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This week we saw Children of Morta gain official Linux support and wow—what absolutely stunning artwork it has. I'm constantly finding myself just appreciating the detail that went into it. Children of Morta could quite easily be my biggest surprise of this year. Not only that, the introduction with the narration is simply incredible.
Pictured: actual in-game Children of Morta shot on Linux.
I will no doubt have more to say about it in the coming days/weeks. We're also going to have our livestreamer take a look too, so be sure to follow us on Twitch.
We've also been doing a little extra of Drink More Glurp, because it's honestly just hilarious. You control a funny little character, with each stick on a gamepad being an arm and you need to progress through randomized events. Playing it with others is pure joy, as you're all laughing away at how ridiculous it is, which is aplified by it being a hot-seat game so you're all watching or being watched. Do check it out, brilliant game.
I've also done the great distro-hop of 2020, moving over from Manjaro to EndeavourOS. Not only that, I've also moved from the KDE Plasma desktop environment to MATE, so it's been quite a disruptive day. Sometimes, change is just needed. This brings me that little bit closer to a standard Arch Linux install, although I do like my easy install options so EndeavorOS made that quite simple. A little NVIDIA headache aside (nomodeset in GRUB was needed), it's running smoothly now.
Thanks to the Ventoy app, doing it was super simple too since I could just download the ISO and dump it right onto the USB and reboot without any fuss.
MATE is far less flashy than KDE Plasma, but also runs a lot smoother, especially on NVIDIA where Plasma has a lot of rough edges and random slow downs and occasional momentary freezes. As a side effect of the move, it seems my keyboard is also no longer randomly disconnecting so that's a bonus.
Anyway, that's enough Linux distribution talk…
Stuck for something this weekend? There's plenty of deals going on:
- Humble Stores's End of Summer Sale
- GOG's Harvest Sale
- Two Point Hospital free to try for 1 more day, big discount
Over to you in the comments: what have you been gaming on Linux lately? Give over your suggestions on what's hot.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
TobyGornow Aug 29, 2020
Warhammer Online - wine - https://www.returnofreckoning.com - Just had a massive patch. My go to PvP MMORPG fix.
DiRT Rally 2.0 - proton - Doing my regular daily/weekly events and advancing in the career mode. Really nice rally game. Sad that its ruined a bit by so many DLC's.
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Everspace 2 - (proton): It runs great and the controls and combat feel really good. This could end up a real gem. The studio has said they will have a Linux client on release (there is a GoL article with details). Unless something changes this will be an EA purchase for me.
Mutropolis - (native): A point and click sci-fi adventure. It runs well and has an interesting setting and plot. This one is on my wishlist now for whenever I decide to do a P&C adventure.
Solasta Crown of the Magister - (proton): Solasta is a party based RPG with turn-based combat. It is set in the D&D universe. I absolutely love character design, building, and combat. The writing and story plot are interesting but the dialog is rather cheesy. Unless something changes (like it breaks through proton), I'll be buying this after release and I know it runs well.
Far: Lone Sails - (proton): Far is a side-scrolling realtime management game set in a post apocalyptic world with distinctive stylized art. You operate a large vehicle with multiple compartments. The purpose is to keep the vehicle moving forward which is a lot more challenging at points that it seems. You need to add fuel, release steam pressure, raise and lower wind sails, and similar tasks. Along the way you'll stop to pick up fuel or be stopped by impediments. The impediments are little mini-puzzles that become progressively more difficult. This isn't really my sort of game, but I also spent a lot more time trying it out than I had planned as I just wanted to "get a little farther" before saving and quitting.
Other than that I've been swimming in the insane grind that is Boundless.
Acrophobic Aug 30, 2020
Fortunately, thanks to modern roguelike like Pixel Dungeon and Tangledeep I feel ready to take on the more classic one. With that said I've been playing Tales of Maj'eyal for several hours. It's quite fun, not as beautiful as Tangledeep but still intuitive with deeper mechanic.
Avehicle7887 Aug 30, 2020
Been doing a lot of the co-op towers with my brother. Johnny Cage (me) and Scorpion (bro) racking up and getting some great loot. We also took part in some small tournies that the discord setup. I came in 5th place, bro came in 3rd. My wife is learning Sonia Blade now that she finished the story mode on her own. She was a huge fan of MK from 1 to UMK3 and use to run with Kitana and Noob. Great to see her get off of MK2 (her fave) and try something new.
Mable And The Wood - GOG
Exploring more metroidvania games since I had great experience with Sundered after some ppl recommended it to me. So far I'm digging it and I got my 3rd form.
Tekken Dark Resurrection - PPSSPP
Taking a long break from Tekken 7. I reached Tekken God Prime. Still love Tekken so this one is a perfect fit for some online matches with a good small group of ppl. I got a few friends get it up and working and almost no lag with the exception of some ppl very far away. Main Nina now but in the arcade I rocked Heihachi.
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Anyway, in the past week I started playing Nier: Automata that works very well and seems a good game.
Children of Morta - Didn't play that much but like it so far and friends love it so will certainly continue..
Spiritfarer - Also only a little further from last week but I love it. Will be me once or twice a week relaxation game for the next time.
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