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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Plug and play. PopOS and nvidia user here.
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.
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.
alternatively sourced copy.
As a paying customer, I can confirm that this is yet another example of paying customers getting a worse product.
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.
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 .
I played it last year and as far as I remember it was fine. Check ProtonDB for recent reviews though.
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.
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.
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.
Works well in my testing. The biggest barrier is their stupid launcher, which may occasionally break on Linux.
