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I wouldn't mind buying in Feral store, if they'll offer games there DRM-free. They don't however, they simply sell Steam keys now. I'd accept them selling keys for DRM-free stores, but that's not the case either, like explained above.

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoMaybe their ports are subsidized by Valve... That could explain the Steam exclusivity..

Something isn't straight here. I doubt it's a coincidence.

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Quoting: ShmerlSo, was it Made to Wade or not? I don't see it on their radar anymore. For me it's something I'll again skip, since it's Steam only. I hope it's not Feral's attitude towards using DRM that's causing them to release only through Steam, but so far they consistently do only that (I suppose by picking publishers who require it).

I have to admit that I could accept an exclusive DRM/download manager made by Feral for the Feral Linux/Mac ports sold at Feral store because they must take care of their investment...
In other words, I can accept a Feral ecosystem exclusivity for their Linux ports, but I don't accept the steam ecosystem exclusivity.

Maybe their ports are subsidized by Valve... That could explain the Steam exclusivity..

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25th, IIRC

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Quoting: Mountain ManThere's a SteamOS 2.0? When did that happen?

November 2015 so quite some time ago ;)

That was 2.0?

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Quoting: ExpalphalogI do not understand the aversion towards asking for something that you want.

This is the first time since my switch to Linux that I am starting to see the "toxic elitism" that Windows users always accuse us of exhibiting. Shame on you. If you don't want the game, ignore it. If you do, saying so won't hurt anything.

It's not elitism. Of course there is interest in games for Linux. It's a silly question, that's all.

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Quoting: LeopardThat is their business model , selling Steam keys via their store.

Such business model doesn't stop them from selling keys through any store (GOG and Humble also offer keys functionality for instance). I start suspecting it's rather their attitude towards DRM that's causing them to do it, or it's not about DRM but they have some Steam exclusivity deal going on. From what I've heard though, Valve claim they don't make such deals, but I'm not convinced.

To clarify, this is not about why Feral don't release titles they already ported outside of Steam. Those titles are owned by publishers who don't release DRM-free, so it's not up to Feral. It's about why Feral pick only such titles to begin with (this is up to them already).

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Quoting: ShmerlSo, was it Made to Wade or not? I don't see it on their radar anymore. For me it's something I'll again skip, since it's Steam only. I hope it's not Feral's attitude towards using DRM that's causing them to release only through Steam, but so far they consistently do only that (I suppose by picking publishers who require it).

Made to Wade was DoW 3 , Spicey entry was Shogun.

That is their business model , selling Steam keys via their store.

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I have a great solution for the non-cross-platform-multiplayer woes. Get your friends to all install Linux. ;)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: LeopardThan tell me Liam , what is "enough" term to them?

Whatever they need it to be. It will be different for every developer.

Quoting: LeopardWe are tiny, yes. But not for to beg for indie developer for Linux version.

Seriously, shut up calling it begging.

Quoting: LeopardI'm all okay for begging AAA games or similar huge games but if we start to hear enough request word from every developer , that won't be a good thing.

So to you, only AAA developers should be asked to make a port? Because who cares about great indie games right?

Quoting: LeopardLiam; if we let this thing going on. Every little to big developers will expect the same : Lick our ass for port of this game,maybe we can port it.

Seriously you have a terrible attitude.

Quoting: LeopardC'mon , nobody requested or at least with enough request nonsense; for DoW 3 and Shogun 2 (which they are huge) yet they're coming.

Because that is Feral's business model.

Quoting: LeopardYou can act like they're all equal but everything has a price and quality. So i won't beg for a non Aaa or non unique game.

Then don't, like I said. There's no need for such an elitist attitude.

You said

QuoteSo to you, only AAA developers should be asked to make a port? Because who cares about great indie games right?

Check again my comment. I said AAA games or unique games. This game is not one of them.

If we don't be elitist , i'm afraid we can't get anymore users. So what am i doing that?

If we can grow (at least 1 percent) then i don't care but for growing we need much more top notch games. That is attracting people.

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I guess it's more up to Square Enix than DONTNOD if the game gets ported, but I might be mistaken. SE seemed to be very Linux friendly as of late, so that's grounds for hope. The one thing that made me pause is them not porting Rise of the Tomb Raider, despite they brought the first one to Linux. I wonder why they didn't.

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Quoting: Mountain ManThere's a SteamOS 2.0? When did that happen?

November 2015 so quite some time ago ;)

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I do not understand the aversion towards asking for something that you want.

This is the first time since my switch to Linux that I am starting to see the "toxic elitism" that Windows users always accuse us of exhibiting. Shame on you. If you don't want the game, ignore it. If you do, saying so won't hurt anything.

