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There's also a rumour that Bayonetta might be launching for "PC" soon.

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I'm a big fan of Ziggurat. One of the earlier FPS games I got stuck into when I converted my gaming to Linux. Like Hamish, I started off with earlier classics - Wolf3D, Doom, Duke3D, Quake, Blood, Heretic, Hexen - played on DOS or Windows.

Before I played Ziggurat, I had been playing loads of Nexuiz and Xonotic multi-player deathmatch on Linux (especially Nexuiz) - literally for years, until most of the community moved on.

I'm reasonably in agreement with what everyone has said about Ziggurat. My thoughts on it:

The selection of weapons and choosing which ones to keep - makes the game more interesting.
Unlocking additional characters, abilities, and weapons over repeated plays - keeps you coming back.
Adjusting play style, based on character choice and weapons and items picked up - keeps it fresh.
Although the random procedurally-generated levels do get same-y after many playthroughs - not so bad.
At least the type of levels changes as you progress - you only get to see them if you progress well.
Achievements, unlocking items and characters - e.g. killing X number of particular monster, finishing the game.

Took me quite a long time to finish the game (the first time) and then more time to unlock each character. It is a hard FPS. Maybe not as hard as Serious Sam on Serious setting, but when you die - BOOM - Back to the start. With Serious Sam 3: BFE (and the earlier SS games, which can be played with Fusion) you can SAVE whenever you like.

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Don't AMD cards still suck pretty bad on Linux? I haven't had an ATI card since my 9800 pro back in the day because of the horrible driver support.

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omg NICE. I am currently dual-booting into Win7 almost exclusively for Mechwarrior Online which I haven't sufficiently tried to run in Linux... I've read about a few people managing to play it with certain distros/setups but I have thus far been unsuccessful.

I love giant robots with giant guns; this is right up my alley.

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Quoting: PixelPiOkay guys, let's get some more structured. :)

As I see it, Feral has so far ported games from the following developer studios (publishers):

Codemasters
Creative Assembly (SEGA)
Relic Entertainment (SEGA)
Eidos Montreal (Square Enix)
Dontnod Entertainment (Square Enix)
Crystal Dynamics (Square Enix)
Avalanche Studios (Warner Bros.)
Monolith Productions (Warner Bros.)
Relic Entertainment (THQ)
Firaxis Games (2K Games)

Taking this basis for investigating what the next Feral release could be - The existing Developers/Publishers and their most likely games titles. This is what I came up with:

Rise of the Tomb Raider
Just Cause 3
theHunter: Call of the Wild
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War (but it is 4 months from release)
Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War III (but it is a few weeks away from release)
Viking: Battle for Asgard
NieR: Automata (it's another Square Enix game, but PlatinumGames developers not linked to Feral before)

The above possibilities are due to existing relationships, games which are not out on Linux or Mac, and games which are recent enough to be possibilities. Obviously, this misses out new relationships with new Publishers.

I was also interested in the "MADE TO WADE" and the "TEA" words in the hint. Note that the letters T,E,A are in "MADE TO WADE". If you remove letters TEA you get this: "M A D O W D" (That has DOW ~ Dawn of War ~ tucked away in it.) Or you get this, removing the first A: "M D O W A D" (also DOW in there).

I also tried just taking out the "T" ( sounds like "TEA" ) character and you have these left: "MADE O WADE".
I then looked at words I could make out of those letters, and found things like this:
MEADOW ~ could be theHunter (removing TEA letters)
WOADED ~ could be Vikings (removing TEA letters)
O MAD WEED ~ no idea (uses up all remaining letters, after taking out T letter)
DOW MD ~ Dawn of War M? D? (removing TEA and E and A letters)
MADE DOW ~ Made Dawn of War (removing TEA letters)

Based on PixelPi's approach, I'd say it is likely to be one of the one's I've listed above. Although a new publisher relationship (e.g. with Flying Wild Hog, for instance) would add many other possibilities.

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Quoting: AimHere... and the two branches seem to be very much tied to the Windows version if you investigate steamdb further

https://steamdb.info/app/524220/depots/?branch=483qtryh438w
https://steamdb.info/app/524220/depots/?branch=jkfes9uqt43ql

Windows depots are always available in the Feral branches. Probably something in the way Steam works. Still, it looks like work on some DLCs to me.

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Sometimes when a developer says, "we might get around to a Linux port later," I give it as much credence as a smoker's avowed "Last Cigarette," but this isn't one of those times.

As much as Big Robot has broken my heart by releasing Signal from Tolva on Windows alone, I believe them when they say they want to bring the game to Linux (and that other, fruity OS). Admittedly, my faith is founded upon the rather flimsy premise of Big Robot's out-of-the-gate support for Linux with "Sir ... Hunted" and no doubt coloured by my really, really, really wanting to play this game.

