Victor Vran Updated With Free Casual & Hardcore Modes, Free DLC & More

I finished the main campaign a while ago, really enjoyed it. I've been meaning to get back to the game since I think I missed some locations.
I've mostly played as vigilante with shotgun and sword build around critical hits, but I might try changing that up to give that new weapon a spin. Looking forward to trying this out!

Hm. I need to get this game.

Another game also available on GOG but without the native Linux-version. Just like "Age of Wonders 3" and I call the developers for this game just liars because they used the arrogance to say it would be very difficult for them releasing a DRM-free game for Linux because of the Steam-framework. Want to laugh? Just the same comments came from the "Victor Vran"-team. :(

Any word about GOG's Linux version?

I hope they remember that this was also planned but it seems they have forgotten about GOG for now?


Last edited by throgh on 17 Sep 2015 at 7:59 pm UTC

Another game also available on GOG but without the native Linux-version. Just like "Age of Wonders 3" and I call the developers for this game just liars because they used the arrogance to say it would be very difficult for them releasing a DRM-free game for Linux because of the Steam-framework. Want to laugh? Just the same comments came from the "Victor Vran"-team. :(

I thought the Age of Wonders 3 devs said the reason was that patching was too difficult on GOG?
From aow.triumph.net forums

[We’re sorry, but GoG currently just carries the Windows version.
When Galaxy hits this might change.
The issue is managing all the builds with updates in a DRM free environment.](http://aow.triumph.net/forums/topic/age-of-wonders-iii-v1-5-is-now-live-on-steam/page/2/#post-181197)

which I actually think is a weaker excuse than for Victor Vran, but it's difficult for me to judge.

Anyway, I don't think calling them liars and arrogant is particularly productive. Putting the Linux version on GOG will require extra work, maybe not a lot, but someone has to do it, and I doubt they have anyone who has done this before.
I'm disappointed as well that the GOG Linux version is still not up, but it's been only about a month, while for Age of Wonders 3 it's been almost half a year. And name-calling certainly isn't going to make the game appear faster.

Anyway, I don't think calling them liars and arrogant is particularly productive. Putting the Linux version on GOG will require extra work, maybe not a lot, but someone has to do it, and I doubt they have anyone who has done this before.
I'm disappointed as well that the GOG Linux version is still not up, but it's been only about a month, while for Age of Wonders 3 it's been almost half a year. And name-calling certainly isn't going to make the game appear faster.

I called Triumph that way, not Haemimont Games. The problem is that there are more games with native Linux-versions on Steam or another DRM-platform and GOG has nothing but the Windows-version, the Metro-series for example or Dungeons 2 as the last example. And the developers from Triumph said that they would perhabs release a DRM-free version when Galaxy starts. Now Galaxy is available, but where is that version? This is frustrating, treated like something nobody really wants. It is arrogant because in fact also the DRM-free build for Windows needs a little bit of work and in fact it is a cheap lie!


Last edited by throgh on 18 Sep 2015 at 12:56 am UTC

It's a really fun game and runs great in Linux, proving that Linux games don't need to lag behind their Windows counterparts.

I don't know if it has the nearly limitless replay value of Diablo 3 (which I play using Wine), but I've really enjoyed it so far. I'll definitely support the game and the developers in the future.

Hmmm... And I really don't get the anti-Steam hate I'm seeing here. If it wasn't for Valve and Steam for Linux, we'd still be dual-booting Windows in order to enjoy our hobby instead of being able to delete our Windows partitions while still having enough high-quality commercial games to keep us entertained for years.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 18 Sep 2015 at 7:16 pm UTC

Hmmm... And I really don't get the anti-Steam hate I'm seeing here. If it wasn't for Valve and Steam for Linux, we'd still be dual-booting Windows in order to enjoy our hobby instead of being able to delete our Windows partitions while still having enough high-quality commercial games to keep us entertained for years.

The movement up to Linux is not just based on Valve or their platform Steam. Yes, they've done their part on that but the credits just don't go to them because the platform Linux itself got everything on its own and Valve just used most of the libraries and combined them. There are also enough other helpers like Wine making games under Linux possible. In fact Steam is just another proprietary package to be installed. It is kind of funny that some people - nobody exactly in this discussion - have problems with the driver blobs of NVidia on the one hand and on the other hand they praise Steam as their final solution but both of them are NOT open or even transparent.

Just to be honest: With the view on Windows 10 I'd have even deleted my partition now and have no more newer games possible. :) I'm not thankful for Steam, because the whole platform is just another whole kind of DRM-mechanism. And I don't need some client which takes over my software-packages for updates I want myself to decide to either using an update or not at a time.


