Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered is out now and like other recent Sony PlayStation releases on PC, it forces a PlayStation Network Account which is causing issues for some desktop Linux players.
You can run it on Linux with Valve's Proton, but you might have issues actually logging into the PSN account system to play it. Not particularly surprising, since with God of War Ragnarök you needed to pretend your desktop Linux system was a Steam Deck but in this case you don't want to do that.
Writing on the Steam forum, a developer at Nixxes Software said to do this instead:
The SteamDeck parameter includes other changes specifically designed for the Steam Deck.
If you are experiencing issues with the login flow on Linux, please use the following workaround:
On Steam, right click the game in your Library, choose Properties, go to General.
Add -showlinkingqr in the field for Launch Options
Nice to see this sort of thing has been thought about, and to have a developer directly reply with a solution.
Hopefully some GamingOnLinux readers find this helpful.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
nebadon2025 Oct 31
is what worked for me on my desktop machine! I did not get to test above mentioned method because this one just worked.
Last edited by nebadon2025 on 5 November 2024 at 1:26 pm UTC
Not upgrading my original HZD until that bullshit is removed.
Quoting: LinasA remaster? Of a game released in 2020?2017. Only the PC port came out in 2020.
- like @linas said: wtf why does this even exist at all, a remaster of a game that needs absolutely no remaster at all wtf wtf wtf
- nixxes are some of the absolute best devs out there, I swear they are amazing. While I didn't like the Forbidden West game (at all, god it was so so so so so so so horrible) their work on the pc version of the game was damn near flawless. By far the best I've seen for any modern release.
- fuck sony for forcing psn logins into their games and breaking stuff like this all over the place
- the original non-psn-bullshit game being delisted is awful and I wish steam/valve would make this impossible to do
- the first game is still amazing in this series, but the second was a major step down in quality, so I'm not even excited for the third installation at all
Last edited by Jarmer on 31 October 2024 at 9:25 pm UTC
Quoting: JarmerI have so many emotions / comments about this whole thing lololwhat didn't you like about Forbidden West? While there are some regressions I noticed particularly in the UI department, I still enjoyed it coming from Zero Dawn. Curious what other people think about it
- like @linas said: wtf why does this even exist at all, a remaster of a game that needs absolutely no remaster at all wtf wtf wtf
- nixxes are some of the absolute best devs out there, I swear they are amazing. While I didn't like the Forbidden West game (at all, god it was so so so so so so so horrible) their work on the pc version of the game was damn near flawless. By far the best I've seen for any modern release.
- fuck sony for forcing psn logins into their games and breaking stuff like this all over the place
- the original non-psn-bullshit game being delisted is awful and I wish steam/valve would make this impossible to do
- the first game is still amazing in this series, but the second was a major step down in quality, so I'm not even excited for the third installation at all
BlackBloodRum Oct 31
Quoting: StellaWhile I do agree about the delisting being shameful, I like that they made it a separate package and not a forced upgrade for the original + PSN requirement. I hated the Witcher 3's forced Next Gen update because it broke all my 100+ mods…For now, the good news is you can get the original, still:
https://www.gog.com/en/game/horizon_zero_dawn_complete_edition
Dana Souly Oct 31
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