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Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Geppeto35, 15 May 2017 at 1:36 pm UTC
well, nice for people liking Total war series.

But too many Total war isn't too much Feral?
Is it because when you ported one Total war, they use the same engine and it makes it easy to port all other Total war?

I finished MadMax after ~60h last week (verdict: largely under Shadow of Mordor). I moved yesterday on Alien. Need another game for next month ^^ but not a total war. Even if I bought you Warhammer, Medieval II and Empire, I never succeeded to get addicted, probably because I can't catch all the game mechanisms.
I will try Long War on Xcom2 and hope for a hidden gem coming from elsewhere.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Projectile Vomit, 15 May 2017 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 1
I would buy it, depending on my funds at the time.

These days, I can't promise anything.
Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon
By UltraViolet, 15 May 2017 at 12:24 pm UTC
that looks very fun
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 12:18 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: InnerVoicesDevYour are the 'feathers' - of our 'wings'. <3

Loved your posting! Developers are humans, too! :)
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 12:06 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: EhvisThat means you're basically ignoring the requests thread and you make up your own mind about the market potential and weigh it against the investment needed. Which does sound perfectly reasonable to me.

No. There used to be a rule at magazines and newspapers, like one letter written to us probably stands for X people thinking the same but not writing. Of course, this must be adapted to modern ways of communicating, but something like this still applies: Very few people adding to the thread, probably not this much interest, more people writing, more interest. And all this must be compared to the size of the project: 100 people asking for Fallout 4 on Linux, not so much, 100 people asking for an indie project, hey, that's cool. So, you still must weigh the input, put it doesn't render the input worthless.
ESSENCE, a first-person non-violent exploration adventure arrives on Linux, Vulkan support possible in future
By inlinuxdude, 15 May 2017 at 12:03 pm UTC Likes: 1
I added it to my wishlist... Is it bad that I have almost as many games on my wishlist as in my inventory??? :D
Steam Controller & Steam Link on sale for a few days, the Link is especially cheap
By inlinuxdude, 15 May 2017 at 11:58 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Hori
Quoting: inlinuxdude
Quoting: inlinuxdudeAnyone know if the Link has been hacked to run standard Linux or Android? I could use another cheap Kodi box...

Well, I just had to go and Google it... It looks like Kodi is recently running natively with a few bugs/quirks. http://steamcommunity.com/app/353380/discussions/1/451850849186712370/?ctp=13
Why go through all that trouble when you can get a Raspberry Pi for dirt cheap?

Commodity hardware is frequently cheaper at a price point for comparable hardware (especially on sale). However, after finally finding the specs on the Link, it didn't look that impressive, so for the trouble, not worth it for me.
I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience
By Nanobang, 15 May 2017 at 11:57 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: liamdaweYou're not allowed to run in the game, at all .... You can't jump either.

I didn't have to read further than this. Off the wishlist it goes.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By drmoth, 15 May 2017 at 11:56 am UTC Likes: 3
I honestly can't believe we now have so many Total War games. I would never have guessed this a few years back! THANKS FERAL
Dying Light & Dead Island Definitive Edition might soon work on Mesa
By drmoth, 15 May 2017 at 11:52 am UTC
Dead Island Definitive Edition is loads of fun. I know Dying Light is better, but don't overlook Dead Island either, it's a blast (the ending sucks but most FPS games are plagued with terrible endings)
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By Nanobang, 15 May 2017 at 11:51 am UTC Likes: 1
After all the times a Linux port has been put on hold until "sometime after" a Windows/Xbone/PS4 port comes out, it made me smile to read we were waiting on a WiiU port.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Ehvis, 15 May 2017 at 11:43 am UTC
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: EhvisThe highest number of replies I've seen to such threads is about 200. Most are a few dozen. From a business point of view, about as unimpressive as it gets.

Of course, they need to take into account that only a small portion of people who would buy it are actually posting in (or even now of) such a thread.

That means you're basically ignoring the requests thread and you make up your own mind about the market potential and weigh it against the investment needed. Which does sound perfectly reasonable to me.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By FredO, 15 May 2017 at 11:42 am UTC
Excellent! I've been waiting to buy Fall of the Samurai since giving Windows the boot. Shogun 2 is one of the Total War highlights for sure, and a very welcome addition to the Linux collection. Thank you Feral Interactive!
Sudden Strike 4 to release August 11th with day-1 Linux support
By Tchey, 15 May 2017 at 11:41 am UTC
If it's not too heavy for my old rig, it will be mine.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Purple Pudding, 15 May 2017 at 11:40 am UTC Likes: 1
So the tease on the radar was for Shogun 2 and not Shadow Warrior 2?:'(

I'm not complaining, since I never experienced a Total War title and Shogun 2 can be a good start, but I was thinking about SW2 (even if the first one is sitting in my library and I haven't get a chance to play it).

