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This is my favorite game of all time. The atmosphere and tension of the original are not matched by any of the sequels that have come after, even if some are wonderful games.
SupSuper did a wonderful job of reimplementing it in SDL, and I'm glad someone is keeping all of this alive.

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Been playing it a lot over the years.

The best experience i've had with xcom-alike games was with OXCE-Files, and Xenonauts XDivision.

The 40K mods are fine too.

I hope hugely that Xenonauts2 will see modders love, amazing things might come from that.

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I'd really like for a good game from the guy (and the rest of the pretty good team in my eyes). If there's no last minute surprise bullshit shoved in, why not.

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I'm curious about the non-existent CPU thing, but aside from that, at least these make some sense.

I also wonder how much of these "new specs" is here because of an honest mistake, and how much is here because of the backlash. It's hard to trust anything these days.

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I have fond memories of the audio just being really creepy when playing it on Amiga. The atmosphere was unmatched.

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Quoting: Tethys84I hope the Lord of the Rings MMO is dead. I didn't want them to make that from the start.

IIRC, Lord of the Rings is still copyrighted in some countries. Since Amazon has the license, that will (for now) mean that nobody else is making it, either. Which sucks, because I am starved for a new major MMO that's not some action-combat garbage.

But I do agree that it would have been crap anyway. Amazon just can't make games.

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A new release is usually slight tweaks to the package selection that's installed by default. They also update the Welcome app and other small things. But yeah, Endeavour is just a quick installer for Arch. In 5 minutes you have an up and running Arch system with a decent selection of pre-installed packages and a desktop manager of your choice from a short list they offer.

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Quoting: geckofish52Forgive my ignorance, but my understanding is that unlike Manjaro, which lumps Arch updates into point releases, Endeavour is basically an Arch installer. So what constitutes a new "release"?

When they put out a new ISO download, with all the latest bits along with a few of their tweaks.

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Forgive my ignorance, but my understanding is that unlike Manjaro, which lumps Arch updates into point releases, Endeavour is basically an Arch installer. So what constitutes a new "release"?

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One of the biggest jump scares I've ever had was in the original XCOM. The story line, the graphics, the background music, the dark landing zone all created an ominous, you're-gonna-die creepy feeling. One of my squaddies took a step away from the drop ship and BANG! An alien suddenly appeared next to a haystack and fired at the squaddie, who immediately died.

Yeah, my first encounter with a hostile alien did not go well.

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That trailer looks terrible. Oof.

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Quoting: NezchanGiven his earlier statements, I wonder how much "AI" is going to be stuffed into this one.

Will it even be possible to tell what's AI and what isn't? Looking at prior 22cans output I have to conclude: no.

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^ Exactly. I'm just glad the whole crypto bubble has popped and nft's died a horrible death, so at least we won't get that nonsense. But with AI ... oof. Has he stated if he's using it either way?

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looks like their plan to bundle the game with an geforcenow/xcloud deal was frustrated...

or maybe just an sily mistake.

in any case this game is quite ugly and i cant see why it would be that demanding

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I discovered this game by accident just before Christmas, a couple of days into the co-op beta, and me and my three mates played it for over 50 hours over the Christmas period.

It's absolutely stunning. My Steam review goes into detail, but basically, even in early access, this game has launched itself into my (ever-changing) Top Ten Games of All Time.

I'm a sucker for fantasy RPGs, but the way they mix meaty combat, progression, and puzzles is sublime. The graphics and animations are simply five-star too. Incredible game.

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Given his earlier statements, I wonder how much "AI" is going to be stuffed into this one.

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I always preferred TFTD; UFO Defense/Enemy Unknown was a great game, no questions, but it always felt a bit too easy and rather less creepy in comparison to its sequel.

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If this ever comes out, I will give it a chance. As I didn't saw anything similar till Black and White.

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Some chat reported in my Google feed that Facepunch (who make Rust) have offered Amazon $25M to buy the game and turn it into a community effort. Well see. The screenshot of their offer looked like banter to me, not a serious offer, although Facepunch CEO Alistair McFarlane went on to say that he values game preservation, so maybe its real.

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that's why i try to avoid every game-as-service, because committing to it is a waste of time once all of it is gone with a click of publisher's killswitch.

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Though it almost certainly won't happen, I'm probably one of the only people on Earth who would love to see this guy get a redemption story before his career ends. I feel like he's been his own worst enemy with regard to promoting his games and would have been much better off keeping a low profile this entire time. One of my favorite games ever was Black and White. I have many good memories of playing that when it was new.

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I hope the Lord of the Rings MMO is dead. I didn't want them to make that from the start.

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Quoting: SzkodnixI wonder what's the progress on private servers.

I doubt enough people care enough to make the project worth it and it would just get cease and desisted into oblivion anyway.

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Text size is a concerning. They should also revise their classification and obviously say how much of the game was tested (which they probably never will).
I think it was a lost opportunity of sparing us from External Launchers Hell (:D) for a better rating level. They just worsen the experience on PC adding an unnecessary step, that consoles do not have. Something like a Just Press Play seal.
Maybe the Ways To Play menu should at least have a Linux Friendly or Friends of Linux games list or not I don't know.

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This is so stupid. They should release server files. Yes, I am aware the infrastructure is probably more complex than that. But this is precisely what the "stop killing games" initiative is about.

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I wonder what's the progress on private servers.

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I upgraded to this 580.126.09 driver in Linux Mint 22.2 Zara Xfce Edition and it does exactly the same as what the 590 drivers does in Cachy OS Xfce Edition. Terminal and anything else open, starts flickering on and off like a lightbulb. Everything has now been concentrated onto Wayland, including NVIDIA drivers in my opinion.

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The art for all current Cygames games and other products is crafted from the technical know-how and manual work of our many staff members.

I find this line to be suspicious to say the least. One could argue creating AI art does require "technical know-how and manual work", even if it is far reduced from hand drawn art.

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Quoting: LoudTechieAh, I didn't know that.
That indeed doesn't really lend credibility to my hypothesis.

It would be valid in every other case. :D

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@Caldathras - No problem, it's all good!

I did ended up upgrading manually Xfce from 4.18 to 4.20, but it wasn't so smooth at first and I had to do some fixes afterwards. It's ok now, but it isn't something I recommend doing it unless someone really wants to spend some time smoothing out the rough edges.

In my case I really wanted the 4.20 version because there's a very nice new feature that I didn't see mentioned anywhere (but only noticed it when testing distros that had Xfce 4.20) - the icons from the windows buttons list are finally at the right size. Previously, the icons size from windows buttons went from 16 px straight to 32 px (with nothing in between) - so, for instance, with the standard taskbar from the current Mint Xfce (with 4.18), the app launchers (24 px) are bigger than the icons in the windows buttons list (16 px). It seems something minor in theory, but for a daily usage it makes a huge difference having the icons bigger in the windows list.

Thankfully, we're only a few months from the next major Mint release with a new LTS base, so everyone will be able to enjoy the new Xfce version on Mint soon.

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