While I wasn't very impressed with the port personally, some of you who don't own it might want to check it out. If you add it to your accounts now, it should be free to own forever. Always nice when developers offer this for some of their older games, but it's just clever marketing for their newer games.
You can find them all here and on Steam they all support Linux, sadly GOG isn't stocking the Linux versions.
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LinuxGamesTV Apr 21, 2017
On GOG its free, too.
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I wonder how one can tell free to keep from free for some days offers on Steam...
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On GOG its free, too.As clearly stated in the article, GOG do not have Linux versions.
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On GOG its free, too.
... and they offer a money back guarantee! ;)
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SR2 is very bad port, unplayable for me.
It was in a bundle, so I won't complain.
I really hope Agents of Mayhem will be available on Linux.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/304530
It was in a bundle, so I won't complain.
I really hope Agents of Mayhem will be available on Linux.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/304530
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LinuxGamesTV Apr 21, 2017
On GOG its free, too.As clearly stated in the article, GOG do not have Linux versions.
Yes, i read it to late. ^^
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SR2 is very bad port, unplayable for me.
It was in a bundle, so I won't complain.
I really hope Agents of Mayhem will be available on Linux.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/304530
It seems they don't want to talk about it yet:
http://steamcommunity.com/app/304530/discussions/0/208684375407420405/#c208684375409381112
... but I do like this one. :)
http://steamcommunity.com/app/304530/discussions/0/208684375407420405/#c133262738419512556
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...I wasn't very impressed with the port personally...Indeed, this is one port from VP that I'm not happy with.
While the performance is acceptable for me (considering the state of the original Windows version) the graphics are botched in many places (bunch of textures are just black).
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As said ports are varying quality. Saints Row 2 has pretty bad performance, which is bit of shame as that one was best open world game of the available ports. What I have read is that having game on SSD or even in RAM helps somewhat. Also Gentlemans Row mod should fix some issues. I haven't tested any of that myself.
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell has audio issue: https://github.com/virtual-programming/saintsrowgat-linux/issues/1
Workaround is to restart the game.
As for continuity, now it's at least possible to play them in correct order. Saints Row IV was one of the first ported games and that makes lot of references to older games.
Saints Row: Gat out of Hell has audio issue: https://github.com/virtual-programming/saintsrowgat-linux/issues/1
Workaround is to restart the game.
As for continuity, now it's at least possible to play them in correct order. Saints Row IV was one of the first ported games and that makes lot of references to older games.
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The game is glitchy. Performance is bad. On top of that it stutters while driving. This causing some of the optional races not to be fun.
So all in all, I highly recommend this game! :D
Provided you have enough power to offset the performance issues somewhat.
So all in all, I highly recommend this game! :D
Provided you have enough power to offset the performance issues somewhat.
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buckysrevenge Apr 21, 2017
On GOG its free, too.As clearly stated in the article, GOG do not have Linux versions.
Yes, i read it to late. ^^
It's also on GOG connect along with other SR games
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LinuxGamesTV Apr 21, 2017
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It's also on GOG connect along with other SR games
You can get it for free, without to buy the other SR Games, but it's Windows only.
Last edited by LinuxGamesTV on 21 April 2017 at 10:29 am UTC
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You can also redeem your SR games you own on steam on gog via http://gog.com/connect.
Maybe they will ship the Linux versions in the future, too.
Maybe they will ship the Linux versions in the future, too.
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UltraViolet Apr 21, 2017
Not into the Saints Row games, but, being that it's free I'll give it a go
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linux_gamer Apr 21, 2017
I played all other SR titles with Linux support, but this was neglected for too long. Currently I'm on Black Mesa but this one will be scheduled!
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SR 2 is awesome, and the fun part, while being the port of the windows port, it behaves a lot better than the windows version assuming any windows version < 10.
You do need to install the audio pack (see github), as some of the audio cannot be played.
VP got a black box to "port", the original sources are *lost*, even the studio that owns the game does not have the sources anymore.
So yes, all the windows bugs are expected, but they are exhibited less than on windows.
I was sad when I finished the story :-(.
SR4 worked on fglrx, so I assume SR2 works on that too, although I replaced my intel/ati steam desktop with a dedicated steam machine (nvidia), and that seems to work even better. (wine doesn't really work on steamos :-( )
SR2 works fine with a steam controller.
You do need to install the audio pack (see github), as some of the audio cannot be played.
VP got a black box to "port", the original sources are *lost*, even the studio that owns the game does not have the sources anymore.
So yes, all the windows bugs are expected, but they are exhibited less than on windows.
I was sad when I finished the story :-(.
SR4 worked on fglrx, so I assume SR2 works on that too, although I replaced my intel/ati steam desktop with a dedicated steam machine (nvidia), and that seems to work even better. (wine doesn't really work on steamos :-( )
SR2 works fine with a steam controller.
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I found that running SR2 in Wine works better than the official Linux release: https://www.gog.com/forum/saints_row_series/saints_row_2_for_linux
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GustyGhost Apr 21, 2017
On GOG its free, too.As clearly stated in the article, GOG do not have Linux versions.
Grabbing (GOG connect) anyways just in case the sloths at GOG eventually decide to add the Linux builds.
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I found that running SR2 in Wine works better than the official Linux release: https://www.gog.com/forum/saints_row_series/saints_row_2_for_linuxI just tried it, I can barely see any difference other than the Ambient Occlusion totally missing on Wine.
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