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Minimum: 2GHz processor

Will have to try one of my old S478 Celerons...

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Quoting: Mountain ManScrew 'em. Either release it for Linux, or don't, but don't expect us to beg for it.

Seriously, stop calling it begging. It's really irritating and I will begin removing comments and people who continue such idiotic toxic crap.

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There's a SteamOS 2.0? When did that happen?

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Hmm... first Feral game where my old toaster is over the hardware requirements - this lacks the usual excitement somehow ;-)

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Quoting: EikeOf course there's no guarantee, but at least we know that the developers are open to Linux ports and Feral has a connection to them. My guess is that Life is Strange sold well on Linux.
I'm optimistic on this one.
For reasons, not due to whishful thinking.

Vampyr will be a test of good will. If it's not on Linux, we can forget about LiS 2 probably.

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Screw 'em. Either release it for Linux, or don't, but don't expect us to beg for it.

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So, was it Made to Wade or not? I don't see it on their radar anymore. For me it's something I'll again skip, since it's Steam only. I hope it's not Feral's attitude towards using DRM that's causing them to release only through Steam, but so far they consistently do only that (I suppose by picking publishers who require it).

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I look forward to picking this up. :)

Deterministic floating-point calculations is an exceptionally difficult task and near impossible to guarantee.

Though deterministic fp can be done it is CPU intensive, for most user needs absolutely accurate calculations are not required, they can be 0.0000001 off, however two users playing the same game but getting slightly different results create a cascade of problems.

That minor variance could mean the difference between an NPC turning left or right, dieing and surviving.

If I was a betting man, I would say that different compilers are being used. For Windows it most likely the MS compiler & for Mac/Linux I'd say the GCC/G++.

Different compilers will compile the fp calculations into different assembly instructions which will result in these variations.

My guess is that Feral does not maintain the Windows branch & so any modifications needed to ensure parity is down to Sega and Relic.

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FYI:

They have patched a fix it for us Linux users :D Well going on what the problem was they built it correctly :P

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Quoting: MintedGamer

Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT.. but better have no port at all than a only partly functioning one..

I wholeheartedly disagree dude, I've been hoping for a Linux version since it was first announced. People can still enjoy the single player campaign and multiplayer with Linux and Mac, it's not like the lobbies will be empty. I do see your point that's its a shame we can't join matches with our Windows friends, but no reason not to release the game.

Agree here. I mostly played DoW2 for the lore/story - simple as it was (I like war 40k lore and those damnable figurines are expensive as if made of gold).
I also like to spin up a quick skirmish when I have no idea what to play and duke it out with a few bots.
Played only a few times with my friends so no big loss for me if I don't have multi.

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Quoting: Tiedemann

Quoting: razing32

Quoting: michaLoved the original!
( available for Linux at GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/pizza_tycoon )

Gog has pizza tycoon. This is Pizza connection. Is it the same franchise ?

Pizza Tycoon (known as Pizza Connection in Europe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_Tycoon


Thank God cause your question made me think I remembered the wrong game hehe

Agh... damn localized releases.
So it is the same :)

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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT.. but better have no port at all than a only partly functioning one..

I wholeheartedly disagree dude, I've been hoping for a Linux version since it was first announced. People can still enjoy the single player campaign and multiplayer with Linux and Mac, it's not like the lobbies will be empty. I do see your point that's its a shame we can't join matches with our Windows friends, but no reason not to release the game.

.. Maybe it's a good excuse to get them to switch to a better OS ;)

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Quoting: razing32

Quoting: michaLoved the original!
( available for Linux at GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/pizza_tycoon )

Gog has pizza tycoon. This is Pizza connection. Is it the same franchise ?

Pizza Tycoon (known as Pizza Connection in Europe)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza_Tycoon


Thank God cause your question made me think I remembered the wrong game hehe

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How does Day of Infamy compare to games like BF2 and BF3 (gameplay wise)?

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Looks cute and full of personality but that lip sync , dear Cthulhu...

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Quoting: michaLoved the original!
( available for Linux at GoG: https://www.gog.com/game/pizza_tycoon )

Gog has pizza tycoon. This is Pizza connection. Is it the same franchise ?

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Quoting: NovenTheHeroIs DOW III more like the original (more traditional resource RTS) or like DOW II where you have like a small squad to work with?

It has some base building to make units, it's squad based and a bit like a MOBA. You have heroes you can spawn with enough hero points. I only played the tutorial and one multi-player match during the open beta.

You fight over "resource capture points" across the map and eventually have to take out the enemy "power generator".

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