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Bah, I tried to check out Blue Saga after all, but I can't get it to run on Desura.

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Quoting: AnonymousFuck Wine. If they want any of my money, they had better have clear labeling on what is a real port, and what uses Wine or DOSbox or any other kind of not-an-actual-port "technology".

You need to think realistically here. Porting a bunch of old games will take a lot of resources and money. I mean, Valve is still doing the portal 2 Linux beta and CS:GO doesn't look like it's anywhere near a Linux release. Should I point out that Valve is a billion dollar company?

GoG is filled with a bunch of old games that can run on a toaster. Trying to port all these games natively would be a tremendous task.

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Good going letting Canonical blow smoke up your ass that's like saying FPS don't matter as well...

Canonical is really good at PR and it looks like they fooled you as well just like the users who think tool kits will make Mir app's work just fine on Wayland or Xorg nope not going to happen

yes ports don't have to be 100% native but you want a really good DX>GL layer in there hard coded like what Valve did with their games and this is what they 100% failed to do users will be better off using Wine over this s### port

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Quoting: WoodieTibia still has a native, stand alone client.

Really? I went to the site earlier and the only option was a login to a flash game :(

Go to tibia.com, scroll down, click "Already registered", click "Download Client", click "I Agree", click "Linux Tibia Client 10.41"? ;-)

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: TuxiIt seems there are comming a lot of wine ports on gog ;-)

Finally! Obviously none of the old games are going to get native Linux client, but if they run well in DosBox or Wine, and GOG will provide a perfectly scripted package ready-to-play, then I'm all in. :-)

YES! A million times yes!

People wanting native ports from GOG.com don't understand how this things happen, nor do they understand the GOG.com business model.

I for one just want to buy games that work, period, don't care if it's on wine or whatever. We need a install base, the native porting will came after. First you need a foundation before you build a roof to stop the rain coming in...

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Quoting: WoodieTibia still has a native, stand alone client.

Really? I went to the site earlier and the only option was a login to a flash game :(

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Tibia still has a native, stand alone client.

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So lessee, what excites me in this list?

Well, Otherworld looks like it has potential, but still needs a lot of work.

Black the Fall is...Limbo with guns? There seem to be a few games taking on the Limbo aesthetic these days.

Heileen is notable since it includes the lesbian DLC. Wonder if Steam will make them censor it the way they did with Loren the Amazon Princess.

POP...really surprises me that it got Greenlit. It seems kinda out of place on the Steam platform.

Similarly, Suicide Guy. I mean seriously?

To be honest, the most intriguing to me at the moment is Worlds. There are a few that might look better with more polish, better graphics, etc., but that and maybe Heileen and POP are the only ones I'd really be in a hurry to get for my system. Much lower number than usual, for sure.

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Quoting: TuxiIt seems there are comming a lot of wine ports on gog ;-)

Finally! Obviously none of the old games are going to get native Linux client, but if they run well in DosBox or Wine, and GOG will provide a perfectly scripted package ready-to-play, then I'm all in. :-)

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Makes me wonder why people vote for some totally mediocre games while DROD still struggles to get to the top 100. Must be the "greenlight bundles". :-(

Anyhow if you didn't vote for DROD games yet - please do. And if you don't know DROD games yet - try them out ASAP! The first one (full version!) is distributed for free at:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/downloads.php?dl=1&id=37

disclaimer: I'm not affiliated in any way with the devs, I'm just a long-time fan. ;-)

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Lol, Tibia. If it is really only Flash client, that sucks. They had native client some time ago, too.

Aeon Command, I remember some unsolved technical difficulties with that one.

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New games shouldn't use wrapper, it should be made with an Engine that's multplatform support.

Old games on the other hand, I really don't mind; developers don't have the man power or money like Valve to port old games. And sometimes they won't make much of a profit doing this because some Linux already own the windows version (Seriously, if the developer ops out of steamplay, you know they'll be some complaints).

The Witcher 2, despite its performance problems, feels native. If they can sort the crashing and the frame rate problems, then I think it will turn into a good port regardless of whether it's using a wrapper or not.

