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Oh man, my most hyped game for next year isn't on the list! Can't wait for 'Into the Breach' by Subset Games.

> Favourite Linux game porter of 2017

That category is soooooo mean. Pretty sure most love all of them! =)

I need 9 votes for that category I love them all! Such a hard decision to choose only one, but for me I'd have to say Feral again for the quality and number of ports they do each year.

Such a hard decision to choose only one, but for me I'd have to say Feral again for the quality and number of ports they do each year.

Feral is the most prominent one. But I saw Aaron Melcher's name in the credits of Tacoma for linux/mac programming. Something I didn't know beforehand.

heh victor vran is available for linux... now that's a revelation I didn't know...
Also omg there's civ6 in multiple category, it's a rigged and unfair competition lol...

I'm sorry I haven't participated in the nomination process, but nobody nominated We Happy Few in the anticipated category??

Other than that, I really think that category is a sad sight, it demonstrates a glaring lack of major releases to Linux. There's pretty much just indie titles again, with an exception for a rather old title, Tomb Raider.

Feels almost like back to square one, right after Steam launch... Indies indies indies...

I'm sorry I haven't participated in the nomination process, but nobody nominated We Happy Few in the anticipated category??

Other than that, I really think that category is a sad sight, it demonstrates a glaring lack of major releases to Linux. There's pretty much just indie titles again, with an exception for a rather old title, Tomb Raider.

Compare the overall best title selection for 2015 to the one for 2016. IMHO, it has already happened.

I'm sorry I haven't participated in the nomination process, but nobody nominated We Happy Few in the anticipated category??

Other than that, I really think that category is a sad sight, it demonstrates a glaring lack of major releases to Linux. There's pretty much just indie titles again, with an exception for a rather old title, Tomb Raider.

Compare the overall best title selection for 2015 to the one for 2016. IMHO, it has already happened.

1) You're mixing up the years. The previous one was for 2016, this is for 2017.
2) From the most anticipated 2017 releases, 4/10 released with another one confirmed this year. One of those was never going to release last year let's be honest (Star Citizen). Street Fighter V is still coming according to a recent BoilingSteam interview with TTimo.
3) This is all based on releases people actually know/really think will come. Many more games actually arrive than people expect.

I get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 13 Jan 2018 at 12:32 pm UTC

Thimbleweed Park got several votes from here! Mr. Gilbert please, moar!!

I get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I guess people, me including, are getting anxious that we had our peak with the big titles and are now moving back straight to the dark ages. I get it, indie and AA games are certainly entertaining. But there is nearly nothing left regarding titles that you proudly present to your best friends to show how cool Linux has become if Feral decides to leave Linux completely in favor of iOS.

It feels for me currently more like tear down instead of build up. Sorry.


Last edited by jens on 13 Jan 2018 at 1:36 pm UTC

Favorite FOSS project is a tough one to vote on! That's the kind of problem I like to have.

My vote went for Linux Badass' creation

Compare the overall best title selection for 2016 to the one for 2017. IMHO, it has already happened.

1) You're mixing up the years.

You're right, fixed it in the quote for making my point clearer.

I get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I'm still getting more good games than I've time to play (plus my time to play has shrunk dramatically). But when I look at the list of best games for 2016, it looks more impressing to me - especially big production wise - than the one for 2017. I didn't expect a huge explosion (and I'm saying so for years now), but a shrink would be/is still disappointing.

Long time to build up, all fine, but what about a long time to crumble down...?

Thimbleweed Park got several votes from here! Mr. Gilbert please, moar!!

Loved it too, except for the last 5% of the games. I backed it originally, had a lot of fun playing the first 95% but was horribly disappointed by the very cheap way the story ends. Men, such a shame..


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I get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I guess people, me including, are getting anxious that we had our peak with the big titles and are now moving back straight to the dark ages. I get it, indie and AA games are certainly entertaining. But there is nearly nothing left regarding titles that you proudly present to your best friends to show how cool Linux has become if Feral decides to leave Linux completely in favor of iOS.

