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For me here, to I'm sure no surprise, there's been a rather lot of Metro Exodus since it's now released for Linux. Quite a beauty this one, another game where (like Valheim), I find myself taking screenshots constantly because some of the scenes are just awesome or completely surprising.
Here's a few fun shots of it in my travels so far (click to enlarge):
4A Games and Deep Silver managed to do a Linux port that does perform very well. However, it's not without issues. It eats ram for breakfast, lunch and dinner - there's what seems to be a memory leak somewhere which has been seen across both AMD and NVIDIA. We've been told they have confirmed the issue in support tickets - so they are aware it's a problem.
No doubt I will be returning to Valheim once this is finished with…
Voxel Tycoon is also sucking up some of my time, it's capturing me in a way that other building, management and logistical sims haven't before. The thought of building up through an endless work is quite enticing to get everything working together.
Over to you: what have you been playing recently and what are your thoughts on it? Give over your latest and greatest recommendations to fellow GOL readers.
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Hello, Linux Gamers!! i was playing Borderlands 2 with a friend the last 2 weeks. Pretty funny game, but y jump into a problem. He was on windows and the windows and linux versions of the game on steam are not the same, so we can not play multiplayer. I have to install the window version, run it with Proton, and search for the save folder for the window version, because steam don't sync up this game for some reason. The saves of the windows version where buried in some profound folder of wine, and now i am aware of all the wines versions that steam, playonlinux, lutris install on my system...
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My own Metro Exodus fun was shortlived. Now crashes reliably in the desert after I explore there for 5 minutes. Have logged my own support ticket now.
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Red Comrades 3
Doom 2 + GZDoom + community maps
Commander Keen 4 + Commander Genius port + community levels
Doom 2 + GZDoom + community maps
Commander Keen 4 + Commander Genius port + community levels
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YourPalMark Apr 18, 2021
Having fun with Serious Sam 4. Reviews for it were brutal when released, but it's actually a solid entry in the SS franchise.
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That's really strange, so many ppl unable to play Metro Exodus. I'm frustrated for you. I have similar specs as some other ppl here, and it runs just fine. Unfortunately, I get seasick with a lot of FPS games, and this one really effects me so I can't really play it. Like, 20 minutes at a time, and then I am sick for the next hour, so I don't play much, lol.
BUT, I have rediscovered Last Epoch. It was in my "unplayable" folder. I decided to give it a go, and it works great. They also have made the game a LOT better since I last tried it to, so I am having a blast.
Manjaro KDE
kernel 5.10.26
amd ryzen 7 1700*
nvidia geforce rtx 2070
*Is this why I am getting better results with Metro?
BUT, I have rediscovered Last Epoch. It was in my "unplayable" folder. I decided to give it a go, and it works great. They also have made the game a LOT better since I last tried it to, so I am having a blast.
Manjaro KDE
kernel 5.10.26
amd ryzen 7 1700*
nvidia geforce rtx 2070
*Is this why I am getting better results with Metro?
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Hi,
- Hero’s Hour, a HOMM inspired game on itchio with very active developer
- OpenXcom with Xcom-Files mod, still awesome with recent updates (less than one month old)
- Some Brigador, i replay it from time to time, loving this game
- I also have a new campaign on Shadow Empire, but perf are bad via WINE on my system
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- Hero’s Hour, a HOMM inspired game on itchio with very active developer
- OpenXcom with Xcom-Files mod, still awesome with recent updates (less than one month old)
- Some Brigador, i replay it from time to time, loving this game
- I also have a new campaign on Shadow Empire, but perf are bad via WINE on my system
Last edited by Tchey on 18 April 2021 at 8:23 pm UTC
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Mostly Nightfall hacker.
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Jupiter Hell - GOG
That new update got me playing a lot more but I did have two crashes while starting up. Never crashed before. Not sure how to do any of the logs to help the devs out. Will dig into the readme and what not when I have more time.
Feudal Alloy - GOG
This has been a lot of frustrating fun. 2D souls like hand drawn sci-fantasy game which has silly elements. I'm feeling it. I'm 30% towards completing it.
Zombie Army: Dead War - Stadia
Mowing down zombies with friends is always great! I started playing this with a gamepad recently which has been a lot easier than I thought it would be. My trusty Logitech F310 has been knocking out all of my gaming needs to the point that my KB and M feel neglected.
That new update got me playing a lot more but I did have two crashes while starting up. Never crashed before. Not sure how to do any of the logs to help the devs out. Will dig into the readme and what not when I have more time.
Feudal Alloy - GOG
This has been a lot of frustrating fun. 2D souls like hand drawn sci-fantasy game which has silly elements. I'm feeling it. I'm 30% towards completing it.
Zombie Army: Dead War - Stadia
Mowing down zombies with friends is always great! I started playing this with a gamepad recently which has been a lot easier than I thought it would be. My trusty Logitech F310 has been knocking out all of my gaming needs to the point that my KB and M feel neglected.
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I just started playing Metro 2033, since I haven't played it before.
Before this, since I beat Children of Morta, I played Torchlight II further than I've played it in the past, but it gets a bit repetitive for my taste, along with the burden of inventory management, so I'm still only a third of the way through it. I played a bit of Skullgirls and Antichamber after that, but I have been busy with other things a lot lately.
