Since the weekends are generally our quiet time, as I take them to spend a little time with family I'm asking a question: What have you been playing and what do you think?
I've been spending more time than I was expecting in Rust. It's strange really, as it's a game I previously didn't get along with at all and now I'm quite hooked on it.
Not everyone will agree with me on this, but I actually think Rust is one of the nicest looking games on Linux. Sure, there's a good bunch that are better, but there's been many moments in Rust where I have to completely stop and just take in the view. That's in-between all the moments of absolute panic when someone fires shots at me and I have no idea where they are.
I want to share this image I took recently too, from a little meet up we did on our server:
We ended up having some sort of in-game concert and it was rather amusing. What makes it even more interesting, is that community member woox2k managed to hook up some scripts (available on GitHub) to play custom music files in game with the guitars and it was incredible.
If you want to join us on our Rust server, details of our game servers are here.
Anyway, less of my ramblings, over to you! Tell us what you've been playing in the comments.
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After 10 hours of Pyre, I went back to roots and starting playing Kingdom Rush again. I made a few short videos showing "perfect" runs. My Youtube playlist here if anyone wants to hear my dulcet tones as I nail down each level.
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Quoting: GoboWould have loved to play The Whispered World, but it won't play nice and keeps crashing.
I just played that one very recently, and didn't have any trouble?
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Quoting: razing32Quoting: PlayX
Uhm which game is that ?
That is Dungeons 3, someone is in beta...
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Quoting: pedrojmartmI have been playing War THunder. 3 hours every day, sadly it is on opengl and it runs about 30-40 fps minus than on Windows but even like that, i enjoy it. I hope Vulkan get to it really soon.
I'm also a rather frequent WT player (same nick as here), but I can't really complain. It runs flawlessly with all details maxed around 60+fps on 2560x1440 on a GTX1060.
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stretch611 Oct 8, 2017
Factorio... Rimworld... A little Project Highrise and Dungeon Warfare.
But I also started going a little classic too... OpenRCT2. I have both RCT Deluxe and RCT2 Triple Threat pack in my Gog account so I have a ton of content to play through. So much content that I don't think I ever played all of it even since buying the games when they were new... before they became classics on GOG. And I don't remember which pack adds the "Six Flags" content, but some of the older roller coasters are now just historical (sadly).
I have not had any problems running OpenRCT2 either... it runs quite well. The worse part is that I did have to scale up the size as 1920x1080 on content that used to run on 640x480 is a little hard on the older eyes.
But I also started going a little classic too... OpenRCT2. I have both RCT Deluxe and RCT2 Triple Threat pack in my Gog account so I have a ton of content to play through. So much content that I don't think I ever played all of it even since buying the games when they were new... before they became classics on GOG. And I don't remember which pack adds the "Six Flags" content, but some of the older roller coasters are now just historical (sadly).
I have not had any problems running OpenRCT2 either... it runs quite well. The worse part is that I did have to scale up the size as 1920x1080 on content that used to run on 640x480 is a little hard on the older eyes.
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So I took the free Jump trial to try Orion Trail and completed Ittle Dew, what a sweet puzzle game it is :D
Now I'm in puzzle mode so I'm going for Slayaway Camp that was in the Humble Gems Bundle. EDIT: This one is crashing frequently and there is a steam community thread were crashes were reported by other linux users with NVIDEA.
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Now I'm in puzzle mode so I'm going for Slayaway Camp that was in the Humble Gems Bundle. EDIT: This one is crashing frequently and there is a steam community thread were crashes were reported by other linux users with NVIDEA.
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Pinstripe
Torment: Tides of Numenera (loving this, now I've had some time to really play it)
Path of Exile (in Wine, with some Windows buddies)
Torment: Tides of Numenera (loving this, now I've had some time to really play it)
Path of Exile (in Wine, with some Windows buddies)
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groundhog_day86 Oct 8, 2017
Ballistic Overkill & Dying Light(picked up recently on sale). Dying Light struggles to stay above 60fps on my gtx960 but its still playable
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen. It's Monster Hunter meets Skyrim with a little Shadow of the Colossus mixed in. There's just no other game like it.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Oct 9, 2017
Fallout 4
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TheRiddick Oct 9, 2017
Divinity Sins 2, wish it was available on linux. I have restarted 3 times now, due to major updates and or mods / something.
Yeah I have Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, good game. The ending gets a little weird however, I haven't completed the expansion pack but it seems to be mostly a challenge arena type of island thing. Dogma worked under Wine well except for flickering cross lapping shadows bug. (when bushes cast shadows over tree shadows)
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Yeah I have Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen, good game. The ending gets a little weird however, I haven't completed the expansion pack but it seems to be mostly a challenge arena type of island thing. Dogma worked under Wine well except for flickering cross lapping shadows bug. (when bushes cast shadows over tree shadows)
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Been playing tons of Shroud of the Avatar. I love all the new content.
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The Original Strife Veteran Edition - I started playing this game as a kid @ a friends house but never got to end it. I made it as far as the tavern and began to bust caps in everyone and then got my ass handed to me. Now, I am on the alien ship. This game is excellent. This one has reignited my love of single player FPS games.
The King of Fighters 2002 - 1 v 1 mode - Been playing this game a lot during my lunch breaks with co-workers and @ home with the family. In 1 v 1 mode the game works like traditional fighting games where you only get 1 character instead of a team of 3. This is a great way to explore new characters you've never tried before. Right now I am trying to master Takuma.