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Quoting: thed4rkn1teThe phrase "Made to Wade" appears in the following song Crass - Major General Despair "The generals and politicians who advocate war should be made to wade in the truth of it" which could relate to NieR:Automata.

There is something else that suggests it could be NieR:Automata. Feral generally adds two depots domesticated_internal & domesticated_merge, NieR has two development branches 483qtryh438w & jkfes9uqt43ql that were created after the Steam Release

I'd put that down as Wishful thinking; the Crass reference (they appear to have two totally different songs with the same title, I only recall the other one) is a bit unconvincing, and the two branches seem to be very much tied to the Windows version if you investigate steamdb further

https://steamdb.info/app/524220/depots/?branch=483qtryh438w
https://steamdb.info/app/524220/depots/?branch=jkfes9uqt43ql

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To me Ziggurat has a lot in common with Binding of Isaac, except first person. I'm not a big fan of BoI, but I do like Ziggurat. Used to play the daily challenge every day.

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Quoting: tmtvlPeople claim Morrowind is a better game than its successors, however I'd say it depends on what you're looking for in a game.

The combat system doesn't really work with the to-hit being a percentile roll calculated when your attack connects. That is combining the mechanics of a hack 'n slash game with the mechanics of a die-based RPG in the player's disadvantage.

There's articles on the web which go into greater detail, suffice it to say people have opinions.

I agree the combat is janky, I think it's probably better they had sword swings hit everytime and rolled for damage (and play different sounds based on how "heavy" the hit was).

I think the love of it comes from the fact it was, and maybe still is, really a really unique and weird world. And the narrative and world plays up to it. You're an outsider, after all. The weird systems kinda work because it is a weird world. Skyrim doesn't feel weird at all, yeah they polished the systems, but it's also not that strange a world. It feels more a rehash of tropes (Vikings + Braveheart + a Raymond E. Feist novel). Morrowind also takes itself less seriously (the naked guy who has had his clothes taken by a witch, not to mention the icarus boots, are pretty hilarious to come across).

Also, cliff racers are less annoying than the 30 different voice actors saying the same stupid line at you.

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Yes, "Heavy Gear Assault" which has almost no player playing it. Sometimes I wonder why some games are very frequented while others aren't. It's not always about the quality of the game.

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Quoting: LeopardWait , what? Gog is not even trying to release a Linux client. Gog point of view to Linux is ; potential Dos box games buyers

I can download offline Linux installers from GOG without the need for a proprietary client. If that is possible directly from Beamdog, feel free to inform me of such & the the exact process of how to do so. Due to the not perfectly functioning Beamdog client, I am at a loss as to how I would be able to install the Linux version of Planescape on my computer if I was to directly purchase it from Beamdog. I have no trouble downloading the installers and installing the Enhanced Editions for BG1, BG2, IWD or SoD for Linux from GOG.

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Delay again?

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Quoting: morbiusWhat other Mech game is there for Linux?

I played and quite liked Hawken back in my Windows days, I wouldn't mind having something like that.

Heavy Gear Assault comes to mind. It's also in Early Access.

Also, the original "Horizons" game was on Linux: "Dark Horizons Lore:Invasion," published by good old GarageGames back in 2005 (same developer).

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Quoting: razing32

Quoting: lvlarkHmm, might have to get this one. My attempts at a Japan playthrough have always stopped soon due to it feeling... lackluster? But not until summer - must not get distracted from work for the coming 2-3 months.

Student doing finals ? :)

No, teaching for finals.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: lvlarkMy $0.03 on the vertical/horizontal taskbar:

$0.01: Having little use of horizontal screen space is a mistake of applications/websites (thankfully not GOL).

I wonder what you're referring to, here. For good reasons, lines are not printed too wide for at least centuries now - and so does GoL:

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I'm referring to the horrendous amount of non-useful things spamming the sides of my screen.
Having lines not span the width of a screen is, indeed, a good thing. But often websites will cut them too short to do an inline picture, that could've gone to the side, but there's advertisement/clickbait/whatever there.

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Quoting: MadeanaccounttocommentSo if the game engine miraculously starts working with minimal involvement and the planets line up just right they may think about releasing it with the conditions that should it ever break in an update they won't be particularly bothered to fix it?

It's honestly what I get from the wording but at least the developers show some interest which is better than none.

I totally get where you're coming from there. The only thing I would say in Big Robot's favour is their Linux support of 'Sir, You Are Being Hunted' was absolutely first class. It's one of my favourite games ever and I played it from the first alpha right through to release and I can honestly say I didn't have a single issue (that I remember now anyway!) and it was totally on par with the Windows version all through development.

