The UE5 means bad performance overall and potentially lots of bugs on Linux. Too bad they chose that path. Source 2 is quite capable and could have been a much better choice, although I feel they go to the UE road because of developer familiarity with it.

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I got this in my library, don't even remember when I got it nor how much it was, but it must have been one of those 90% discount purchase just to sake of it, since it is a popular game and I must have been curious what the fuss was about.

Tried to play it only once, felt it was a little on the broken side on Linux. Didn't even played it much. Not my cup of tea.

It is for games like this that there is so much indie games out there. Too many people trying to hit gold, but only a few manage to do it.

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I noticed a lot of older Linux native games stopped working on modern distros, both indies and Windows games ported by third parties. And not always the Linux runtime options helped. Unfortunately I had to retreat to Proton, which is not a good thing. Keep Linux native alive!!1!

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This looks a lot like Mean Greens, which is another toy soldier themed game.

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I'm sorry if this sound harsh but, they get no sympathy from me. People should know that money is not infinite, so if you drag development of something for 6 years, it will end with the project being canceled.

Gaming development is not a new thing. People should know how it works by now and have realistic goals, when they start a project like this.

We are in the 2020's and the writing is on the wall: don't buy anything on pre-release, not from a big studio, nor from a bunch of new kids that don't know what they are doing. If you loose money, it is on you.

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How about Epic keep the money, and use it to "disable" Unreal 5 features, like the infamous UE5 sTuTTering®?

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I don't know about others, but I always get uneasy about buying a game that looks to much like another that was a success. Experience from the past with those "copies" was not good.

I'm not saying this game is bad, but getting "inspired" by another game that is not even old yet, give me vibes of all those Contra or Street Fighter wannabes from the past that were a complete waste of time.

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There is a lot of places where Valve should be selling their hardware, but strangely don't. Here in Brazil, Asus and Lenovo sell their consoles officially. Steam is a big hit here, but Valve never sold hardware. My Steam Controller I had to got trough Amazon, paying almost double the asking price in taxes and delivery. There is now way I can justify to myself doing that on a Steam Deck.

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The principal character reminds me of a mix of Cowboy Bebop(the anime) and Rolling Thunder(the game).

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Wishlisted. It is a Linux native game and also have David Wise on the soundtrack? Almost made me buy it despite the overprice in my home currency.

For those who don't know, the original is a hidden gem on the NES, since it saw a very limited launch outside japan and was probably the best game Sunsoft ever made. And for those thinking it is just a cheap Nintendo's Kirby knock-off, it was launched first and is as good of a game as the famous Nintendo platformer.

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