I'm personally wondering whether Vulkan will make a really big difference. Unity 5 (and UE4 for that matter) are still thoroughly designed around the needs of the DX11 API. I'm not so sure they can simply port that to Vulkan (or DX12) and really have an optimal solution. It may simply be that the entire engine needs to be rebuilt from the ground to really get the most out of the new APIs.

I suppose as Linux users we will benefit more because it is likely that the DX11-OpenGL gap can be bridged with Vulkan. Similar to what we see with The Talos Principle.

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Quoting: KeyrockHere's hoping for Vulkan support by the time it drops for the penguin. I suppose that's more up to Crytek than Dambuster, though.

Vulkan is for CryEngine V. This game is CryEngine 3. Probably a late 3 since that is where Linux support got in.

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Quoting: TheGZeusAnother procedurally generated survival crafting game.

That really is disappointing. I somehow expected a story-focused action adventure with an original style and premise.

It was mentioned somewhere that the story part of the game would not appear in the betas, only in the final game.

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I think some people don't like the fact that there are disadvantages to DRM free.

If the claim is true that all the DLC content is included in the base game for multiplayer purposes, then the DLC is just a "right to use". Which is DRM and therefore can't be sold on GoG. There is no solution to this other than to take it away from the multiplayer experience. Either way, people will be unhappy.

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Last time I wanted to try the demo, it tried to download a jar file and I cancelled. If it comes as a complete bundle now, I may give it a spin.

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From what I remember, that's what they always said it would be. I was actually hoping the news post was about the opposite. Oh well, next year I probably still need to take days off to play it. ;)

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I looked at the vid from Xpanded and I think it looks like shit. Completely without detail, like a 10 year old game.

For the hell of it, I checked the depots on SteamDB. And to my surprise, the linux/mac depots are much smaller than the windows one. For this DLC by five times!

That can't be a coincidence. I suspect they removed detail from the world in order to cover up a massive performance problem. So it's basically like "low" when you put it on epic. Maybe someone with both Linux and Windows can verify this.

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Apparently we're not allowed to see what it looks like! ;) (or to be more useful: "This video has been removed by the user.")

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I'll just guess the fourth code. There are only like 2.2E23 codes. How hard can it be? ;)

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Even saying nothing is an answer. It tells you it wasn't a mistake. I says that they have no clue yet what they will do. And that tells me that it wasn't a mistake, but they found themselves without an easy option to make it happen.

Anyway, I'll see it when it happens. Otherwise my time will be spent playing something else.

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