It's coming to the end of another week on planet Earth. More games have released, tons have seen updates and it's time for another chit-chat.
You might laugh but a lot of my time has been spent playing Troll Patrol, I've actually found myself somewhat hooked by it. The simplicity of match-3 gameplay with a dash of RPG elements makes for quite a fun brew. I'm genuinely surprised by how fun it actually is and it seems the PC release has gone firmly under the radar with only one single user review on Steam.
I will also fully admit that Planetary Annihilation: TITANS has pulled me back in too. While the addition of a Unicorn commander was a little amusing, I found myself wanting to go back and throw an entire moon at someone. Such a huge RTS, the scale of it is crazy and it's really wonderful to see the newer developer (Planetary Annihilation Inc took over from Uber Ent) keep polishing the experience.
There's also a fair bit of Titanfall 2. I can't tell you how happy I am that it works so well on Linux with Steam Play Proton. It seems the Steam release has given the 2016 shooter an entirely new life, who would have thought? It's repeatedly breaking new player records too with over 11 thousand online in it right now.
Over to you in the comments again: what have you been playing and what are you clicking on across the weekend?
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I downloaded Diaspora: Shattered Armistice long ago and left it forgotten in a folder. Now I'll try to play it at last, compiling the engine (FS2 Open) was easy on Fedora 31, but the launcher was a pain.
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As a result of the new Steam Sale, and that extra discount if you spend enough offer, I've been trying out demos. Space Robinson demo is still accessible: steam://install/1144320 or here https://steamdb.info/app/1144320/. I like it, but as yet cannot get far enough "in the demo" let alone progress deep into the game. (I'm one of these people who doesn't like gamepads, and tries to play twin-stick shooters with keyboard and mouse, and naturally it is a little too much for some titles.)
Mars Power Industries First Job is a demo/free game for their Deluxe version. I've been giving that a go, too.
I've been checking out a lot of game play footage to see if I like various titles, e.g. Stranded Deep, Dying Light: Hellraid dlc, The Enchanted Cave 2, and others.
Mars Power Industries First Job is a demo/free game for their Deluxe version. I've been giving that a go, too.
I've been checking out a lot of game play footage to see if I like various titles, e.g. Stranded Deep, Dying Light: Hellraid dlc, The Enchanted Cave 2, and others.
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This week I wrapped up the class storylines for Sith Inquisitor and Jedi Consular on SW:TOR. I'm quite impressed with how well that game runs now. I'm still subscribed for another week or two, then it's time to try some other games. My Steam wish list just got half as long thanks to heavy discounts.
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7 Days to Die. Finishing up stuff before the big A19 drops next week (assuming this goes ahead as planned).
And a bit of shapez.io.
And a bit of shapez.io.
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DeathByDenim Jun 27, 2020
I got back in Portal 2 again. Such a lovely game. I just bought another copy during the sale so we can finally do the coop that I have yet to play.
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after several attempts on getting Assasins creed Black Flag working (black screen) I went for playing Witcher 2. still has to finish that game.
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Dungeons 3 - Just started, and it's as wacky as Dungeon Keeper, but doesn't have the same level of charm. The controls are clunky and switching between dungeon and overworld maps is jarring. Still, I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm finding myself being drawn back to War for the Overworld.
Northgard - The missions are getting a little repetitive now. Still enjoying it, but I'm having to get in the mood to play it. I've found that if I stop mid-level, and come back to it later, I lose all the momentum I'd been building up and I don't fare so well, so I try to get each mission done in one sitting. Managing scouts is still a pain in the arse.
Northgard - The missions are getting a little repetitive now. Still enjoying it, but I'm having to get in the mood to play it. I've found that if I stop mid-level, and come back to it later, I lose all the momentum I'd been building up and I don't fare so well, so I try to get each mission done in one sitting. Managing scouts is still a pain in the arse.
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no_information_here Jun 27, 2020
I don't generally buy games to play on Proton, but I made an exception for Okami. I don't think there was a chance of it ever being ported. Proton runs it quite well.
I think it is one of my favourite games from the past and I am sad that the team didn't make any more in the genre (DS spinoff ignored). I also own it on PS2 and PS3, but playing with the Steam controller is very nice.
I think it is one of my favourite games from the past and I am sad that the team didn't make any more in the genre (DS spinoff ignored). I also own it on PS2 and PS3, but playing with the Steam controller is very nice.