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings should have been done by Feral who has plenty of experience with OpenGL and an excellent reputation on Mac OS, not by some company using an unproven, untested wrapper for what is arguably the biggest release for Linux to date.

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Thanks Developer for offering other payment options then paypal only.
A new Mining Drill Operator joins the ranks xD.

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I can't agree to that. Why does it matter to me? As a archlinux user i have a much higher update rate than most other distributions. I don't think any publisher want to make their wine based ports running on a distribution which can break their work within 1 week. For me as a customer that means i will always kinda be alone cause diagnose a error and fix it in a closed source solution like for example eOn or a winewrapper with additional code to make it run like system shock 2 (full steam integration) is nearly impossible. So what will happen ... the publisher / dev will say it's my distribution and instead of makeing linux a better gameing os they will concentrate on 1 distribution (steamos / ubuntu) ... my distribution might say its this package. That leads towards something linux never wanted to do ... reduce your freedom of choice. Like what you wanna play on linux ... go use ubunntu. Of course Canoncial will defend this .. i don't think redhat or suse will be pleased to be forced to use the same libs like ubuntu just to stay compatible.
Beside that when i have a native library i can do a ldd on the executable and check which libraries it uses. Now please try the same with the eOn port of the witcher 2 and or try to debug it.
Also you completly left out that a windows executable even in a virtual enviroment brings a whole lot of new security risks. Who will be responsible for that or let me ask different ... how many distributions have a preconfigured clamav running which watches filesystem and detects windows viruses when you download it?! This is a complete mess.
In my eyes there is a place for this kind of ports but not as a solution and for that reasons i don't feel like encouraging any publisher / dev to go this route or give them the kind of absolution you right now ask for. You are right some might not want to come to linux ... but the only answer can be than they shouldn't.
We could live for years without games. We have hundreds of native ported games already. Should we realy don't mind about it to get a few more games? Also with CryEngine / Unreal 4 / Leadworks / Unity there is no real reason for a new game to go this way. When will you cross the line? Will you allow new games to use this wrapper too , even you know the dev/publisher just doesn't care about multiplatform programing and therefor don't respect the security and design decissions of your OS?
If we are realy so keen on games .. we should dualboot the system they are written for or use a virtualisation with a pci paththrou of a second gfx card or what ever ... but no we shouldn't drop what made the os what it is for a few games.

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This wine thing could actually work if they reported and solved problems with wine as regards running games. Wouldnt bother me if wine was used it runs great for me

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I like but I'll wait for the final version, I haven't good experience with some alpha or early access games...

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Well, colour me stunned. A huge turnaround, Liam. At the exact point that you had me thinking "maybe Liam has a point and the underlying tech is super important!". :-)

I do wonder if we will get a sub-par Mac experience in the coming months if more of these wrapper-based games are released. I mean, Metro LL was superb and only purists would complain that it lacked some of the advanced OpenGL tweaks that the Windows version got. So I think that set a standard and therefore we were all disappointed with the shaky performance on The Witcher 2. (Well, apart from me. I'm tearing myself away from it (10 hours in) to write this comment!)

I'm mostly with you on this article. Wine/Wrappers are okay, provided they're done well, but ONLY for older games. I think we're on a slippery slope if we start mass-buying games that get launched on Windows, then wrapped for Mac/Linux a few weeks later. Screw that, frankly.

Native for new, wrapper for old, but either way, do it well and if possible beta-test before launch.

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I bought the game on sale some time ago for Windows, which, these days, I never boot into. I'll be delighted to see it come up in my Steam Linux library. Patience...also this year is Wasteland 2, and hopefully Pillars of Eternity. I's going to be a good year.

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Quoting: Anonymous

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Rob on LinuxI really wish Wine would just go away.

I really wish people who say that would go away. Wine is an excellent bit of software for what it does.

Nice way to talk to readers of your site

Ohhh touchy. It's not exactly nice to say you want something to go away that many people have worked hard on. It's open source and useful for a lot of things not just gaming, but old software people are stuck with.

Wine existing is not the issue. Don't be silly.

It's a stupid statement, so I will respond in-kind.

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Warning, this game had me more addicted than I've been in years and the alpha made weeks of my evaporate. Play at your own peril.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: Rob on LinuxI really wish Wine would just go away.

