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If trailers are meant to sell a game, this video must not be a trailer.

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It looks a bit like the more recent Valley, which is already available on Linux.

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Quoting: liamdaweSidenote: I've heard literally nothing about the Leadwerks game engine since they did the crowdfunding effort to support Linux with it. It did release for Linux, but news and hype surrounding it faded pretty quickly. Nice to see a game actually come out using it.

"released" is certainly one way of putting it... well at least I got my $200 refunded

As for the game - well the trailer speak for it self.

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Quoting: g000hMy feeling is that it is a waste of time for Linux gamers to voice hatred of either of these big Linux supporters. (Better to direct your energy into contacting game developers who are not releasing for Linux 'yet'.)

I don't get all this drama, and I never liked the entitlement from some Linux gamers. The +1 thing on steam forums is pretty lame. If the developers want to make Linux port, they will, if not I don't think there is much you can say to convince them. It's a fool's errand.

The only thing that helps is using Linux and buying Linux games. If you can, from the porter's store.

I think we're better of just ignoring those who don't support Linux gaming. Just focus on those who do.

You're right. Gamers should put their time and energy in the direction of what is available for them already - and there is plenty for Linux. But, if they want to sound their frustrations and not be positive about what they have, then directing it in the correct place is preferable.

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Quoting: tofuheadwe tried that with my daughter.. because I'm long time Ultima player I had high hopes on this.. started out nicely, but after arriving to the city it just seemed aimless walking. just a bit too open and without a story to our taste. we went back to skyrim.. even if we need to play it in wine, it works perfecly, and delivers a story, quests.. something that is very needed when playing time is limited. and also, it's why I play games :)

maaaybe, i check on this again after a year.. but as for now.. nah.

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This also delivers a story and quests, problem is that only one of the three main quest lines is fully implemented, don't know about the single player part but I believe that is unfinished too, and quest givers don't have an obvious sign over their heads like modern MMOs have so I can see how that might turn people off.

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Quoting: AryvandaarThis looks interesting. Have you played it?

Nope, as it's not on Linux yet.

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I hope they also publish it to their GOG listing if they release it cause that's where I have it

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It may be Darksiders.

There is a character in Darksiders , named as Wicked K. One of his quotes is 'tea time'. He is a British gentleman with top hat and crane.

He is a secret located character, you can get him by entering Drowned Pass area.

Just a thought.

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The revamp makes this much more accessible to new players. I'm really enjoying this game and I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

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Quoting: g000hMy feeling is that it is a waste of time for Linux gamers to voice hatred of either of these big Linux supporters. (Better to direct your energy into contacting game developers who are not releasing for Linux 'yet'.)

I don't get all this drama, and I never liked the entitlement from some Linux gamers. The +1 thing on steam forums is pretty lame. If the developers want to make Linux port, they will, if not I don't think there is much you can say to convince them. It's a fool's errand.

The only thing that helps is using Linux and buying Linux games. If you can, from the porter's store.

I think we're better of just ignoring those who don't support Linux gaming. Just focus on those who do.

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Quoting: AryvandaarThis looks interesting. Have you played it?

I beat it on Windows. The story is decent. The platforming is decent except for I didn't enjoy some sections where you had to chain together grappling hook combos. Overall it was decent and worth $5-10. Hopefully the Linux version comes to GOG if it gets made.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

I totally disagrees with all you say, Kim. A good password is unique to each account. And a collection of unique passwords WILL have to be stored in a password file of some sort, and that file WILL, for most persons who do practise good password policy, be stored on the mobile phone too (typically via cloud). And then you're pretty much back to square one if you do lose your mobile and someone gets past the login of the phone.

To argue against 2FS and for good password policy is pretty much counter-productive. 2fs makes the requirement of good passwords less vital and a system much, much more robust. That's the way to go.

In my opinion, absolutely everything even remotely vital (ergo store important data) should be 2FA - preferably all using the same token technology, but today all but one service that I personally use are using the algorithm used in Google Authenticator (it's an open standard, can't recall the protocol right now).

