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Metro 2033 & Metro Last Light Getting Upgrades, Metro 2033 To Release On Linux
By , 25 May 2014 at 11:11 am UTC

I bought tbe Redux Bundle, as I really liked both Metro games. And personally I have no problem with the paying for it, especially as they offered 50% upgrade discount. And I got the original dirt cheap on a sale.

Furthermore, I want to support developers that port to Linux. The more we support them, the better the ports will get.

The IndieBox, Get A Fancy Boxed Copy & Extras Of A Linux Supported Game Every Month
By , 25 May 2014 at 9:43 am UTC

Sounds awesome, gotta love boxed games and forr Linux aswell.
might give it A go if I turn Linux fulltime.
I'm in Sweden so I hope its not that expensive.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By BabaoWhisky, 25 May 2014 at 9:23 am UTC

Like someone said, TW2 use a wrapper because CDP works on Cyberpunk and TW3. But, i hope that these 2 games will have a "real" port on Linux.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By Lordpkappa, 25 May 2014 at 8:59 am UTC

Quoting: zimHopefully they will continue working on the port, so everyone(atleast most) can get it working properly. I also hope this means we will get witcher 3 and hopefully that is native.

I think that with the first update we will see more performance and stability for sure.

Pixel Dungeon Procedural Death Labyrinth Turning Open Source
By berarma, 25 May 2014 at 7:16 am UTC

This is a great rogue-like for the phone, the only one I like. I was looking forward to this.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 25 May 2014 at 6:29 am UTC

Hopefully they will continue working on the port, so everyone(atleast most) can get it working properly. I also hope this means we will get witcher 3 and hopefully that is native.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Released For SteamOS Linux
By Glorfindel, 25 May 2014 at 6:07 am UTC

Hi!
This game is running fine on my system with high settings.
Thanks to CD Projekt Red ^_^
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Arch Linux 64 bit
GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2 Go
Intel Core i7 860
G.Skill RipJaws Z 16 Go

Pixel Dungeon Procedural Death Labyrinth Turning Open Source
By , 25 May 2014 at 5:46 am UTC

This is literally the only game I've ever played for more than 5 minutes on my phone -- a handy smoke break distraction.

It's written in plain Java AFAIK and can be played on your Linux desktop using the Android SDK, so a native port shouldn't be that hard. I guess the biggest challenge is scaling it up for 1080p and above resolutions.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Released For SteamOS Linux
By Znurre, 25 May 2014 at 5:45 am UTC

Quoting: Lordpkappahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2HNIJlacO4

How it works in my system.
Thank you for the video.
This just reinforces my point, that doesn't look fluent to me.
There are small frame drops all over the place, and seems you even dip below 30 fps at times (during the scene with the rushing soldiers).
Most of the time you have a good fps, but then it drops at occasions.
This is not ok imo, especially since lowering the quality does not even help, even on low I get these drops in FPS and small stuttering.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By Shmerl, 25 May 2014 at 1:32 am UTC

Quoting: KelsTo be honest, the biggest complaint I have with the game is the incomprehensible naming of the spells. "Igni" I kinda get, but outside the tutorial there's nothing that actually tells you what each of them does. It's very confusing.

As to performance, works fine for me on a 4-year old system with an nVidia GTX750ti in it running on high graphics setting.

Spells' names (called "signs" ) don't come from the game, but originate from the Witcher books on which the settings of the games are based. I agree that they could do some better job of explaining their meaning (the tutorial info is available in your journal by the way at any time later in the game).

If you want more in depth review, see: http://witcher.gamepedia.com/Signs

About comparing to Elder Scrolls - I can't even compare. Witcher games are true masterpieces of adventure/RPG genre. Elder Scrolls games (the latest ones) are much weaker on the depth of the story and consequences of one's actions. They are more about exploration than about being an adventure/RPG. Morrowind was probably the best game in those series if you value the roleplaying aspects.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 11:57 pm UTC

Works fine here, once I installed mesa-git. But damn! this game is long. 20 hours in, no even half done.

Pixel Dungeon Procedural Death Labyrinth Turning Open Source
By HadBabits, 24 May 2014 at 11:56 pm UTC

Oh, man. I came across this game randomly before on the android market. It's pretty hard, but a fun game.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 11:45 pm UTC

Quoting: MikeI have to say that I have not really experienced issues with the game, so it might just be on some cards and some drivers that the performance is bad. I'm using a GTX 750 ti with the 334.21 drivers and it works pretty well on nearly maximum settings.

The game itself on the other hand (so far) has really not been that great. I love RPGs, but the first hour or so of playing (as far as I got) just feels like I'm taking orders from and being talked down to by a game that's pointlessly over-complicated. Comparing this to the Elder Scrolls game (closest comparison I can make), the UI, skills, combat, tech trees, etc. are just cumbersome and get in the way of the game as you're constantly pausing and navigating through counter-intuitive menus with different features that don't really need to be there. So far there has been nothing "fun" about this game, it has just felt like the developers are testing me like some snarky overweight PC gamer with a £1000 rig trying to prove a point about how they are so much more superior than us mere mortals. Don't think I'll bother playing this until I have a bit more patience.

I got to be honest, I enjoyed this game (played it a few months ago) a lot more then Skyrim. I started playing Skyrim and it was all fine, then I started getting bored with the story so I just explored the world, did that for about 30 hours, it was quite fun but eventually I got bored and decided to go back to the main story, however the characters were so shallow I just couldn't bare it, none of them had anything memorable about them, it feels like they could be put in any other rpg ever created and they would fit in just as much. The only one I recall is Delphi, because her name was mentioned a lot, that's it.

