HITMAN for Linux officially announced, port by Feral Interactive and arriving this month

I say... boycott for games enforcing a internet connection. Like Hitman.

Is there someone from the forum living in England? Please do write me a PM. It's somehow related to the topic. (:

PS: I'm a bit confused that Feral lately only ports titles that are "Mixed" on the review side at best. Might it be "Deus Ex" or "Hitman". I think that might also have an influence on copies sold, probably aiming for some good rated games would be an idea.


Regarding the possibly of Skyrim. Feral says at their website:

We enjoy close relationships with developers and publishers such as 2K, SEGA, Square Enix, TT Games, Codemasters, Creative Assembly, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Io-Interactive.

Source: https://www.feralinteractive.com/en/about/

Most likely it will be a port of any of those games.


By the way, where did you find out anything about a Vulkan Skyrim port? I'd rather say that does not exist. Also Bethesda never did any move towards supporting Linux.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd-6hEmc2-Y

Nintendo Switch is using Vulkan.

Bethesda won't support Linux directly of course,still Feral or Aspyr like companies needed.

Does anyone know if the game still has this problem?

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2016-03-24-hitman-online-saves-issue

I'm nearly out of hard-drive space, I'm actually going to have to buy an new hard drive just for games, on Linux, insanity.

I'm building a new NAS to fit it all :O

I'm nearly out of hard-drive space, I'm actually going to have to buy an new hard drive just for games, on Linux, insanity.

I'm building a new NAS to fit it all :O

New HDD 6TB here to. for the same reason...

I'm nearly out of hard-drive space, I'm actually going to have to buy an new hard drive just for games, on Linux, insanity.

I'm building a new NAS to fit it all :O

New HDD 6TB here to. for the same reason...

I have a 1TB SSD, a 750 GB SSD and 2 450 GB SSD's all in my gaming rig. I can't bring myself to go back to spinning disks after using an SSD, they are just to slow. I only use spinning disks in my NAS. I remember thinking the 750 GB drive would hold a whole lot of games, then the games starting being 20GB, 40GB and 60GB of data... so much for that idea.

Actually I was thinking about giving up and buy it for Windows, as the complete edition was out and nothing announced for Linux. Now I know I will get it in a few days! I just have to buy a new HDD, possibly 4To to keep up with all those ports :D

This teaches a lesson: Never lose hope on Feral Interactive, they are the one porting the greatest games! Thank you guys!

In the name of the whole community, thanks for waiting to buy the Linux port! There are some games I am dying to see on Linux (e.g. GTA V), but I think chances are abysmal. Even so, I am not nearly desperate enough to give up and throw money towards Windows gaming if my wish doesn't come true. Dang, if anything, I am desperate for time to play all the Linux games already available!

About the size of disks: I really wonder how many games you've installed simultaneously...! My games sit on my oldest SSD, 80 GB..

Actually I was thinking about giving up and buy it for Windows, as the complete edition was out and nothing announced for Linux. Now I know I will get it in a few days! I just have to buy a new HDD, possibly 4To to keep up with all those ports :D

This teaches a lesson: Never lose hope on Feral Interactive, they are the one porting the greatest games! Thank you guys!

In the name of the whole community, thanks for waiting to buy the Linux port! There are some games I am dying to see on Linux (e.g. GTA V), but I think chances are abysmal. Even so, I am not nearly desperate enough to give up and throw money towards Windows gaming if my wish doesn't come true. Dang, if anything, I am desperate for time to play all the Linux games already available!

I used to dual boot or keep a Windows box around. No more, at this point you couldn't pay me to use Windows at home. The only way I pay for a game that isn't officially released on Linux is if their is an independent engine you can use with the extracted game files(Doom 3, Morrowind), I'm optimistic about OpenRW becoming fully functional although the development has slowed. Xoreos would be nice but it has been worked on a long time and still has a long way to go. I learned my lesson the first couple of games I bought on the promise of a Linux release... Darksiders and Evolve. I'll buy it when it is released, on Linux. Feral is on fire, I actually don't have the money to buy all their games. Until recently I would buy some of the games I wasn't really interested in playing just to support Linux game development. I will be buying Hitman for sure, not sure about Dirt Rally. I will probably buy CIV VI, but mainly because I want to support Aspyr and encourage them to keep pushing Linux as it seems their Linux efforts have died down.

About the size of disks: I really wonder how many games you've installed simultaneously...! My games sit on my oldest SSD, 80 GB..

I have ALL games installed simultaneously (1000+), it's nice to be able to play anything without waiting for the install.

They're all installed on an NFS mount that is available to all machines at my house, so I can sit down and play anywhere. Also there are steam links where there aren't PCs, as the living room and garage.