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This looks interesting. Have you played it?

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we tried that with my daughter.. because I'm long time Ultima player I had high hopes on this.. started out nicely, but after arriving to the city it just seemed aimless walking. just a bit too open and without a story to our taste. we went back to skyrim.. even if we need to play it in wine, it works perfecly, and delivers a story, quests.. something that is very needed when playing time is limited. and also, it's why I play games :)

maaaybe, i check on this again after a year.. but as for now.. nah.

.b

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The GOG Galaxy client for Linux - For me, it would be nice to have but it is in no way necessary for me to enjoy my GOG DRM-free games collection. In fact I tend to prefer *not* running a client and at least having a choice in the matter (i.e. not being forced to use a client).

In Steam's case, the client is being used for game ownership authentication most of the time, and other features like gathering play statistics. It is good that the Steam client offers Offline Mode, which generally allows you to play anything in your library without an internet connection being necessary. Also I understand that quite a number of games which are also available as DRM-free purchases can be downloaded off Steam and then played without Steam client being active.

My own preferred solution to DRM-free goodness is when a DRM-free game turns up on Humble Bundle store. In this case, you generally get the DRM-free download of the game (across all platforms) as well as the Steam key for the game. In fact I'd probably buy more stuff from GOG if I got the game on GOG as well as a Steam key. (Of course it is perfectly understandable why that is not the case: GOG don't want to give part of their earnings to Steam.)

One thing outside of the GOG Galaxy client that bothers me: When the GOG version of the game isn't maintained well by the developers. In some cases, the developers aren't bothering to release the Linux version of the game on GOG, but it is available on Steam. In other cases, the developers are not keeping the game up to date on GOG (while keeping it up to date on Steam).

Regarding the hatred being shown by some people to each game-selling platform (GOG, Steam, others):

GOG DO support Linux gaming. Often they handle repackaging older games so that they run under Linux (via WINE wrappers) themselves. Having a game in DRM-free version is also very much in the Linux spirit (i.e. not being locked into running a closed-source game client).

Steam DO support Linux gaming. If anything, Steam has greatly helped Linux to go forward with gaming. Without Steam, Linux would not be enjoying the quantity and quality of games which are available now. The fact that a game is DRM-free or not is not the fault of Steam, it is the fault of the game developers.

My feeling is that it is a waste of time for Linux gamers to voice hatred of either of these big Linux supporters. (Better to direct your energy into contacting game developers who are not releasing for Linux 'yet'.)

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I've played this game quite some, and I disagree with a lot of design decisions. As somebody being very crafting and PvE bound in such games (I do love crafting), you'd think it's a game I'd enjoy.

I don't. It's still very early to judge, but with the path they're going I'm really not seeing it getting a good reception amongst the wider player base. Probably not their goal either, but it will certainly be a very nieche product which will fail to aquire a large playerbase, which certainly is death for every MMO.

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Oh funny, i didn't remember this project, but i recently tried another one : http://remnantsoftheprecursors.com/
Active topic on Bay12 : http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=163712.0

QuoteRemnants of the Precursors, originally coined “Java MOO” and started in March 2015, is intended to be a strict feature clone of the original Master of Orion game from 1993. Bugs and exploits will be fixed, the AI will be improved, and all artwork, music and user interfaces will be modernized.

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I have no particular interest in incremental client, but people who have hundreds of games and use them often, can find it useful to install updates. However if client is closed, it's something I'm not going to use even if it's available for Linux. Trusting some closed software to install stuff on my computer? No, thanks. I'll leave to the Windows world.

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A absolutely can't understand all this hatred towards GoG for not having a Galaxy client on Linux.
I can't remember having downloaded a single patch for a game I already installed. I would only do this if the game had issues or it would be necessary for multiplayer. But up until now there was no need on my side.

