Finally, another publisher has realised extra launchers on Steam are a pain in the ass, surprisingly this time it's Ubisoft doing something good.

I’m glad it’s highlighted on Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown in particular, because that was the first game I’d bought from Ubisoft in years, and the extra launcher deterred me from considering buying any of their other games for a long while still. EA still has launchers on older games like It Takes Two and A Way Out and Dragon Age II and Inquisition that create obstacles for LInux compatibility and offline play, but newer titles like Split Fiction and The Veilguard no longer have the extra launcher problem. It’s good to see Ubisoft following this trend, and hopefully they can stop standing in the way of their own success.

  • PromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.frEnglish
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    3 days ago

    I was surprised Cyberpunk 2077 (same owner as GOG) launches through RED Launcher even if bought on GOG. It’s probably possible to disable through a launch parameter though.

    • InGodWeThrust@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I am surprised about this, I was given it on Steam and never had any need for extra launcher on it I think. I’m curious what would happen with the launcher if it was installed with the offline installers instead of Gog galaxy

      • PromKingJosh@tarte.nuage-libre.frEnglish
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        1 day ago

        The offline installer requires you to download ~28 4GB files manually so I passed on that. I installed on Linux with Heroic Game Launcher so I’m not sure if it installs the “GOG Galaxy version” if there even is a difference. The game is wired to run redprelauncher.exe rather than bin/Cyberpunk2077.exe so maybe that’s just that.

        Anyhow, the launcher is skippable if you add a --launcher-skip param.