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Uplay Launcher (or whatever it is rebranded now) forces you to login with your username+password once. After that it continues to launch the game normally.
AC:Odysssey runs really great on Deck. The Deck even manages very high settings with relativly stable framerates. Played around 50h, mostly with Steam Dock on my TV, and I can remember only 2 crashes. But it's demanding on the battery (no wonder) and drains it in around an hour (imho no problem for me as I mostly play at home, have a dock or a 4m charging cable at hand).
The game does not terminate itself properly, but because of the generous auto save feature, you can just use the deck overlay and quit the game that way, which is even faster that going to the title screen and quit there.
Great game and really good technical experience with minor issues the first launch and quitting the game.
Had to login to ubisoft connect once, after that, the launcher saved my credentials and just launched the game.
Works well, ubisoft connect complicate things if you have a complex password.
Works well on Steam Deck, there are no issues making you think this game was not made for the Deck.
I had to do the EA app login in Desktop mode once, after that it's saved and does not show up for other EA games.
If you ever have played any other game with EA's App, the game starts and works perfectly fine, almost on Deck Verified level.
Directly on Steam Deck controlls no problem. Via Steam Dock + and wireless Switch Pro Controller, the controller is not recognized in the initial game selection menue. Emulating a mouse pointer to start on of the game works, and in a Mass effect game itself, the controller is working perfectly normal.
Some minor things like the EA app can be a bumper, but after logging in once, it does not bother you again, not even in any other EA game as it remembers the link between your steam account and your EA account. Great improvement!
Minor controller issues in the game selection screen are present, just like some other games with a "pre-launcher" have. Not perfect, but they are easy to overcome with the mouse pointer emulation.
All in all a recommendation, really enjoyable experience.
First launch had not the right aspect ratio, but could be easily solved in the options
Having never logged in through EA app you have to do it one time and after that it does not ask you again to launch the game
The EA app is annoying, but having EA and Steam profile linked in any other game or platform avoids my only tinker issue. Otherwise I would not notice the game was not developed for the platform.
