Article category: Initial Thoughts - page 3

First-person magic-shooting rogue-lite 'Ziggurat 2' enters Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Oct 23, 2020

Ziggurat 2 from Milkstone Studios has arrived in Early Access, letting you jump into the shoes of a mage and blast through some freaky creatures with all sorts of wands and staffs in gorgeous first-person action.

My experiences of Valve's VR on Linux

By scaine, Aug 12, 2020

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As the proud and excited owner of a shiny new Valve Index kit to go with my almost-new all-AMD rig, I thought I’d outline the journey to getting it all working, exclusively on Linux.

Firefighting game Embr is Stadia's first Early Access title, it's good fun

By Liam Dawe, May 21, 2020

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Out today on Stadia is Embr, an amusing game that makes a bit of a joke of the gig economy by letting anyone be a firefighter.

Meal making automation in the Zach-like 'Neon Noodles' feels great

By Liam Dawe, Mar 11, 2020

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Neon Noodles released into Early Access a few months ago and since then, I've been directing my robotic chefs around madly trying to improve on their speed and it's quite engrossing.

A Long Way Down blends together Slay the Spire card combat with maze building - now in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Jan 16, 2020

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One thing is for sure, Slay the Spire truly has kicked off a deck-building indie game revolution of sorts. More and more are releasing with deck-building and A Long Way Down seems like one of the better ones so far.

Some early thoughts on The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters from Devespresso Games

By Liam Dawe, Dec 18, 2019

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Devespresso Games have returned to their roots with The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, so I took a little look at what to expect from this in-development atmospheric, story-driven horror.

Some early first impressions of Google Stadia played on Linux

By Liam Dawe, Nov 22, 2019

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Stadia has launched if you have the Founder Edition, our unit and code came a little late but it's here and surprisingly it all seems to be working well.

Papercraft inspired tactical RPG Wildermyth enters Early Access plus initial thoughts

By Liam Dawe, Nov 14, 2019

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With a visual style inspired by papercraft, story telling like Dungeons & Dragons and XCOM-like combat options the new tactical RPG Wildermyth is out in Early Access on Steam.

Monster Sanctuary's first content update is up with a female character option, mounting mobs and more

By Liam Dawe, Sep 26, 2019

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Monster Sanctuary from Moi Rai Games and Team17 Digital hasn't been in Early Access for long but they're already putting out a big update to expand this creature catching metroidvania.

Area 86, an amusing physics-based escape room puzzler is coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Sep 18, 2019

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Area 86 takes the idea of an escape room game and turns it into a physics-based puzzler and it's coming to Linux next month.

Action-adventure roguelike UnderMine now available in Early Access

By Liam Dawe, Aug 20, 2019

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UnderMine from developer Thorium is an action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in, it's now in Early Access with Linux support.

Some early thoughts on A.N.N.E, the platformer and space shooter hybrid

By Liam Dawe, Jul 8, 2019

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Now that A.N.N.E is finally available to play in Early Access, I have played it and I have some thoughts to share on what to expect from this stylish platformer and space shooter hybrid. Article may contain spoilers.

Littlewood hasn't been out for long, but this peaceful RPG has a lot to like about it

By Liam Dawe, Jun 25, 2019

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Entering Early Access last week, Sean Young's peaceful RPG Littlewood is a game for those who like to relax a little.

Dota Underlords from Valve is already quite addictive and they're improving it quickly

By Liam Dawe, Jun 15, 2019

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With Dota Underlords available for testing, I've now taken a look at it (thanks Scaine!) and so far I've been quite impressed.

Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is out and it comes with same-day Linux support

By Liam Dawe, May 23, 2019

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Total War: THREE KINGDOMS, possibly one of the biggest Total War games yet is officially out. Developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA, it was ported by Feral Interactive and they managed to get Linux support in right away.