QuoteI'm not an "expert" on MMORPG, in fact the only multiplayer genre that I like is the sportive one. I remember my friends playing Priston Tale, I don't get how they enjoy, but I don't judge anyone. The problem is that genre is in decadence, at least I didn't notice any launch of AAA MMORPG in a long time, neither in Windows.

Not sure what your definition of long time is, but currently popular MMOs that I could see coming to Linux with -some- goodwill of their devs are:

- Guild Wars 2
- Star Wars The Old Republic
- Star Trek Online
- Neverwinter
- Skyforge
- Black Desert
- Rift

Other than the good(?) ol' WoW, these games probably make up the largest part of the current MMORPG market. Any of these would be a great benefit to Linux.

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Quoting: fagnerln

Quoting: CimerydSo many FPS games, so many rogue-like games, not a single WoW-style MMORPG. I miss that.

Fortunately has at least an great game for each genre, action, racing, RPG, MOBA, RTS and turn based, "simulator", terror, etc. For others like fighting, SFV is coming. But you are right, "rogue-like" is an growing epidemy.

It's not quite true that we have at least one great game per genre. MMORPG -is- a genre, and there is not a single great game to represent it on Linux. Not. One. No, Albion doesn't count even if you happen to like that game (it's not my cup of tea anyway), because it's hardly a AAA game, not even close. I wouldn't complain so much if I wouldn't spend a significant amount of my total playtime with MMOs, so this is -the- biggest reason why I still keep a Windows partition around. My biggest Linux game wish for 2016 is ONE AAA MMO. Either new or port of an existing one. I wouldn't care which one. Just one!!! Meh!

I agree on the rogue-like stuff. They must think all Linux gamers are knee-deep into these things. I don't care for them.

Generally, and I think I said that in the 1,900 milestone thread too, the total number of available games for Linux has lost its meaning a while ago. It was fun to see the number grow when Linux gaming became a thing, after us not getting -any- commercially produced games other than the handful of Loki ports since Linus Torvalds released Kernel 1.0.
But let's be honest, like with Windows, the vast majority of all available Linux games isn't terribly good. The number that would really matter now that we're sort of established as a gaming platform is the % of bestseller titles available for Linux. You know...games that matter? 2,000 games means nothing if 1,800 of them are aforementioned rogue-likes with antiquated pixel graphics that someone made during spring break and published because they could.

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroThis looks great, but with the amount of kickstarter campaigns not delivering on their Linux pledges recently, I won't hold my breath.

Did these guys ever do a Linux game before? If no, I would indeed be careful. Most of the broken Linux promises come from studios who seem to think a Linux port can be done by writing a Windows game using DirectX and lots of Windows-only middleware and then making it run on Linux by waving a magic wand at it.

Other than that obvious concern, the game -does- look beautiful.

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NCA clauses are common and there is nothing wrong with them as long as they are not overreaching. In this case I would say it's reasonable to ask employees not to go to a company -directly- competing with them, but ARK isn't even in the same genre as any Trendy game. There is no direct competition going on (games of the same genre directly compete against each other), just an indirect one (all products compete against each other for the customer's limited buying power). In this situation the clause is more than unreasonable and basically amounts to forbidding someone to work in his chosen profession entirely. What's a game developer going to do if he's not allowed to make games for -anyone-? I can't believe this clause will stand in any court, but I am no lawyer.

Trendy just went on my shitlist for this, though. Not going to buy any more games from them, ever.

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Wow, I am impressed. Someone figured out that DRM sucks.

I never bought the game before because of their garbage DRM. Now I will. :)

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This is one of the very few actually commercial quality OSS game projects and I am not sure if "very few" actually means "the only one" (I can't think of a second one right now). I hope they will get it done one day. Looks very good.

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It's really refreshing to see devs care about their game even after release. I wish we'd see such dedication more often.

It's a really good game and a lot of fun to play. I already spent more time with it than I thought. They could add some more objects for the inmates and staff to interact with (sports equipment and more entertainment maybe), and do away with some quirks (if you expand your building it will tear down the walls you attached the expansion to for no good reason, and the rehab programs -really- should get their own time slots in the regime setup instead of using "work"). But I am pretty happy with it overall.

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I am absolutely not a fan of using voice com when gaming, but a lot of people are. So it's great to see these applications getting supported in Linux, so Linux gamers aren't left out when playing cross-platform games.

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I rarely use Wine myself as I can't be bothered getting a game to run using the usual trial-and-error method it takes to make Wine run...basically anything. Without much hope that it will actually run well, of course. Seriously, anything tagged as "Bronze" or "Silver" in their DB is usually an unplayable mess. And that's the majority of the games listed there, after all. Even the "Gold" tagged games usually remind me why I am keeping a Windows partition around. So if someone can bundle me a game with Wine in a fashion that it -feels- like a native port, be my guest. In the end I just want something that runs out of the box.

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Quoting: lucifertdarkDid anyone ask about the DLC? is it worth buying the GOTY edition?

I can't remember the DLC being all that meaningful.

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