Personally I don't think

Quoting: EhvisI don't really have the patience for C:S, but from what I've seen the game is actually quite easy. This could add some much needed problems to the game (if you play it as a game).

Kudos for the inappropriate music in the trailer! :D

Personally I don't think a game has to be difficult to be a game, this notion is more a part of established video game culture rather than a needed feature of a game. I always found games like city builders fun, and I have even disabled disasters in the games that had them. I just want to...build. Like a box of Lego bricks is no challenge either, just a lot of fun.

I will get this expansion anyway, just to support the game.

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Quoting: prosoorCiv 5 was a disaster. There was a free weekend, I really tried to play it but I couldn't know how? Also graphics are 90s. And hexagrams? Who still uses hexagrams?

Umm. All great turn-based strategy games do? Because they represent front lines and possible movement along them a lot better than any other shape?

Also, Civ 5 looks loads better than Civ 6's infantile cartoon art.

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Wow, my PC is lightyears away from the recommended specs despite it's only three years old. I am not sure I ever had -that- happen with any game.

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Quoting: HyperdriveMaybe Gamingonlinux could help coordinate a legal action against people who take advantage of this scheme?

I doubt it. Kickstarter only requires that a "good faith effort" is made to complete a project as described. It's basically a risk-free source of free money.

"Kickstarter's Terms of Use require creators to fulfill all rewards of their project or refund any backer whose reward they do not or cannot fulfill. (This is what creators see before they launch.) We crafted these terms to create a legal requirement for creators to follow through on their projects, and to give backers a recourse if they don't. We hope that backers will consider using this provision only in cases where they feel that a creator has not made a good faith effort to complete the project and fulfill."

https://www.kickstarter.com/blog/accountability-on-kickstarter

I would actually argue that -deliberately- choosing tools that they had to know would prevent them from fulfilling their promise, when there -are- tools available that would have allowed them to keep it, DOES constitute a breach of good faith. It's quite clear that they didn't make their best effort to keep their promises.

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The amount of devs using Windows-only middleware to develop a game with and still expect it to magically compile in Mac and Linux down the road is really mindblowing. Do these people even read the system requirements of their tools before they install them? Where did these so-called "professionals" learn their craft anyway?

And yes, don't back a KS project unless it's from a studio having a -proven- track record on Linux.

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I used AMD a lot like ten years ago, but they certainly fell behind Intel, so my last 2 PCs were Intel platforms. I wouldn't mind seeing some actual competition in the CPU market again. Monopolies are bad.

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Finally some good news, after all these "no, we're not going to port our game to Linux after all" bummers.

@lucifertdark: How did you manage to get internet access to that rock you're hiding under?

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Tbh, that's why I stopped caring about the numbers of games on Linux a while ago. Because of games like that. Quantity doesn't matter, quality does.

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I have no interest in this particular game, but I have to admit the amount of "Now we support Linux! Now we don't!" bait-and-switching from developers is getting a bit over the top lately. Honestly? I find it disrespectful to make promises that you don't keep down the road. Don't confirm or announce a game for Linux if you're not 100% committed to it! If you're not certain if it can or will be done, don't announce it or least don't commit either way. I don't think it's too much asked for.

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