Good Work BTW, keep porting!
I tried Wurm Unlimited and it was a painful experience
By ObsidianBlk, 15 May 2017 at 11:33 am UTC Likes: 2
I played this for a couple weeks on a relatively active server... and by active, I mean, there were people in the game, somewhere, even if I rarely saw anyone.

Without wikis or a more experienced player to guide you, this game is nearly impossible to figure out. Best way to start? Forage the grass! Seriously? Better than punching a tree, I suppose.

IF, however, you read the wikis or find that more experienced player, then, WURM can be a relaxing game and you do get a real sense of actually accomplishing something as soon as you start building your first house (which, on the server I was playing on, I was able to start doing within about 4 hours).

My problem with the game (on a server), over all, was two fold...

1) You want much more than a simple house and a little garden, you NEED to play with others in a town. The catch 22 is, you really won't have the skills to help a village until you start building stuff. If you build stuff outside of a village, you will have to give it all up when you join a village, and, therefore, loose all your progress/stuff.

2) Combat is the worst thing I have ever seen! I suck at combat, in most games, so, I expect to loose a lot, but, in WURM, EVERYTHING can kill you out the gate. You start with a sword and shield, but that's meaningless. You're SKILLS for combat just suck. To raise them, you HAVE to fight. You fight, you die. Oh... no healing potions. You get hit, you take wounds which decrease your ability to fight. To heal wounds, you need bandages (at minimum), and they don't instantly heal the wound (beyond the fact you need to tell the system which wound to heal). OH! And when you die, you loose a little of your skills, across all of your skills. Now... you can train with dummys to raise your combat skills... but that uses up a LOT of time and a LOT of resources (the dummies break, you see, and you will either have to constantly repair or replace them).


After two weeks with the game, I loved the crafting! I built a house, a small row boat, had a decent garden, and was feeling rather accomplished... then, I pissed off a crocodile that chased me to my home. It was WAY to strong for me to kill. Worst yet? It doesn't just walk away when aggro is lost. It hangs around. After trying to fight the croc for an hour, I simply logged out for the night, thinking it'd eventually leave. Logged in the next day and IT WAS STILL THERE! When it was still there the second day (with a goblin friend, I might add), I decided that was it for me.

Long story short... LOVE the crafting... LOATH the combat!
Ravenfield, the Battlefield-like single-player FPS releases on Steam soon
By Tchey, 15 May 2017 at 11:31 am UTC
The first few times i played, i actually thougth i was online with other layers... Only at the end of some matches i noticed nobody was talking, haha ! For sure multiplayer would be great. Not sure it can succeed without it. It remembers me of the excellent Running With Rifle, only with less options, and FPS view.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By InnerVoicesDev, 15 May 2017 at 11:30 am UTC Likes: 6
Hello everyone! :D
So someone PMed me the link leading here and I decided to address couple of things. You like walls of text? W/e - you're getting one anyway! XD

First and foremost - THANK YOU very much for all your kind words but also critique. Its easy to accept only the "nice" things but... well. If you digest only those you will quickly end up in an 'echo chamber' with little to no room to expand and mature.

To cut the chase - Linux port.
I am a honesty-freak so I'll be blunt with you. Yes, if enough people request Linux port - it WILL come true. Short and simple. BUT (because there's always a 'but' ) - you need to understand couple of thing, and please - take them as 'explanation' not 'excuses'.

-Core dev team is exactly THREE people (aka 3 pairs of hands aka work takes some time to be done aka we have to set priorities)
-Beside Dev team - there is also our beloved publisher Fat Dog Games. And when we do all the 'artsy shenanigans' and production - it is the publisher who gives a final green light. (aka A LOT of requests/votes = Fat Dog blessing for Linux port)
-No member of dev team is a dedicated Linux user (aka Linux port would require us to get a bit familiar with the OS)
-Neither Sigma or Fat Dog Games are Electronic Arts(aka we don't dry our tears with $100 bills ;P)

Another thing you guys might not be aware of: we are not corporation. We are human beings. People, persons. We laugh, we cry, we sleep, we die, we eat, we get hungry sometimes. Don't believe me? Ok. Here. Have my face (SFW but still ugly AF ;D ).
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Here we see, a cat. And next to the cat - is Marek, the project lead of Inner Voices
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And there's also Jarek (who's face is too ugly to post here D: )