Last edited by throgh on 18 Sep 2015 at 10:21 pm UTC

It's silly to deny that Valve and Steam for Linux have had a huge impact on Linux gaming. If not for Valve's efforts, we'd almost certainly be where we were two or three years ago with the occasional indie release or Humble Bundle. There's no way at all we'd be getting the kind of AAA games we're getting now.

Indeed, without Steam, we'd be crying in our beers about Desura going belly up, with no hope in sight, and hoping that the next Humble bundle wouldn't be all Windows games. Personally, I have no problem with Steam's checking (on some games. not all) to see if you actually bought the game.

Victor Vran, which, to my eyes, is closer to Diablo III than anything else I've seen, is showering us with additional content, improved gameplay, and new options. They're being very, very good to us.

If it weren't for Steam, I'd still be dual-booting. And, in a free world, who needs Windows or Gates?


Last edited by oldrocker99 on 19 Sep 2015 at 3:09 pm UTC

Personally, I have no problem with Steam's checking (on some games. not all) to see if you actually bought the game.

There are other problems with DRM, but that's a whole another discussion. Anyway, the problem I have with Steam and others of its kin is the idea of games as a service. I use Steam daily, but I feel much better buying an actual copy of a game from the likes of GOG rather than the mere right to play it (and some extra social crap I don't want). That said, Valve has done a lot of good for us Linux Gamers, and to a (significantly) lesser extent for the larger Linux desktop community as a whole.

It's silly to deny that Valve and Steam for Linux have had a huge impact on Linux gaming. If not for Valve's efforts, we'd almost certainly be where we were two or three years ago with the occasional indie release or Humble Bundle. There's no way at all we'd be getting the kind of AAA games we're getting now.

What is so silly about the fact that the customer rights on accessing some games through Steam are not very good handled? In fact there are no really rights and reading some excerpts from their eula is comparable reading a leasing contract. I just don't want to lease software, I want to buy the license of a lifetime and use it whenever, wherever and however I want. It is not silly to demand that the customer could use his own right trying to form Steam as a whole platform instead only accepting what is presented and consume it. Remembering: The personal shopping list is also some kind of ballot paper, either while shopping on- or offline. This concept doesn't make a hold before Steam or any other platform!

And again a personal note: I don't want and need some big games. I just want to have fun and this is going up very good also with most Indie-titles. If I have to pay the price and only lease my games getting therefore them marked with this new modern attribute AAA the publisher can keep all of them! That is my way of the mentioned shopping list. Not DRM-free? Keep it!

It's silly to deny that Valve and Steam for Linux have had a huge impact on Linux gaming. If not for Valve's efforts, we'd almost certainly be where we were two or three years ago with the occasional indie release or Humble Bundle. There's no way at all we'd be getting the kind of AAA games we're getting now.

What is so silly about the fact that the customer rights on accessing some games through Steam are not very good handled? In fact there are no really rights and reading some excerpts from their eula is comparable reading a leasing contract. I just don't want to lease software, I want to buy the license of a lifetime and use it whenever, wherever and however I want.

Have you ready any EULA before? They're actually not much different now than they were 10-years ago. The only real difference is that here in the digital age, developers and publishers actually have a means of enforcing the EULA.

And again a personal note: I don't want and need some big games. I just want to have fun and this is going up very good also with most Indie-titles. If I have to pay the price and only lease my games getting therefore them marked with this new modern attribute AAA the publisher can keep all of them! That is my way of the mentioned shopping list. Not DRM-free? Keep it!

The phrase "Cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind.

Have you ready any EULA before? They're actually not much different now than they were 10-years ago. The only real difference is that here in the digital age, developers and publishers actually have a means of enforcing the EULA.

And every single one of these "means" the corporations have been given has been a loss for us consumers. This rapid erosion of consumer rights is unsettling for many of us Europeans at least.

Have you ready any EULA before? They're actually not much different now than they were 10-years ago. The only real difference is that here in the digital age, developers and publishers actually have a means of enforcing the EULA.

Yes I've read EULA before and again it is just a cheap excuse is that customer rights are not very important for you.

The phrase "Cutting off your nose to spite your face" comes to mind.

Keep on praising the platform Steam and Valve as company to the skies: There are enough games to play without and WINE helps very good settling down the ones without native versions. :) This was before Steam and will go on.


Last edited by throgh on 20 Sep 2015 at 11:48 am UTC

If you want to debate this again, the forum is probably a better place ;)

If you want to debate this again, the forum is probably a better place ;)

Okay, respecting this, liam. Thanks for the feedback. Understood the short wink with the fence post - no sarcasm in this. :)