Battlefield 1 will now include EA's kernel-level anti-cheat, making the game unplayable on Steam Deck

Oh I definitely agree. I also should be able to play games on Steam that I have previously purchased on PS5 without paying for it again.

But if the game devs are gonna push kernel level shit, they might as well have a console-like experience that exists independently of a user's OS.

That's exactly why consoles are exploitative anti-consumer trash that ought to be cracked down on by the FTC, though.

And god forbid we play games for fun...

anyway

I remember downloading BF4 from GamePass and not being able to play _any_ of it. They’ve truly ruined that franchise.

Apply for a refund (regardless of how many hours played you have).

Such a good call, lol.

the [best the] peasants can expect in today's America is that some corpo daddy will pick their side and make others corpo daddy's show some respect and permit dignity

100%

Worse for us who bought the game on Origin before they even came to Steam...

You honestly might still be able to get one. Put in the request and state that you literally cant play the game anymore because of the change

There is a cheater problem and the game is still popular, not sure how much kernel anticheat will help though.

Steam needs to offer refunds when a game does this - at the publisher's expense. They should put it right into their ToS for game publishers that want to sell on the platform.

Isnt this game pretty old at this for bothering to implement this?

Either way, fuck kernel level anti cheat. GTFO with that shit

First they came for BF5, now BF1... BF4's days are numbered.

i can't believe i bought so much BF in my life and now all of it won't work on my preferred platform.

8 years after launch of game. It's never too late to ruin the fun for players. -EA

I would rather click all of the download buttons I could find on ad-ridden sites before I let EA have kernel level access to my computer or deck.

BattleBit Remastered can help scratch the BF itch. It's not the same, but it's not EA.

Love that they're making this change *after* CrowdStrike

Just put it on consoles where there is no expectation of ownership over the OS, where it's expected to be an appliance.

Shit like this has no place in PC gaming.

Oh no...

Oh well. I guess this is a sign that I need to quit BF1.

I have already achieved everything I needed to achieve. Reached level 150, completed all the assignments, unlocked the Peacemaker. Most of that on Linux. I was only just playing for fun at this point.

For big map vehicle and infantry shooters with vehicles that run decent on the Steam Deck I recommend

Easy Red 2 https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/

^ I am as tired of ww2 shooters as everybody else, but this game is just damn fun, the maps are very varied, there are lots of quality of life details but the core gameplay is actually very realistic in terms of bullet/gun/vehicle mechanics, the AI can receive basic orders and there is a small but active multiplayer scene. The planes are a blast and the variety of realistically behaving armor is great. I appreciate that you can control the cannons on tanks from the driver seat or just focus on driving and let the AI shoot (or have a friend shoot of course). Performance is superb on the deck, especially for the amount of bots you can get on screen at any time.

For some reason Easy Red 2 is 9 bucks on steam???? Like why is it so cheap? I don't know, but if you are upset at EA a great way to take out your anger is by buying this awesome game from an awesome indie dev who is the opposite of EA. Note this doesn't play like Call Of Duty WW2, it plays like a realistic-ish shooter.

Operation Harsh Doorstop https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/

^ A free moddable realistic tactical shooter on the unreal engine, it is still fairly limited and the playerbase isn't huge yet but honestly it is really promising and is already a blast if you like realistic modern warfare tactical games, gunplay and movement feels tight and locked in, weapons feel chunky and the foundation is there for a lot of great mods. Vehicles and helicopters are very early stages but are being worked on. I think this is going to be a GREAT platform for big team shooter mods of all kinds of genres and it is nice that it runs decent on the steam deck so long as you are willing to turn everything down so you are basically playing ghost recon 1 but lol... I don't really care. Check out the Star Wars mod on the workshop as an example of what kinds of different stuff can be done with modding on OHD.

Both Easy Red 2 and Operation Harsh Doorstop are great games to keep your eye on even if the specific experience of either shooter doesn't attract you right now, I could easily see a fan made spiritual successor to Battlefield 1 being made using Operation Harsh Doorstop as the basis for example so both games represent a lot more than Yet Another Boring WW2 shooter and Another Boring Modern Warfare shooter lol.

Halo Infinite also plays well on the Steam Deck, though I wish performance was better and it sometimes just crashes.

There is of course, always Xonotic available right on the linux distro app store a 30 second download away in desktop mode :P

https://xonotic.org/