Here's hoping I will get into Metro 2033 a bit further. My plan is to work my way through it and Metro: Last Light and have a polished installation of Metro Exodus to move on to by the time I'm done with the first two.
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Before this, since I beat Children of Morta, I played Torchlight II further than I've played it in the past, but it gets a bit repetitive for my taste, along with the burden of inventory management, so I'm still only a third of the way through it. I played a bit of Skullgirls and Antichamber after that, but I have been busy with other things a lot lately.
Here's hoping I will get into Metro 2033 a bit further. My plan is to work my way through it and Metro: Last Light and have a polished installation of Metro Exodus to move on to by the time I'm done with the first two.
Last edited by CFWhitman on 19 April 2021 at 5:31 am UTC
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TheRiddick Apr 19, 2021
Been playing Mortal Online 2 during its Stress Test phase. Its been interesting to say the least. Might continue playing depending on how they handle several issues going forward.
I do want to try Exodus, probably won't run great on my 6800XT being a NVIDIA first title, at least at 4k. Will see.
I do want to try Exodus, probably won't run great on my 6800XT being a NVIDIA first title, at least at 4k. Will see.
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Stellaris A swag of DLCs we're cheap on Humble recently and now a significant update was released
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Finally got around to installing Wine 6.0... I tried out AIO-Sandbox 1.9, which creates a light-weight WoW server for older versions of WoW that can be viewed offline. It is very light-weight in that there are no NPCs, monsters, or quests. It just lets you run around in the game world offline, which is actually pretty neat. I had earlier gotten an older version of AIO-Sandbox (1.5) to work with Wine 5.0, but I could only view WoW alpha/beta builds with that version. AIO-Sandbox 1.9 lets me see TBC/WotLK content...
For anyone interested, it can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/barncastle/AIO-Sandbox
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For anyone interested, it can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/barncastle/AIO-Sandbox
Last edited by nate on 19 April 2021 at 4:24 am UTC
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Battletoads (2020). What a shitty game. Bad design, bad gameplay, bad controls, bad humour. I didn't expect it to be good but I thought it would be at least mediocre. But no, I cannot even find a single good thing about it. It also has problems with video scenes unless it runs on Proton-GE.
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My own Metro Exodus fun was shortlived. Now crashes reliably in the desert after I explore there for 5 minutes. Have logged my own support ticket now.Curiously, turns out Windows users have lots of crashes in the same area. So at least the hardlocks in my case are not specific to Linux. Windows users suggestions were to lower graphics, so I did and sure enough - no more desert crashes <_<
Still leaking memory though, uses far too much. I sure do hope Metro devs fix this up as I would be happy to buy the DLC then too.
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Comandante Ñoñardo Apr 19, 2021
Do you have the bug that makes enemies spot you when you use the night vision googles?My own Metro Exodus fun was shortlived. Now crashes reliably in the desert after I explore there for 5 minutes. Have logged my own support ticket now.Curiously, turns out Windows users have lots of crashes in the same area. So at least the hardlocks in my case are not specific to Linux. Windows users suggestions were to lower graphics, so I did and sure enough - no more desert crashes <_<
Still leaking memory though, uses far too much. I sure do hope Metro devs fix this up as I would be happy to buy the DLC then too.
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Arehandoro Apr 19, 2021
Finished my first run of Cyberpunk 2077 over the weekend. Contrary to most people, I loved the game. Will continue doing side missions and eventually seeing the other endings too, but at much slower pace -Hoping to see some DLC throughout the year-
Armello is another game that has been getting some playtime lately. Very well thought and great to relax and play online with some friends weekly. Happy to play with "GoLers" if someone is interested too.
Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster is coming in a month, so RPGs are out of the question for now. I might try to start The Council or some others slow paced/narrative based games for the time being.
Armello is another game that has been getting some playtime lately. Very well thought and great to relax and play online with some friends weekly. Happy to play with "GoLers" if someone is interested too.
Mass Effect Trilogy Remaster is coming in a month, so RPGs are out of the question for now. I might try to start The Council or some others slow paced/narrative based games for the time being.
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This weekend i played a lot of Path of Exile (Proton) with my friends. Last week i played Hired Ops (proton), OpenTTD, and Shadow Warrior. I also bought in my library on steam Last Epoch to support the developers for making a linux native version, i am gonna wait a little bit until i start playing, to give them some time to fix more bugs and to get away from PoE addiction with the new season. Wish i had more time to play games.
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I have played Starsector a lot but it ultimately disapoint me because of its rhythm ( Spaceship can't go at 5km/h ! ).
I have then played a itch.io visual novel ( https://perverteer.itch.io/tales-from-the-unending-void ) that have a very nice space op adventure vibe. The banner is uninspiring but adventure is thrilling and inter character relationship is rich.
Itch really should have more coverage here.
I have then played a itch.io visual novel ( https://perverteer.itch.io/tales-from-the-unending-void ) that have a very nice space op adventure vibe. The banner is uninspiring but adventure is thrilling and inter character relationship is rich.
Itch really should have more coverage here.
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