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What's that? Old game getting updates? Updates not breaking the games in any way, or removing content? Even better, the update *improve* things?

And it's coming from Square?

I mean, it feels like I've just seen a flock of unicorns. I'm not saying this in a bad way though, it's *very* welcome. We've just been used to looking for the stick that usually comes with the carrot, but I'll take a stick-free experience when I'm presented with one.

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And in this case they've kept up the older version in an opt-in Steam Beta too, best of all worlds.

Doing it the right way too! Keeping support for the legacy and retro gamers.

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Interstate 76 fixes, maybe I'll finally get to play it again. The last time was about 2008 when I had a Pentium D laptop.

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Quoting: Eduardo MedinaIs this available through GOG?

I join to question

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Fellowship will have control over the likes of The Lord of the Rings [...] along with being the home of [...] Warhorse Studios.

So the rumors that Warhorse might be working on a LotR RPG cannot yet be debunked :-).

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It's a good surprise that they still update freely the PC version and made it Steamdeck compatible.

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Quoting: KimyrielleThe obvious question is - since this (IMHO) horrible forced change of civs was the anchor-feature of the entire game... is Civ VII now indistinguishable from Civ VI?

What kind of nonsense question is that? If you want a Civ game that is indistinguishable from VI then just play VI.

The two most significant changes in this update are: 1) You can pick any civilization to play as from the start and elect to continue playing as that civilization across age transitions; and 2) No more legacy paths that force the player to complete the same objectives in the same order to win.

These two changes on their own open Civ VII up to a wide variety of new play styles and strategies.

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Ah, Daikatana, truly one of the classics of all time. The Gameboy version was pretty good, though.

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Just finished a Just Cause 3 run. Cloud saves confirmed. I played it on my Steam Deck and my pc, alternating between them, without issues.

It's an old game so it runs close to 60fps with high graphics, on Steam Deck.

Destruction mayhem! 😊

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Is this available through GOG?

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Quoting: KimyrielleI need my PC for work anyway, so the gaming part is just an added plus. That being said, some edge cases aside, when people live in such tight places that a desktop really wouldn't fit in anywhere, I can't quite understand the appeal of gaming laptops either. They are much, MUCH pricier than a comparable gaming PC, so heavy that you barely can consider them a mobile device, and have no battery life worth mentioning. On top of being ergonomically inferior.

But hey, I am not telling people what device to play on. :)

Oh, I get that. I don't think anybody commenting on this article is saying that -- just expressing their personal preferences.

I never used to prefer laptops for gaming, unlike a number of my friends who do buy those high-priced genuine gaming laptops. Things change, however. My wife and I downsized to a small living space. We don't have the luxury of setting aside a space for a desktop PC, which, in my opinion, takes up far more space than a laptop. We don't even have a television, much less the space for one. It is much easier to simply pack away the laptop after a gaming session or other usage.

Laptops are also much more energy efficient than desktops, especially gaming desktops (built a few in my time). We live off-grid with limited power, so a laptop suits our lifestyle better. I tend to choose a more general purpose business-class laptop with an entry or mid level discrete GPU because they are generally more energy efficient and lighter weight than a gaming-class laptop. (I wish I could afford a Framework-style modular laptop but I have other priorities for my money.)

No, I cannot run the latest AAA games, but they don't interest me anyway.

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I happened to have started a new run of this game two days ago, and after quite a lot of trial and error getting the cutscenes working correctly, this update broke the game for me 😅. They added a beta branch that reverts back to the 2016 build of the game, which has made it playable again, but I unfortunately cannot access the new features as now the game boots to a black screen until force closed. Proton versions don't seem to make a difference.

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The obvious question is - since this (IMHO) horrible forced change of civs was the anchor-feature of the entire game... is Civ VII now indistinguishable from Civ VI?

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This d7vk version works in my case with various old titles like this:

Peggle (hardware acceleration is enabled now)



Plants vs Zombies (hardware acceleration is enabled now)



Black and White 1



😀

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Quoting: eggroleI think these mega group amalgamations are set up for failure.