What is the benefit of Galaxy besides automatic downloading of updates? I have used it with some Windows only games but to be honest I don't see the benefits of it. It just means some more clicks and waiting until I can start a game.

I for myself have more or less completely moved from Steam to GoG. If I find a game that is available on both stores I always choose GoG for it's DRM-Freeness. Only by buying at a strictly DRM-Free shop one can educate the publishers that we gamers absolutely reject that stuff in games.

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For what it's worth, they have new test releases every single month, although they don't have free public tests every month.

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Where the hell is Return Fire 3!!!?!?!!!! >=(>

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Note, that SW2 for consoles is coming out soon, and they said in the past, Linux release will happen around the same time.

See https://twitter.com/ShadowWarrior/status/852722512341463041

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I fire this game up every once in a while to see how far it's gone. Definitely one of those 'in dev limbo' games. But at least it's not like Godus where it just completely stopped and They decided to support a mobile version and some sort of multiplayer arena thing....

Well, I wouldn't say Shroud of the Avatar is in dev limbo, it's just taking it's sweet time for release.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Purple Library GuyWhatever happened to that mech game that was like turn-based with small squads of mechs, that there was an article about in GoL some time back? Unfortunately I can't remember the name . . .
Like, I think it maybe was still in beta or something at the time, and I don't remember hearing of it being released . . . but maybe it was actually out and I just forgot to put it in my wishlist . . . urgh, my memory. It's annoying because I can remember it seemed pretty cool and now I don't know how to find it; it's been niggling at me every time a mech game comes up.

Battletech, maybe?

Kickstarter says May 2017... GIMME! Been wanting a hard core battletech video game for a VERY long time. This one looks like it's the first proper one ever (based fully on the board game).

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Quoting: Doc Angelo

Quoting: meggermanMech games seem like the perfect fodder for VR. Hopefully Linux/SteamOS VR developement can continue to make strides as the next gen of headsets demand even more performance and efficiency at driver / OS level.

It sounds like Mech games are made for VR. Yet, having played some VR games, I think one might need a pretty strong stomach to play such a game. Even plain moving (character walking on its own or a car) is making many people rather sick after a few minutes. If you would add sway and stomping to that, I don't know if many could play it.

Well, if you can handle playing Windlands standing up (I'm okay at it sitting down, it's really odd standing up..) then you probably can handle anything in VR.

But I was going to post the same thing, VR is just crying for a Mech Game. Think about it, a Mech game (or driving games for that matter) are indeed perfect anyhow, because you're not going to be feeling like you're just free walking when you're not. Though maybe the bouncing up and down you'd most likely do in a Mech harness wouldn't translate well, being fully seated and moving around in a swivel chair controlling a Mech makes a lot of sense.

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Quoting: GuestFor anyone interested I suggest waiting for the next free period to try it. The game is far from finished. It is lacking in PvE content and needs serious optimization (both for a better framerate and lower RAM usage – you’ll need at least 16 GB but I read that it can go above that). Also player housing has its downsides as you sometimes wander through ugly and empty player towns.

There was a bug that was causing double loading of assets that's why memory usage was that high, but I believe that it has been fixed. Don't quote me on that though because I haven't played it since the last update.

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Quoting: ahjolinna

Quoting: rea987

Quoting: Colombo

Quotealso this is the same person who liked ME : andromeda and no man sky ...and those both where horrible shit..and flopped so badly..oh and he hated starcraft2 also (if I remember correctly)...and he is one of the most Hypocritical & egotistical (Amateur) reviewers.

and saying that he lifted his SEGA boycott just to reviews this game doesn't make the situation any better ...it makes it way worse..why? try to figure out for yourself at times.

Uh, I might not agree with TotalBiscuit, I might not like what he likes, but in his reviews, he always tries to point out all the flaws and all the pros of each game, regardless of him liking it or hating it. He states quite often that whole point of his reviews is not to tell you what you should like because he likes it, but gives you general overview on how the game is played, what problems the game might have and what is nice on that game using constructive arguments.

