I finally took some time to sit down with The Talos Principle in a livestream the other night, and wow I was pleasantly surprised by it. I've never been one to really get engrossed by puzzle games, as they usually end up too boring for me. Something about The Talos Principle had me completely hooked, and I ended up sinking 1.7 hours into it according to Steam.
I think having a puzzle game that's first person, and quite beautiful really helped get me into Talos. I did feel a bit stupid at the start, as I don't have to really use my brain very often while playing games. This is mainly due to being an FPS junky, but I am trying to push myself to other games to enjoy a wider variety.
Once I got the hang of it, I was able to do certain puzzles with blistering speed, and that seemed to impress our editor Samsai quite a bit. Heck, I even impressed myself with some of it!
So, what have you been playing, and what did you think to it? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
I think having a puzzle game that's first person, and quite beautiful really helped get me into Talos. I did feel a bit stupid at the start, as I don't have to really use my brain very often while playing games. This is mainly due to being an FPS junky, but I am trying to push myself to other games to enjoy a wider variety.
Once I got the hang of it, I was able to do certain puzzles with blistering speed, and that seemed to impress our editor Samsai quite a bit. Heck, I even impressed myself with some of it!
So, what have you been playing, and what did you think to it? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Dirt Showdown .. Multiplayer with friend, cause singleplayer campaign is just garbage imo.
Really wish Dirt Rally was ported to Linux :(
a Bit of Audiosurf 2 every now and then as well, always nice to relax and play your favourite tracks :)
Really wish Dirt Rally was ported to Linux :(
a Bit of Audiosurf 2 every now and then as well, always nice to relax and play your favourite tracks :)
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wvstolzing Aug 24, 2015
I'm currently obsessed with Super Hexagon; still can't beat the Hexagonest level (where 'to beat' means, 'survive longer than 60secs), but I did 'beat' the first 'hyper' level ... so I keep practicing ... and practicing ...
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Dota 2 Reborn :D
It runs very well and the gameplay is very rewarding, once you get into it, you learn from your mistakes and at each game you make progresses.
It runs very well and the gameplay is very rewarding, once you get into it, you learn from your mistakes and at each game you make progresses.
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I've fallen in love with Terraria. Such a big game .... so much to explore, and the pixel art is amazing. Everytime I go down mining there is always someting new waiting to be found. My fingers ache so much from all those digging and sword swooshing :)
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KOTOR2 and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. Having real fun with both of them so far, and a nice change from all the platformers I've been playing lately.
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I'm still going through my PosChengband addiction :D If you're looking for a good roguelike and you're not afraid of ASCII, then this is the game for you.
Funny thing about this particular roguelike is that the Linux version is not as user-friendly as the Windows version which a) runs perfectly via Wine and b) is easier to configure than the Linux version. Also, this game has a quest where you fight against Bull Gates and Micro$oft sooo there's that :P
Funny thing about this particular roguelike is that the Linux version is not as user-friendly as the Windows version which a) runs perfectly via Wine and b) is easier to configure than the Linux version. Also, this game has a quest where you fight against Bull Gates and Micro$oft sooo there's that :P
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I'm ~66% into Shadow of Mordor and I find it quite entertaining. The Talos Principle is better (because of the depth) but I've already finished it and it doesn't really have much replay value, aside from getting some missed achievements.
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Just finished Talos Principle (+ Road to Gehenna)....what a fantastic game. Next up is Bioshock Infinite with the DLC's and then Shadowrun. :)
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Short version:
Celestian Tales: Old North – the direction is right but there is still a long road ahead.
Invisible, Inc. – was surprisingly fun.
Freedom planet – is awesome :3
Deponia (1, 2, 3) – some things you need to do are pretty unusual %) Still in the middle of 3rd game.
Pillars of Eternity – was a good one, but I'm still undecided whether I should play an expansion as it seems it will add additional areas before final battle, not after it… I probably will but that decision feels weird to me %)
Celestian Tales: Old North – the direction is right but there is still a long road ahead.
Invisible, Inc. – was surprisingly fun.
Freedom planet – is awesome :3
Deponia (1, 2, 3) – some things you need to do are pretty unusual %) Still in the middle of 3rd game.