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Decided to continue playing "Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark" after purchasing its DLC ("Missions and Monsters"), but will probably spend some time on "Alwa's Legacy", "X4: Foundations" or "Kerbal Space Program" (the usual crime suspects for embezzling my time 
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With the 1.16 release, it's back to Minecraft for me. I haven't seen the new nether biomes yet since I've been distracted by other things, but that's the charm of the game: every new world is different.
I don't generally buy games to play on Proton, but I made an exception for Okami. I don't think there was a chance of it ever being ported. Proton runs it quite well.Good to know. I'm not a big fan of JRPGs, but I make an exception for Okami. :) Loved that game on the PS2.
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I've been playing Desperados 3 via Proton. A native Linux version is inbound, but I got impatient. The game gets hung up on the loading screen when it tries to play startup videos, but if you just rename (what I did), move, or delete the folder that has the videos then it starts and plays just fine, on my system, at least. Awesome game. If you played Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, or any of the classic Desperados or Commandos games, then you know what to expect.
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TobyGornow Jun 27, 2020
Doom Eternal, since they removed Denuvo anti-cheat, it's great, it's dumb and it's fun. Still you have to go offline on Steam to avoid the creation of a Bethesda account. Perfect on latest Proton.
Still toying with Godot, not as much as I should because of the former.
Still toying with Godot, not as much as I should because of the former.
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appetrosyan Jun 27, 2020
I finished Black Mesa Source. I couldn’t earlier because of crashing. Now thanks to proton I can...
I was also playing BBI’s Homeworld Remastered on GOG. It runs really well, almost as if people knew how to code.
On the side (I’m confined to my laptop atm) some Starcraft 2 (I keep scratching my head as to why only one specific build of wine, with either Esync or Fsync off can run the launcher.
Oh and NBlood being the best game. No questions.
I was also playing BBI’s Homeworld Remastered on GOG. It runs really well, almost as if people knew how to code.
On the side (I’m confined to my laptop atm) some Starcraft 2 (I keep scratching my head as to why only one specific build of wine, with either Esync or Fsync off can run the launcher.
Oh and NBlood being the best game. No questions.
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appetrosyan Jun 27, 2020
Dungeons 3 - Just started, and it's as wacky as Dungeon Keeper, but doesn't have the same level of charm. The controls are clunky and switching between dungeon and overworld maps is jarring. Still, I'm enjoying it so far, but I'm finding myself being drawn back to War for the Overworld.I found dugeons 2 to be much more polished than 3.
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Minecraft mostly thanks to wanting to check out the new stuff in the Nether.
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Cloversheen Jun 28, 2020
My brother "tricked" me into buying Code Vein, and I'm not disappointed. "Just works" on Proton as well so that is a wonderful plus.
Otherwise I'm still playing Europa Universalis IV, Indivisible (wonderful game) and some Pokémon on the handheld for when it is too hot to sit in front of the computer.
"Just works" on Proton as well so that is a wonderful plus.Otherwise I'm still playing Europa Universalis IV, Indivisible (wonderful game) and some Pokémon on the handheld for when it is too hot to sit in front of the computer.
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as usual: CS:GO, but I've also played some hours the art of rally demo! really enjoying it!
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Set up a new retropie system on a pi4 and copied over the rom file of Golden Axe from sega's genesis collection on steam. It's really annoying I had to download the bloated piece of manure (sega's emulation interface) to get to the pearl (the collection of roms), but worth it, certainly at the 1/3 sale price that collection is regularly at.
I've found Retroarch's new runahead mode feature greatly improves the emulation experience, either through placebo or through actually reducing lag.
Also dug up my copy of zeliard. The pi4 is able to handle that game on dosbox+munt mt-32 emulation without hiccups now \(^_^)/
Unfortunately, the darkplaces quake build still needs a bit of maturation before its performance is up to snuff.
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I've found Retroarch's new runahead mode feature greatly improves the emulation experience, either through placebo or through actually reducing lag.
Also dug up my copy of zeliard. The pi4 is able to handle that game on dosbox+munt mt-32 emulation without hiccups now \(^_^)/
Unfortunately, the darkplaces quake build still needs a bit of maturation before its performance is up to snuff.
Last edited by emphy on 28 June 2020 at 7:05 am UTC
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I finally got to play Bioshock and now i understand all the hype about.
In the Summer Sale, i bought Call of Juarez Gunslinger that work with zero issues on Proton, Sunless Skies because it looked very interesting. Bastion, and MotherGunShip that looked really fun.
In the Summer Sale, i bought Call of Juarez Gunslinger that work with zero issues on Proton, Sunless Skies because it looked very interesting. Bastion, and MotherGunShip that looked really fun.
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