Here’s the news you have been desperate to hear, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided [Official Site] is officially heading to SteamOS & Linux and it’s being ported by Feral Interactive.
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided is coming to Mac and Linux this year. Embrace what you've become. pic.twitter.com/0AS5HCQpaI
— Feral Interactive (@feralgames) September 15, 2016
They have confirmed the game will release this year, but they aren’t being any clearer than that right now. Could it be my early Christmas present? Oh please say it is–although even sooner than that would be great!
From the Press Release:
Quote“Over the past 16 years, the Deus Ex games have been leaders in game design, expertly blending innovative storytelling and gameplay within a compelling game world,” said David Stephen, Managing Director at Feral Interactive. “Deus Ex: Mankind Divided takes it to the next level, giving players an unprecedented degree of freedom in a spectacular cyberpunk setting, where their actions shape both narrative and gameplay.”
They will announce the required PC specifications closer to the launch date.
Incredible news! I played through the previous game years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. So I am already a fan of the series.
It’s worth noting that reviews for the game overall on Steam are "Mixed", mainly due to microtransactions and an apparent abrupt ending. As usual though, I reserve all my thoughts on it until I actually play it.
It’s not cheap at £39.99, so at release you may need to dig a little deep into those pockets of yours. It also has a £24.99 season pass, so hopefully given that price it means extra actual story content will come too.
It’s also one of a select few games that you can buy bundled with a Steam Controller, so if you don’t own one it’s a chance to get some money off buying them together.
About the game
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.The year is 2029, and mechanically augmented humans have now been deemed outcasts, living a life of complete and total segregation from the rest of society.
Now an experienced covert operative, Adam Jensen is forced to operate in a world that has grown to despise his kind. Armed with a new arsenal of state-of-the-art weapons and augmentations, he must choose the right approach, along with who to trust, in order to unravel a vast worldwide conspiracy.
Luke_Nukem Sep 16, 2016
Quoting: cxphergmailcomQuoting: meracoCan we expect minus 50% performance again, as with Tomb Raider?
TR performs pretty darn well after a few patches though. I hit more than 60 consistently in almost the whole game and I'm on a dated card.
Granted though, if you want tressfx and ultra shadows, you're likely gonna need at least a pascal card. But that goes for Windows too.
Poor Meraco got bored of trolling Steam forums. Liam.. looks like he likes his new home.
That guy must be one heck of an annoying, pessimistic basterd irl.
As for Tomb Raider, I get a rock solid 50-60fps, at ULTRA SETTINGS on an Intel i3100 and GTX 950! I may get the very occasional dip to 40fps, but that's not something I notice unless running the benchmark (which mostly sticks at 60fps).
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Quoting: ShmerlInteresting, but DRMed unfortunately. I'll skip it.
A GOG version would be bliss. Feral won't comply though :(
Quoting: GuestQuoting: ShmerlInteresting, but DRMed unfortunately. I'll skip it.Just because there is DRM on the Windows version doesn’t mean there will be on the Linux version. Feral haven’t said anything about DRM, have they?
I'll surely welcome its release on GOG, but Square Enix aren't frequenting it, besides some old games like the actual original Deus Ex. So I don't hold my breath about it.
Quoting: SirDeiuA GOG version would be bliss. Feral won't comply though :(
I don't think Feral have much say in this matter, it's decided by the publisher. And while Square Enix aren't against Linux versions, when DRM is concerned they are still in the dark ages. Kind of ironic, that a game which explores power corruption and its effect on society in dystopian / cyberpunk settings, is plagued by the same disease.
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boltronics Sep 16, 2016
Quoting: BeamboomBah - screw user "reviews". This game fetched a rock solid metascore of 85%Yes, because most of the big review sites got it early, and they only put the micro-transactions in after they had already played it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVbj4GuuZTA
The micro-transactions are breaking new records for being "most evil micro-transactions ever", since they only work for the current play-through (and apparently don't inform the user of this). So two play-throughs means re-purchasing any micro-transactions you are interested in. What a load of BS.
This is not something I support, GNU/Linux support or not.
commodore256 Sep 16, 2016
Feral isn't exactly known for making ports that run good, but that would be a shame to Square if the Linux port was actually better.
Quoting: throghThis will be another DRM-release on Steam, so no chance to buy this one for me. :)
I agree that everybody has their principles, but Linux users are so good at their pickiness that it makes me wonder why devs even bother trying to port their games. DRM, microtransations, paid DLC, ...
Not only we are less in numbers, but 7bigger part of us reject purchases too easily. I don't like these problems either, but I will always buy a great game made for Linux even when devs can see the community hostility that clearly. DRM? Their right, people do pirate games too much. Microtransactions? Just don't buy them, thats the best way to battle them. Paid dlc? You are offered something that was rejected from original games most likely due to lack of time/money - profits like these are better than making the game 1.5x more expensive and you don't have to buy them either.
Why not just buy games we want to play for now until Linux is stable as a dev choice and then battle secondary wars?
Quoting: kibblesQuestion remains how do I purchase it so that Feral gets the most money? (you should find out and make an edit/article)
Feral Store is your place to visit. ;-)
https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/linux-games/
Last edited by rea987 on 16 September 2016 at 7:45 am UTC
Or maybe I am wrong ;-)
Quoting: nocriOr maybe I am wrong ;-)
You may not be wrong about whether Vulkan will be used for this port, but I don't agree with your reasoning.
From the posts by Feral on this site, it is clear that maintaining an OpenGL port is quite a bit of work with lots of specific optimisations to satisfy the needs of OpenGL an various platforms. This should be much better with Vulkan. So maintaining Vulkan ports (from DX12 at least) should be cheaper in the long run.
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