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Quoting: KimyrielleI can't find a single reference if this game can be played in 3rd person view. Can it?

No, sorry mate. It's strictly first person.

Awww, too bad. Thanks for the reply! :)

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I can't find a single reference if this game can be played in 3rd person view. Can it?

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Quoting: jf33Is there any chance they release it on GOG.com? Because I would really like to buy it, but I don't spend money on non-DRM-free games.

Very little. The person in charge at SE is a huge fan of DRM. At least it's "just" the regular Steam DRM, which, for what it's worth, is comparatively non-invasive by DRM standards. They are not Rockstar or Ubisoft.

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Awesome to see SE coming to Linux and porting major titles. SE is one of the very few major publishers I still was missing on Linux (Bethesda is the only other one I can think of right now.)

Can we have Rise of the Tomb Raider, too? :D

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This is still probably my overall favourite game on Linux and by far the best city builder ever made (it's so much better than that garbage that is EA's latest SimCity). I am glad to see continued support for it. I wish they would add tunnels to the map maker tool as well, though. And add roads wider than six lanes. I know that in Europe six lanes is considered a lot, but here in North America a proper freeway has at least eight if not ten lanes. :D
And if they wanted to be really nice they could change the botched Snowfall DLC to using actual seasons instead of permafrost.

The performance seems to be still mostly ok for me, though. It might be better in Windows, but it's still playable in Linux.

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Guaranteed buy!

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Quoting: TheBossI really don't get DLC hate. It's how developers are able to keep games going for so long. Most games have DLC now and the GOTY edition is cheap.

Agreed.
DLC, if done right, can keep a game alive for years and add fresh experiences and content. I see the point when too much of a good thing can become bad (I am looking at you, Paradox!), but a well compiled DLC pack every now and then is something I actually welcome. Same goes for microtransactions. Per se, there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. They become a problem if purchasing in-game items is necessary to even reasonably play the game and/or if the game intentionally ships with crippled content that elbows people into purchasing stuff that really should have been a part of the base game. It's again a question of execution. I guess with a lot of ill will you can turn any legit business model into a cash grab. It's up to us as customers to weed out studios applying evil business methods and bankrupt them by not buying their products. *shrug*

I also have a question, since we're at it - can this game played in 3rd person view or is it 1st person only? I am not interested in the latter, so... :)

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Good to see another heavyweight title coming to Linux. The more, the merrier.

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Quoting: Mountain ManBut I can guarantee you that the politically correct hooligans would find some reason or other to be offended by it, even if that reason didn't make a lick of sense (which most political correctness doesn't).

For someone who claims not to care about the issue you're remarkably emotional about it. In all quite honesty - in my experience, if someone takes shots at "political correctness hooligans", it's almost 100% of the time coming from a member of the majority group who is actually -happy- with the status quo. I remember when some female gamers pointed out the (factual truth) that females are both underrepresented in games and subject to harassment in online games, the people who stood up and took shots at them in similar ways you just did were pretty much all...guys, obviously happy with how things are.

You claim not to care about whether every single character in a game is representing a race other than your own. At the same time it's obvious that members of minority groups take issue about them not being represented. So if change would make them happier while not making you any unhappier (that's what you claim!), it's actually the most logical course of action to implement that choice, no? So isn't taking shots at a group for wishing for something you allegedly have no stake in just a case of applied hypocrisy? Just curious.

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Pozzuoli

Quoting: Mountain ManWho really cares if all the sprites in the game have tan colored faces?

People that aren't white?

But why? What does it matter? Other than to someone who is intellectually crippled by political correctness.

Well, I am white, but as a female player I can tell you that the complete negligence of female characters in any role other than damsel in distress throughout the history of gaming did and still does irritate me. I can only assume that coloured people feel the same when playing games exclusively populated by whites. This is less about political correctness (although that's of course a factor as well) and more about relatability. If I have to play a game where females just don't exist, I can't get immersed in that game. Or if I have to play a guy character in pretty much every single game featuring premade characters. It does trigger a "the gaming industry doesn't care about me" feeling in me, to the degree that as long as we're not getting a bit more represented, I more or less refuse to buy games with a premade male character, no matter how good they are.

To be honest, it can't be THAT much asked for to a bit racial (or gender) diversity to your games. It doesn't cost much to paint a few sprites back and a few yellow, but it gives people a feeling that they are actually welcome as customers. I wish race and gender wouldn't be needed to be discussed. Tbh, game devs should really just roll dice and assign a character's race and gender randomly whenever they make one. Because it really shouldn't matter what race or gender you are. But as long as 99% of all characters used in their products automatically default to "white male", I am afraid that the issue won't die.

In that dev's defence - his name sounds Eastern European, but diversity and representation is largely a North American hot topic. I don't think he meant any ill will by making his game white-only. Eastern Europe is so predominately white that it probably just didn't occur to him to add a black guy and an Asian girl to the game. But yes, in all honesty, I feel that if you are going to sell a game globally, some awareness about the issue can't hurt, even if it's not a topic in your home region. I actually liked the interviewer asking the question and wish it would get asked again if needed. *shrug*

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