Even though the Linux release of Insurgency: Sandstorm [Official Site] has been delayed, it's still coming and as an FPS fan I'm still quite excited. This new teaser trailer looks good too!
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Considering New World Interactive support Linux with the original Insurgency and Day of Infamy, I fully expect them to eventually deliver on the Linux port of Sandstorm.
I wouldn't say Insurgency was bad looking, but Sandstorm certainly looks a lot more current (for lack of a better word right now). One of my major hopes is that they keep the player vs AI combat and not go full PvP, as that's one of the fun elements of Insurgency, although a better AI would be great too.
Are you excited for it? I sure am. I'm still sad the campaign was shelved for now, but if the multiplayer is good then it will be another welcome addition to my gaming library.
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Are you excited for it?
Yes and no. It looks graphically great, but im kind of tired of desert storm based conflicts in games.One sided hackneyed formulas that have been done to death.
That said, Il probably buy it if the reviews are good.
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It's on my to-play list.
Although we need more good single player FPS shooters. Except Metro is there something good that one can take a look at this time?
By the way, is there a place where you folk (linux people) play Insurgency?
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Although we need more good single player FPS shooters. Except Metro is there something good that one can take a look at this time?
By the way, is there a place where you folk (linux people) play Insurgency?
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cRaZy-bisCuiT 30 Jan 2018
Except Metro is there something good that one can take a look at this time?'Bioshock Infinite' maybe?
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The co-op mode is what makes Insurgency, so I'm hopeful they keep such a mode for this too. But agree with Liam, the AI really needs enhanced - particularly the ridiculous approach the AI takes to smoke (it ignores it completely, turning "smoke grenade" into a game-breaking "cloak of invisibility").
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After listening to the DEV FAQ, there will be no linux for alpha or beta. They will cut "unpopular" game modes. They also mentioned no linux support at launch which is a bit sad. There will also not be any single player or co-op campaign initially.
If I quote the first comment "No Linux, no bucks..." which is were I stand.
If I quote the first comment "No Linux, no bucks..." which is were I stand.
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I 've been waiting for a long time for a decent FPS on linux !
Thanks you for the news !
Thanks you for the news !
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I don't trust NWO anymore...period. I'd say it looks good but it looks too good which is why I think it's a super cut of campaign cut scenes that won't have anything to do with the real game. Toss in their douche move with the first game and I won't touch it.
p.s. for the guys saying "No Linux no bucks." Come now that won't fly at a picket line! It's "No TUX, no bucks!"
What "douche move" are you referring to? I've heard about this before, but no-one elaborated. I still love Insurgency, played a few weeks ago, still a great game, so it must be something "behind-the-scenes"?
p.s. I prefer "Tux, then bucks". Much more positive!
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Wow, I didn't know about any of this. Insurgency, despite being one of my most-played games, is a game I dip into rarely these days.
Regarding BattleEye, I'm not certain on the privacy implications from a technical perspective, but if you feel strongly about it, you might want to consider firejailing your entire Steam install. That way, you can have confidence that even if an update introduces BattleEye, the only thing it can scan are the game files in your Steam directory, which hopefully you'd feel less strongly about.
Thanks for the update.
Regarding BattleEye, I'm not certain on the privacy implications from a technical perspective, but if you feel strongly about it, you might want to consider firejailing your entire Steam install. That way, you can have confidence that even if an update introduces BattleEye, the only thing it can scan are the game files in your Steam directory, which hopefully you'd feel less strongly about.
Thanks for the update.
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I think I'll look into firejail myself after reading this! Pretty horrible, if it works the way you're suggesting. There must be a performance hit too!
Wow, I didn't know about any of this. Insurgency, despite being one of my most-played games, is a game I dip into rarely these days.
Battleye is a ongoing debate with tons of people vehemently attacking anyone who says it's a privacy issue. From what I have read Battleye IS a privacy issue. The documents I could find on how it works basically says it scans all your drives for file and file contents and reports back to home. This also means any NEW drives that might come online after launch. So even if there is nothing found when you launch the game it will keep watching incase you mount a new drive or toss in a flash drive because you know it might have the cheats on it. Scanning scanning scanning.
I think I'll look into firejail myself after reading this! Pretty horrible, if it works the way you're suggesting. There must be a performance hit too!
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Plintslîcho 5 Feb 2018
Battleye is a ongoing debate with tons of people vehemently attacking anyone who says it's a privacy issue. From what I have read Battleye IS a privacy issue. The documents I could find on how it works basically says it scans all your drives for file and file contents and reports back to home. [...]
Thanks for pointing this out.
I must admit that I didn’t pay much attention to it before. I wasn’t even aware of BattlEye, or maybe I read about it in an announcement but didn’t care because I thought “naw, don’t need that”, not knowing what it is and what it does. But now that I looked into it I must say that I find the whole affair quite worrying.
To be fair, what BattlEye does isn’t anything unusual but pretty much what almost any other anti-cheat program does, e.g. PunkBuster (and I’m sure VAC isn’t any different). But that doesn’t make it any better. It is alarming how these programs work and what they do with regards to privacy.
I’ve been using Steam only with a dedicated and separate user anyway, because I already don’t trust Steam. But after checking up on BattlEye I went one step further and put Steam in a jail. However, I have lost all interest now in online gaming and turned my attention back to playing single player games.
As for the new trailer:
[…]I think it's a super cut of campaign cut scenes that won't have anything to do with the real game.
My thought exactly. (They already announced that the campaign is postponed until further noticed.)
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