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PayPalGood stuff from Daedalic Entertainment here as they've released State of Mind today with full Linux support. This Unreal Engine powered adventure game will see you explore a world on edge, as natural resources are running low, crime is on the rise and there's a lot of pullution in the air and water.
Launch trailer:
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Features:
- Experience an alarmingly realistic vision of the near future
- Dive into a multi-layered Sci-Fi thriller, where dystopian reality and digital utopia are intertwined
- Unravel a global conspiracy in a society of ubiquitous digitalism, surveillance and transhumanism
- Explore a world with a rich and unique visual style, combining realistic environments with low-poly characters
- Take on the role of journalist Richard Nolan, as well as five additional playable characters
- Use dexterity, deductional skill and research to reconstruct Richard's past
According to the details Daedalic sent out, it will give you around 15 hours playtime with multiple playable characters.
Find it on Humble Store, GOG and Steam.
Sadly, we haven't yet heard back about a review key. I've sent additional emails today to find out if we're getting one. Update: I've now been sent a key.
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I'm about three hours into it now - superb presentation, very story-driven. Object interaction is a little bit hit-or-miss, but voice acting is top-drawer and the atmosphere is off the charts. Enjoying it immensely.
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Update: I've now been sent a key. Although it was invalid, so I'm waiting for another.
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 15 August 2018 at 8:31 pm UTC
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 15 August 2018 at 8:31 pm UTC
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Doc Angelo Aug 15, 2018
Didn't know about the Linux version! Very nice! I'll take a look at this.
I bet in the year 2048 it will be even more so, but it is sadly already true today. :/
as natural resources are running low, crime is on the rise and there's a lot of pollution in the air and water.
I bet in the year 2048 it will be even more so, but it is sadly already true today. :/
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Is it possible to switch to a first person view? I hate this kind of offset third person camera, makes it hard to move/target things, on top of course of the character hiding a quarter of the screen.
Sadly, no. Not that I have found. And yes, the targeting is a bit negatively impacted by exactly that problem. It's not gotten in the way too much though. As a style choice, I get why they went over-the-shoulder, but like you, I prefer first-person for all such games.
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Didn't know about the Linux version! Very nice! I'll take a look at this.
They're really supportive there and maybe now they have time to look into my patches for their first Edna and Harvey installment to maks it run on Linux natively (they told me they had something "big" to release first) :p
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...but voice acting is top-drawer and the atmosphere is off the charts. Enjoying it immensely.Who do you keep in your drawers?
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qptain Nemo Aug 16, 2018
They will release a remastered version of the first Edna in 2019 that will support Linux. They've announced that on their official discord.Didn't know about the Linux version! Very nice! I'll take a look at this.
They're really supportive there and maybe now they have time to look into my patches for their first Edna and Harvey installment to maks it run on Linux natively (they told me they had something "big" to release first) :p
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I'll wait a couple days for reviews to say it's not horribly broken, and then it's looking very much like I'll soon have another game to play (probably via GOG, which is nice). Then just to find time to play it.
Rock solid 60 FPS with Mesa + AMDGPU on my side. Everything on Epic (of course, I have an RX580, kinda what I expected).
Couldn't find any problem so far.
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TheRiddick Aug 16, 2018
From what I understand there is no combat in this game?
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RussianNeuroMancer Aug 16, 2018
Instabuy
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They're really supportive there and maybe now they have time to look into my patches for their first Edna and Harvey installment to maks it run on Linux natively (they told me they had something "big" to release first) :pThey will release a remastered version of the first Edna in 2019 that will support Linux. They've announced that on their official discord.[/quote]
Cool! Meanwhile I made this: https://gitlab.com/LeonardKoenig/EH-TB_Linux
And why does everyone use discord nowadays :-(
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Hopefully no sse3 problems for my trusty phenomII then.
You mean ssse3?
I think I have bad news for you:
$ objdump -d StateOfMind-Linux-Shipping | grep palignr
...
