediately 9 ot of 10 times. There's also another pitfall unrelated to linux: it doesn't use steam cloud for saves.

[–] Korkki@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Played it through on AMD/Manjaro machine throughout last spring. A few crashes through the whole trilogy and that's it. Can't really complain .

[–] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Runs fine for me, no tweaks needed.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

It just works on my system, Arch with nvidia. Granted I've only tried to load into the first one, but it justworks™️.

[–] Botanicals@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Pop_os was plug and play for me :D