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That Lords of the Fallen 2 trailer looked nice, but since they went Epic Exclusive I guess they can get bent. Warlock’s trailer was a disappointing VFX reel that said absolutely nothing about the game, but at least it had good music too. Nothing really catching my attention this year, but I’m more into indie games anyway.

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Quoting: chrI haven't donated this year to open-source, since I've been unemployed for almost 2 years and family keeps borrowing from me as well. But I really hope I can give something again next year.

You managed to hit my pity point.
Have you already tried applying for tech support jobs(yes, I just assumed that because you frequent this forum you know english and your way around team viewer)
[Like this one?](https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Jobs/Remote-Support)

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Quoting: Cley_FayeI didn't keep up with project zomboid for, like, ten years, but I'm a bit confused by the title. I thought the game already had multiplayer.

The beta of the next update had multiplayer temporarily disabled. The non beta build was playable in mp the whole time.

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Thank you so much!

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Quoting: Tethys84I've heard nothing but bad things about this game. That the monetization is predatory, and that it's totally a P2W game. I see this and World of Warships get mentioned together a lot as games to avoid.

I, too, have been playing WT for more than a decade. I'm essentially a free(-loader) player 😄. And to a new player I wouldn't actually recommend it - unless you are into games with military vehicle simulation (especially non-modern), online pvp or high skill ceiling.

It is more predatory ("modern game monetization culture") than anything else I happen to play. If Fortnite, Roblox and other top mainstream games are too unethical or predatory for you, this is too, probably 🤷‍♀️

As for P2W: There are many small advantages to someone who pays. While you technically can get everything for free with enough grind, I'm nearing 2.5k hours in the game and this year I've had at least a full work-week of playing, every week, for more than 6 mo (unemployed 💀) and I still have zero max-level crews and only 2 bushes. I unlocked my first top-tier vehicle a few days ago 😂. But I have gotten very good at the game. Even though (high-)paying players have advantages over me - strategy and skill matters way more. The game has a very high skill-ceiling (in many situations). Very few premium vehicles are actually slightly "broken". And given enough years, luck, and grind, even those may be attained 💀.

So if it is both predatory, has many small P2W mechanics, and impossibly long grind - why as a person with high intelligence and morals [citation needed] have I played this games for more than 10 years? I enjoy the game play and I don't care about unlocking any of the high tier vehicles (more modern vehicles). As a game without skill-based match-making - I can adjust the level of challenge (with vehicle line-up tiers) depending on how tired I'm feeling or how desperately I need to feel competent at something. And even then any opponent might be highly capable or just get lucky - that really keeps me on my toes and coming back for it.

TL;DR: 10/10 - would not recommend. Unless (see above).

PS: if anyone wants to play WT GRB or GSB together in EU/CIS, add me: Marder III H

And this is why the WT fora are so filled with classified vehicle specs.
Willingness to pay, enthusiasm for (old) military vehicles, deeply entrenched in skill building, highly competitive and way too much time on your hands just happens to describe a large percentage of retired combat veterans and volunteer soldiers.

Also impressive how they managed to create a functioning "hardness" slider in a pvp setting.

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hell yea! Today I installed V-Rally 2 Expert Edition (directx 7 game) from disc. It installed fine after unchecking the extra install options. The disc check works, the joystick works, and it even renders fine at 1080p with standard Proton 9. Getting D7VK working with it was a breeze.

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Quoting: eggroleWhen people say stuff like "gaming is dead", usually referencing the crap quadruple A's, I point this out.

If even 1% of those games are "good enough", that is 190 good enough games. Even the most hardcore gamer isn't playing 190 games a year!

At 0.1%, you still have 19 good (and at this level probably 19 great) games.

Then consider how many classic/old games you missed. I suspect some 6-year-old that is starting to play games right now could reasonably never play anything made after 2025 and have a literal lifetime of amazing games to play.

If anything gaming is closer to saturated than dead.

Quoting: eggroleWhen people say stuff like "gaming is dead", usually referencing the crap quadruple A's, I point this out.

If even 1% of those games are "good enough", that is 190 good enough games. Even the most hardcore gamer isn't playing 190 games a year!

At 0.1%, you still have 19 good (and at this level probably 19 great) games.

Then consider how many classic/old games you missed. I suspect some 6-year-old that is starting to play games right now could reasonably never play anything made after 2025 and have a literal lifetime of amazing games to play.

If anything gaming is closer to saturated than dead.

Even the large AAA games are anything, but dead.
Since they switched to more subscription and microtransaction bussiness models large releases par year aren't how you measure their engagement.
The games have switched from individual products to product brands.
It's their willingness to improve the old products is now what people are paying for, which still happens massively

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Quoting: EikeWow. Like one new game a day when Steam on Linux came out and now it's over fifty games per day!

And roughly 1/10 of those having native Linux builds.

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Quoting: doragasuAnother verified game that shouldn't...

Have you tested it with this update?

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Another verified game that shouldn't...

