It's been a while since I last asked and plenty of games have been released or updated since then. Let's get talking.
For me, the usual Rocket League has been played a lot recently. Especially with the new in-game event going on, the Spike Rush game mode (video) is a huge amount of fun and it's pretty ridiculous. Even the normal game modes continue to keep the game as my #1, it's gotten to the point where I'm attempting all sorts of insane goals. It's still free to try until tomorrow at 5PM UTC with a 50% off sale on Steam.
Plenty more Dota Underlords as well of course, I'm absolutely terrible at it but it's also stupidly engrossing. I like that I can quickly go for a toilet break or to grab a drink when needed, since you don't have to be at your PC during the battles if you have to run for a minute.
Apart from that, Eagle Island continues to pull plenty of my attention. Such a sweet game and really quite a challenge at times. I've especially enjoyed jumping into the Roguelite mode to continue playing after the story is all done.
I also let the mini-me try out Bastion, while it's not a game I personally enjoy as I find the narrator a little irritating, he seems to love it on the more casual game mode and he's getting surprisingly good at it.
Do let everyone know what you've been playing and if it's worth picking up in the comments.
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Sir_Diealot Jul 14, 2019
I haven't played much recently but finished SteamWorld Quest.
I wrote a little review which you can find here: https://www.codingcommanders.com/linux-gaming/desktop-games/steamworld-quest-hand-of-gilgamech.html
I may put it on my own blog later, should be easier to read there^^
I wrote a little review which you can find here: https://www.codingcommanders.com/linux-gaming/desktop-games/steamworld-quest-hand-of-gilgamech.html
I may put it on my own blog later, should be easier to read there^^
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kosmiclinux Jul 14, 2019
I've been playing Forager and My time at portia using proton. I'm really enjoying it.:D
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DaiKaiser93 Jul 14, 2019
Some Wizard of Legend, gonna start with Ruiner as I haven't been able to finish it yet.
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Oh, the site just got a dark theme? Nice!
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Oh, the site just got a dark theme? Nice!It's had one for a long time, but now some might automatically see it. See here: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/3973
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Acrophobic Jul 15, 2019
I've been playing Terraria lately. I've never played sandbox game before but I've heard many good thing about it. Since it was dirt cheap on last sale, I bought it. Unfortunately, I don't really like it, but somehow I can't stop playing it.
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MisterPaytwick Jul 15, 2019
I'm trying to wrap up Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines which is an amazing game a friend recommended me years ago and finally got myself into it and it's an amazing cRPG (except the combat, which kinda sucks but it's almost a given for a 3D RPG of the 2000's), and I got to be honest, it's hyping me slowly to Vampire Bloodlines 2. That said, (Pardon my french) fuck the museum mission.
And I've been playing E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, FPS / RPG that I think I'll always recommend now, but that is not for everybody. But hear me right: it's a RPG where the story can be put to the background. The game is an RPG in the way you can powerup. On that, it's good, really, really absolutely fucking great. On many other aspects, calling it utterly broken (introduction, tutorials, balance) would be underplaying it. It's one of those games where you have to keep going head on even if you feel like you are against a wall. Hard locking is almost impossible, but soft locking is almost a given when you play the first 15 hours. Then you can be the cyber-psychic-super-soldier/ninja all the modern power trip based RPG of this decade want to give to the players.
And it's scratching the surface (but at the same time, it's just that).
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And I've been playing E.Y.E. Divine Cybermancy, FPS / RPG that I think I'll always recommend now, but that is not for everybody. But hear me right: it's a RPG where the story can be put to the background. The game is an RPG in the way you can powerup. On that, it's good, really, really absolutely fucking great. On many other aspects, calling it utterly broken (introduction, tutorials, balance) would be underplaying it. It's one of those games where you have to keep going head on even if you feel like you are against a wall. Hard locking is almost impossible, but soft locking is almost a given when you play the first 15 hours. Then you can be the cyber-psychic-super-soldier/ninja all the modern power trip based RPG of this decade want to give to the players.
And it's scratching the surface (but at the same time, it's just that).
Last edited by MisterPaytwick on 15 July 2019 at 1:06 am UTC
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I played Rocket League a few nights this weekend with my buds that took advantage of the trial weekend. It was really a blast. I hadn't played in a long time, and it was fun to see my friends get better every match.
On the solo side, I chipped away a little at Pillars of Eternity. I'm about 10 hours into the game and feel like it's the very beginning. I made some mistakes that made fights very difficult and held me back. Now that I'm playing my class better and have more party members, it's going better and is more fun. I really enjoy the setting and dialogue as long as I'm relaxed enoughto read I mean play a slow-paced game. :) I find that I'm not always too eager to launch the game, but once I'm in and playing and reading a while, I usually don't want to quit. I am curious whether I will walk away from this game in the end liking it as much as Shadowrun: Dragonfall. We'll see. I'm still surprised how much I fancied that one and how fondly I think of it.
Ope, forgot to mention that I also played a decent bit of Stardew Valley with the kids. It was a very discontinuous experience this time since they wanted to play at different times, so I had to switch which character I played each time and repeat my progress. (I don't host a farm for them from my computer because I only sometimes play with them.)
