Another week full of game updates, new releases and plenty still to come. Time for another of our weekly chats about all the wonderful gaming we've been doing.
This week saw some interesting releases for Linux including Desperados III, A Long Way Down, Crusader Kings III, a new set of Stadia Pro games and plenty of upcoming releases mentioned like The Jackbox Party Pack 7, BOY BEATS WORLD, art of rally, Tenderfoot Tactics, Songs of Syx and plenty more from our Gamescom round-up. Certainly no shortage and that's only off the top of my head from this last week.
My current love that I keep going back to is Super Bomberman R Online, which is currently a time-limited exclusive on Stadia. If you have Stadia Pro, it's free to claim until November 30 (and Stadia Pro still gives a month free on sign-up) and it seems there's plenty of players on it, I've had no troubles finding matches.
I've never been that big of a Bomberman fan but something about having 64 people running around various arenas is hilarious. The way it's done is very much like a Battle Royale, a little Fall Guys even. You're initially split into many arenas, with each round having a few taken away so you need to run across to another. It's frantic and brilliant fun.
I'm also mourning the loss of my trusty Logitech F310 gamepad, it had a good 5+ year run but it's time to wave goodbye as it has decided that it no longer wishes to stay connected for more than a few seconds (tested across multiple machines).
Opening it reveals no obvious fault that my total amateur tech mind can find to fix. So, it's time to shop for a new gamepad. While the Gioteck WX-4 Wireless I have still continues on, the PC/Linux support overall is still too lacking right now and as much as I still love the Steam Controller, and confessed much love before, there's times where a stick is just needed and for local multiplayer titles another is required. Sure would be nice if those older hints of a new Steam Controller came true don't you think?
So, do I go for another trusty Logitech F310? For the price, the F310 is still one of the best PC gamepads around. Perhaps the wireless F710? Or one of those fancy units from 8BitDo? Although the last 8BitDo I had needed some manual repair only a few months after picking, with a button acting like it was always being pressed, so their build quality doesn't feel too great overall.
Feel free to give over your gamepad suggestions for Linux gaming in the comments this week. What are you using, what's your favourite with great game support? Other than that — over to you in the comments: what have you been gaming on Linux lately?
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
on_en_a_gros Sep 6, 2020
And for native games, I'm torn between starting 7 days to die, Kentucky route zero and superhot.
As for the gamepad I own a 8bitdo sf30 pro, decent build quality a gorgeous dpad but it's not recognized in some games (I had to configure the controller in steam in order to use it for dead cell and broforce) and it's a bit small IMO.
da_habakuk Sep 6, 2020
best ergonomics for the pc
Warhammer Online - https://www.returnofreckoning.com - as always. My go to RvR/PvP MMORPG. Works wonderfully under wine.
DiRT Rally 2.0 - https://store.steampowered.com/app/690790/DiRT_Rally_20/ - Finished the Master Career mode and did some daily events. A proper Rally game. Works wonderfully with proton.
Horizon Zero Dawn - Not really playing it as its still quite broken visually and performs bad. But there's progress made with vkd3d. It now launches and runs somewhat. More to come.
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As for Gamepad.. I have 2x Steam Controllers. I don't really use gamepad much for gaming. Keyboard warrior mostly. Some rare times when friends come over and we play some games from the couch, they work wonderfully though.
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DarkVantage Sep 6, 2020
I've gone back to some "old" favorites this weekend like Fort Triumph--the best turn-based tactical strategy game since XCOM in my opinion--and Overcooked 2 because it makes me smile.
I might see how well the new Evergate runs on Proton as well. I'm a sucker for platform puzzlers and the soundtrack sounds amazing.
There were instructions how to unlock outfits (and one PS4-exclusive side mission with Kojima) by modifying .exe files with a HEX editor, I suppose they will be there too.
I'm also mourning the loss of my trusty Logitech F310 gamepad, it had a good 5+ year run but it's time to wave goodbye
I can recommend F710. Besides it's wireless and has vibration, it is more comfortable than F310. Sometimes I have problems in Unity games - RT doesn't work. As for the rest, it works fine.
As for controllers i have 2 Steam and 1 PS3 controller. I like steam controller the most but i really haven't used others much so i'm probably biased. Also the fact that i often play games that require mouse helps SC since it has awesome mouse emulation.
Maybe I should try out some Elite: Dangerous though, just to really finish off the list of games that I own.
And outside of VR, I continue to play Children of Morta. I've already raved about this, but once more - go buy this. It's incredible. What a story. I think I'm about 2/3 of the way through now, having played around 17 hours. Great value.
On Proton, I've nearly finished Outer Wilds. Also absolutely superb. Deep, deep gameplay and a wonderful mystery story told first-person. Great graphics, just sublime stuff, to be honest.
Finally, I got the bug for more card-play recently, perhaps after Liam covered the upcoming Artifact 2. I loved Fate Hunters, having poured around 40 hours into it, but of course, the dev fell out with their publisher, so they've re-imainged that game as Dreamgate. It has a much better roguelite progression, and I think they've nailed the difficult - still challenging, but relying far less on RNG. Dreamgate is excellent.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone!
Though to be honest I've mostly spent my time reading for a change. Had my summer holiday,and as we can't really travel it's mostly been books and coffee for me.
Though to be honest I've mostly spent my time reading for a change. Had my summer holiday,and as we can't really travel it's mostly been books and coffee for me.
Sounds quite relaxing!
About pad, my xboxOne USB is good a new after years of service.
If i had to buy another pad, i’d buy the same one again, i think.
Most games have built-in xboxone pad controls, and it works great with (almost) all games.
Even if i prefer largely keyboard+mouse, some games are nice with a pad.
Gosh, now Arcanum is a game that truly needs an open source game engine for it. Give it proper resolution support, a few added game fixes - would have been brill.I'd love to play Arcanum, but it's not easy to set up on a modern PC, even on Windows.I haven't tried them myself (yet), but Lutris has Wine install scripts for the GOG version or Arcanum and its essential patches here. Should be worth a try.
Switched over to Crying Sun's with proton. Liking it quite a bit, although it's inspiration from ftl is obvious, the setting is quite nice. Reminds me a bit of eclipse phase
I just hope some games like Grid 2 will became usable with Proton in the future, but I have a lot of others good games to play in the meantime.
Why so many? They have been crazy affordable at times so I bought a bunch when I could, and taking a laptop with 4 controllers to a meetup means quick and sweet local multiplayer. I seem to recall the price being as low as 20€ at one point, with normal price being about 40-45€.
Never had a single hiccup with any of them and I've worn two of them down hard over the years, still going strong. Use the extension cable to avoid signal interference from the PC. Really good battery life, weeks and weeks even if playing daily. Even has a Direct input/xinput toggle switch.
The triggers are a bit too heavy for my taste, but the springs can be replaced with weaker ones, not a complicated endeavor. I used ballpoint pen springs from two ordinary pens. Philips screwdriver, suitable springs and maybe 15 minutes, done.
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