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Star wars xcom? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago by ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Hey all,

The new Star Wars Xcom game says it's unsupported on Deck and Machine. I know those aren't always entirely accurate. I didn't suppose anyone's gotten the game and tried it have they?

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[–] warm@kbin.earth 18 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Remember, by buying EA games you are giving money to a regime that beheads journalists (among many other crimes against humanity).

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[–] ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world [S] 6 points 5 days ago (1 child)

Yeah Saudi did buy them huh. Fuck them.

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[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

That's why the high seas are for.

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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago

Before or after the Saudis? With EA it's hard to know

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[–] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 13 points 5 days ago* (3 children)

Liam (from GamingOnLinux) said the Steam Machine got 35-55 fps on medium, with some rough spots.

I'd imagine the Steam Deck then would be a notably bad time.

Edit: I'll leave the review link here too: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/star-wars-zero-company-is-out-now/

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 days ago

According to https://steamdeckhq.com/news/star-wars-zero-company-not-good-on-steam-deck/ the playing on Deck is a bad time, struggles to hit 30 fps (often 18 to 22 fps in action) with lowest settings applied. I don't know about the resolution, probably native 720p or 800p, and if he tried upscaling. But at this performance level, I do not think it will help to get stable 30 fps.

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[–] minorkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

Reviews are all mentioning performance issues, even with lowered settings. Hopefully we'll see this remedied in early old patches. I've been itching for an XCOM/Tactical game again and having it be Star Wars is a very unique IP for it. Excited. Hope it fixes itself by the time I buy it.

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[–] ChocolateFrostedSugarBombs@lemmy.world [S] 1 point 5 days ago

Oof yeah that's rough. I have a work trip coming up and was hoping I could use this as a to go game but... Doesn't look like it.

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[–] blinkfink182@lemmy.zip 4 points 5 days ago

I have a steam machine and it won't even get to the shader compilation screen. Thankfully it loads fine on my desktop but that was a disappointment when I went to load it up today.

[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social 1 point 5 days ago (2 children)

I just look to see if a game is gamepad compatible and go from there.

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[–] SatyrSack@quokk.au 2 points 5 days ago

But plenty of games are awful with a traditional gamepad but excel using the Steam Deck's touchpads.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 point 5 days ago (1 child)

With Steam Input you an play with gamepad, even if they don't support gamepad. Either the community made a configuration you can easily download and apply, or you can create yourself one. But that is not convenient and straight forward like an official gamepad support for sure.

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[–] TachyonTele_Esq@piefed.social -1 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Right. You're completely missing the point.

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[–] Eggyhead@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

With steam input, you don’t even need the gamepad. I think your responder was attempting to contribute to your point.

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[–] thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 days ago

I don't.

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