Even a single game nowadays can be 40gb, do you only have the games you're currently playing installed?

About the size of disks: I really wonder how many games you've installed simultaneously...! My games sit on my oldest SSD, 80 GB..

Even a single game nowadays can be 40gb, do you only have the games you're currently playing installed?

I've got installed a selection of games I'm playing or might play in near future:

3,9G CAYNE
3,5G Crookz
2,6G Day of the Tentacle Remastered
11G DiRT Showdown
9,7G Divinity Original Sin Enhanced Edition
2,8G Duke Grabowski, Mighty Swashbuckler
1,8G Infinifactory
855M Lovers in a Dangerous Spacetime
164M One Night Stand
1,9G PapoYo
4,3G rocketleague
2,7G Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun Demo
7,1G Silence
2,4G Steamroll
11G Tomb Raider
70M World of Goo

Most games do not take dozens of GB.
And don't get me started on counting how many hundreds of hours these might take...

I have ALL games installed simultaneously (1000+), it's nice to be able to play anything without waiting for the install.

Aren't there lots of games you don't wont to play anymore, either because you didn't like them, or because you're just through with them (which might mean one or lots of playthroughs, depending on you and the game)?


Last edited by Eike on 8 Feb 2017 at 8:42 pm UTC

So much Linux love, so less time sadly :D
But hey, why contemplate, there were times where we didn't have enough games for me to enjoy, these times are over forever now! What a time to be a Linux gamer :D

I would trade this a thousand times over for a naive Doom 4 port, with Vulkan...

:|

You can run DOOM in WINE almost perfectly with Vulkan enabled in steam launch options.

I would trade this a thousand times over for a naive Doom 4 port, with Vulkan...

:|

You can run DOOM in WINE almost perfectly with Vulkan enabled in steam launch options.

The problem is that would require putting money toward the Windows version. That, in turn, damages the Linux gaming ecosystem, albeit in a small way. But a lot of smaller things add up to much bigger things.

I would trade this a thousand times over for a naive Doom 4 port, with Vulkan...

:|

You can run DOOM in WINE almost perfectly with Vulkan enabled in steam launch options.

I know right. But that's not officially supported, not native, and means fucking around with wine running another Steam install..

Not a single release of those is available without Steam or DRM in general.
Or I have old information? Making my concurrent Linux-distribution to another closed system with dongled services? No thanks!

Not a single release of those is available without Steam or DRM in general.
Or I have old information? Making my concurrent Linux-distribution to another closed system with dongled services? No thanks!

All big releases go to Steam, that's basically a standard for PC gaming (apart from EA/Blizzard games). You either have to learn to live with it and accept some compromises, or stop complaining about it as it's likely not going to change.

Not a single release of those is available without Steam or DRM in general.
Or I have old information? Making my concurrent Linux-distribution to another closed system with dongled services? No thanks!

One of the big releases lately has been reported to be not copy protected at all, while the Windows version had Denuvo. (Can't remember which game it was). Don't know about others. Or are you opposed to Steam as payment and download portal in the first place and don't care if there's actual DRM?

All big releases go to Steam, that's basically a standard for PC gaming (apart from EA/Blizzard games). You either have to learn to live with it and accept some compromises, or stop complaining about it as it's likely not going to change.

Facts about wrong standardization? Those false standards are only within this position because we as users accept them. I've learned to live with it: Just don't use Steam and from my point of view complaining or better criticism is the best way to do. ;)

Or are you opposed to Steam as payment and download portal in the first place and don't care if there's actual DRM?

Both: There is no further reason having a DRM-platform on a free, libre operating-system. Everything else is making just another clone of other well-known systems. But I think this talk should be done elsewhere!


Last edited by throgh on 9 Feb 2017 at 12:10 pm UTC

I would also prefer if Feral and others (Aspyr, Croteam…) made DRM-free releases on DRM-free platforms, because with Steam a tiny change by Valve can mean I don’t have access to my games anymore. Tomb Raider stopped working here, but I have no idea if it’s because of a game update (that are impossible to prevent with Steam), a Steam client update, or a system update. And that’s only one game but if the Steam client completely stops working then it’s bye bye to hundreds of games I paid for.

The positive thing about Steam is I can get a refund if the game doesn’t work or I don’t like it…

Well, there are quite a few other positives with Steam. But I wholeheartedly agree with you - I prefer it when a game has DRM-free option as well as a Steam option.

Often when Humble Bundle sell games, (often Indie titles) they share a DRM-free download link for the game AS WELL AS a Steam key - the best of both worlds.

HumbleBundle <3