It's coming to the end of another week so let's all catch up in the comments about what you've been playing recently.
For me, I recently got back into a game called Devader. It's not the most well-known title and the developer Falkenbrew isn't exactly a big name either. Devader is a twin-stick shooter and a thoroughly bizarre one too. It might, in fact, be one of the most insane top-down games I've ever had the pleasure of playing. The enemy designs are absolutely wild and you can see some of that on the developer's Imgur. If you want something crazy, definitely try it out.
You can actually pick up Devader on Steam with 70% off until July 7.
I also have to admit how thoroughly impressed I was with Death Trash, which had a demo put up on Steam for Steam Next Fest 2021. Quite easily my favourite game from it overall. The demo is still available and I highly recommend it, although only with mouse and keyboard for now as the gamepad has some issues currently. You can see some footage on Linux during a recently livestream:
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Over to you in the comments: what have you been playing? Can you recommend others pick it up? Tell us all.
We'll be back to our regular news again tomorrow after a restful weekend!
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Started playing Serious Sam 3 coop campaign with some friends. Actually pretty fun ;)
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Mohandevir Jun 28, 2021
Mainly F1 2020 with my 3D printed "racing wheel support" for my Steam Controller. For about 50$, it's much better than just holding the SC in my hands and much more precise than I anticipated. Pretty statisfied with that thing.
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Too hot to play anything that would tax my computers so I have just been playing Klondike and FreeCell through AisleRiot this weekend.
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I've finally gotten around to try a classic series: Myst !
I've been on a bit of a point-and-click spree those past few months, starting with Quern then replaying all The Room games. It was only natural to continue with the franchise that pretty much kick-started the genre.
I am almost at the end of the 4th game, without any external help so far. Hoping I can keep that going for the final game.
And yes, I'm playing on Linux with Proton
All games have worked out-of-the box so far except one (I think it was Myst 3) that required a bit of tweakery. ProtonDB was very helpful for that, as always.
I've been on a bit of a point-and-click spree those past few months, starting with Quern then replaying all The Room games. It was only natural to continue with the franchise that pretty much kick-started the genre.
I am almost at the end of the 4th game, without any external help so far. Hoping I can keep that going for the final game.
And yes, I'm playing on Linux with Proton
All games have worked out-of-the box so far except one (I think it was Myst 3) that required a bit of tweakery. ProtonDB was very helpful for that, as always.
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furaxhornyx Jun 28, 2021
I have been solely playing Magic: Legends on Heroic game launcher. Pretty much addictive !
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Here are some of the games I've played recently:
Nuclear Throne: This is a really excellent twin-stick shooter, *best* played with a gamepad. But I'm not a big fan of gamepads, so I instantly put myself at a major disadvantage by playing it with keyboard and mouse. In the past week, I finally unlocked the Steroids character - I'm still a long way from completing the game, but gradually getting closer. The game is frustratingly hard (with K+M) but I just can't help coming back for another punishing serving.
Prodeus: This game is due to come to Linux (once it is out of Early Access). It is a retro-styled Doom/Quake FPS. I absolutely adored it during the beta playtest. Bought it a week ago (20% Humble Choice discount, before pausing HC) and installed it immediately (via Proton) - only 1.2GB drive space. I've played through a few levels so far, and loving it.
7 Days To Die: At this point I've put about 2.5k hours into this game, and it is a big favourite of mine. Regularly, I watch a number of Youtubers playing this game, and feel that despite their immense hours of playing, they always set the game *way* too easy for their videos. The game is a sandbox survival experience - You surviving in a zombie apocalypse in a destructible, buildable environment.
Here are my latest Game Difficulty Settings that I'm using to play 7 Days To Die - I call this the Ultimate Nightmare Challenge:
- Zombies set to run at Nightmare Speed all the time (the maximum).
- Zombies set to Insane Toughness (the maximum).
- Loot Abundance set to 25 percent (the minimum). [THIS SETTING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!]
- Random Generated World (you don't know where you are).
- Concurrent Zombies during Horde Night: 64 (the maximum). [As each zombie is 'killed' another one spawns to replace it.]
- The rest of the settings on defaults (e.g. Air drops don't display on map, Horde Night every 7 days, regular experience gain, etc).
- Playing it Permadeath, i.e. only one life, and if you die that's it with your game (no resurrecting).
- Not using any game exploits to 'cheese' the horde.
