A bit of Croteam news to start the day with and there's multiple interesting items to go over in regards to their games.
I love how active Croteam are with their community, they're constantly replying to all sorts of random questions from players of their games. Thanks to this, we've been able to learn a few things about their plans.
Firstly, their fantastic puzzle game The Talos Principle is going to be moving over to their newer Fusion engine, they said it will be "Hopefully very soon". The VR version is actually already on it, so that's not surprising.
In response to another question posted in that same Steam thread, a user asked about DX11 and OpenGL being removed from their games, to which they said "2) Yes, OpenGL sooner, DX11 later.", so they're going all-in with Vulkan and DX12. You might remember they were originally going Vulkan-only (or at least, that's how it seemed), but DX12 gave them Xbox One compatibility.
Finally, as a little teaser and again in response to another user question about Serious Sam 4 they said "Why do you think we are doing all this - adding those things to the engine, improving stuff, etc - in the first place?".
Personally, I'm quite excited by Serious Sam 4! Having another quality FPS on Linux that uses Vulkan is going to be great, although it's likely still quite some time away from any kind of release.
Thanks for the tip mphuZ!
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I didn't play through all of the last Serious Sam, but I guess it will still be a must-buy.
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lucifertdark Jan 5, 2018
I wish they'd switch the models & textures in the older games to match Serious Sam 3 so they all look as good, I know it would be a mountain of work to do so it's probably not going to happen, but I can wish for it anyway.
Unless it's on their to-do list & I missed it. :D
Unless it's on their to-do list & I missed it. :D
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Ahhh Croteam... Happy Days ahead. Serious Sam 4 will do a great job of filling the Linux "DOOM" void.
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lucifertdark Jan 5, 2018
Ahhh Croteam... Happy Days ahead. Serious Sam 4 will do a great job of filling the Linux "DOOM" void.Who needs DOOM when we have Serious Sam?
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Personally, I'm quite excited by Serious Sam 4! Having another quality FPS on Linux that uses Vulkan is going to be great, although it's likely still quite some time away from any kind of release.I can't say I care about Sam, but I'm looking forward to The Talos Principle 2. I think Croteam already confirmed they'll be working on a sequel or at least another first person puzzle game.
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I can't say I care about Sam, but I'm looking forward to The Talos Principle 2. I think Croteam already confirmed they'll be working on a sequel or at least another first person puzzle game.
I’d pick a sequel to The Talos Principle too. Though I need to get back to the first game and finish it finally – I stopped somewhere at the beginning of cathedral levels and never got around to finishing them.
Eh, so many games started and never really completed. Life was easier in the Loki Software era.
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I think the only thing I don't like about them is that their engine is rather motion sickness prone. I got around it with some settings, but the Let's Players of my choice couldn't stand it in Talos Principle...
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I love the Vulkan support, but I'm not too sure about dropping OpenGL and DX11 support for a 3 year old game. What about all the people on older hardware who have already bought a copy?
This is another one of those times when Steam's nature as a DRM platform rears its ugly head.
This is another one of those times when Steam's nature as a DRM platform rears its ugly head.
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I have some problems with Vulkan in Fusion, so I switched to OpenGL.
1. Everything crashes unless I launch the game with Steam overlay disabled.
2. After about 30 minutes of playing, the game starts to stutter, and I have to switch its graphic rendeder from Vulkan to OpenGL and back to Vulkan again.
I hope Croteam will fix Vulkan first before dropping OpenGL.
1. Everything crashes unless I launch the game with Steam overlay disabled.
2. After about 30 minutes of playing, the game starts to stutter, and I have to switch its graphic rendeder from Vulkan to OpenGL and back to Vulkan again.
I hope Croteam will fix Vulkan first before dropping OpenGL.
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I love the Vulkan support, but I'm not too sure about dropping OpenGL and DX11 support for a 3 year old game. What about all the people on older hardware who have already bought a copy?They can stick older versions into opt-in betas, it's what a lot of Steam developers do.
This is another one of those times when Steam's nature as a DRM platform rears its ugly head.
I have some problems with Vulkan in Fusion, so I switched to OpenGL.Have you reported them and have Croteam replied?
1. Everything crashes unless I launch the game with Steam overlay disabled.
2. After about 30 minutes of playing, the game starts to stutter, and I have to switch its graphic rendeder from Vulkan to OpenGL and back to Vulkan again.
I hope Croteam will fix Vulkan first before dropping OpenGL.
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While more Serious Sam is always a good thing, what I'm really waiting for is Talos Principle 2. It was my personal GOTY 2014.
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Ahhh Croteam... Happy Days ahead. Serious Sam 4 will do a great job of filling the Linux "DOOM" void.Who needs DOOM when we have Serious Sam?
To be honest, I don't think the two are comparable - at all. Not unless everything with a gun and a first person view is interchangeable - and they are not. Serious Sam is rather comparable with Duke Nukem. We don't need Duke with Sam. That I agree with. But Doom? Oh man, how I'd love to see that flagship on our shores.
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Have you reported them and have Croteam replied?I have, long time ago, but they haven't replied.
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Might be worth going through their official support channel after posting again to see if they reply this time. They get a lot of replies, so it's possible they missed it.Have you reported them and have Croteam replied?I have, long time ago, but they haven't replied.
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GustyGhost Jan 5, 2018
I can't say I care about Sam, but I'm looking forward to The Talos Principle 2. I think Croteam already confirmed they'll be working on a sequel or at least another first person puzzle game.
Road to Gehenna was okay but felt like it was just standing in the shadow of the Talos Principle. But then again what should I expect from just DLC addon?
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Comandante Ñoñardo Jan 5, 2018
I'm waiting for GOG releases of their recent games.
I wish that too, but sadly the people at Croteam are DRM LOVERS...
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The Croteam Army marches on, showing the way for all lesser beings!!
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theRealPadster Jan 5, 2018
I can't even play Serious Sam Fusion. Had problems with it freezing up my whole computer, and now I tried it again and it froze up for a bit but then I could alt+tab out and it was just a black screen.
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Road to Gehenna was okay but felt like it was just standing in the shadow of the Talos Principle. But then again what should I expect from just DLC addon?
Assuming you are only speaking about the story (and not gameplay), it's the other way around for me. While I was very impressed with the main narrative (philosophy done well is extremely rare in games), the DLC was on a whole other level.
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