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On the solo side, I chipped away a little at Pillars of Eternity. I'm about 10 hours into the game and feel like it's the very beginning. I made some mistakes that made fights very difficult and held me back. Now that I'm playing my class better and have more party members, it's going better and is more fun. I really enjoy the setting and dialogue as long as I'm relaxed enough
Ope, forgot to mention that I also played a decent bit of Stardew Valley with the kids. It was a very discontinuous experience this time since they wanted to play at different times, so I had to switch which character I played each time and repeat my progress. (I don't host a farm for them from my computer because I only sometimes play with them.)
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I've just finished Firewatch. I quite liked it, the writing and voice acting are excellent (even if the ending is a bit anticlimatic...), so it's definitely a recommendation if you like story-focused games in the same vein as Tacoma or Life is Strange.
Also finished the main campaign of Arkham Knight (running through Lutris, the game is broken on Proton for some reason). It's quite good, but unfortunately Rocksteady seems to have has taken a page from the Ubisoft book : the game is artificially padded with repetitive missions and it takes hours of painful grinding to get to the "real" ending. Quite disappointing when it's supposed to be the climax of the series.
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Also finished the main campaign of Arkham Knight (running through Lutris, the game is broken on Proton for some reason). It's quite good, but unfortunately Rocksteady seems to have has taken a page from the Ubisoft book : the game is artificially padded with repetitive missions and it takes hours of painful grinding to get to the "real" ending. Quite disappointing when it's supposed to be the climax of the series.
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Battlefield Bad Company 2. This is the first Battlefield game that I've played and I still think it's one of the best multiplayer FPS. No other game like it. Unfortunately, Punkbuster isn't working properly in Wine, so, sadly, no multiplayer. =(Playing this through Proton multiplayer this game works fine for me, and it's a blast. I've played Battlefield 4, 5, and One via Lutris, and I think many ranking lists out there are correct that BF:Bad Company 2 is the best of them, especially for multiplayer. The Maps are terrific, really epic, and so well balanced. The downside is that the people left on multiplayer after all these years have mad skills, making MP a fairly unforgiving environment. The absolute best I've managed on MP is mid-pack...
BTW: I think I've decided that the Battlefields are my favorite FPS so far. Sure, Insurgency is more realistic and nail biting, and the COD series is faster paced action, but the Battlefields have the best mix of realism and gaming (it's supposed to be fun in the end) and its degree of immersion in the environment is just unmatched.
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I've been playing Terraria lately. I've never played sandbox game before but I've heard many good thing about it. Since it was dirt cheap on last sale, I bought it. Unfortunately, I don't really like it, but somehow I can't stop playing it.
That does sound strange.
Like some drug...
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Played mostly Elex through steam/proton this weekend, the gameplay brings some of the Gothic nostalgia back :)
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Some underlord and some borderlands 2.
I'm still excited for the new dlc, gonna play it when it arrives on Linux or if it arrives -_-'.
Judging by the eta on the HD pack release, I think im gonna have to wait for a while, still bl2 on vault hunter mode is fun :).
And Underlord, I did play it on pc but It works best on phone in my opinion. It's great and addictive.
Iv also played some albion online, it's grindi, but Iv mostly been checking out the game and done some pvp. And it's Okey I guess.
I'm still excited for the new dlc, gonna play it when it arrives on Linux or if it arrives -_-'.
Judging by the eta on the HD pack release, I think im gonna have to wait for a while, still bl2 on vault hunter mode is fun :).
And Underlord, I did play it on pc but It works best on phone in my opinion. It's great and addictive.
Iv also played some albion online, it's grindi, but Iv mostly been checking out the game and done some pvp. And it's Okey I guess.
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- Underlords
- Skyrim
- Black Mesa
- Portal
- Portal 2
- GTA V
I've got nothing to add to that. It's just what I've been playing recently.
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- Underlords
- Skyrim
- Black Mesa
- Portal
- Portal 2
- GTA V
I've got nothing to add to that. It's just what I've been playing recently.
Do add Portal Stories: MEL in hard mode.
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Para-Gliding Jul 15, 2019
tested (and liked) this week-end: Second earth (robbie fraser), very nice and a lot of fun!
Second Earth, itch.io
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Second Earth, itch.io
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Mount & Blade Warband. All day, every day. People who say cocaine is addictive never played that game.
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Rise of the tomb raider: Works really well on my entry-level GPU. The gameplay is similar to Tomb raider (2013) which is nice because I enjoyed it a lot. I just finished the main story and I am now looking at the DLCs.
Brutal legend: It has been sitting in my library for ever and I finally decided to give it a go. I am just a the beginning but it is really fun so far.
Brutal legend: It has been sitting in my library for ever and I finally decided to give it a go. I am just a the beginning but it is really fun so far.
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DaiKaiser93 Jul 15, 2019
Some Wizard of Legend, gonna start with Ruiner as I haven't been able to finish it yet.
To anyone out there:
Is there a fix for the white cutscene problem with the game RUINER, I pretty much wasted all day and couldn't figure out how to fix it.
I'm running Manjaro & the game is the GOG version.
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