What have you been playing recently and what do you think of it?

Quoting: scaineThe Witcher 2 put me off The Witcher 3. Having to drink potions before certain fights to have any chance of success is just a horrible gameplay mechanic.

That's one of my favorite things, though; because it adds an element of strategy into the combat, and also motivates the player to read the codex, to get an idea as to which signs & oils & potions are effective with what type of enemy. Since in-lore a witcher is supposed to have encyclopedic knowledge of such matters, having to do this kind of preparation deepens the role playing aspect a bit.

In any case, in easier difficulties one can pretty much ignore potions & alchemy; so there's a way to bypass that, if you don't enjoy it.


Last edited by wvstolzing on 18 February 2019 at 1:46 pm UTC

1) "Kerbal Space Program";
2) "ATOM RPG: Post-apocalyptic indie game";
3) eeew… "Vixen 357" with English patch?

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: ArehandoroThe Witcher 3 and why did I wait so much to play it. It will still last me a good couple of moths though :D

The Witcher 2 put me off The Witcher 3. Having to drink potions before certain fights to have any chance of success is just a horrible gameplay mechanic. Well, that and all the mixed messages from CDPR about whether we were getting a Linux native build. Or was it mixed messages? I remember Valve "announced" it, that was retracted of course, but did CDPR ever say anything on the matter?

So yeah. They're not on my "don't buy" list or anything, but there are so many better developers (for Linux) that I'd rather spend my money on that even years after its release, I've never felt the urge to go there.

Back in 2014, or 2015 can't remember right now, The Witcher 3 was going to be released for Linux, the 17th of May if I recall correctly. Few months earlier I had bought a new computer but missed the offer of The Witcher 3 being given for free with the GTX 970. Given the game was supposed to come to Linux anyway and that in May is my birthday -Aside of being a big fan the books and previous games- I decided to buy the game nonetheless. By that time I wasn't a full time Linux user/gamer either.

Time passed and we didn't received the game, things went wrong, I stopped gaming on Windows, feelings got bitter for many people and so on and so forth. Then DXVK came along and the game was pretty much playable. Last month decided to started it properly, and loving it so far.

While I understand your comment, and I might do the same in other occasions, it can sometimes be a foolish approach. Specially now thanks to Proton that games that work on it can count for our platform.

CDPR could do lots of things better, and we should point them as much as possible, but holding a grudge against them and not enjoying a great game for being stubborn it mainly affects us. Don't buy the game as full price, or don't even buy it at all, but play it nonetheless ;)

Sorry for the off topic, just wanted to point out why I play it and why I took so long.


Last edited by Arehandoro on 18 February 2019 at 2:11 pm UTC

Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: scaineThe Witcher 2 put me off The Witcher 3. Having to drink potions before certain fights to have any chance of success is just a horrible gameplay mechanic.

That's one of my favorite things, though; because it adds an element of strategy into the combat, and also motivates the player to read the codex, to get an idea as to which signs & oils & potions are effective with what type of enemy. Since in-lore a witcher is supposed to have encyclopedic knowledge of such matters, having to do this kind of preparation deepens the role playing aspect a bit.

In any case, in easier difficulties one can pretty much ignore potions & alchemy; so there's a way to bypass that, if you don't enjoy it.

My exact thoughts on this too :)

I've been getting (sucked) back into Stardew Valley again, as well as Sunless Skies. Had a couple of issues with Sunless Skies, but they were easy fixes. Really liking it!

Quoting: wvstolzingIn any case, in easier difficulties one can pretty much ignore potions & alchemy; so there's a way to bypass that, if you don't enjoy it.

Since I'm a "fealty casual", that's exactly what I do. Not a fan of Darksouls like battles. :)
I confirm. No need for potions and alchemy to get through a full run.

Personnally, I'm trying to figure out a way of removing my computer from my living room and use the Steam Link app on my android box (iptv)... Unfortunately performances are not stable. There are games like Shadow of Mordor and Mad Max that are stuttering like hell and there are games like Witcher 3 and Bioshock Infinite that runs like champs... Go figure.