Pillars of Eternity – was a good one, but I'm still undecided whether I should play an expansion as it seems it will add additional areas before final battle, not after it… I probably will but that decision feels weird to me %)
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- Shadow of Mordor: Fun, but often feels unfair. I really don't like how the Batman-like combat system only sort-of lets you control your character (I never understood why the Batman games get praised for their combat; it's their stealth sections I love, but their combat bores me), and the death sequences are too annoyingly long to let you get back in quickly if you do die.
- Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: Yeah, I'm still playing this one. I finally unlocked both the negative and the polaroid, so I'm fighting through challenges and other unlocks. Soon I shall unlock The Lost, and hopefully I won't break too many keyboards before I beat it with him.
- Ark: Survival Evolved: I have tamed a T-Rex. He is beautiful. I've also gotten to the level where you can start fabricating things like automated turrets and assault rifles; quite cool what you can do in that game.
- Absolute Drift: Really short, but enjoyable. I finally got over 1,000,000 points in a race just yesterday. I'm probably done for a while, though - everything is unlocked, and I'm not sure how much interest I have in spending *that* much time on it.
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall: I'm starting again. I want to make an unarmed character, but it wasn't very friendly to that when the game was first released. It seems like a lot has been changed since then, though.
- Pillars of Eternity: This is easily my favorite game of recent memory. I love the complicated combat. I'm not as interested in the AI updates as everyone else, but I'm definitely excited for the expansion.
- Binding of Isaac: Rebirth: Yeah, I'm still playing this one. I finally unlocked both the negative and the polaroid, so I'm fighting through challenges and other unlocks. Soon I shall unlock The Lost, and hopefully I won't break too many keyboards before I beat it with him.
- Ark: Survival Evolved: I have tamed a T-Rex. He is beautiful. I've also gotten to the level where you can start fabricating things like automated turrets and assault rifles; quite cool what you can do in that game.
- Absolute Drift: Really short, but enjoyable. I finally got over 1,000,000 points in a race just yesterday. I'm probably done for a while, though - everything is unlocked, and I'm not sure how much interest I have in spending *that* much time on it.
- Shadowrun: Dragonfall: I'm starting again. I want to make an unarmed character, but it wasn't very friendly to that when the game was first released. It seems like a lot has been changed since then, though.
- Pillars of Eternity: This is easily my favorite game of recent memory. I love the complicated combat. I'm not as interested in the AI updates as everyone else, but I'm definitely excited for the expansion.
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Dying light! everyday, 2 hours at day. And i will be playing much much more time... :-)
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LinuxGamesTV Aug 24, 2015
I#m in Mordor to time. I have the mainstory to 80% finished. It can have a performence patch but the game self is a great game.
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fraghopper Aug 24, 2015
Shadowrun Hong Kong and Bioshock Infinite.
Shadowrun is a great series, I'm enjoying every moment of every playthrough. Every generation should have a truly stellar RPG and I feel like Shadowrun, at least in terms of atmosphere and lore and sheer fun, is outstanding.
Bioshock Infinite is another solid Bioshock game. What more is there to say? Playing a Bioshock game on Linux is sublime.
Next in queue is Morder.
Shadowrun is a great series, I'm enjoying every moment of every playthrough. Every generation should have a truly stellar RPG and I feel like Shadowrun, at least in terms of atmosphere and lore and sheer fun, is outstanding.
Bioshock Infinite is another solid Bioshock game. What more is there to say? Playing a Bioshock game on Linux is sublime.
Next in queue is Morder.
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coryrj19951 Aug 24, 2015
Shadowrun Returns
A great game, with a bit hard to use UI though. I love the story but keep hearing that Dragonfall has the better story, so can't wait to play that after I finish Shadowrun Returns. After that probably Hong Kong :P . I am liking the Shadowrun universe setting, first time I ever played one.
The other game I am playing right now is Shadow of Mordor on and off.
A great game, with a bit hard to use UI though. I love the story but keep hearing that Dragonfall has the better story, so can't wait to play that after I finish Shadowrun Returns. After that probably Hong Kong :P . I am liking the Shadowrun universe setting, first time I ever played one.
