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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BE-A-Walker and "Ion Fury". Gonna fire up "Missile Command" and "Get to the Orange Door".
Gunslinger is fun. Might be the best of the series.
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.
Gunslinger is fun. Might be the best of the series.
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Watch Dogs 2
Just Have a New Build with amazing MSI Z490 mobo
Just Have a New Build with amazing MSI Z490 mobo
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I've been going through the list of games bought from the itch.io bundle. Two games done, only 1739 remaining lol.
The 2 games I've played are Milkmaid of the Milky Way (point and click) and Sky Rogue (flight combat). Both really good surprises.
The 2 games I've played are Milkmaid of the Milky Way (point and click) and Sky Rogue (flight combat). Both really good surprises.
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Hi,
- I’m mainly playing Shadow Empire (from VR Designs, on Matrix Store), via WINE with some tricks (see the forum). An amazing wargame 4X post-apo sci-fi.
- I also play Intergalactic Fishing, via Steam Proton, weirdly addictive even if i have no interest at all in fishing IRL.
- And some Drox Operative 2, but i’m waiting for more updates just not to be "burnt" before it’s released. I loved Drox 1, Drox 2 is about to be "same-ish but better and larger".
Last edited by Tchey on 28 June 2020 at 7:53 am UTC
- I’m mainly playing Shadow Empire (from VR Designs, on Matrix Store), via WINE with some tricks (see the forum). An amazing wargame 4X post-apo sci-fi.
- I also play Intergalactic Fishing, via Steam Proton, weirdly addictive even if i have no interest at all in fishing IRL.
- And some Drox Operative 2, but i’m waiting for more updates just not to be "burnt" before it’s released. I loved Drox 1, Drox 2 is about to be "same-ish but better and larger".
Last edited by Tchey on 28 June 2020 at 7:53 am UTC
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furaxhornyx Jun 28, 2020
I have been trying to setup Jack + Pulseaudio working for my external USB soundcard ; also I have been tinkering a lot with virt-manager to try various stuff on VM, so not much time to play this week (I did find the time to buy a few more games on Steam, though 
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Makes me remember that I finally got my hands on a original Eternal Champions cartridge for my Megadrive. I loved that game when I was a kid
)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.
Makes me remember that I finally got my hands on a original Eternal Champions cartridge for my Megadrive. I loved that game when I was a kid
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I have been playing Train Valley 2 and Red Planet Farming.
For Train Valley 2, gameplay takes some time to get used to. It's kind of puzzle and resource management variant of a tycoon game. Might have to play some more to really get hang of it, but lets see if I get distracted with some other game before that happens.
Red Planet Farming is kind of simple but fun and also free. You basically have to get enough food while trying to get enough money for expanding. Challenge comes from providing all the necessities for the plants and also protecting them from hazards. So maybe not so simple after all...
For Train Valley 2, gameplay takes some time to get used to. It's kind of puzzle and resource management variant of a tycoon game. Might have to play some more to really get hang of it, but lets see if I get distracted with some other game before that happens.
Red Planet Farming is kind of simple but fun and also free. You basically have to get enough food while trying to get enough money for expanding. Challenge comes from providing all the necessities for the plants and also protecting them from hazards. So maybe not so simple after all...
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I've been completely obsessed with Shadow Tactics lately, and have just gotten to that heart wrenching moment towards the end of the game. Totally didn't expect that from a game like this, and I'm really looking forward to picking up Desperados III once it's available for Linux.
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Last edited by flesk on 28 June 2020 at 11:09 am UTC
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For me it's pretty much 100% VR gaming these days. I still have that "new romance" feel towards thew hole thing.
Especially as being someone who used to play table tennis quite a lot, it's such a wonderful discovery to find a virtual table tennis emulator with really quite good physics, the Eleven: Tagble Tennis VR. Table tennis is just perfect for VR too - considering the limited requirement of space and the light ball. A "click" on the force feedback feels totally like a hit on the ball.
On summer sale I purchased:
BoxVR: Music rhythm game, fairly well executed with a strong focus on workout. Great!
Slinger VR: Totally MAD game where you sling around on various floating objects trying to reach the goal. God damn how this one puts your balance nerve to a stress test, as visually you fling around midair while standing on solid ground in real world. Mad dissonance. If you don't get nauseous in this game you're totally immune to it in VR. I almost fell over a couple of times. But I love the concept.
Until You Fall: A battle game where you fight creatures with your sword. Parry, block, hit in traditional "rpg fashion". It's... Ok. I got a feeling I'll grow tired of it pretty quick though.
Tower Tag: Not tried yet, I have high hopes for this one. Online multiplayer competitive futuristic shooter in VR? Hell yeah, count me in!
Boneworks: Not tried yet, but the great reviews and high placement on the VR chart makes this one something I look forward to.
Republique VR: Yet to play as well, but this is a 3rd person (In VR! Wonder how that works) stealth game with supposedly a great story. Can't wait to try it out!
These are good times for this gamer!
So it works well? Controls and mechanics etc are fine, gameplay works? I read various user reviews on it and they are very inconclusive. If it works well I'll stop playing regular F4 and start over in this version!