I don't think the Embracer Group was ever meant to be more than a quick bundling of IP so it could be sold for profit to the Saudis. Before that deal fell through they probably had no other plan at all.

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I got inZOI and completely love it. I was never a big fan of The Sims moving towards their overly cartoony artstyle in 4, and inZOI is so realistic that you sometimes forget it's just a game. It still has its quirks and some things are still missing, but they're churning out updates at an incredible pace. Its using AI, so that might be a dealbreaker for some.

I am curious how Paralives will hold up against it. It will probably find an audience, too. I can't quite understand how they're going to fund continued development of the game without any paid DLCs, though. EA (as usual) completely overdid monetization, but you need to pay the developers somehow.

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Quoting: PlayingOnLinuxphoneA few years ago they even closed studios, because they wanted great numbers for their shareholders "now". They even closed profitable studios they could have continued to pay, that just did not bring the numbers right now (because too far away from release). That was a knife cutting half of the known studios in my country. Just spoke with a developer few days ago that was in one of these studios at the time under THQ Nordics banner.

Many of those just joined THQ Nordic to have a stable income without to look for new contracts with every new game. They tried to avoid the situation where they want to produce their next game without finding a publisher spending money, which would be the end of their studio. But this situation leaded to the end of many studios after Corona when Life was going to become normal again. What a sad irony.

We will never see Elex 3 😭

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At least they fixed the missing i386 packages when updating the repo. My old games work again on 595.

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I need my PC for work anyway, so the gaming part is just an added plus. That being said, some edge cases aside, when people live in such tight places that a desktop really wouldn't fit in anywhere, I can't quite understand the appeal of gaming laptops either. They are much, MUCH pricier than a comparable gaming PC, so heavy that you barely can consider them a mobile device, and have no battery life worth mentioning. On top of being ergonomically inferior.

But hey, I am not telling people what device to play on. :)

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Surely paid DLC isn't inherently evil to the extent they're making out! Even a smidgen of paid DLC, covering the cost of a successful launch, would still differentiate them from the likes of Krafton (urgh) and EA (Uuuuuurgh).

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Deus Ex (2000) is my favorite game of all time, so it just makes me sad when I see corporate incompetence related to the studios who own the ip :( ... And you know even if they do get some investment to make another one, it's nowhere near the good devs that used to be there. Sadness. Shall I go for another round of Human Revolution and Mankind Divided?

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Forza Horizon 5.1 now in Mexican!

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Quoting: eggrole[...] but I feel like those smaller projects (<50MM) could do better with a crowdfunding approach.

In the case I wrote above those studios (not just one) already had a relationship with THQ Nordic for couple of projects. And so they trusted in THQN, while the publisher trusted in the studios. Many of them decided to tighten the work together to reduce risks. Nobody expected the knife of Embracer. The time around Corona was the time many people stayed at home and bought games. Embracer was buying studios at that time, because for some reason they believed the growth will continue (or at least stay) while after Corona people had to go back to work. Classic mismanagement which the weakest had to pay.

The issue was not that they did not crowdfund their projects, but to oversee that behind THQN is something bigger which is bound to the capital market.

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I played to the end of first age last night and really like the changes. It opens the game up to more varied play styles without losing Civ VII's unique core features.

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Quoting: StellaDoes Denuvo anti-cheat even support Linux?

It should do yeah. Same as EAC, no kernel side for us and reduced protection but it won't block us.

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Man I just love when the comment section has interesting perspectives rather than just memes.

Embracer was a both bold and equally unrealistic endeavour. When the Saudi money dried up everything came crashing down. Hopefully Fellowship can succeed better as a separate entity. Metro, Tomb Raider, Deus Ex and especially Kingdome Come are great series and I hope the devs get some stability so they can focus on their work.

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Does Denuvo anti-cheat even support Linux?

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That's interesting. I'll definitely buy it.

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I think these mega group amalgamations are set up for failure. I understand the allure of stability from a small studio's perspective, but I feel like those smaller projects (<50MM) could do better with a crowdfunding approach. Even if you can't raise the full amount, raising a big chunk would be a perfect way to convince private equity to invest in an individual project. And there have been a bunch of games that did just that - Larian has done it a few times.

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