It's question time once again, time to tell the world what you've been playing and let us know if it's worth getting.
I've actually been really enjoying Sid Meier's Civilization VI with the new expansion, it's far more addictive than I originally thought. While I previously got bored with it after a few rounds, that's no longer the case.
The disasters system with climate change adds so much to the game to seriously make it that much more interesting. Soon my English army shall take over what's left of the world…
In regards to the performance of the port (which isn't great in the later game), Aspyr Media did say this on Reddit:
The answer is actually not technical, but simply bandwidth. Frankly, it was a valentines miracle to get Linux out along-side Windows in a playable state that we were happy with AND cross platform. There will be time for optimizations once the dust settles, and we will continue to optimize for as long as we work on the product. For Civ V, that was years.
As for other games, I still can't pull myself away from Rocket League. Now that I have a few hundred hours in it, the amount of tricks I can pull off is increasing all the time, once you get to grips with some aerial maneuvers the game certainly opens up a bit.
Another shout out to Streets of Rogue, still one of my absolute favourite indie games. The amount of time I'be put into this is nuts. Probably one of the funniest games I've ever played with friends. Absolutely check it out if you haven't and do have a look at our video of it!
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Dark Souls III, first DLC - I consider myself a hero to have finished the main story, though I admit I used co-op to finish some of the later bosses. :)
Assetto Corsa Competizione - Really cool feeling with a Logitech G25.
Occasionally Two Point Hospital and Lego Jurassic Park, cool games to play together with kids.
I hope to spend some time soon into another round of Civ6 and Life is Strange BtS. Lets hope that it will take some time until Shadow of the Tomb Raider arrives on Linux, otherwise my backlogs will never decrease :)
Assetto Corsa Competizione - Really cool feeling with a Logitech G25.
Occasionally Two Point Hospital and Lego Jurassic Park, cool games to play together with kids.
I hope to spend some time soon into another round of Civ6 and Life is Strange BtS. Lets hope that it will take some time until Shadow of the Tomb Raider arrives on Linux, otherwise my backlogs will never decrease :)
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Quoting: jensAssetto Corsa CompetizioneWait... it works? Right, I know what's next on the wishlist... :)
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RandomGamer Feb 17, 2019
Quoting: KlaasI don't know at what point of the story you're at exactly, but it will get more meh over time. IMO it's very annoying because the gameplay and the atmosphere are so good.
I'm curious what your opinion of the game's ending (and the ending of the DLC) will be.
I've just killed my first Bolter, and Doc just got kidnapped after I delivered a tissue sample, so I think I'm about to go somewhere called The Pit.
I didn't get any of the DLCs, since I wasn't sure if the game was any good. Just playing plain vanilla now. Didn't even get the enhanced edition. I'm enjoying it though, mostly due to excellent gameplay and atmosphere. The game also looks quite gorgeous.
Even if it's a bit flawed, this is the most fun I've had with a zombie game since Left 4 Dead 2. As for the ending, I'm not holding my breath for it to be memorable :)
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Quoting: DuncQuoting: jensAssetto Corsa CompetizioneWait... it works? Right, I know what's next on the wishlist... :)
Yep, out of the box with Steam Play. Unfortunately no intro-movie due to media foundation, though I consider this acceptable. Hell of fun to drive these GT3 monsters :)
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Serious Sam 3 via the Fusion client. If you had performance trouble with the old opengl navtive version (horrible micro stuttering in my case), you really should give it another spin in Fusion with Vulkan. So smooth. As for the game, it's incredibly fun fending off swarms of kleers while keeping up with picking off inbound kamikazes. The madness is so much fun.
Tales from the Borderlands via Proton. Works perfectly with keyboard and mouse, but I was hoping to play it via my SteamLink on my tv, but the game does not detect the controller at all, so that's a no go. Not sure why. Anyway I've finished the first episode and the game really gets the zany storytelling of Borderlands down.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Not sure I'm going to finish this one. The story feels really haphazard, random
and not all that compelling. It's hard to feel any real sense of progression in it. I've got it fairly well modded, so the graphics aren't too dated, but I may have waited too long to play this one.
Tales from the Borderlands via Proton. Works perfectly with keyboard and mouse, but I was hoping to play it via my SteamLink on my tv, but the game does not detect the controller at all, so that's a no go. Not sure why. Anyway I've finished the first episode and the game really gets the zany storytelling of Borderlands down.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl Not sure I'm going to finish this one. The story feels really haphazard, random
and not all that compelling. It's hard to feel any real sense of progression in it. I've got it fairly well modded, so the graphics aren't too dated, but I may have waited too long to play this one.
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Quoting: RandomGamerI've just killed my first Bolter, and Doc just got kidnapped after I delivered a tissue sample, so I think I'm about to go somewhere called The Pit.My advice would be to stall it until you complete all available non-story missions. ;-)
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Transport Fever. I returned to it after the Thank You patch and I finally grasped the mechanics. It proved to be even more fun than I remembered.
Mad Max. Yes, backlog. Warner Bros games are great. They truly capture the cinematic feel you'd expect from a movie studio.