And from 5 days we have a very wicked smile glued to our faces. We devour every comment, every review, every player feedback. We care. Maybe a bit too much. Because, you see - I'll tell you a secret =)
No one makes games for themselves.
Yeah, I know, that's a shocker :D We make them - so you can play them. And once you do - we are the happiest hippos on the planet. And this, the thing I am doing right now - is the main reason why I love making games. Why we all do. Being able to interact with you guys. See you get pissed (when you are stuck at a puzzle in game), see you be moved by our creation, see your devotion (one of you made a GOG wishlist for Inner Voices just a moment ago :O), reading all your suggestions, bug reports - it all means you care. Even the post over here and the comments below.
You care. And when you care - it makes us care even more.
Because you show us that we are doing the right thing - the right way. You are our biggest compass.

This is no PR-sweet talking or marketing (Lol like we could afford that XD ). Its just me. Its just us. And right now, we are very grateful and happy. And we listen.

Thank you again everyone!
Your are the 'feathers' - of our 'wings'. <3
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By rustybroomhandle, 15 May 2017 at 11:27 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: michaI can't keep wondering whether it just was comparably little effort to port or if there's another reason to choose a 6 year old game with plenty of similar ones available.

Probably the first Feral ported game I won't buy. At least not without a massive sale. :-/

I'm guessing because it was highly requested, being among the most highly rated games in the series.

I already own it but it's one of the games I miss most since going Linux-only. And like others have said, I can always buy some DLC.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 11:25 am UTC
Quoting: michaI can't keep wondering whether it just was comparably little effort to port or if there's another reason to choose a 6 year old game with plenty of similar ones available.

I guess it's not too hard to port after some other games with the same engine, and my guess is that Total War sells well on Linux. (Not due to me, though.)
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Arehandoro, 15 May 2017 at 11:21 am UTC Likes: 1
Yaaay!!

I have the game but as has been said will throw my money on the DLC for Feral :D
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By micha, 15 May 2017 at 11:20 am UTC Likes: 1
I can't keep wondering whether it just was comparably little effort to port or if there's another reason to choose a 6 year old game with plenty of similar ones available.

Probably the first Feral ported game I won't buy. At least not without a massive sale. :-/
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Kohrias, 15 May 2017 at 11:20 am UTC Likes: 5
Not completely my type of game but I am stll gonna buy it from the Feral store. Thanks for the port, Feral!
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By ellie_feral, 15 May 2017 at 11:09 am UTC Likes: 13
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.

You're correct, yep. These games use OpenGL.

Regarding cross-platform multiplayer, we're working on a Linux vs Mac patch for y'all. We'll shout when that's released.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Eike, 15 May 2017 at 11:06 am UTC
It seems Total War is selling well for them!
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Beamboom, 15 May 2017 at 11:03 am UTC Likes: 2
:(
I'm definitely a Feral supporter so it pains me to say so but this will be the first Feral-release I will skip.

I'll make up for it by buying the next one at full price. :)
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By neowiz73, 15 May 2017 at 10:48 am UTC Likes: 2
I'm glad I waited until this gets ported before I bought it. i've been wanting to play Shogun 2 for quite awhile now. this is going to be an instant buy for me.
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Cmdr_Iras, 15 May 2017 at 10:37 am UTC Likes: 4
Ooh, I have this one (though not the expansion so will throw money Feral's way for that). Defginately one of my favourite Total War entries.

Its a shame that cross platform multiplayer will exclude Windows; I feel this is a ongoing problem with ports that has 2 effects.

1. Some people just wont buy the port with this limitation.
2. People who could be swayed over to Linux from windows will see this and view it as areason not too as they would miss playing with their firends on windows.


Not entirely Ferals fault here as it would require change of network/multiplayer code on windows as well, and way beyond my abilities!
Total War: SHOGUN 2 and Fall of the Samurai are heading to Linux from Feral Interactive
By Liam Dawe, 15 May 2017 at 10:29 am UTC
Quoting: GuestAny word on Vulkan?
Nope, all we have is the announcement. Very doubtful for such an old title though, doubt it would be worth it.
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By razing32, 15 May 2017 at 10:16 am UTC
Quoting: tuubiIt's nice that they didn't forget us. I haven't played a decent traditional JRPG in ages.

Haven't played many JRPGs at all actually (unless Septerra Core counts)
May give this one a look.
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