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe only one that caught my eye was the new Star Wars RPG. I just hope they don't screw it up.

The name 'Casey Hudson' doesn't exactly inspire confidence for old time Mass Effect fans ... assuming that this 'FotOR' won't get buried in development hell in the first place.

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When people say stuff like "gaming is dead", usually referencing the crap quadruple A's, I point this out.

If even 1% of those games are "good enough", that is 190 good enough games. Even the most hardcore gamer isn't playing 190 games a year!

At 0.1%, you still have 19 good (and at this level probably 19 great) games.

Then consider how many classic/old games you missed. I suspect some 6-year-old that is starting to play games right now could reasonably never play anything made after 2025 and have a literal lifetime of amazing games to play.

If anything gaming is closer to saturated than dead.

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Quoting: PyrateStatements like these are one of the reasons why we'll never get game as good as Deus Ex again.

Ehh... come on now; you know that's a wild exaggeration. Big studios shy away from im-sims because they've never been profitable enough for them. Deus Ex itself could come out only at the absolute tail end of the crazy experimental phase of 90s gaming, under John Romero himself as publisher.

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Quoting: phil995511I have much more confidence in Steam's funding model via Early Access !! And I find it hard to understand why the developers at KSA refuse to publish their game on Steam in early access...

Probably because it's way too early to call it early access. I guess they're more at the tech demo stage at this point.

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Love this, super helpful for game preservation on modern systems.

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Customization galore

I tried COSMIC about a month or two ago and I was vastly underwhelmed by its customisation options. No clock format, no window decorations,... I know it's not KDE, but I want my clock to show the day of week (for example, Thursday), date in %F format (for example, 1970-01-01), and 24-hour clock without seconds (for example, 00:00).

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Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 (I find it too tiring to play with its incessant boss battles, so I stopped playing at the beginning of Chapter II), The Last of Us Part II Remastered, Red Dead Redemption 2 (that I liked very much !!).

ARC tempted me, but I didn't buy it because it doesn't offer PVE...

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Warlock trailer won me over with Forty Six & Two. It's not fair using a Tool song for a game announcement 😂

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Good decision. Why damage the brand further with this... thing?

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I hope this also means that they can dedicate a bit extra time for the SWKOTOR Remake that, in theory, still have in development...

Edit: Oh, the remake is now with Saber Interactive!

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...and these are real stand-alone games only? (meaning without DLCs etc.?)

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I've got the first Monster Hunter (Worlds?) which was fun, and was looking forward to Wilds, but you know how I feel about Denuvo. No interest. I think there's a third one too, right? Rise?

If they keep sticking that shitty anti-consumer BS on their games, I'll keep not buying them.

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I've just started a Deus Ex run last week! But then, I also started a Thief Gold run... and now I can't decide which to play when I'm in the mood for some retro gameplay!

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Seems in line with other Aspyr remasters like the Soul Reaver and Tomb Raider, that just have redesigned models and higher resolution textures. And as has already be told, you can change to the old one, so... Taking into account this is a remaster and not a remake, I don't see why the backlash.

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KSP v1 was brilliant, I spent hours playing it.

KSA seems promising, but its funding model concerns me.

On their forum, they say they want to raise $30 million before creating a Linux version !!

This reminds me of Star Citizen and the $900 million that has been poured into this project. After almost 14 years of development and $900 million raised from donors, their game still hasn't been released in its final version. It is more than likely that this money was used to fund the well-being of the CEO of Cloud Imperium Games rather than the Star Citizen game itself. I would be curious to know how many dream homes and luxury cars he has purchased since 2012...

I have much more confidence in Steam's funding model via Early Access !! And I find it hard to understand why the developers at KSA refuse to publish their game on Steam in early access...

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Wow. Like one new game a day when Steam on Linux came out and now it's over fifty games per day!

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Tomb Raider - Legacy of Atlantis looks like a return to the good old LAU (Legend, Anniversary, Underworld) trilogy, which still are my favorite titles of the series.

I'm still to finish Diablo IV as it didn't click with me the way I hoped (and having to rebuy on Steam therefore waiting for a good deal) but having Mephisto mob influencers and streamers is delightful. Blizzard cinematics still rock.

And getting a new game from Frictional never hurts - Ontos looks really promising.

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Quoting: LinasThe style was fine. Also, you can just play the original, if you prefer that. Some people just need to complain about everything.

Consumerism. The 'remaster' looks genuinely worse than the original game from the year 2000. Also it costs (more) money, of course people will be critical.

Statements like these are one of the reasons why we'll never get game as good as Deus Ex again.

This is positive news, you'll now get a better product due to the feedback.

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Quoting: hardpenguinOoooh, GamingOnLinux has emojis now?!

😁😄🐧🦊🍕🍫👍🔥

Yep, the comments box and SQL database was upgraded a long time ago to actually support it. But only just had the time to replace and code in an emoji selector that launched last night 🐧👍

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I don't mind remasters, just as long as it's clear that it is not going to cost $60 like everything today.

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