I think it may have been the first game I Kickstarted and unfortunately being so good it gave me a skewed view of this. After a few others, where I got burned, I soon came to my senses regarding crowdfunding ;)

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: rustybroomhandleAnother game in this genre on Steam for Linux is Haven Moon. http://store.steampowered.com/app/493720/

Oh nice, thanks! I don't think I've ever heard of that one before.

Haven Moon looks gorgious (did I spell that right?), but is rather on the short side. I do hope the developer continues the engine with more content.
I have played quern a few months ago (it was already out for linux on steam), and I think quern has a bigger story, also looks great, but due to lack of time I had to pause it. (Not sure if that was EA, I think not, so I am a bit surprised with the article :-) ).
You need a pen and paper to write down the hints though.

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What other Mech game is there for Linux?

I played and quite liked Hawken back in my Windows days, I wouldn't mind having something like that.

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I would really like to have this game on Linux. It looks fantastic (the surreal graphic style is awesome) and the gameplay seems to be very cool according to most testers. Hook me up when they release a Tux version.

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Quoting: dmantione

Quoting: rafebelmontThanks for that. Is there a way to see if a game on Steam is DRM-free? I usually only buy games on sale these days, you see, I would buy more often for the full price (not Bethesda games anyway), but having a baby at home with a low budget does not allow it :)

Unfurtunately there is no way you can see in the Steam store wether a game is using DRM, I believe Valve do this intentionally. Asking in the forums seems to be the best way to find out.

http://steam.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games

Checking this wiki page would be a start though ;)

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So this is the secret title the Hammerwatch guys were working on before making Hammerwatch 2. Guess as a serious Sam fan, I will definitely buy this one. The game looks freaking cool, especially Survival Mode :D

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The only Mech game I have played so far it was MechWarrior 2 and of course I was with Clan Wolf :D

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Quoting: rafebelmontThanks for that. Is there a way to see if a game on Steam is DRM-free? I usually only buy games on sale these days, you see, I would buy more often for the full price (not Bethesda games anyway), but having a baby at home with a low budget does not allow it :)

Unfurtunately there is no way you can see in the Steam store wether a game is using DRM, I believe Valve do this intentionally. Asking in the forums seems to be the best way to find out.

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The phrase "Made to Wade" appears in the following song Crass - Major General Despair "The generals and politicians who advocate war should be made to wade in the truth of it" which could relate to NieR:Automata.

There is something else that suggests it could be NieR:Automata. Feral generally adds two depots domesticated_internal & domesticated_merge, NieR has two development branches 483qtryh438w & jkfes9uqt43ql that were created after the Steam Release

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OpenMW is awesome; there's no denying it. I just wish other, similar, projects got more attention. Fallterguist, OpenTomb, and even long-lived projects like GemRB and Exult could use a little more love from the community.

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So if the game engine miraculously starts working with minimal involvement and the planets line up just right they may think about releasing it with the conditions that should it ever break in an update they won't be particularly bothered to fix it?

It's honestly what I get from the wording but at least the developers show some interest which is better than none.

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Hopefully there're some people online, not like in this other game.... (;

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Quoting: ShmerlThey probably put it out, to look better when Vega will come out. But it's hard for them to compete on price. I'm getting a Vega GPU as soon as kernel / Mesa will be in shape to support it. Seems like there will be a delay with that, because DC code wasn't merged yet.

If you're pairing it with built in Intel or AMD graphics you should be able to do without DC and use PRIME to offload the graphics rendering to the dGPU, it works rather well on my laptop since fencing was added (i.e. no tearing)

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Quoting: PixelPiOkay, I think I've come a step further. Now it becomes linguistic. Look at this:

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

Simplified Wade. MADE TO WADE. This could mean that we should transliterate the Mandarin symbol for tea to roman characters. MADE TO (get transliterate with simplified) WADE.

茶 = cha

Right?

Any ideas about cha and games? :/

I dunno about the cha link, but maybe the "Made to Wade" goes the other way - possibly the idea is to convert the phrase 'made to' into Chinese.

Online converters suggest that it might transliterate from Wade-Giles to pinyin as 'ma duo', and throwing that into a pinyin->chinese converter gives me this stuff

码垛 (碼垛)mǎ duò
[stack] 把物品整齐地堆叠好
刚刚把米袋码垛好,雨就落下来了

Since I'm not in the 1/4 of the Earth's population for which this is actually meaningful, I pass it through Google Translate to get:

Stacking (stacking) mǎ duò
Stack up the items neatly
Just put the rice bag stack and the rain came down

Aha! 'Stacking' is a rather fine game by Double Fine Software, but it already has a Linux version, so it can't be that. But if you've seen the state of Double Fine's games roster these days, you'll know that they're all about reboots, remasters, reissues and sequels. So it still fits. The clue obviously refers to a Feral Interactive Day 1 Linux/Mac port of Stacking 2, or, more likely Stacking: Director's Cut Remastered HD GOTY Edition.

You heard it here first.

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