Space Pirates and Zombies - With the release of part 2, I decided to dust this game out of my Humble Bundle backlog (I am down to 4 games that need to be played and ended from my backlog). It put a few hours in and I am having some fun with it but I am undecided on if I like this game @ this time. It's engaging but I've not had any 'smiling' moments as is said in my home when one is playing a game with glee in their heart! I can see the moment coming, though.
The King of Fighters 2002 - 1 v 1 mode - Been playing this game a lot during my lunch breaks with co-workers and @ home with the family. In 1 v 1 mode the game works like traditional fighting games where you only get 1 character instead of a team of 3. This is a great way to explore new characters you've never tried before. Right now I am trying to master Takuma.
Space Pirates and Zombies - With the release of part 2, I decided to dust this game out of my Humble Bundle backlog (I am down to 4 games that need to be played and ended from my backlog). It put a few hours in and I am having some fun with it but I am undecided on if I like this game @ this time. It's engaging but I've not had any 'smiling' moments as is said in my home when one is playing a game with glee in their heart! I can see the moment coming, though.
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Tooth and tail. Fun, but I'm absolutely stuck on one scenario and unable to progress further. I suspect RTS games just aren't for me :(
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I've been spending entirely too much time in Windows... I just love VR too much. Gotta have my fix.
Went to see the new show in TheWaveVR tonight, also beat Thumper, spending time in Rez Infinite and can't get enough of Rec Room's Rise of Jumbotron. All of these are top priority when I finally get Direct3D working in WineOpenVR. Which will be like, 2019, at this rate. I never realized how little I know about graphics APIs until I stumbled down this rabbit hole. As long as I beat the Win7 sunset I'm happy.
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Went to see the new show in TheWaveVR tonight, also beat Thumper, spending time in Rez Infinite and can't get enough of Rec Room's Rise of Jumbotron. All of these are top priority when I finally get Direct3D working in WineOpenVR. Which will be like, 2019, at this rate. I never realized how little I know about graphics APIs until I stumbled down this rabbit hole. As long as I beat the Win7 sunset I'm happy.
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I've played a bit of Dying Light, some Dirt Rally (the GOL league every week and a few of the dailies), and Pillars of Eternity with my wife. I'm really enjoying all of them. Oh, and I've also been playing some Borderlands 2 in co-op with friends. Normally I wouldn't go near a grindy FPS game like this, but the humour makes it all more than worth it. Granted I miss most of it, trying to keep up with friends who are better at shooters and who have already seen it all. 
This game is not easy by the way. I really don't like the freaky buggers who roam at night. They don't seem to like me either. I wonder what I did to make them so angry.
Quoting: groundhog_day86Dying Light struggles to stay above 60fps on my gtx960 but its still playableSame problem here. I did notice that this is one of the few games where killing the compositor (compton) actually makes a big difference. I just got the game recently, and I'm still puttering around the slums, but so far it's been just fine that way on high settings at 1080p. Don't know or care about the exact fps though. VSync is off and Nvidia's full composition pipeline enabled to get rid of tearing.
This game is not easy by the way. I really don't like the freaky buggers who roam at night. They don't seem to like me either. I wonder what I did to make them so angry.
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Quoting: JanneTooth and tail. Fun, but I'm absolutely stuck on one scenario and unable to progress further. I suspect RTS games just aren't for me :(
I am also stuck in one. In the snake's mission in desert for the Civilized. That is why I hate strategy games, where you have limited amount of units. Other missions, where you can just build mills and outswarm enemy are piece of cake. But this one...
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I am playing Rust mainly. Sad, so few AAA titles are being released on Linux.
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Dying Light is still broken for me, even with the mesa fix, game just crashes after the loading screen, no errors.
As a result, I have been playing tons of War Thunder, I am completely addicted to that game. Probably put in at least 15 hours this weekend. With some Assassin's Creed 1 on the PS3, plan on at least playing through the Ezio Trilogy.
As a result, I have been playing tons of War Thunder, I am completely addicted to that game. Probably put in at least 15 hours this weekend. With some Assassin's Creed 1 on the PS3, plan on at least playing through the Ezio Trilogy.
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Quoting: GuestI just can't stop playing Rocket League.
Me too. And it runs sooooo wellllll on Linux. I think it's in my rare pantheon of Most Perfect Computer Games Ever. Games that, no matter how old, are still nearly perfect fun to play and in which I can completely loose myself. In that category for me are:
* Rocket League
If it has flaws, I can't name them... I mean, it's crack cocaine for every level of player.
* Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast
Ooozes Star Wars, and light saber combat was never better. The best multiplayer experience I've ever had with other players/teammates online...
* Star Control 2 Melee
Nearly matches Rocket League for, "Just one more game" addiction. The only game I can think of where the weakest unit in sufficiently skilled hands can defeat the strongest unit. Balance between units is supernaturally perfect and why none of its reboots or sequels measured up.
* X-Wing vs Tie Fighter/Tie Fighter series
Still the best space sim flight model without peer. In-game strategy, decision-making, and puzzle-solving have never been matched in the genre.
* Speedball 2 (Amiga)
The Rocket League before Rocket League. Addictive as all get out. You're completely convinced you can master it until you can't.
* Gridiron Football (Amiga)
I may be the only person on Earth who adored this (Bethesda!) sports game from the 80's, but a completely top down, X's and O's (literally) perspective is actually the most fun and strategic way to play American Football. Damn Madden for convincing everyone to go 3D isometric! It's ruined the genre for 30 years!
And the best news is that, thanks to Linux and emulation, I can play them all on my Linux laptop!
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