Divinity: Original Sin Enhanced Edition May Actually Hit The Linux Release Next Month

I'll believe it when it's physically playable on Linux, I still fully expect to hear about another delay come December.

Kind of a quickie...!

I'm with Keyrock here, I will believe that they have a Linux version when I actually can see it. Larian is not to be trusted anymore.

Don't worry they'll come out with an UBER ULTRA edition and they'll want to wait to give us THAT edition instead of this crappy Enhanced Edition so they'll push it back.

Sorry I'm just salty. Getting very pissed about how companies are treating Linux gamers. If you're stating you have a Linux edition, then release the damn Linux edition. Don't try to tell us that we're getting the better edition later on, or promise a game is coming out. I'm so glad I didn't purchase this game on their promise it would be released soon. What about those people that DID buy the game? Sure they'll enjoy the Enhance Edition I'm sure, but they would have been having fun all along if the dev would have kept their promise to actually produce a game in the first place!

I'm still waiting on Gianna Sisters for Linux, which was announced for Linux back in Feb of 2014. We were promised it'd be out in 2014. Then we were told it's 100% coming in 2015. Still nothing.

Things like this are completely disrespectful to us the consumer. From the news about the Steam Machines, it looks like SteamOS just might be a hit. I just hope that the community doesn't forget the failed promises and disrespect we've seen from devs like this, like BFG, and like the dev of Garry's mod flat out saying we're a waste of his time. People have short memories though.

In any other industry though, if the number of consumers had complaints like these, that industry would adjust. The gaming market though? We should just be happy we're getting games right?

And still...

Will they deliver Linux bugfix patches (IN TIME)?
Will they care for the Linux Version after the release?
Will they care for the Linux Community after the release?

They proved themselves untrustworthy.

Might be time to stop giving them press until the game actually releases.

Once again you idiots on this site refuse to understand how businesses work.

But but but they promise. They promised nothing. Period.

Their KS clearly stated their intend to create a Linux port. I'd call that a promise. They also said time and again "we're working on it" (the Linux version). I'd call that a promise, too.

We understand how business works just nicely, thank you. I think it's rather that you don't understand the concept of a "promise" (on top of not possessing any sort of acceptable manners, of course).

Once again you idiots on this site refuse to understand how businesses work.

Please refrain from insulting people. Thanks.

One part of business is customers making their decisions on whatever criteria they like.
This might or might not include having the feeling of having been lied to,
which might or might not make companies learn.

Yes, boycoting the game, which some people will do, could end up in them not making Linux games anymore - or it could, if they try to find out why people acted this way, which won't be too hard, make them paying more attention to what they promise and what they deliver next time.

Once again you idiots on this site refuse to understand how businesses work.

But but but they promise. They promised nothing. Period.

It's about time, but we are extremely happy to announce that Divinity: Original Sin will now definitely be coming to Mac & Linux. We will do everything we can to ensure that the release dates are going to coincide with the Windows PC release, but if that doesn't happen, it will be shortly after.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/larianstudios/divinity-original-sin/posts/449513?ref=activity

Still not going to buy it until there's a steep discount... and maybe not even then. I've got too many games to catch-up on from developers who actually respect the Linux market.


Last edited by Mountain Man on 4 Nov 2015 at 4:19 pm UTC

Once again you idiots on this site refuse to understand how businesses work.

But but but they promise. They promised nothing. Period.

I understand perfectly well that what Larian has done is not good business. You don't tell your customers, "We're going to do X!", take your customer's money for X, and then fail to deliver X. Not sure what you call that, but I call it bad business.

I'll believe it when I see it. And if it won't come in December (or sooner) I'll give up on it completely.

Dark

Still not going to buy it until there's a steep discount... and maybe not even then. I've got too many games to catch-up on from developers who actually respect the Linux market.

Do you think they postponed the release for fun?

Dark

Still not going to buy it until there's a steep discount... and maybe not even then. I've got too many games to catch-up on from developers who actually respect the Linux market.

Do you think they postponed the release for fun?

No, I think it is mostly incompetence and disregard for Linux gamers.

Do you think they postponed the release for fun?

Fun? No.
But, laziness? incompetence? not-give-a-shit? all three?

I know a lot of people bought this game on the Linux promise, and it sucks that it has taken this long, but please be as grateful as possible when this comes out. If we don't "return the favor" then it will just reinforce stereotypes about our community that have contributed to the situation we've had for so long where companies don't make games for our platform.

Personally, I haven't bought this game yet because I've been waiting for the Linux support - and I _do_ plan to buy it when it comes out to show my support. I really hope that others do as well, because if nobody buys it when the Linux support is released then they're going to scream "only Windows users matter" like we've heard time and time again. They cannot tell the difference between Windows users and people that buy on the promise of a Linux release, so please don't buy on promise - buy on release.

December, but which one? :D I buy it if really coming out next month, and if it is running perfectly on my low end SteamOS rig i keep it.

Dark

Still not going to buy it until there's a steep discount... and maybe not even then. I've got too many games to catch-up on from developers who actually respect the Linux market.

Do you think they postponed the release for fun?

No, I don't think they did it for fun, but whatever their reasons, they have treated us very poorly and dishonestly.

I know a lot of people bought this game on the Linux promise, and it sucks that it has taken this long, but please be as grateful as possible when this comes out.

"I know the service was slow, the food was unappetizing, and the waiter spit in your coffee, but please be as grateful as possible that you were served anything at all."

Yeah, how about no.

...
"I know the service was slow, the food was unappetizing, and the waiter spit in your coffee, but please be as grateful as possible that you were served anything at all."

Yeah, how about no.

Then don't go into a restaurant that has a sign outside that says your not welcome, wait until the sign changes.