All aboard the hype train, as Feral Interactive are setting off with a new native Linux game that's being teased on their port radar.
For their Tweet:
5PM on a Friday, we're getting ready for the
#BankHolidayWeekend to start, and the Feral Radar decides to kick into life with a new blip for macOS and Linux. Well, whatever. We'll fix that rusty old thing on Tuesday. Okay, bye!
Here it is:
"Working with fire and steel" huh—anyone got any thoughts? I have a lot that come to mind, but I don't think I've ever managed to guess a single one of them correctly, they're always a damn good surprise.
Really great to see more coming from Feral, I sure do hope they have more on the way too. They're a company that has supported Linux really well for a long time now, both in terms of games and wider community efforts.
What a week!
Feral - just say what the port is so people know whether to wait.
Many of us make a point of buying in such a way that the porter is guaranteed to get something out of it. If we buy a non-native game now, sure it gets flagged as a Linux sale to the publisher, but when a native port comes out later, Feral get nothing out of it.
I want to be a Darksiders 2 or Dark Souls 3 too.
Last edited by deathxxx on 24 August 2018 at 6:42 pm UTC
Quoting: rustybroomhandleWith people now being able to buy and play (many) Windows games on Steam so easily, these teasers are not going to do Feral any favours.
Feral - just say what the port is so people know whether to wait.
Many of us make a point of buying in such a way that the porter is guaranteed to get something out of it. If we buy a non-native game now, sure it gets flagged as a Linux sale to the publisher, but when a native port comes out later, Feral get nothing out of it.
Maybe that's why they say "We'll fix that rusty old thing on Tuesday." The guessing game in itself is funny but might be damaging if it lasts too long...
Quoting: ZapporWould be nice to see the series continued on Linux, however I personally would prefer something different.Quoting: riusma"Working with fire and steel" is a song from China Crisis... there is always a song in the clue!
China you say? Guess it's Total War: THREE KINGDOMS then.
Quoting: liamdaweQuoting: ZapporWould be nice to see the series continued on Linux, however I personally would prefer something different.Quoting: riusma"Working with fire and steel" is a song from China Crisis... there is always a song in the clue!
China you say? Guess it's Total War: THREE KINGDOMS then.
Not going to blame Feral about the situation, I highly respect all the work they have done from day one, but it feels like it's hard to get ports outside of these 2 or 3 franchises for which they have developped all the tools for a smooth porting process. I guess the AAA studios they used to make deals with are harder to convince compared to what it was back in 2014-2015... We all know why.
Edit: Weird formulation.
Last edited by Mohandevir on 24 August 2018 at 8:07 pm UTC
They should concentrate the porting skills in one game at a time..
Now they must focus in the ultra super delayed Life is Strange: Before the Storm.
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