If you're stuck for something to do this weekend, you might want to take a look at the X Franchise on Steam, it's quite a good deal.
You can play these for free until Sunday 9PM UTC and they are also on sale if you decide to purchase them to continue playing.
- X3: Reunion - 50% off
- X3: Terran Conflict - 70% off
- X Rebirth - 75% off
Worth noting, that X Rebirth doesn't currently have the best of ratings, but the other two that support Linux are looking pretty positive. The free weekend system on Steam is pretty handy, since you're not limited in features like a demo, but they don't last long of course.
They can be pretty complex games, so it might take you an entire day just to learn how to actually play.
See the sale page on Steam here for the list. As always, you can check our Sales Page any time for cheap Linux gaming deals.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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X-rebirth still has the issue that it turns off force full composition pipeline. Get horrible tearing.
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TheRiddick Dec 8, 2017
I have X Rebirth on GOG, but waiting for a upgrade package to get the DLC.
The issue with the game is, 1 cockpit control ship for entire game, 1 narrative support (boring and annoying fast), and they brought in this stupid space highway system.
The X franchise needs to invest in OPEN space and just let the players go where ever the f**k they want to without this fixed transit lane crap! its cheap, unrealistic, and annoying. Computers have been 64bit for some time, you can make space infinite basically now! space as a level loading highway forcing game style imo is rather annoying unless its trying to do the FTL thing.
The issue with the game is, 1 cockpit control ship for entire game, 1 narrative support (boring and annoying fast), and they brought in this stupid space highway system.
The X franchise needs to invest in OPEN space and just let the players go where ever the f**k they want to without this fixed transit lane crap! its cheap, unrealistic, and annoying. Computers have been 64bit for some time, you can make space infinite basically now! space as a level loading highway forcing game style imo is rather annoying unless its trying to do the FTL thing.
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Quoting: g000hNot at all interested in "try me for the weekend" games. Just f off.
:-? Seriously I don't get it either. Like a totally working demo for a whole weekend and you say f off.
Seriously I don't get it. Seriously...
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Quoting: ezra-sQuoting: g000hNot at all interested in "try me for the weekend" games. Just f off.
:-? Seriously I don't get it either. Like a totally working demo for a whole weekend and you say f off.
Seriously I don't get it. Seriously...
First of all, an opinion is an opinion. Some people will only buy DRM free, some people will do this, some people will do that.
For your benefit, I shall detail some of my reasoning for the comment:
1. I'm already in the middle of playing a selection of games. I don't especially want to drop what I'm doing in order to try a full demo of a game during a specific limited start and stop time frame. And then have that game taken away from me, at the end of the time frame, unless I pay. "It's a trap!" - Admiral Ackbar.
2. Sales people do these types of 'tricks' to push for more sales (compelling you to try something, now, else the free period expires and you have missed the opportunity of the freebie). Basically, this trick is hooking you into a game, and encouraging you to part with money, when there might be a better discount on another occasion or *when* you are ready to get into it.
3. There is the "Steam Refund" for when you buy a game (to your own time scale) and give it a try out before losing the money for it. Okay, it's not a long time to try out the game and then claim your refund, but it'd serve the purpose to me.
4. I watch game-play videos and have a very good idea what I'm getting into, before I buy a game. I don't need to be thrust into the start-stop sales trick situation to get a feel for the game.
I'm happier with the "try the game demo for 1 week, starting when you want to start" Steam Passes, that some publishers hand out (and then you can gift to Steam friends).
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Quoting: g000hQuoting: ezra-sQuoting: g000hNot at all interested in "try me for the weekend" games. Just f off.
:-? Seriously I don't get it either. Like a totally working demo for a whole weekend and you say f off.
Seriously I don't get it. Seriously...
First of all, an opinion is an opinion. Some people will only buy DRM free, some people will do this, some people will do that.
For your benefit, I shall detail some of my reasoning for the comment:
1. I'm already in the middle of playing a selection of games. I don't especially want to drop what I'm doing in order to try a full demo of a game during a specific limited start and stop time frame. And then have that game taken away from me, at the end of the time frame, unless I pay. "It's a trap!" - Admiral Ackbar.
2. Sales people do these types of 'tricks' to push for more sales (compelling you to try something, now, else the free period expires and you have missed the opportunity of the freebie). Basically, this trick is hooking you into a game, and encouraging you to part with money, when there might be a better discount on another occasion or *when* you are ready to get into it.
3. There is the "Steam Refund" for when you buy a game (to your own time scale) and give it a try out before losing the money for it. Okay, it's not a long time to try out the game and then claim your refund, but it'd serve the purpose to me.
4. I watch game-play videos and have a very good idea what I'm getting into, before I buy a game. I don't need to be thrust into the start-stop sales trick situation to get a feel for the game.
I'm happier with the "try the game demo for 1 week, starting when you want to start" Steam Passes, that some publishers hand out (and then you can gift to Steam friends).
Get over yourself dude, Know is forcing you to try anything. Of corse is a sales tactic. People try the game, get into said game then buy it, if not they don't , no ones lost anything.
Steam refund is irrelevant in this situation as you have not paid anything in first place to play said game.
Wanting a week is basically you wanting to play and complete it before the time runs out so as no need to buy.
Don't be so arrogant as to assume that because you don't like free for a time games that every one does not either. so the F*** remark is somewhat uncalled for.
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I got X3: Reunion quite a while back, and the damn thing is unplayable with my 360 controller. The ship just constantly rolls unless I'm actively telling it not to, and drifts to one side. I tried my old Playstation controller, and it stopped rolling but half the buttons didn't work.
From what I could see on the forums, it was a known problem but the devs had already moved on to work on the next game and never gave it any attention. Haven't looked bothered with it since. Looking just now, it seems that it's still outstanding and they don't care, so I'm not planning to trust them on other games either.
From what I could see on the forums, it was a known problem but the devs had already moved on to work on the next game and never gave it any attention. Haven't looked bothered with it since. Looking just now, it seems that it's still outstanding and they don't care, so I'm not planning to trust them on other games either.
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lucifertdark Dec 8, 2017
Some people aren't on superfast internet connections, so a free weekend of a game that might take half the weekend to just download is pointless.
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Well? Cheers up for another game available throughout STEAM as complete proprietary platform. And not enough: People got access for just two days and are okay with it. Perhaps afterwards ... buy ... ah, sorry ... renting the games. Feel free to do that, but for me: No thanks! Those games need time and two days are not enough to get a complete introduction. :)
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Quoting: throghWell? Cheers up for another game available throughout STEAM as complete proprietary platform.Reunion and X3TC are DRM-free.* (In fact, running them outside of Steam was the only way I could get them to work.)
I keep saying this: Steam's DRM isn't mandatory unless the developer wants Workshop support (although obviously a lot of publishers use it anyway). Just off the top of my head, I know Kerbal Space Program and FTL don't have it either. It might be worthwhile to compile a full list.
*Edit: You know, the more I think about this... I'm going to have to double-check. They definitely don't start Steam if it isn't running already, which Steam-DRM games certainly do. But... well, if you haven't already followed my train of thought I'm not going to spell it out, because Deep Silver might have done something incredibly stupid here, and I don't want to make it any worse for them.
However, my second paragraph stands. Steam-DRM isn't mandatory.
Last edited by Dunc on 9 December 2017 at 12:07 am UTC
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