Also, he does reviewing for living, so technically he is professional.

Don't mind him. He is either obviously trolling or being a kid who has no idea what he is talking about. Claiming that TotalBiscuit hates StarCraft II while he has a dedicated SC2 channel is flat out dumbass. Moreover, again claiming that TotalBiscuit liked No Man's Sky is a shameless lie cause he hated overhype surrounding the game so much that he rejected covering the game itself. Seriously what the hack?

apprently I remember/confused him with someone else as I really haven followed him in years, is also happens that I wrote this 3-5am that didn't help at all either...also human memory is like wikipedia (aka you or anybody can edit your memory)...at least so sorry about that..

but anyway that people think that he or anybody else are professional just show how much we trust these people when you can trust them as much as IGN reviews.

I personally only check random gameplay streams to check the game out and if there is beta or a demo I will try it, and if some of my friends have bought it I will ask their oppinon, I also check pro gamers/streamers that are good on different type of games, so now with DoW3 I look at some "pro" RTS gamers/streamers and see what they think on some stuff...and that could adjust just little bit my opinon ...aka IF I think game is 7 or 8 their opinon can affect what side I lean on (7 or 8)...at least if there is some stuff that I'm not familiar with and I cant really give an opinon ...like some balancing stuff.


the last thing, about why u shouldn't read too much in to the metacritc reviews (at least), as most of the negative comments are 0/10 and when u check those accounts its their only game review ...and unfortunately there is no system to check that you have played the game and you can make how many account as possible, so you can't really trust those reviews...as it can be just one person makeing those reviews. And what about steam reviewes?...its also problematic but not as bad metacritc.
one issue is that there is only "like" or "dislike" option, plus many of the negative reviews have only 1-2h of playtime which does raise questions. One thing I have notice is that the rate of positive reviews is increasing (slowly but it is)...its now ~60% positive, have to see what the record is in 1month or so.

also one of the latest AAA games that Feral ported to linux got also mixed reviews, and it was Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (metacritic review) ...

Spoiler, click me

I liked it, oc it had problems but so did Human Revolution actually in many stuff mankind divided was a nice upgrade from Human Revolution..MD story was maybe the biggest problem but not a huge one...I think it was fine

But I never brought metacritic to this discussion, nor I care about it. That's why I went to someone that actually played the game for a reasonable amount of time, and also has played all the other games people are comparing it to like coh2 and dow2. And that person refers all the criticism around the game, and he refutes some of it, and he backs some of it, and he goes on to point out how the gameplay differs from the previous installment and how limits you from doing stuff you could do before and how it forces you to behave in a determined way instead of teaching you how to deal with what it is trying to prevent, etc.

So based on all that I really don't see a reason to get it as it is right now, unless one of my friends ends up getting it and I will be able to play with them as they are on windows.

About Mankind Divided, I appreciate it's available on linux but I find it insulting it's more expensive then Human Revolution which is not on linux and has twice the content. Heck, that's why it has so many bad reviews in the first place from windows users, so it's trice as bad from a linux user point of view.

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Quoting: meggermanMech games seem like the perfect fodder for VR. Hopefully Linux/SteamOS VR developement can continue to make strides as the next gen of headsets demand even more performance and efficiency at driver / OS level.

It sounds like Mech games are made for VR. Yet, having played some VR games, I think one might need a pretty strong stomach to play such a game. Even plain moving (character walking on its own or a car) is making many people rather sick after a few minutes. If you would add sway and stomping to that, I don't know if many could play it.

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Oh wow, you guys are still going? :D *ducks for cover*

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Quoting: Guestinteresting because next you write the following:[...]

I underminded my previous statement with that.

Quoting: Guestcan you please decide if you want to talk about security or not.

Sigh, though this should be more than clear now: No.
I won't even bother reading the rest of your post, it will only be more unintelligible gibberish again.

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