With this U.N. challenge you need to play very efficiently and make very careful choices, as well as doing so while dealing with extremely fast, extremely hard-to-kill, and extremely hard-hitting zombies. Running out of food is very easy, not having enough medical help, having practically no good weapons/armour, finding practically no ammo in loot. All these difficulties compound with one another, it is easy enough playing with one of these things put on hardest value, but when you put them all on hardest, then it really is a struggle particularly during the first week of play - In my opinion the first week of the game is the best bit. WOULD LOVE TO SEE A YOUTUBER PLAYING 7 DAYS WITH *THESE* SETTINGS !!! (UNLIKELY!)
Last edited by g000h on 28 June 2021 at 5:27 am UTC
Nuclear Throne: This is a really excellent twin-stick shooter, *best* played with a gamepad. But I'm not a big fan of gamepads, so I instantly put myself at a major disadvantage by playing it with keyboard and mouse. In the past week, I finally unlocked the Steroids character - I'm still a long way from completing the game, but gradually getting closer. The game is frustratingly hard (with K+M) but I just can't help coming back for another punishing serving.
Prodeus: This game is due to come to Linux (once it is out of Early Access). It is a retro-styled Doom/Quake FPS. I absolutely adored it during the beta playtest. Bought it a week ago (20% Humble Choice discount, before pausing HC) and installed it immediately (via Proton) - only 1.2GB drive space. I've played through a few levels so far, and loving it.
7 Days To Die: At this point I've put about 2.5k hours into this game, and it is a big favourite of mine. Regularly, I watch a number of Youtubers playing this game, and feel that despite their immense hours of playing, they always set the game *way* too easy for their videos. The game is a sandbox survival experience - You surviving in a zombie apocalypse in a destructible, buildable environment.
Here are my latest Game Difficulty Settings that I'm using to play 7 Days To Die - I call this the Ultimate Nightmare Challenge:
- Zombies set to run at Nightmare Speed all the time (the maximum).
- Zombies set to Insane Toughness (the maximum).
- Loot Abundance set to 25 percent (the minimum). [THIS SETTING MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE!]
- Random Generated World (you don't know where you are).
- Concurrent Zombies during Horde Night: 64 (the maximum). [As each zombie is 'killed' another one spawns to replace it.]
- The rest of the settings on defaults (e.g. Air drops don't display on map, Horde Night every 7 days, regular experience gain, etc).
- Playing it Permadeath, i.e. only one life, and if you die that's it with your game (no resurrecting).
- Not using any game exploits to 'cheese' the horde.
With this U.N. challenge you need to play very efficiently and make very careful choices, as well as doing so while dealing with extremely fast, extremely hard-to-kill, and extremely hard-hitting zombies. Running out of food is very easy, not having enough medical help, having practically no good weapons/armour, finding practically no ammo in loot. All these difficulties compound with one another, it is easy enough playing with one of these things put on hardest value, but when you put them all on hardest, then it really is a struggle particularly during the first week of play - In my opinion the first week of the game is the best bit. WOULD LOVE TO SEE A YOUTUBER PLAYING 7 DAYS WITH *THESE* SETTINGS !!! (UNLIKELY!)
Last edited by g000h on 28 June 2021 at 5:27 am UTC
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Quoting: Arcadius-8606Splody - itch.io
PVE and PVP Bomberman clone done right!
Online I've been playing the following with friends and family
Preach! There hasn't been a decent Bomberman clone on PC since Atomic. Splody actually has all the bells and whistles.
As for me, I've been getting back into Faeria. Of course, being the social butterfly that I most certainly am, I've just been playing the single player stuff, which is surprisingly extensive for a multiplayer-based CCG.
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DebianUser Jun 28, 2021
I'have buy the infinity bundle on Steam for the summer sale, so i'm making all the baldur's gate games. :)
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Been playing the latest update Alpha of Postal 4, sorted the C++ Redist issue, its hilarious Mobility Scooter racing. Also found with the latest Proton, and the Nvidia 470 beta driver Quake 2 RTX worked in Steam, seens as good FPS as native version, Amid Evil won;'t work with RT as yet though, also getting into metro Exodus .
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Philadelphus Jun 28, 2021
A friend introduced me to CrossCode back in April or so which I picked up in May, and I've been absolutely loving it (despite action-adventure RPGs not normally being my "thing")—this is seriously one of the best stories I've experienced in a game. And the twists are what make it great, so I can't even gush about the plot. I guess I can applaud the devs for adding some very comprehensive difficulty sliders to make their game more accessible to more people (it's got quite a high skill ceiling and is not easy at the default) and having a native Linux version.
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