While Witcher 2 doesn't have an open world, it does offer good characters, atmosphere, and story (which changes depending on your decisions)which drew me in. I didn't really mind the whole menu system, because all you got to do is use quen, then you're all set (unfortunately the combat system could use a redesign, you don't have to use like 80% of the stuff it offers, it's overly ambitious).

In the end I played Skyrim for longer, but I had more quality time on Witcher 2.

Rube Works: The Official Rube Goldberg Invention Puzzle Game On Steam For Linux
By Speedster, 24 May 2014 at 10:30 pm UTC

I ended up getting this myself, and it was fun though short. Only $5 though so worth the cost to me. Interestingly, Ron Gilbert must have consulted on it, because he is mentioned in the credits under "additional game design"

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 8:44 pm UTC

I really wish have my money back :><::><::><:

Among The Sleep, A Horror Game From A Toddlers Perspective Releases May 29th For Linux
By FutureSuture, 24 May 2014 at 8:37 pm UTC

Still very much tempted to get this despite not currently possessing any toddlers.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By Lordpkappa, 24 May 2014 at 8:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Sure a native version it's the best solution.
But, as i said in the other post, the performance on my ring are good (i7 3770 and GTX770 on Ubuntu 14.04) and i see in others forum user with good results too, after proper setting the game.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By Nezchan, 24 May 2014 at 7:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

To be honest, the biggest complaint I have with the game is the incomprehensible naming of the spells. "Igni" I kinda get, but outside the tutorial there's nothing that actually tells you what each of them does. It's very confusing.

As to performance, works fine for me on a 4-year old system with an nVidia GTX750ti in it running on high graphics setting.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:52 pm UTC

Linux Mint 17, Geforce GTX660, FX8350, 12GB of ram, newest driver and it's about 2x the speed on Windows :/
There is a topic on the Steam forum of the game dedicated to fixing those issues, I really hope the port gets better. I can understand it being slower, since making (fully) native game is probably pricey, but where it's at now is just going too far.

Eador. Masters of the Broken World Linux Version Is Being Worked On
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:38 pm UTC

I already forgot that I got this game. I am not hoping any more to receive proper port

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

It works pretty fine on my GTX760 and game haven't crashed for me. But yeah same problem form me as for the first Witcher game it feels so boring and overly complicated :(

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By Samsai, 24 May 2014 at 7:26 pm UTC

Quoting: MikeI have to say that I have not really experienced issues with the game, so it might just be on some cards and some drivers that the performance is bad. I'm using a GTX 750 ti with the 334.21 drivers and it works pretty well on nearly maximum settings.

The game itself on the other hand (so far) has really not been that great. I love RPGs, but the first hour or so of playing (as far as I got) just feels like I'm taking orders from and being talked down to by a game that's pointlessly over-complicated. Comparing this to the Elder Scrolls game (closest comparison I can make), the UI, skills, combat, tech trees, etc. are just cumbersome and get in the way of the game as you're constantly pausing and navigating through counter-intuitive menus with different features that don't really need to be there. So far there has been nothing "fun" about this game, it has just felt like the developers are testing me like some snarky overweight PC gamer with a £1000 rig trying to prove a point about how they are so much more superior than us mere mortals. Don't think I'll bother playing this until I have a bit more patience.
The UI was quite confusing, I agree. So far it has done its job though and I more or less understand everything necessary, so I am not complaining too much about that. I might complain more if I weren't so starved for RPGs at the moment though. :P

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By adamhm, 24 May 2014 at 7:24 pm UTC

Quoting: omer666I tried to install GOG version on Wine but it stalls at 1/3 of the installation...

Try running the installer with the /nogui option

Eador. Masters of the Broken World Linux Version Is Being Worked On
By Sabun, 24 May 2014 at 7:16 pm UTC

QuoteI would much rather pay full price than buy it at 80% off and get a crappy, crappy port.

You are not wrong. My statement about buying it on sale, is solely because it seems like they are doing the port as an after thought. This likely means something less than stellar (although this is just assumptions on my part).

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

I have to say that I have not really experienced issues with the game, so it might just be on some cards and some drivers that the performance is bad. I'm using a GTX 750 ti with the 334.21 drivers and it works pretty well on nearly maximum settings.

The game itself on the other hand (so far) has really not been that great. I love RPGs, but the first hour or so of playing (as far as I got) just feels like I'm taking orders from and being talked down to by a game that's pointlessly over-complicated. Comparing this to the Elder Scrolls game (closest comparison I can make), the UI, skills, combat, tech trees, etc. are just cumbersome and get in the way of the game as you're constantly pausing and navigating through counter-intuitive menus with different features that don't really need to be there. So far there has been nothing "fun" about this game, it has just felt like the developers are testing me like some snarky overweight PC gamer with a £1000 rig trying to prove a point about how they are so much more superior than us mere mortals. Don't think I'll bother playing this until I have a bit more patience.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:05 pm UTC

I tried to install GOG version on Wine but it stalls at 1/3 of the installation...

The Galactic War Begins In Planetary Annihilation With A Single-player Mode
By , 24 May 2014 at 7:00 pm UTC

okay. just watched one of the videos on the game's store page. According to that video, you can smash an entire friggin asteroid into a planet! Remember the Gauls from 'Asterix and Obelix' always fearing that the sky will/might crush them? Yeah, turns out it can...

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By , 24 May 2014 at 6:32 pm UTC Likes: 1

AMD released the new Catalyst drivers to fix game performance yesterday (on day one!), but I haven't tried it.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2
By feketenap, 24 May 2014 at 5:35 pm UTC

I just upgraded to an AMD FX 8320 (8 cores) with a GTX460. It runs decent enough, but a native version would be much better. Sadly, I don't think they will make a native version. :(

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