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The PCMasterRace has prevailed and now all the dirty console peasants will see the awesomeness of the PCMasterRace

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As a civilization and linux fan this is a great news. Will it be a sequel of alpha sentaury? A sequel of civ V, a mix of the two? Or a completely different game? Something from pandora? I wonder how implement this "quests". It seems the orbital layer only is from support. Hope in a future can be space wars, and space stations.

It's a great time to be on linux.

ps:I remember the old rumors about the civV on linux it was close to reality.

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Quoting: paupavI still don't get it if gamingonlinux.com logo is penguin or something else?

its a modern tux
special haircut and sunglasses make him anarchist!

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Sad to hear that Planetside 2 wont be coming to linux any time soon!

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I read that post before. Really looking forward to this one!

Quoting: paupavI still don't get it if gamingonlinux.com logo is penguin or something else?

Me too! xD

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I still don't get it if gamingonlinux.com logo is penguin or something else?

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: liamdaweDon't we all!

Probably not like me. I've got 339 games on Steam...

Good lord, I have 180 and I thought that was a lot

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Considering this game heavily relies on Direct X and it's a game developed by only one person, it's going to be a LONG time before you see a mac and Linux version

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I point out that I'd raised this issue with them shortly after Cognition's release. The excuse was the same one given then. And they've been reluctant to give any indication of a Linux release for the Gabriel Knight remake, too. So what did they do?

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I hope they release a the Hanger client for Linux. I haven't been able to take a tour of my ship yet!

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I have donated to about 20 kickstarters, some did not work like Haunts: The Manse Macabre and a few others but I have no uissie with that simply because to me it feels they where honest and did try. Moebius is so far is the only one I regret.

Although you might find the reason they give a valid one Liam, it was never mentioned on their kickstarter, all that was said was: If we get at least $400K there will be a Linux version. The whole unity 3 vs 4 excuse came later. Then they hook up with Phoenix online who did not even consider a linux version of the Gabriel Knight remake which at least made me go hmmmmm

So yup I feel they did the Linux stretch goal as a gimmick to get us to donate, maybe we get a linux version but that will be more a side product then actually something they really intended.

-Xil

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Quoting: liamdaweDon't we all!

Probably not like me. I've got 339 games on Steam...

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Yep, it has a few bugs, but it's pretty playable as is. It does crash to desktop after the first level, but I've played the next four with an issue.

Well, not "without an issue". Without a crash, yes, but there are issues. Mainly, on the last level, there are tiles with red half-globes on them, but for some reason, the tiles don't actually support your character, so while the Lumes will run over them, you fall to your death.

And yes, the resolution can be changed, but it doesn't remember the change between games. And the MSAA will vanish all the text in the game, which sadly includes the menu text, so it's probably for the best that the graphics don't remember between games, or that would be pretty frustrating.

The core game though - excellent. Really enjoying it. Polish up the bugs and this will be a hit.

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Yep we all know the dirty console peasants are going to be unhappy

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: liamdaweTry it and let us know ;)

I've got too many unplayed games as is already. :P

Don't we all!

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Quoting: liamdaweTry it and let us know ;)

I've got too many unplayed games as is already. :P

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-90% hell yes :D

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Also, if anyone buys it and it turns out it is just a Steam key, be sure to let us know.

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the steam support for better games has started to get better,whereas before it was just offering a load of graphically unimpressive indie titles.i know low graphic quality does not mean the game is bad but the first bite is with the eye so to speak.as i said the AAA support is filtering through and the users will also start filtering through.the end of xp and windows8 debacle is going to start changing things.hopefully sooner rather than later :o)

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QuoteIt is now on Desura from those of you not wanting to buy from Steam.

Ha ha! You know me well.

Thanks for the advice.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyI like the music in the trailer. Drone-y. :)

Try it and let us know ;)

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I like the music in the trailer. Drone-y. :)

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Wow this looks really good. I hope it will be released soon!

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: AnonymousThese Broken Sword games are yet another example of games available through other distribution methods

I just deleted a long rant I wrote here about how the Broken Sword games are not anywhere else.

At the time that article was written, the Broken Sword games were not in the Humble Store. In fact, you couldn't get the games for Linux anywhere else except Steam (and the second game in the Humble Bundle). I know, I checked. (Which is the reason Liam wrote "The Humble Bundle is the only place right now to get Broken Sword 2 for Linux outside of steam".)

This has actually changed now. The games are now in the Humble Store. :)

Exactly, what I write about is 99% true at the time - barring oversights.

GOL is not a steam-only place, but we focus on it heavily because developers do.

Quoting: GuestDesura still crashes every time when loading a game page, after several months, so why mention them? They don’t even care.

Indeed, they new Linux client is being worked on though, once the new Windows version is out the Linux one will be worked on.

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Quoting: CheesenessFor anybody who's interested, here's the panel during which it was announced (jump to 20:15 for the question that sparked it).

View video on youtube.com

I made a SteamLUG StarCitizen organisation for Linux users a few weeks back that people are welcome to join if they're interested ^_^

Hi,

Someone can resume the video (importants things) in her next message ?
I'm French and if i understand correctly the English text, it's not still very easy for me to understand the English in a video :p

Thanks,
Max

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Seemed to work pretty well for me, considering the warning. Played through the intro level no problem but crashed to desktop at the start of the next.

Looks like it'll be a fun game when it's polished up and a steal at that price.

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That pic didn't seem like they were eschewing any clichés:
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/topimages/1924956644id3441gol.jpg

(the second greenlight video does attempt to justify what they mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCnETE5XXD8 )

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Quoting: Maokei

Quoting: MamboA tip for downloading the beta: switch to the beta before downloading anything. I downloaded 700mb of non-beta, got a missing executable, and had to download 1,2gb again.

Read the post it's clearly stated that it's a beta filled with buggs.

Not my point, I posted a tip to save bandwidth.

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FYEAH!!!
I found this out on the Star Citizen forums and PAX recording before coming here but YESS!! I had to come here to express my excitement too =) Thanks Liam! Just a tip, if you had time you could have embedded/linked the source for a better article!

Also about pricing, yes Linux games are usually cheaper. Yes, there's rarely games that are AAA in terms of quality and budget on Linux, and Star Citizen is probably AAAA in terms of features and quality imho so it's totally worth it (and savings from having no publisher pass onto us, as well as feed more dev monies!). Yes, Linux gamers are willing to spend a lot of money as seen in Humble Bundle. Yes, the rise of Linux is now! >=D

Quotes (copied from the Linux thread in RSI forums): "(...) by the way, we'll gonna be supporting Linux."
"We'll be on Linux (...) we like it. I think most engineers will tell you that they prefer Linux (...) to Windows actually, especially in the back-end server world." during the QA, right after the ill-informed Sony guy.

1st quote is at 21:45 (already skipped to in that video link above by Jörmungandur.
2nd quote is at 45:20 (question & answer). CR also says "all the major engines are supporting Linux" at [47:25]. =)
(video is embedded above by two other ppl).

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Uh.. What a shame: Crashes instantly when loading a game.
Well better wait for the final release then.

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