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Just installed Quake II RTX last week to compare ray tracing capabilities. The AMD 6000-series struggles, but the 9000-series has no problem whatsoever.

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This looks like a game that would take 100 hours just getting past the prologue training missions. lol

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G O G

I may have did this if they bloody made GOG Galaxy 2 for LINUX with support for Linux and Windows runtimes and proton detection and usage! INC updating and save clouds obviously.

BUT..... nope... (I know its not required and heroic does a decent job, but its not ideal)

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Being a patron would normally imply getting the funded goods in exchange for funding, wouldn't it?

I find the terminology around this program quite misleading, even repulsive in a world where we get thrown to death with the "companies are not charities" phrase.

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Quoting: CerberonDonate? To a store??

Putting this type of work under a dedicated 'game preservation foundation' would've at least looked better, I guess.

They're in the business of selling games, but it so happens that because of their early focus (from before the KFC-like rebrand) a good chunk of their catalogue is old, i.e. the preservation part needs to happen if they want to keep selling functional product. That's not even a knock against them, that's just business.

A GOG game preservation foundation would certainly be walking the walk. I'm not holding my breath, they're in no condition (basically breaking even, probably cutting costs to keep it this way) or position (they're public) to make that happen.

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Any way turn off silly pixelated fiter? I cannot stand deliberate 5 gen console filter on modern 3D games.

I haven't seen any mod for it, but it should be relatively easy to make one (not using the game's [official modding support](https://walaber-ent.github.io/pgrc-mod/), as it's only designed for tracks and assets). Instead, you'd have to inject [Godot Mod Loader](https://github.com/GodotModding/godot-mod-loader)) and a script that overrides the stretch mode and base resolution after the game applies its own. The game sets its stretch mode and base resolution at runtime depending on graphics settings, so I don't think an `override.cfg` would cut it here.

If you want higher quality rendering, you'd also want to get rid of the polygon wobble and perspective-incorrect texturing by modifying shaders that are used by the game. You may also want to replace dithering with true alpha blending, but this may introduce transparency sorting issues and not be worth the effort as a result.

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Imagine being a "superfan" of a company...

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I dunno . . . Do we need Treason on Linux? Doesn't the Linux community have enough problems?

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GOG definitely has its benefits, when DMC HD collection hit gog I bought it straight away, I didn't like how capcom retroactively fitted drm into some of their old games on steam

I used them as my main store front for around 2 years but find myself coming back to steam, some games end up not getting updates on GOG

Also overall steam is better when it comes to linux, including better support for native linux games

I'll still always love GOG just for offline installers, and I think double dipping when games are dirt cheap is worth it

I can buy Thief from gog right now for £1.58 and even though I already have it on steam, it's nice to have that offline installer and backed up for a "just in case" scenario, especially when it comes to games you might particularly cherish

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The question is how can we keep the almost monopoly of Steam in check and balance it out?
I buy my games only on Steam if there is no other option.

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Quoting: CerberonDonate? To a store??

Putting this type of work under a dedicated 'game preservation foundation' would've at least looked better, I guess.

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I don't see any issues here, unlike others in the comments it seems. Technically the game is complete and works well.

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Donate? To a store??

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This doesn't sound like a big deal to me, it came out 6-1/2 years ago. The fact that they were still applying any patches is frankly surprising. How many games that don't have roadmaps and live service FOMO keep getting fixes after that long?

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It's definitely a grand strategy game (with the attendant effort required to get into it), but if you're used to playing Paradox GSGs I found it wasn't too bad. I got it…maybe two or three years ago, and while I didn't end up actually completing a full campaign because the end game dragged a bit at that stage of development, I enjoyed it and have been meaning to get back into it to see what updates they've released since then. The 1.0 release is as good a time as any, I suppose!

