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QuoteSince its inception, the XCOM Project has scoured the globe in search of the best and brightest military and scientific personnel to defend Earth from the alien invasion.
Today marks the availability of a new technology that will enable even more world-class recruits to join the fight, as XCOM: Enemy Unknown is released for Linux.
XCOM: Enemy Unknown is a SteamPlay title that runs on Ubuntu 14.04 and Valve’s SteamOS. The base game and all the add-on content, including the explosive expansion pack XCOM: Enemy Within, are available now from Steam.
Rookies should report to the XCOM: Enemy Unknown Steam information page for a briefing.
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Let us know what you think to it, as for me it will be my first time playing it. Check it out on Steam now.
With the Steam sales happening very soon it may be an idea to hold off on buying it just yet. That is unless you want to support Feral with as much cash as you can throw at the screen for porting to Linux then go ahead right now.
We should have an interview with the guys at Feral soon, so keep an eye out for that too folks.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Anyone know anything about the quality of the port?
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rustybroomhandle Jun 19, 2014
Finally!
XCOM:EU is one of the few games I managed to just lose myself in for weeks. I played through in normal difficulty and then twice in a row in hardcore Classic mode. I've been holding off on buying the Enemy Within expansion till the Linux port was ready.
XCOM:EU is one of the few games I managed to just lose myself in for weeks. I played through in normal difficulty and then twice in a row in hardcore Classic mode. I've been holding off on buying the Enemy Within expansion till the Linux port was ready.
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They said before its native, so i bought it straight away, will find out how good it is in about 6hrs:) (13GB download which is good, as at least we now its not there's mobile version)
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FutureSuture Jun 19, 2014
I have a backlog already but I am definitely keeping an eye on this one! Thanks, Feral! :D
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yes! finally the xcom port ^_^
If the port is as good as the Civilization V port i'll buy the dlc
With Civilization V and this port , the door is open for other ports like borderlands 2 and other AA and AAA games ^_^
If the port is as good as the Civilization V port i'll buy the dlc
With Civilization V and this port , the door is open for other ports like borderlands 2 and other AA and AAA games ^_^
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Ok, 20€ for a modern AAA with a meta of nearly 90 running natively on Linux? It's an instabuy, guys!
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The more ports like this that happen the easier it will be for developers to port in future, as they will have the experience ready and hopefully their own tool-sets ready for more.
The future is bright!
The future is bright!
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Cool
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I had already bought this a while back on sale. Not sleeping for the next 4 days now, easily one of my favorite games ever.
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I just tested the game.
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.
55.26 fps frames:55 time:995.35ms min:14.36ms max:72.33ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.82ms min:16.38ms max:22.78ms
57.60 fps frames:57 time:989.58ms min:16.66ms max:21.61ms
60.05 fps frames:60 time:999.13ms min:14.40ms max:20.04ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.80ms min:14.67ms max:21.34ms
56.13 fps frames:56 time:997.68ms min:16.66ms max:19.02ms
55.48 fps frames:55 time:991.32ms min:17.33ms max:21.08ms
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.
55.26 fps frames:55 time:995.35ms min:14.36ms max:72.33ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.82ms min:16.38ms max:22.78ms
57.60 fps frames:57 time:989.58ms min:16.66ms max:21.61ms
60.05 fps frames:60 time:999.13ms min:14.40ms max:20.04ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.80ms min:14.67ms max:21.34ms
56.13 fps frames:56 time:997.68ms min:16.66ms max:19.02ms
55.48 fps frames:55 time:991.32ms min:17.33ms max:21.08ms
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I've bought it last year after it went on a Free Weekend. My plan was to play it for free on Mac and then wait for the Linux version, but I couldn't contain myself. My hope is that I can buy all the DLC to play it on Linux and make those sales count to our cause.
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Quoting: hidekinI just tested the game.
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.
How are you measuring that?
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Quoting: neffoin a console with steam already launchedQuoting: hidekinI just tested the game.How are you measuring that?
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.
voglperfrun64 -s 200510 then type in the console fpsprint on
It's a tool from valve it's useful to mesure the performance, i don't know which distribution you're using but the package is called vogl or voglperf .
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Oh yes.
I'll be installing this when I get home. Probably won't get to play it until Saturday though. :(
Really looking forward to the Enemy Within DLC that I've not played yet.
I'll be installing this when I get home. Probably won't get to play it until Saturday though. :(
Really looking forward to the Enemy Within DLC that I've not played yet.
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If I remember correctly, they've promised this port for this summer, right? So that puts them two days ahead of schedule. Way to go, Feral, you deserve major respect from the gaming community!
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I've never played XCOM, but the trailer was really good.
I'll probably wait for a summer sale, though, otherwise my student wallet may not apreciate all those games I've been getting recently.
Does someone know how it plays on Radeon?
I'll probably wait for a summer sale, though, otherwise my student wallet may not apreciate all those games I've been getting recently.
Does someone know how it plays on Radeon?
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Oh I didn't see Liam hadn't played it before. You're in for a treat, this game is so unique in many ways and incorporates a number of genres: strategy, sim, management, rpg.
It's damn difficult though. If a soldier dies in your small squad, he's dead forever. If a soldier dies early on in a mission, followed by another, that's pretty much game over. The easiest difficulty is still pretty hard, I recommend this to anyone playing the game for the first time. No point in playing for 8 hours then losing, it's like FTL but more frustrating in that sense.
It's damn difficult though. If a soldier dies in your small squad, he's dead forever. If a soldier dies early on in a mission, followed by another, that's pretty much game over. The easiest difficulty is still pretty hard, I recommend this to anyone playing the game for the first time. No point in playing for 8 hours then losing, it's like FTL but more frustrating in that sense.
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2K may have to consider more Linux ports, because this is great news. :D
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