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Quoting: hidekinI just tested the game.
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.

How are you measuring that?

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The mod was released a while ago for Linux.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/286080

Maybe this deserves an announcement?

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Quoting: CoolHandYou mean, every single turn-based strategy game with squads of space marines vs. aliens in a space ship... Yeah, sounds about right to me. The Space Hulk board game was the first time I saw that concept, and all this other stuff seems like derivative works. This seems too much like the original for me to be able to enjoy. Just like the Iron Tower trilogy was too much a ripoff of the the Lord of the Rings for me to enjoy. But to each his own..

Premise vs execution. J. Michael Straczynski:

QuoteConsider this sequence: male meets female; they fall in love; they struggle to overcome forces against them; male dies nobly. Is this "King Kong" or "Romeo and Juliet"? The answer for both: yes. How you handle the details is up to you.

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I've bought it last year after it went on a Free Weekend. My plan was to play it for free on Mac and then wait for the Linux version, but I couldn't contain myself. My hope is that I can buy all the DLC to play it on Linux and make those sales count to our cause.

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I just tested the game.
With all the settings in high , 24" 1920x1200 ips screen,CPU i7 3820 3.6Ghz,gigabyte GTX 770 4GB,RAM 24GB archlinux 64bits with the nvidia 337.25 drivers
I'm around 60fps for me it's a really good port like Civilization V , but i only tried one mission.

55.26 fps frames:55 time:995.35ms min:14.36ms max:72.33ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.82ms min:16.38ms max:22.78ms
57.60 fps frames:57 time:989.58ms min:16.66ms max:21.61ms
60.05 fps frames:60 time:999.13ms min:14.40ms max:20.04ms
56.81 fps frames:56 time:985.80ms min:14.67ms max:21.34ms
56.13 fps frames:56 time:997.68ms min:16.66ms max:19.02ms
55.48 fps frames:55 time:991.32ms min:17.33ms max:21.08ms

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Quoting: FutureSuture

• Playdead is much smaller than CD Projekt RED


• Playdead has a lot less cash than CD Projekt RED


• Limbo is much older than The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings


• Limbo already exists on Linux via a wrapjob

And yet here we have Limbo for Linux. Natively. Thank you, Playdead and icculus. That is how you build good will. I can tell which game I'll buy and gift and which one I won't.

Limbo code base is much smaller than Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Limbo is much more easer to test.

I think it is very hard to compare these two games.

Civilization 5 and Witcher 2 in other hand...

My first two bullet points tackle that rather nicely. Civilization 5 is another example, though, as is Trine. CD Projekt RED, being all about good will, certainly screwed up here compared to other developer studios.

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Quoting: CoolHandSeems like a "Space Hulk" ripoff to me... As we already have Space Hulk on Linux/SteamOS, can't see myself getting this..

Are you prepared to accuse every single turn-based strategy game with squads of being Space Hulk ripoffs? Is X-Com also a Space Hulk ripoff? Because that's basically how daft that comment is. In my opinion we need more of these types of games, there aren't nearly enough.

PSA, folks: "It's better to remain silent and appear stupid, than to speak and remove all doubt."

You mean, every single turn-based strategy game with squads of space marines vs. aliens in a space ship... Yeah, sounds about right to me. The Space Hulk board game was the first time I saw that concept, and all this other stuff seems like derivative works. This seems too much like the original for me to be able to enjoy. Just like the Iron Tower trilogy was too much a ripoff of the the Lord of the Rings for me to enjoy. But to each his own..

I'm sorry you believe I'm stupid for expressing my opinion on an internet forum... Obviously you have a much superior intelligence in comparison to humble little old me..

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I had already bought this a while back on sale. Not sleeping for the next 4 days now, easily one of my favorite games ever.

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Quoting: FutureSuture

• Playdead is much smaller than CD Projekt RED


• Playdead has a lot less cash than CD Projekt RED


• Limbo is much older than The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings


• Limbo already exists on Linux via a wrapjob

And yet here we have Limbo for Linux. Natively. Thank you, Playdead and icculus. That is how you build good will. I can tell which game I'll buy and gift and which one I won't.

Limbo code base is much smaller than Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings
Limbo is much more easer to test.

I think it is very hard to compare these two games.

Civilization 5 and Witcher 2 in other hand...

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Cool

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The more ports like this that happen the easier it will be for developers to port in future, as they will have the experience ready and hopefully their own tool-sets ready for more.

The future is bright!

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Ok, 20€ for a modern AAA with a meta of nearly 90 running natively on Linux? It's an instabuy, guys!

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yes! finally the xcom port ^_^

If the port is as good as the Civilization V port i'll buy the dlc

With Civilization V and this port , the door is open for other ports like borderlands 2 and other AA and AAA games ^_^

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• Playdead is much smaller than CD Projekt RED


• Playdead has a lot less cash than CD Projekt RED


• Limbo is much older than The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings


• Limbo already exists on Linux via a wrapjob

And yet here we have Limbo for Linux. Natively. Thank you, Playdead and icculus. That is how you build good will. I can tell which game I'll buy and gift and which one I won't.