It feels for me currently more like tear down instead of build up. Sorry.

Where you see a dramatic fall, I see a slow climb. Maybe we're looking at different timescales? Or maybe you're just a glass-half-empty kind of guy.

Thimbleweed Park got several votes from here! Mr. Gilbert please, moar!!

Loved it too, except for the last 5% of the games. I backed it originally, had a lot of fun playing the first 95% but was horribly disappointed by the very cheap way the story ends. Men, such a shame..

The ending is weak, no question about it, but excellent game otherwise.

Well for the people who do feel down, rest assured this year will kick butt ;)

Where you see a dramatic fall, I see a slow climb. Maybe we're looking at different timescales? Or maybe you're just a glass-half-empty kind of guy.

Different timescale and different kinds of titles... Sure, including indie and smaller titles it seems that the number of new titles is rising. Which is very cool! What I fear though, is that the number of big titles is declining to really just very very few per year.

Well yes, I would say that I'm a cautious kind of person, first see and then believe ;)


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Favorite FOSS project is a tough one to vote on! That's the kind of problem I like to have.

My vote went for Linux Badass' creation

I was skeptical of Solus at first, but that was one of the things that brought me around to it. OTOH, I forgot to nominate Lutris, that project deserves some love.

I was between Dolphin-emu, OpenMW, and WINE, but ultimately I have to go with WINE. I don't use it as much as I used to since there are so many great native ports now, but I've been following it since 2009, and its really come a long way.

Where you see a dramatic fall, I see a slow climb. Maybe we're looking at different timescales? Or maybe you're just a glass-half-empty kind of guy.

Different timescale and different kinds of titles... Sure, including indie and smaller titles it seems that the number of new titles is rising. Which is very cool! What I fear though, is that the number of big titles is declining to really just very very few per year.

Well yes, I would say that I'm a cautions kind of person, first see and then believe ;)

Linux is for hipsters, or at least that's what Windows users tell me ;)

Also, I would say indies keep getting better where so many Triple A games keeps getting worse.

What is HITMAN considered now that I/O is sans publisher? If they release chapter 2 for Linux this year, I'll be happy with whatever else does or doesn't happen.

Also, I would say indies keep getting better where so many Triple A games keeps getting worse.

*cough* Loot Boxes *cough*

3) This is all based on releases people actually know/really think will come. Many more games actually arrive than people expect.

That is of course true, but also the known titles do give an indication of the state of affairs. Her's hoping a few major bombs will drop this year too!

I get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I don't consider myself to have a negative stance in this, but rather objective/analytical, with a negative conclusion. I see no signs of a buildup - quite the contrary.

There was a time where there was a lot of promise flying around in the air, from multiple directions. Typically we had at least rumours about some of the larger titles coming to Linux. Sure, lots of cancellations too - but at least there was movement.
But now... Well thank god for Feral, to put it that way.

Jens nailed it in this quote:

I guess people, me including, are getting anxious that we had our peak with the big titles and are now moving back straight to the dark ages.

That's exactly it.

Sure, the indies will always be there for us as long as we are a platform on Steam. That's guaranteed. And sure, there's some sweet stuff coming from those quarters too. But that is a very, very weak argument for saying all is good and the glass is "half full".


Last edited by Beamboom on 13 Jan 2018 at 8:23 pm UTC

3) This is all based on releases people actually know/really think will come. Many more games actually arrive than people expect.

That is of course true, but also the known titles do give an indication of the state of affairs. Her's hoping a few major bombs will drop this year too!

Naturally, a lot of the bigger titles aren't announced until they're confident about a release date, I wouldn't say titles we actually know is an indicator of anything right now :)

Just wait and see, there will be a number of juicy releases this year, you can bet on it :P (I could probably say that line for the next 2-3 years and still be right ;)).