I did really like the whole seven factions idea, and how they all have different goals and win conditions (some of them completely antithetical to each other – you can play as the faction that only wins by killing all the aliens, or the one that wins by helping the aliens take over Earth, to various flavors of "keep Earth safe", to the wildcard "let's figure out how to evacuate Earth's population somewhere else!" faction).

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To me, this only continues to show that GOG really isn't doing very well when it comes to revenue.

Well, the FAQ specifically says:

Why introduce a membership now? Is GOG in financial trouble?

No. Our mission of making games live forever has never been as visible as it is today. We're doing well, and this year has been especially encouraging.

The GOG Preservation Program keeps growing, the GOG Dreamlist has become a rallying point for unreleased classics, GOG One-click Mods are expanding. We've brought back some truly iconic titles, and more are on the way. More people are joining GOG than ever. In every way, GOG is thriving. The momentum is real.

GOG Patrons isn't a lifeline. It's a way to go further, faster. Preservation takes time, resources, and people. And while we've always found a way, we know we can do even more: with your support.

so think of that what you will :)

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Quoting: rea987Any way turn off silly pixelated fiter? I cannot stand deliberate 5 gen console filter on modern 3D games.

Parking Garage Rally Circuit has a really great implementation of the retro filter, in part because there's a lot of fine-grained control, but more importantly because it comes with presets that I'm a big fan of: "Original Hardware", "Modern Emulator", "Modern Handheld", and "PC Port".

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they certainly present it as directly funding the preservation efforts, rather than the store as a whole.

i can't really imagine this is a meaningful source of funding for the store, rather i'd guess it's a way to get people more invested in preservation and therefore build up the profile of the programme. "look, big publisher. x many people want freelancer to be available for purchase, and they're willing to put money behind it."

i might be completely full of shit though :)

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Oh well. I've never used it – because I don't think the look fits the Quake 2 visuals, but it's a shame for those that like and use it.

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I have played Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor on the Steam Deck. The controls, graphics and responsiveness were very good. The only problem I had was that the fans in my Steam Deck (512 LCD version) ran at full tilt boogie and the battery life was dismal . It will be interesting to see if this patch makes a difference.

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Any way turn off silly pixelated fiter? I cannot stand deliberate 5 gen console filter on modern 3D games.

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I think that survivors-likes is a good idea. And there is already a subreddit with that name.

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Because, Abominable Intelligence makes shareholders wet.

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This is the kind of game I really WANT to learn and enjoy, but even just looking at the screenshots I get anxiety over the eleventy billion buttons and menus and icons and etc etc ...

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Thanks for the roundup ❤️

Ones I'm keeping an eye on:

• Divinity - YESSSSSSSSS number 1 by far on this list. Hoping it's basically DOS3, but details are a little scarce right now, so who knows. I liked DOS2 a lot more than bg3, so I guess we shall see.


• Order of the Sinking Star - loved both the prior games, Braid and Witness, so just keeping an eye on this dev.


• Ontos


• FOTOR - completely burned out on star wars anything, so normally I wouldn't give a shit, but KOTOR is one of my all time favs, so ....................


• No Law - absolutely loved The Ascent, so this should hopefully be amazing!


• Warlock

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This looks amazing! Wishlisted, thank you for the recommendation :)

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I hope it has a Battlefield feel.

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I still call 'em horde survival, tbh. You're surviving against a horde. Bullets are rarely involved. And we already have a bullet-hell tag.

But whatever - it's good to have a tag for it here, that's what's important.

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New hybrid graphics support for longer battery life
◦ No need to change modes
◦ Apps that request the discrete GPU will automatically run on the correct GPU
◦ Manually run an app on your preferred GPU by right-clicking on the app icon

I will have to try it out on my laptop for that reason alone. That's big! I am mostly happy with Fedora KDE on my laptop with only two annoyances (copy+paste from Flatpak app isn't reliable; updates take a very long time).

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I hope they addressed the irregular difficulty curve. I found the sudden spikes in difficulty incredibly frustrating. Then again, I probably won't fire it back up any time soon, it was too frustrating :-(

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