I really wish people who say that would go away. Wine is an excellent bit of software for what it does.

Nice way to talk to readers of your site

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Quoting: Rob on LinuxI really wish Wine would just go away.

I really wish people who say that would go away. Wine is an excellent bit of software for what it does.

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I really wish Wine would just go away.

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Quoting: liamdaweAnd yes, we need our money counted for Linux and not Windows. This is a good stepping stone to show developers and publishers there is money in Linux.

To what end?

What does it matter?

Think about it for a sec.

If I'm a developer, and I make a Windows game, let's call it Cool Shooter, and you buy it and play it in Wine. I got your money. I don't give a shit what platform you run it on, I care that I got your money. OK, so you bought it through GoG as a "Linux" game. I can now see that some Linux gamers gave me their money even though I didn't bother with Linux.

The time comes to make the sequel. Cool Shooter 2, let's say. I code it with DirectX for Windows because Linux users bought it last time with zero effort on my part.

And what happens? They buy it again.

The only incentive for a developer to support Linux is MONEY. id had the warm fuzzies for a while, but even they abandoned us. So, keep buying Windows games and running them with Wine. It really doesn't matter to devs if you use Wine, so long as they don't have to make any efforts and you keep opening your wallets.

"Oh, but the devs will probably do native after seeing Linux dollars roll in."

No, they won't. There is NO REASON TO. You buy the Windows versions anyhow. They get the money either way.

Steam for Linux is a working reason for Linux games. I actively buy from steam, but only games for Linux to show them there is money in Linux. I have not purchased a non Linux game in over 10 years (when I switched to Linux). I may be the exception to the rule, but I don't think I'm the only one.

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Meh native port that runs well.
I will save my cash for a wrapped title that runs like poop to show my linux support.

Jokes - Going to download demo and check it out! Looks good!

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Quoting: AnonymousFuck Wine. If they want any of my money, they had better have clear labeling on what is a real port, and what uses Wine or DOSbox or any other kind of not-an-actual-port "technology".

Honestly, you want a native port of 10-20 year old games? That's like the majority of games on gog. At this point you could play those games on a toaster anyway, it's just about stability.

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They ported it to mac with eon first, and guess what it's bad too. Check the steam forums.

Same company that did the port for them also ported Spec ops: the line and dead island for mac and I think you can guess how good they are aswell. We prolly gunna see those ports on linux one day too YAY

Can you find a good solid modern game that has been wrapped for linux or mac and been any sort of good??

Also VP is currently working on wrapping Dirt Showdown. Which with recent news that codemasters are bringing Grid auto sport to linux, probably just means it will be another game to avoid.
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/codemasters-looking-at-supporting-linux-grid-autosport-possible.3627

link to vp games page http://www.vpltd.com/
be very careful before ever buying a linux version of those listed games.

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Quoting: SkullyYou think they actually thought the game would meet expectations? Who ever made that decision should be fired, at best it should of been put in the beta tab. They have to know it's bad right? Could anyone have tried it and thought, yep this is ready for our fans. lmao

No they don't have to know it was bad, they already fixed all the bugs that affected the systems owned by their testers. Those like our own Scaine who are having great results probably happen to have systems like the ones they tested on. It's a brown-paper-bag release because they didn't pay enough attention to hardware diversity, which happens to hardly be a factor at all for the Mac gaming market that these guys (the porters) come from.

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Quoting: Anonymous

Quoting: liamdaweAnd yes, we need our money counted for Linux and not Windows. This is a good stepping stone to show developers and publishers there is money in Linux.

To what end?

The time comes to make the sequel. Cool Shooter 2, let's say. I code it with DirectX for Windows because Linux users bought it last time with zero effort on my part.

Ok I'm the leader of a team of devs who made Cool Shooter 1. Last time we based it on Windows-only CoolEngine, but we heard all the cool kids are going cross-platform. As much as we used to sneer that Linux gamers don't exist, being all windows gamers ourselves, some of the money in our pockets now going into Cool Shooter 2 says that perhaps we were wrong. Maybe cross-platformness is actually a feature, like these engine makers are trying to claim, and it should count at least a little bit when we choose the next engine?

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