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I got distracted playing Skyrim for a bit, but I returned to Trails in the Sky FC (the remake) so I can finish it. I'm on the Final Chapter, and I should finish it this weekend.

After that, I'll either finish SRW Y, or go back to Skyrim. I was going to go Morrowind->Oblivion Remastered->Skyrim, but I was setting up my character in each and ended up getting caught up exploring in Skyrim. So, I guess I'll be doing Skyrim first.

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Quoting: walther von stolzing

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.

I said one of, not the only reason out there.

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So . . . Deus Ex re-remastered?

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: LestibournesI wonder, since Valve is now the OS vendor, if it can't implement its own kernel-level anticheat and let the game devs or anticheat devs make use of it.

It could, but the devs wouldn't trust it, because under the gpl they would be forced to release the source code defeating the security through obscurity kernel anti-cheat relies on.

That might be a strength in the long-run though, because if you're relying on security through obscurity, we all know how that ends. But if you implemented an open-source anti-cheat tool that was actually robust? That would be a huge win.

I agree.
I've done quite some research on how to do this and posted in great detail about it on this forum, so I will avoid geeking out again and making my post too long.
I'm just not as optimistic as you're and I don't think Valve is going to be that much of an innovator.
I'm blistering with ideas how to achieve it and even published a little bit of code for it, so I really really hope you're right and I'm wrong.

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Quoting: toorthey didn't advertise it, but they did add FSR with this update. Might help with the performance.

finally I can view the most eyestraining and distractingly aliased shading ever put to code with marginally better performance and upscaling, thank you sandfall

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Ok, great game , but its a bit overpriced??

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Quoting: LoudTechieEven the large AAA games are anything, but dead.

I think when people say that, what they actually mean is they suck now. They are in some sense aesthetically or creatively or spiritually dead compared to the way they used to be in the good old days, is the idea. This is a much trickier question because it's hard to argue taste. I have no opinion on it since I don't play AAA games because they're never in the genres of games I play.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: LestibournesI wonder, since Valve is now the OS vendor, if it can't implement its own kernel-level anticheat and let the game devs or anticheat devs make use of it.

It could, but the devs wouldn't trust it, because under the gpl they would be forced to release the source code defeating the security through obscurity kernel anti-cheat relies on.

Couldn't it attach the same way the closed source Nvidia driver does?

No.
A. Nividia's behavior is already of questionable legality, but nobody has yet had the guts to figure it out.(look up dynamical linking exception if you want to read more about this)
B. It wouldn't be an interface to something external, but it would be a feature on itself, so its not actually part of the dynamical linking exception.
C. Even if they manage to weasel it in, they would still be relying on an open source interface whose meaning can be arbitrarily changed.
D. The really good anti-cheat vendors also make certain their surroundings are closed source, so it's harder to find their anti-cheat logic.
EDIT:
They already did it with VAC and the devs didn't trust it and were right.

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they didn't advertise it, but they did add FSR with this update. Might help with the performance.

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Sweet! 🔥

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Bummer this sucks.😭

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Not a single thing I'd actually play, but fun visuals I guess. Maybe Divinity, but that's a ways off still.

But then, my "Most Anticipated Game" right now is Slay the Spire 2, so whaddaya want from me?

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

Agreed! Thanks for the heads up.

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Quoting: mylkahow much is VALVE contributing?
since the steam deck and soon steam machine, both with KDE they should have a strong interest, that KDE is as good as it can get

i mean 300k is nothing for valve

[According to KDE no more than 67000$ straight to KDE,](https://ev.kde.org/reports/ev-2024/) which isn't unexpected Valve is rich enough that it can afford to spend the money it spends straight on developers who make just improvements that suit them.
Also Valve is a notoriously opaque organization.
They don't publish investor reports, due to their private cooperation structure.
They don't really talk to the press.
They tend to hire subcontractors to do the dirty and visible work for them. Yes, I'm looking at you Codeweavers.
In KDE's case they hired Igalia to carry the blame for contributing to KDE, but how much of that time is bought by Valve and how much by others is unknown to me.

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I'm playing Deus Ex: Revision, and it's great. Hard to imagine Aspyr will do a better job remastering.

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hope it won't impact Aspyr?

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we need some returns.
Good news that awarding game tries to be steam deck / Linux verified

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I gave in to nostalgia. In conclusion, Dark Omen needs at least a remaster on its gameplay.

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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: chr

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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