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.

  • ErableEreinte@lemmy.caEnglish
    14·
    22 days 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.worldEnglish
    9·
    22 days ago

    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.

    • Mark with a Z@suppo.fiEnglish
      5·
      22 days ago

      alternatively sourced copy.

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

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    22 days 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.

  • muhyb@programming.devEnglish
    4·
    22 days ago

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

  • plm00@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    22 days ago

    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.

  • Barry@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    22 days ago

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

  • Korkki@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    22 days 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 .

  • Mark with a Z@suppo.fiEnglish
    3·
    22 days 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.