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I have a backlog already but I am definitely keeping an eye on this one! Thanks, Feral! :D

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They said before its native, so i bought it straight away, will find out how good it is in about 6hrs:) (13GB download which is good, as at least we now its not there's mobile version)

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Finally!

XCOM:EU is one of the few games I managed to just lose myself in for weeks. I played through in normal difficulty and then twice in a row in hardcore Classic mode. I've been holding off on buying the Enemy Within expansion till the Linux port was ready.

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Anyone know anything about the quality of the port?

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whine no more

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Pretty sure it was on Greenlight for a while as well before Bionic Dues was even announced.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandle

Quoting: scaineMore like a Bionic Dues clone. Looks good though. The video has made me want to sink more hours into Bionic Dues right enough...

Except this pre-dates Bionic Dues by a long way and you'll be happy to know they are nothing alike.

Really? That seems a bit of a stretch. Steam puts "Steam Marines" at September 2013 and it's still Early Access. Meanwhile Bionic Dues is one month later, October 2013, full release.

Unless you know of development that happened before their Steam launch of course, of have some kind of insider developer knowledge?

The game might be "Early Access" but there have been playable versions for sale long before it hit Steam.

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Quoting: scaineMore like a Bionic Dues clone. Looks good though. The video has made me want to sink more hours into Bionic Dues right enough...

Except this pre-dates Bionic Dues by a long way and you'll be happy to know they are nothing alike.

Really? That seems a bit of a stretch. Steam puts "Steam Marines" at September 2013 and it's still Early Access. Meanwhile Bionic Dues is one month later, October 2013, full release.

Unless you know of development that happened before their Steam launch of course, of have some kind of insider developer knowledge?

Anyway, I'm not sure I'm "happy to know they are nothing alike". Bionic Dues is excellent - I've sunk 20 hours into that game, more than FTL. Hell, more than most AAA games, even from my Windows days - Bioshock Infinite took me just over 12 hours to complete and I had no desire to play it again. Metro Last Light was the same - 10 hours and despite downloading a bit of DLC on sale last month, I still haven't played it again.

Hey, Liam - any update on Halfway? Robotality are terrible at keeping their blog up to date - it's been over 3 months without any news.

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I'm in! Spent far too much time on one of the older versions, can't wait to do it again... :)

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Quoting: scaineMore like a Bionic Dues clone. Looks good though. The video has made me want to sink more hours into Bionic Dues right enough...

Except this pre-dates Bionic Dues by a long way and you'll be happy to know they are nothing alike.

Quoting: CoolHandSeems like a "Space Hulk" ripoff to me... As we already have Space Hulk on Linux/SteamOS, can't see myself getting this..

Are you prepared to accuse every single turn-based strategy game with squads of being Space Hulk ripoffs? Is X-Com also a Space Hulk ripoff? Because that's basically how daft that comment is. In my opinion we need more of these types of games, there aren't nearly enough.

PSA, folks: "It's better to remain silent and appear stupid, than to speak and remove all doubt."

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Quoting: drmothBy the way, this looks like it has nothing in common with Space Hulk (which is an excellent game btw, get it if you don't have it)

Not to be a d*ck, but that game has a metascore all the way down in the 50s. It can't possibly be excellent.

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On one hand I think it's not a big deal because, as others have said they can play all steam games with windows not just the Linux ones

On the other hand, they probably aren't going to get any sales from the Linux crowd that was planning on buying a steam machine.
What if sales go badly and the SteamOS steam machines never even get a real chance because everyone looks at alienware's failure and decides it's not worth it

Quoting: AnonymousYou say that as if Linux is any more impervious to viruses than Windows is... We just have a higher proportion of tech savvy users who are less likely to run random email attachments, between that and our lower marketshare we're merely a less appealing target.

It is inherently more secure. Even if we ignore user mistakes and the fact that more secure behavior is encouraged on Linux way more than windows (like using a package manager with trusted repos).
Linux is still more secure if only for the fact that it was designed from the ground up to be a multi-user system. That greatly restricts the amount, and the kind of exploits that you would find on Linux compared to windows.
Also, windows and most of it's software pretty much relies on having its code hidden, meaning they aren't able to get a lot of outside help. Linux has only benefited from having an open kernel that programmers all over the world can submit fixes for. (despite having open code that any hacker can view to aid them in developing attacks we still see something like 90% of all servers hosted on Linux for its great security)

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tiger-there are about 6 resolutions to choose from...not sure if that answers your question.

Beamboom- I get the backlash. At the same time, most new games are not very original anyways, regardless of how obviously retro they look, so I'm perfectly fine with something like this. The appeal is definitely in the retro sci-fi aesthetic, combined with more modern game play.

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The full video of the interview, it's really interesting. And long. (Not really about Linux)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uoD8YKwtww

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Quoting: n30p1r4t3no matter how many entries we get the winner will receive the complete edition.

Good Guy Linux Gamer... :)

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