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That's right, Ubisoft are back on Steam as they previously announced. This is the first of multiple others coming to Steam including Anno 1800 and Roller Champions. Annoyingly, it does use their own launcher like EA games. However, it seems to be a lot less problematic than the EA App with login, 2FA and Steam Account Linking all working just fine out of the box.
In the below video (using SteamOS 3.4 Preview) you'll see a 4-way benchmark, and then gameplay and then a final section showing what the battery life will be like out of the box (spoiler: not great). You're likely going to want to do some power limiting from the Steam Deck performance menu for this one, and getting a solid 30FPS even bringing down the power seems like it will be quite easily achievable in this one. Seems like Ubisoft did a surprisingly good job at optimizing the game overall considering how well it can run on Steam Deck.
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You can buy it on Steam and it's 67% off until December 22nd which seems like a really great deal. Looks like another game I'll be playing through, once I finish Death Stranding Director's Cut (after the Deck rebooting bug gets fixed…).
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Mohandevir 7 Dec 2022
A friend of mine tried Bioshock Infinite through Proton at 30fps, on my Steam Deck and found the experience pretty smooth and enjoyable. He's got a 2000$ computer with a 144hz monitor (not saying that he didn't see a difference, just saying that it's not a "deal breaker" for single player games).
Last edited by Mohandevir on 7 Dec 2022 at 2:11 pm UTC
slaapliedje 7 Dec 2022
Last edited by slaapliedje on 7 Dec 2022 at 3:24 pm UTC
I heard so much about a lot of boring and repetitive tasks in an impressive and nice open world.
But the most important thing to me is an interesting story and characters. And I have not so much trust in Ubisoft.
slaapliedje 7 Dec 2022
Is the game worth it?I haven't played Valhalla yet, but the others have had pretty decent story lines. Granted after the original writer left the team, they definitely have a more generic feel, like 'okay, one more person in the ancient world that has some sort of revenge story against some bad group.
I heard so much about a lot of boring and repetitive tasks in an impressive and nice open world.
But the most important thing to me is an interesting story and characters. And I have not so much trust in Ubisoft.
If I only had more time for all these games... :(
Who has the best price on that? I want to buy a few...
llamajacker 8 Dec 2022
Hopefully they'll remove it at some point, like some other games have done.
RavenWings 8 Dec 2022
Last edited by RavenWings on 8 Dec 2022 at 11:52 am UTC
I´m having a problem with the controls not working in AC Valhalla whenever the Deck wakes up from sleep. Since the game always takes ages to start/restart, this really kills a lot of enjoyment for me. Anybody else having similar problems? Using Proton 7.0.5 right now, but I´m gonna try out some other versions later today.No problems here on SteamOS 3.4 which has some fixes for sleep.
RavenWings 8 Dec 2022
Just install the ubisoft connect launcher as a 'non steam game' then navigate compat folder to find what you just installed, then add the launcher from the folder as a 'non steam game' and away you go.
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