The other game I am playing right now is Shadow of Mordor on and off.
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Mordor got a solid 15 hours from me so far - unlike valczir, I love the combat. You should rarely die in SoM, instead running away at 20-25% health, recouping and trying again. But if you get the combat "just right", you won't be dying much anyway, since you're such a total bad-ass in the game. Even more so than Batman City/Asylum, I can walk into a group of 15+ Uruk and know that there's a solid chance I'll be the last one standing. Hell, there's even a point in the game that puts you in an arena and throws 100+ Uruk at you, around 15 at a time. Magic game. Wonderful.
Otherwise, I'm still hooked on Tales of Maj'Eyal. In fact, at 140 hours, it's nearly competing with my Killing Floor addiction (200 hours). I need to get it out of my system before KF2 is out for Linux...
Finally, it's a straight tie between Victor Vran (epic), Herosiege (epic) and Terraria (epic). All of these are my go-to multiplayer games with my kids over LAN (although Herosiege needs an open port on your router, sadly).
I'm a happy penguin at the moment!
Otherwise, I'm still hooked on Tales of Maj'Eyal. In fact, at 140 hours, it's nearly competing with my Killing Floor addiction (200 hours). I need to get it out of my system before KF2 is out for Linux...
Finally, it's a straight tie between Victor Vran (epic), Herosiege (epic) and Terraria (epic). All of these are my go-to multiplayer games with my kids over LAN (although Herosiege needs an open port on your router, sadly).
I'm a happy penguin at the moment!
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I tried TF2 on linux again and sadly it runs very slow (my laptop where im playing it is old), which is a shame since one year ago the game used to run very fast on any map on the r600 driver, now its unplayable. So I tried the windows version from the windows partition using wine with gallium nine and it ran a bit better, its incredible how sometimes wine runs better than native. But Valve is making that game slower and slower after each update.
Other than that, indie games, since thats all what can be run from here. But there are some than are very good.
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Other than that, indie games, since thats all what can be run from here. But there are some than are very good.
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Lol Star Wars Galaxies online with the Linux "SWGEMU" launcher for the basalisk server, with the help of wine of course. So i am playing something that has some Linux support?? lol. Either way, it works great and i am having a blast.
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oldrocker99 Aug 24, 2015
Dominions 4 (as usual) :D
KOTOR2 (Never played it, and some good fun is to be had) ^_^
Pandora: First Contact (Who needs CIV:BE?) :><:
Planetary Annihilation TITANS (Whew!)
Torchlight II (still)
FTL (just for the usual asskicking) :'(
Empire:Total War (Another of Feral's finest)
...none of which need any introduction (except Dominions 4, and you need a review from me. Real Soon Now).
Mordor chugs on my 650ti; time to upgrade to the 960. Also Real Soon Now.
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KOTOR2 (Never played it, and some good fun is to be had) ^_^
Pandora: First Contact (Who needs CIV:BE?) :><:
Planetary Annihilation TITANS (Whew!)
Torchlight II (still)
FTL (just for the usual asskicking) :'(
Empire:Total War (Another of Feral's finest)
...none of which need any introduction (except Dominions 4, and you need a review from me. Real Soon Now).
Mordor chugs on my 650ti; time to upgrade to the 960. Also Real Soon Now.
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shadowrun dragonfall: awesome story and awesome game
race the sun: great in small dosages
nekro: sublime artwork and some totally different gameplay, i love it too bits
shadow of mordor: love the gameplay and graphics, but had to remove it cuz of no space left on my SSD :)
Planetary Annihilation TITANS: this is a great improvement over the original
and.....some Victor Vran, Champions of regnum (mmo), FTL, Shadow warrior.....
Thats about it (you can say i'm an delighted penguin)
race the sun: great in small dosages
nekro: sublime artwork and some totally different gameplay, i love it too bits
shadow of mordor: love the gameplay and graphics, but had to remove it cuz of no space left on my SSD :)
Planetary Annihilation TITANS: this is a great improvement over the original
and.....some Victor Vran, Champions of regnum (mmo), FTL, Shadow warrior.....
Thats about it (you can say i'm an delighted penguin)
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