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Note: The Linux demo is currently Steam-only.
The game will release tomorrow, so it's a good time to see if it's your thing or not.
To my delight, the game works perfectly with my two monitors. It displays on my primary monitor and in the correct resolution too. Bonus points for not annoying me with having to screw around with that.
Performance wise on max settings with my 980ti it has been giving acceptable framerates. It started off well above 100FPS, but when you get into the gameplay it drops down to around 90FPS.
I'm damn impressed, as someone who played Commandos I really enjoyed the gameplay and this game is a welcome addition to our selection!
After the played the demo I'm really excited to pick up and play the full game, I think this will be a good one to livestream.
Check it out and tell me what you think.
About the game (Official desc)
Shadow Tactics is a hardcore tactical stealth game set in Japan around the Edo period.
Take control of a team of deadly specialists and sneak in the shadows between dozens of enemies. Choose your approach when infiltrating mighty castles, snowy mountain monasteries or hidden forest camps. Set traps, poison your opponents or completely avoid enemy contact.
The group is composed of very different personalities. Working together as a team seems impossible at first. Yet over the course of many missions, trust is won and friendships are made. The characters develop their own dynamic and each member will have to face their own personal demons. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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made a quick gameplay few days ago.
View video on youtube.com
Pretty good, few performance issues in some areas and AI could use some improvements.
Worthy Commandos type game :)
made a quick gameplay few days ago.
View video on youtube.com
Pretty good, few performance issues in some areas and AI could use some improvements.
Worthy Commandos type game :)
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I had a blast with the demo and I'll definitely be buying the game just as soon as it comes out. I haven't played Commandos or Desperados in many years, but Shadow Tactics felt instantly familiar. I'm glad to see another game in this genre, and on the penguin to boot.
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The demo is awesome ! I loved Commandos 1 and 2, i'm glad they have a demo, and Linux. It seems it will be 40€, too much for one game for me currently, as i have burnt my wallet for Warhammer already, but i will get it as soon as i can i'm pretty sure about it.
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Mountain Man 5 Dec 2016
You consider 90 frames per second to be merely "acceptable"? For me, anything 30 or above is golden!
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cRaZy-bisCuiT 5 Dec 2016
Actually there's not much gameplay shown in the video. From the first impression I'd say I'd prefer Desperados - if only there would be a linux version of it! :/
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[email protected] 5 Dec 2016
Fantastic demo. Definitely getting this on release.
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RussianNeuroMancer 5 Dec 2016
Oh wow, there is Japanese dub :)
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They seem to have AMD Mesa support. Thats very nice. And a Demo - even better. I'll test it now :-)
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This just looks like a great way to waste my day on. Seems like a hella fun and challenging game.
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Never played anything Commandos-stlye, but this seems the perfect opportunity to start it :) The demo was great (fps between 40 and 70, enough for me)!
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The performance is not good, but acceptable. With Mesa 13 and mesa_glthread I get between 25-55 fps on a Radeon HD 7870. When zoomed out it's usually about 30 fps. The impact of mesa_glthread is not as great as in Borderlands but it helps a lot to achieve a playable framerate.
But the game is heavily CPU bound on Mesa: One core is constantly at 100% and with 3,4 GHz instead of 4 GHz the framerate drops noticeably (I guess about 25%).
But the game is heavily CPU bound on Mesa: One core is constantly at 100% and with 3,4 GHz instead of 4 GHz the framerate drops noticeably (I guess about 25%).
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I bought the GOG version. Audio doesn't work for me. The output when starting the game from console just says:
$ ./start.sh
Running Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Set current directory to /home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game
Found path: /home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics
Mono path[0] = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Mono/etc'
displaymanager : xrandr version warning. 1.5
client has 4 screens
displaymanager screen (0)(DP-4): 3840 x 2160
Using libudev for joystick management
Importing game controller configs
I really dislike mono games. Sure, mono makes the devs' job easier for porting, but mono is so unreliable in my experience. 50% of the mono games I bought, either through steam or gog, are various problems, most often with missing audio. While other mono games work just fine (The Dwarves).
I'm deeply concerned with the number of new games coming out recently that rely on mono.
And it crashed...
Right after the first mission, when the shogun summons you and the cutscene ends, the game crashed:
./start.sh: line 16: 27212 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ./"Shadow Tactics"
UPDATE:
Turns out I was missing one of the 32bit pulseaudio libraries. Since I installed it, all has been fine. Looks like my beef is with 32bit games more than it is with mono games.
Last edited by chepati on 10 Dec 2016 at 12:15 pm UTC
$ ./start.sh
Running Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Set current directory to /home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game
Found path: /home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics
Mono path[0] = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Managed'
Mono path[1] = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Mono'
Mono config path = '/home/ivan/GOG Games/Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun/game/Shadow Tactics_Data/Mono/etc'
displaymanager : xrandr version warning. 1.5
client has 4 screens
displaymanager screen (0)(DP-4): 3840 x 2160
Using libudev for joystick management
Importing game controller configs
I really dislike mono games. Sure, mono makes the devs' job easier for porting, but mono is so unreliable in my experience. 50% of the mono games I bought, either through steam or gog, are various problems, most often with missing audio. While other mono games work just fine (The Dwarves).
I'm deeply concerned with the number of new games coming out recently that rely on mono.
And it crashed...
Right after the first mission, when the shogun summons you and the cutscene ends, the game crashed:
./start.sh: line 16: 27212 Segmentation fault (core dumped) ./"Shadow Tactics"
UPDATE:
Turns out I was missing one of the 32bit pulseaudio libraries. Since I installed it, all has been fine. Looks like my beef is with 32bit games more than it is with mono games.
Last edited by chepati on 10 Dec 2016 at 12:15 pm UTC
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Just bought the Steam version, and as far as I can tell (just played the tutorial) it works just fine with my settings (Ubuntu 16.04, i5 6600K, Nvidia 1060 6G, proprietary drivers 375.20). Not a cheap game, but it seems to be a very good one ! :)
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I bought the GOG version. Audio doesn't work for me.
Could be a known bug related to missing pulseaudio and some lingering pulse packages installed. A number of Unity games are affected by it if they are using fmod.
Last edited by Shmerl on 7 Dec 2016 at 9:52 pm UTC
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great great game, playing it since 3 days, it works very well on my pc (i5 6600K, GTX 1060 6G 375.20 driver, 16go ddr4, xubuntu 16.10), I had only one graphic bug when loading. immersive (japan lyrics), hard, nice graphics and gamepad support, old school (commando, robin hood like), hours of gaming, go for it ! I don't regret my spent of money (they deserve it).
ps: sorry for my froggy english ;-)
Last edited by 2redge2 on 13 Dec 2016 at 7:36 pm UTC
ps: sorry for my froggy english ;-)
Last edited by 2redge2 on 13 Dec 2016 at 7:36 pm UTC
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