Feral Interactive, the absolute monster when it comes to big Linux game ports is asking what you want to see again.
You all know Feral by now, they've ported HITMAN, F1 2017, Mad Max, Dawn of War III, Life is Strange, XCOM, XCOM 2, DiRT Rally and many more seriously good games to Linux. On top of that, they still have an existing teaser up that they haven't yet announced, all we know is that it's coming to Linux.
On Twitter, they asked this recently:
It’s a New Year full of new possibilities! If you could only have one new game for macOS, Linux or mobile in 2018, which one would it be? And why? We can’t promise that your dreams will come true, but the best answers will star in our email newsletter.
Naturally, Feral lurk in our comments, so feel free to post here as well as I'm sure they will be taking note.
For me personally, I would like a new open-world game that I can travel around and sink plenty of hours into. Something to allow time to fade away and forget about all lifes problems.
So—what do you want Feral to bring to Linux next?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: axredneckSomething Japanese, e.g. FFXV, because we have not enough Japanese games on linux.If you like those, there are dozens of the visual novel kind on steam. There is also a straregy/visual novel game by Love in space, called Sunrider (although it's technically Korean i think).
That said i'd also like to see a Final Fantasy or a Metal Gear Solid game ported to linux.
My constant list:
Skyrim/Oblivion
Witcher 3/1
Warcraft 3
Hitman: Blood Money
GTA games
Anything singleplayer that is heavily moddable like the TES series + it's official tools.
Or maybe something where the devs are open to collab for a day one linux release.
Oh, and anything like the XCOM games.
Last edited by dvd on 24 January 2018 at 10:50 pm UTC
thed4rkn1te Jan 24, 2018
Quoting: omer666Last time I checked, The Witcher 1 ran really well in Wine, so I don't know if a port would be a great idea...
In practice, that soon would be said about many of the listed games too. Wine competes with Feral's wrapper. So does it mean they shouldn't port anything? I personally think more competition is good.
Last edited by Shmerl on 24 January 2018 at 11:05 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestSomething DRM-free.
Indeed. Not sure what Feral's problem is, but they still didn't release even a single game DRM-free.
Quoting: dvdIf you like those, there are dozens of the visual novel kind on steam. There is also a straregy/visual novel game by Love in space, called Sunrider (although it's technically Korean i think).Visual novels are not exactly games. We need Japanese RPGs (like FF series), fightings, shmups, run'n'guns (like Hard Corps Uprising) etc.
Duke Takeshi Jan 24, 2018
Reason: It would be awesome to see how my decisions in the witcher 2 are affecting the storyline :)
Quoting: ShmerlI'm not sure that's in their hands. If they did DRM free the publishers they work with would probably throw a fit. After all it's not their IP. They're just licensing it for porting purposes.Quoting: GuestSomething DRM-free.
Indeed. Not sure what Feral's problem is, but they still didn't release even a single game DRM-free.
Gutterdrums Jan 25, 2018
Quoting: GuestQuoting: ShmerlQuoting: omer666Last time I checked, The Witcher 1 ran really well in Wine, so I don't know if a port would be a great idea...
In practice, that soon would be said about many of the listed games too. Wine competes with Feral's wrapper. So does it mean they shouldn't port anything? I personally think more competition is good.
To be fair, it's only useful if a company supports the game running under wine (and will typically provide a basic packaged version with the game). Feral, Aspyr, VP, etc, do actually offer a level of support - if you buy the game, it should run if your system meets their spec. If you buy a game expecting it to run under wine and it doesn't, then tough luck.
It has the opposite effect as well. While Feral, Aspyr and VP support the game for some period of time, and after that - tough luck expecting any changes, Wine on the other hand has no time limit, and you can see developers fixing bugs which affect old games. That's just the nature of the FOSS project. So in a sense Wine actually offers better long term support.
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