This said, Witcher 3 on my cell phone, in 720p, with a steam controller phone mount is just awesome. A little small, but awesome. :)

Quoting: voyager2102

• Particle Fleet: Emergence - being a HUGE fan of Creeper World III I just had to play this. What should I say - played through the campaign in one day... probably not going to play it again since while it is not a bad game it is just so much less than Creeper World 3.

I enjoyed Particle Fleet, but yes, I also agree that Creeper World 3 was better.

Good News, the devs at Knuckle Cracker currently have Creeper World 4 in development. It is essentially a 3d version of Creeper World 3. While linux is not listed on the Steam Page, I believe I read somewhere that they said that being a unity game, that they will bring it to linux.

Edit: According to the developer's website it is planned to come to Linux, just no guarantee until they start testing it more.

QuoteNo, it just means I’ve not fully tested the current build on Linux and I like to be conservative with what I say. I have tested some on linux, and it is working for the most part (in opengl3.3). I have not tested using Vulkan, etc. It’s my intention to release on Linux, I just can’t say with 99.9% certainty yet that I will, hence leaving it off the store page for the present.

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Quoting: Shmerl

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.

Yes, I noticed that. But it would be nice to have a complete run. I'll probably get round to it someday...

Quoting: g000h- I don't like to uninstall a game until I've completed it, and now I'm racking up about 40 installed games and practically zero completions.
- A lot of the time, I'm keen to have relatively casual entertainment when gaming, and find that often games are set up to be frustratingly difficult.
- Going somewhat in hand with the previous grievance, I'm irritated by games requiring excessive numbers of controls. Quite often I'm having keyboard fumbles and not able to change weapon or swap mode or whatever. It's not so bad if the game is slow, but if it is a twitch-shooter like Serious Sam, where you need to make key presses as fast as possible, well - Not happy.
- If I leave a game for a while, then I forget the story, where I've got to, and get disinclined to go back into it again. That accounts for about 30 of my 40 installed titles.

This all sounds very familiar! I can't speak for others, but I think getting older makes me less tolerant of frustrating games. Also, I am spoiled for choice so it is very easy just to move on to something else. In the "old days" I would never leave a game unfinished. Fight to the bitter end, even if I wasn't really enjoying it...

Forgetting storylines just means I have to play only 1 or 2 games at at time, until completion (or abandonment). I also have to wait for a solid stretch of time when I can actually play so that my memory doesn't get interrupted.


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Quoting: no_information_here

Quoting: g000h- I don't like to uninstall a game until I've completed it, and now I'm racking up about 40 installed games and practically zero completions.
- A lot of the time, I'm keen to have relatively casual entertainment when gaming, and find that often games are set up to be frustratingly difficult.
- Going somewhat in hand with the previous grievance, I'm irritated by games requiring excessive numbers of controls. Quite often I'm having keyboard fumbles and not able to change weapon or swap mode or whatever. It's not so bad if the game is slow, but if it is a twitch-shooter like Serious Sam, where you need to make key presses as fast as possible, well - Not happy.
- If I leave a game for a while, then I forget the story, where I've got to, and get disinclined to go back into it again. That accounts for about 30 of my 40 installed titles.

This all sounds very familiar! I can't speak for others, but I think getting older makes me less tolerant of frustrating games. Also, I am spoiled for choice so it is very easy just to move on to something else. In the "old days" I would never leave a game unfinished. Fight to the bitter end, even if I wasn't really enjoying it...

Forgetting storylines just means I have to play only 1 or 2 games at at time, until completion (or abandonment). I also have to wait for a solid stretch of time when I can actually play so that my memory doesn't get interrupted.

All of this is the reason why I play the first run of all my games on the easiest setting and then adjust accordingly. I don't have enough play time to waste an hour on a single combat or puzzle that require too much reflexes.