4876125: c4 e3 7d 0f e3 04 vpalignr $0x4,%ymm3,%ymm0,%ymm4
487613b: c4 e3 6d 0f f9 04 vpalignr $0x4,%ymm1,%ymm2,%ymm7
4877328: 66 0f 3a 0f ca 08 palignr $0x8,%xmm2,%xmm1
4877401: 66 41 0f 3a 0f dc 04 palignr $0x4,%xmm12,%xmm3
...https://www.felixcloutier.com/x86/PALIGNR.html
Last edited by x_wing on 16 August 2018 at 11:38 am UTC
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Insta buy. I love Daedalic Entertainment. They make great games, and they port them on my favorite OS, DRM free on humblebundle and gog, well take my money! You deserve it :D And looking forward for the next title!
Last edited by toor on 16 August 2018 at 12:36 pm UTC
Last edited by toor on 16 August 2018 at 12:36 pm UTC
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qptain Nemo Aug 16, 2018
Cool! Meanwhile I made this: https://gitlab.com/LeonardKoenig/EH-TB_LinuxYou did a good thing!
And why does everyone use discord nowadays :-(Because it's currently the best application for IM and group chat and voice chat. The only real competitor (I'm talking primarily feature-wise) during the rise of Discord was Matrix and Discord was significantly faster at adding features and capturing the mainstream audience. It's not the most perfect application for those purposes theoretically possible but I stand by that it's simply the best available as well as the best I've ever used.
Last edited by qptain Nemo on 16 August 2018 at 12:52 pm UTC
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You did a good thing!
Thanks!
Because it's currently the best application for IM and group chat and voice chat. The only real competitor (I'm talking primarily feature-wise) during the rise of Discord was Matrix and Discord was significantly faster at adding features and capturing the mainstream audience. It's not the most perfect application for those purposes theoretically possible but I stand by that it's simply the best available as well as the best I've ever used.
I honestly don't really see the appeal for this, the most common use-case for discord group chats doesn't seem to be serious chatting anyway but spamming memes :p
So irc or even telegram groups are far superior imho there. And voice chat is usually done by a completely different group, so a different program would do, and those usually do that better. Also I have a big distaste for what a friend called "rainbow-puking javascript shit". It's damn slow, had more crashes since I installed it than any other program and annoys the hell out of me with its shitty user interface. eh.
/rant :)
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qptain Nemo Aug 16, 2018
It's damn slow, had more crashes since I installed it than any other program and annoys the hell out of me with its shitty user interface. eh.Could you elaborate about the things you dislike about the user interface? I don't wish to argue about appeal of discord, I think we've made our cases, but I'm somewhat enthusiastic about UI design and I'm always curious to know what works and what doesn't for other people.
/rant :)
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It's damn slow, had more crashes since I installed it than any other program and annoys the hell out of me with its shitty user interface. eh.Could you elaborate about the things you dislike about the user interface? I don't wish to argue about appeal of discord, I think we've made our cases, but I'm somewhat enthusiastic about UI design and I'm always curious to know what works and what doesn't for other people.
/rant :)
Most importantly it doesn't "fit in" into my environment, doesn't adhere to my themes etc. and completely sticks out.
Also the user interface is mouse-focused or touch, it works with the keyboard but it's far from what I'd want, because I cannot customize the keyboard interface to the amount I'd want. It's also far from responsive, and clutters the UI with unneeded animations or similar bells 'n' whistles
The interface tries to "tell you" what you should click, if you get my point. But I know what *I* want and it annoys the hell out of me.
And finally, something that's not UI but UX related: I have to use the discord-program to use the discord-protocol.
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From what I understand there is no combat in this game?
No. There's a somewhat Heavy-Rain-like aspect of puzzles and some dialogur and some walking/exploring, but it's very, very story driven. So far (thankfully) there hasn't even been any QTEs. It's not that kind of game.
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