Ahead of the release of Stray on July 19th, Stray has become the most wishlisted game on Steam and it has been fully Steam Deck Verified. Good news for Steam Deck fans and Linux desktop gamers, since it should work great on both.
Stray has been doing headlines for quite some time since the initial trailer that was shown by Sony, as it will be coming to the PlayStation 5 too. The Steam release is what we're interested in though of course and the publisher Annapurna Interactive noted on Twitter the Steam Deck compatibility. This is great to see for multiple reasons though, not only being Steam Deck Verified but the publisher and developer ensuring it's done before release. Hopefully more will do the same.
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"Stray is a third-person cat adventure game set amidst the detailed, neon-lit alleys of a decaying cybercity and the murky environments of its seedy underbelly. Roam surroundings high and low, defend against unforeseen threats and solve the mysteries of this unwelcoming place inhabited by curious droids and dangerous creatures.
See the world through the eyes of a cat and interact with the environment in playful ways. Be stealthy, nimble, silly, and sometimes as annoying as possible with the strange inhabitants of this mysterious world."
You can pre-order on Steam. I'll be taking a look at how it runs at release.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: Mountain ManSo it tells people who did nothing that they can continue to do nothing, whereas if more Linux people bought their non-ported title it would tell them . . . that they could continue to do nothing. Sure, big loss there.Quoting: tuubiQuoting: Mountain ManGames bought in Linux and played in Proton are logged in Steam as a Linux sale, so people refusing to buy any game that requires Proton are, at least theoretically, directly harming Linux.
So if I choose to buy a native Linux game instead of a Windows game, how exactly am I harming Linux? Please explain. Nothing theoretical about this, it happens regularly.
It reduces the number of Linux sales for certain titles, which tells those developers that they were right to not support Linux directly. That's the exact opposite of what we want.
But at the same time, it increases the number of Linux sales for certain other titles, which tells those developers that they were right TO support Linux directly.
Really, I'm not seeing the net harm here.
Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 13 July 2022 at 2:38 am UTC
slaapliedje Jul 13, 2022
Quoting: Purple Library GuyIn my mind, from what I have seen so far on the Deck, it goes with a 'Proton first' approach, which I think is a Bad Thing. Especially when the proton version crashes the Deck during install... (looking at you, Fantasy Grounds Unity).Quoting: Mountain ManSo it tells people who did nothing that they can continue to do nothing, whereas if more Linux people bought their non-ported title it would tell them . . . that they could continue to do nothing. Sure, big loss there.Quoting: tuubiQuoting: Mountain ManGames bought in Linux and played in Proton are logged in Steam as a Linux sale, so people refusing to buy any game that requires Proton are, at least theoretically, directly harming Linux.
So if I choose to buy a native Linux game instead of a Windows game, how exactly am I harming Linux? Please explain. Nothing theoretical about this, it happens regularly.
It reduces the number of Linux sales for certain titles, which tells those developers that they were right to not support Linux directly. That's the exact opposite of what we want.
But at the same time, it increases the number of Linux sales for certain other titles, which tells those developers that they were right TO support Linux directly.
Really, I'm not seeing the net harm here.
In my mind, Proton has always been for older games that will never be updated and never ported properly. Newer games of course should be encouraged (in the friendliest way possible) to add support.
With the way Apple treats developers, I honestly have little understanding of why developers have ever really supported that platform. They've changed architectures and outright banned games from working so many times at this point, it feels like they have been through many divorces... 68k, ppc, intel, arm...
As I have always said, you get divorced once.. fair, you just grew apart, didn't discover who you were until later, etc. 2nd divorce, you count up to bad luck... if you divorce a 3rd and especially a 4th time... ask yourself, "maybe it's you?" 😜
And seriously, playing a cat in a survival game? Couldn't be a cooler setting. An almost perfect hunter with night vision in a survival game...
slaapliedje Jul 17, 2022
Quoting: STiATI'm using Nvidia and decided I will just buy it once it's confirmed running. I have no doubts it will, most games running on deck do actually run on Nvidia.I mean the feline is the world's greatest murderer.
And seriously, playing a cat in a survival game? Couldn't be a cooler setting. An almost perfect hunter with night vision in a survival game...
Quoting: slaapliedjeWell, mustelids (weasels, wolverines) I think are in the running there. Really, the world has a lot of really expert murderers.Quoting: STiATI'm using Nvidia and decided I will just buy it once it's confirmed running. I have no doubts it will, most games running on deck do actually run on Nvidia.I mean the feline is the world's greatest murderer.
And seriously, playing a cat in a survival game? Couldn't be a cooler setting. An almost perfect hunter with night vision in a survival game...
Quoting: Purple Library GuyThe dragonfly laughs at all the furry amateurs.Quoting: slaapliedjeWell, mustelids (weasels, wolverines) I think are in the running there. Really, the world has a lot of really expert murderers.Quoting: STiATI'm using Nvidia and decided I will just buy it once it's confirmed running. I have no doubts it will, most games running on deck do actually run on Nvidia.I mean the feline is the world's greatest murderer.
And seriously, playing a cat in a survival game? Couldn't be a cooler setting. An almost perfect hunter with night vision in a survival game...
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