Yeah, I've been playing it on Linux. Infinifactory took them much longer to get on Linux, and I kind of forgot about it/lost interest by the time it was released. (I'm not sure if we even covered its Linux release on GOL?)

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^ I agree with all of this.

Another thing that I feel is worth emphasizing about YHtWtG and SWtG is that both games have a lot of respect for player skill. The rooms are designed so that an experienced player can just run through most of them without pause (except the few rooms where the challenge is just that), so once you've got the movements committed to muscle memory, minor challenges won't keep tripping you up with random bullcrap. Makes for a wonderfully fluid game experience, and it's the only reason I even bothered with the YOLO achievement in the first game, since I don't normally like those kinds of challenges.

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Umbra looks damn sweet and that apocalyptic form is epic! I don't often back (or play) action RPGs, but I think I might have to make an exception for this one.

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There wasn't a Linux download option when I checked earlier this week, and they made an announcement about it on Twitter yesterday.

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Wadjet Eye Games make installers for their games, so you'll have to extract the game files with innoextract first. The Windows demo works fine for me with a fresh AGS build, but of course official GOL policy is to not buy until the game is officially supported for Linux. ;)

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Yeah, it makes me more eager to buy the game too. :)

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Quoting: MGOidIt have some bugs. The map don't follow you correctly so you really can't use it for directions.

Do you mean that the marker indicating your player character doesn't update correctly? I didn't experience that issue, but I did get a freeze a short while after the mentioned boss fight.

If you haven't already, make sure you notify the developer of the issues you're experiencing.

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^ I was just about to post that, but you beat me to it. :P

Anyone had a chance to try it out yet?

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I'm actually at the last world of Outland, but I see what you mean. The last world adds another kind of challenge that to me feels kind cheap and not very satisfying. I don't really want to throw in the towel now that I've gotten this far though.

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Great review. :) Will definitely check this one out for my next "metroidvania fix" once I'm done with Outland. I'm not completely sold on the upgrades, but I'm keeping an open mind.

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