Finally, Far Cry 1 via Proton. Works great on Debian and Neon. Doesn't work on SteamOS though.
Ah, yes. After 18 years I moved from Debian to KDE Neon, Ubuntu-based. Some games require glibc newer than the current Debian stable and I'm too old to run testing.
Mad Max. Yes, backlog. Warner Bros games are great. They truly capture the cinematic feel you'd expect from a movie studio.
Finally, Far Cry 1 via Proton. Works great on Debian and Neon. Doesn't work on SteamOS though.
Ah, yes. After 18 years I moved from Debian to KDE Neon, Ubuntu-based. Some games require glibc newer than the current Debian stable and I'm too old to run testing.
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I was gifted a copy of Grey Goo and the same issues with video playback like the rest of the commenters on protondb.com. I'm only three missions in, so there is still a lot left to discover.
I also got SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell and it is awesome! That game got me a lot of flashbacks to Quake Defrag and Warsow Race mode. And it's nice to work your way up the leader boards, my best rank so far was 79 after just two hours in the game. I'll definitely be going back to this one :)
I also got SEUM: Speedrunners from Hell and it is awesome! That game got me a lot of flashbacks to Quake Defrag and Warsow Race mode. And it's nice to work your way up the leader boards, my best rank so far was 79 after just two hours in the game. I'll definitely be going back to this one :)
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Quoting: einherjarI just finished The Witcher 1 and started with Witcher 2.
Sadly I couldn't use my Witcher 1 savegames. Seems not to work, because I bought TW1 and GOG and TW2 on steam :-(
So I do not have my nice Swords and less Orens.
Otherwise I had lots of fun with TW1 and will play all three titles to enjoy the whole story.
You can get GOG version of TW2 here, using the code provided by the Steam version: https://www.gog.com/witcher/backup
Your saves should be compatible, but you can start over if you want, using TW1 save. In order to use it with the Linux version, place your TW1 final save in
$HOME/.local/share/cdprojektred/witcher2/GameDocuments/The Witcher/savesSee https://witcher.gamepedia.com/The_Witcher_2_howtos_and_workarounds
Last edited by Shmerl on 17 February 2019 at 6:59 pm UTC
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Pillars of Eternity 2 with the turn based combat mode. Still enjoyable after the first 50 hours, but also not without its flaws. The main quest is actually fairly intriguing, but it only comprises a small part of the game. The majority seems to consist of running errands for the 4 factions, none of which are organizations I'd normally want to associate with, were it not for XP and cash. Given that most of their tasks revolve around inter- and intra-faction squabbles, this makes the whole game a somewhat unsatisfying experience as far as the writing is concerned. On top of that, 4 of the companions also have ties to specific factions, which only serves to amplify my impression that the game was written around the factions, instead of them being a small and organic part of a wider and more varied world.
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Quoting: DuncI played TW1 after TW2, and never actually completed TW2 on the PC (I got almost to the end and thought, “Yeah, I remember what happens now. That'll do.”), so I don't have a proper “history” of saves.
TW3 works around that, by asking your what choices you made in the past (it's built into the story). If you provide a save, that part is skipped.
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nolanlikeeh Feb 17, 2019
Terraria, 454hours and counting.
I'm usually big into FPS games but this thing has me completely hooked.
Very in depth, I still have to look at the wiki!
Completed several times but still lots of things to do, highly recommended.
I'm usually big into FPS games but this thing has me completely hooked.
Very in depth, I still have to look at the wiki!
Completed several times but still lots of things to do, highly recommended.
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da_habakuk Feb 17, 2019
xcom2 - war of the chosen - really nice tactics game, buggy but nice :9
i've already done xcom and xcom2. i hope phoenix point will have linux support. really curious.
i've already done xcom and xcom2. i hope phoenix point will have linux support. really curious.
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I've been playing Dusk and Amid Evil: both really good old-school FPS games. Also recently completed the second level of the Ion Maiden demo.
Have also got back into Sunless Skies recently with the full release now being available. The writing and lore behind the game is amazing, and the music really suits the atmosphere. Love it :-)
Have also got back into Sunless Skies recently with the full release now being available. The writing and lore behind the game is amazing, and the music really suits the atmosphere. Love it :-)
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Replaying all Tomb Raiders. On Tomb raider 3 at the minute.
Anyone know if the lighting bug on TR4 has been sorted yet?
Anyone know if the lighting bug on TR4 has been sorted yet?
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I'm playing King's Bounty: Dark Side via Proton, works like a charm and I love to be evil, for once in my life! :D
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buenaventura Feb 17, 2019
I have been playing lots of Hitman 2 (steamplay), its really nice, as well as Starcraft: Remastered (which is a beating) and of course Overwatch. Also Return of the Obra Dinn and DUSK :)
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DaiKaiser93 Feb 17, 2019
Finally finished CrossCode, currently on my 5th try on Darkest Dungeon
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Lycurgus87 Feb 17, 2019
Civilization VI Gathering Storm, hence the performance issues it's great, worth every penny.<3 ^_^
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