Quoting: SnowdrakeJust bought two fighting game last week...

Which ones?

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I would really love them to do something in the Half-Life / Portal universe. But the expectations are so high that it's almost impossible to live up to. So I do get why they may not want to touch that...

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Quoting: RedfaceLara Croft GO
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Hitman GO: Definitive Edition

I found Hitman GO to be kind of meh. Decent puzzle game, but got old quite fast. So I did not bother unlocking the extra levels. Hitman theme is just a layer of paint thick, so don't get it for the Hitman experience.

Lara Croft GO on the other hand I enjoyed quite a lot. The puzzles are varied, so are obstacles, and enemies. Felt almost like an action game at times, and definitely has a Tomb Raider feel to it. Classics, not the remake.

My biggest gripe with both games is the control scheme. It's touchscreen-based, and feels so clumsy with a mouse. Works very well with a controller thought, so use it if you have one. It will make the games way more enjoyable. Keyboard cannot be used.

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Would somebody please port Deus Ex: Human Revolution to Linux? :'(

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I am really tempted to get Deus Ex Human Revolution. But I lived by "no Tux, no bucks" for so long, it would feel unnatural. :S:

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Looks like it could be my kind of thing. Would love to give it a go. I can test on Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA graphics.

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My 30th birthday came as a total shock to me. But it gets easier once you embrace the downhill journey to the inevitable ending. Cheers mate.

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Guns... Lots of guns.

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Quoting: cookiEoverdoseLove it, still have this game on ice from a past Humble monthly.

I just checked to see if I do as well, and found 3 other games that have a Linux version that I didn't know about.

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Quoting: MohandevirThis:

"The nice thing about Linux is that it provides a fairly neutral platform from which you can then go to other platforms."

What does it means? ...

Just my personal experience. It's quite easy to lock yourself into Windows (DirectX) and macOS (Metal, Cocoa), but basically everything on Linux is cross platform by design, and we have both OpenGL and Vulkan. So it is much easier to port Linux applications to macOS, Android, and even Windows, than the other way round.

Programming on Linux is also quite a pleasant experience, even though the lack of Visual Studio and some more specialized commercial tools remains an issue. Graphical design, 3D modeling, and video editing tools is a bigger problem for game development on Linux. At least if you are developing a game from scratch, and not making a port.

Also Apple really shot themselves in the foot by deprecating OpenGL (and OpenCL), and trying to force developers onto Metal. I really think they are overestimating how big they are and how much leverage they have.

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