Last edited by Beamboom on 28 June 2020 at 12:20 pm UTC
Especially as being someone who used to play table tennis quite a lot, it's such a wonderful discovery to find a virtual table tennis emulator with really quite good physics, the Eleven: Tagble Tennis VR. Table tennis is just perfect for VR too - considering the limited requirement of space and the light ball. A "click" on the force feedback feels totally like a hit on the ball.
On summer sale I purchased:
BoxVR: Music rhythm game, fairly well executed with a strong focus on workout. Great!
Slinger VR: Totally MAD game where you sling around on various floating objects trying to reach the goal. God damn how this one puts your balance nerve to a stress test, as visually you fling around midair while standing on solid ground in real world. Mad dissonance. If you don't get nauseous in this game you're totally immune to it in VR. I almost fell over a couple of times. But I love the concept.
Until You Fall: A battle game where you fight creatures with your sword. Parry, block, hit in traditional "rpg fashion". It's... Ok. I got a feeling I'll grow tired of it pretty quick though.
Tower Tag: Not tried yet, I have high hopes for this one. Online multiplayer competitive futuristic shooter in VR? Hell yeah, count me in!
Boneworks: Not tried yet, but the great reviews and high placement on the VR chart makes this one something I look forward to.
Republique VR: Yet to play as well, but this is a 3rd person (In VR! Wonder how that works) stealth game with supposedly a great story. Can't wait to try it out!
These are good times for this gamer!
Next, Fallout 4 VR which so far I have been liking more than Skyrim VR.
So it works well? Controls and mechanics etc are fine, gameplay works? I read various user reviews on it and they are very inconclusive. If it works well I'll stop playing regular F4 and start over in this version!
Last edited by Beamboom on 28 June 2020 at 12:20 pm UTC
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Projectile Vomit Jun 28, 2020
I am deliberating on purchasing Doom on Steam and cuddling up to some Proton goodness.
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Rage 2. I expected it to run perfectly along with other id Tech games, but, in actual fact, it crashes all the time. Native Vulkan is awesome, they said. Day-1 on Proton, they said...
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Still toying with Godot, not as much as I should because of the former.Oh, I hear that.
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Plintslîcho Jun 28, 2020
I was recently positively surprised by MewnBase, a fun little game that I really enjoy. Very relaxing, too.
Apart from that Battlefield 1 and I've also resumed playing Dishonored 2 again.
Apart from that Battlefield 1 and I've also resumed playing Dishonored 2 again.
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I just got a Valve Index and I tried to fire it up in Linux. The Steam VR Home was really, really jittery and not smooth at all on my 2080 to the point where I was not really interested in trying to get games working if the home performed that way. So, sadly I fired up my Windows install for the first time in almost a year to get some vr games going. 
My question for the other 2 folks above with VR and NVidia hardware - is the bad performance just in the Steam VR home, or does it get better in game?
My question for the other 2 folks above with VR and NVidia hardware - is the bad performance just in the Steam VR home, or does it get better in game?
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BE-A-Walker and "Ion Fury". Gonna fire up "Missile Command" and "Get to the Orange Door".
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.
Gunslinger is fun. Might be the best of the series.
Im really liking this Gunslinger. Works like native and its really fun.
I have the Get to the Orange Door on my wishlist. Its good?
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soulsource Jun 28, 2020
I've made the mistake of restarting Cultist Simulator. So much things have changed with the new updates and DLC... The Apostle legacies seem to be quite a bit more demanding than the regular legacies. Let's see if - or, let's be honest: how fast I'll loose :D
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Just finished Half-Life: Black Mesa, and now I am back on Transport Fever 2!
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TheRiddick Jun 28, 2020
I wish I could use SteamVR under Linux, but I have the Quest and it relies on stuff like Oculus App / VirtualDesktop / ALVR which are all exclusively windows coded desktop/steam wifi/link streaming apps.
You can however sideload steamlink to get basic game streaming going but its not VR support and doesn't look as good as VD or Link from what I've read.
This is kinda why I'm constantly FORCED back to Windows, and it sucks, but I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. Unless someone who loves Linux and the Quest and can code good makes something for the sideload quest app, that be neat. (I would love to do this, but I'd be basically starting at caveman drawings level in education on howto, lol)
Really disappointed with the VD developer, he is getting a fair bit of coin for his app, likely making several hundred thousand a year, and he replied to me, "not interested in linux, ever."
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You can however sideload steamlink to get basic game streaming going but its not VR support and doesn't look as good as VD or Link from what I've read.
This is kinda why I'm constantly FORCED back to Windows, and it sucks, but I don't see any light at the end of the tunnel. Unless someone who loves Linux and the Quest and can code good makes something for the sideload quest app, that be neat. (I would love to do this, but I'd be basically starting at caveman drawings level in education on howto, lol)
Really disappointed with the VD developer, he is getting a fair bit of coin for his app, likely making several hundred thousand a year, and he replied to me, "not interested in linux, ever."
Last edited by TheRiddick on 28 June 2020 at 11:08 pm UTC
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