Quoting: JanneIf you'd buy one Tomb Raider, which one do you recommend?

Anniversary.

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Shadow of the Tomb Raider alrealdy has the Linux logo there.

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Quoting: EikeThere's a reason most gamers are using Nvidia.

Marketing?

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It doesn't work on my card, I had to go back to 435. So, Linus is still right.

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It is playable on Linux if the script from https://github.com/z0z0z/mf-install is executed. I played it yesterday, it's very glitchy and looks like a very, very early draft of a game, but I had no crashes. It would probably be a better idea to wait until it gets more content and less bugs, but I regert nothing.

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Quoting: YoRHa-2BSaves may be incompatible with the Windows version of the game. This is basically the only gripe I have with Feral's games, it's annoying and seems somewhat unnecessary.

They just rename all files to lowercase. You can do that with your old Windows/Wine saves, and the Linux version will see them.

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Daymare: 1998. This game is so bad, do not play it. It needs mfplat fix to run.

Crash Bandicoot™ N. Sane Trilogy. On the contrary, this one is a very good remake of the original PS1 games. Same levels, same secrets, same stuff to collect, same controls, new graphics. Some people say Crash is being controlled worse than in the original, but I think it's actually easier now to do precise jumps. It has technical issues though. In CB1 the framerate sometimes drops to 30 fps. Camera can go mad if you jump to a secret place by the "wrong" side of a pit leading here. The game got frozen several times (or should I say crashed?), mostly in CB2. The strangest thing so far is a couple of broken scripts, and it seems I'm the only one who has encountered that. Can it be so because of it's being played on Linux by Proton? If you are playing, tell me if you could get all the boxes on 'Un-Bearable' in CB2.
I've finished CB1 and CB2 so far. I'm trying to get all gems when it's not too hard.
Get Crash and Spyro remakes on Humble Monthly Bundle, it's definitely worth it.

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What parts could be difficult in metroidvanias? Platforming is primitive in most cases and doesn't require precise jumping or timing. Foes aren't strong or dangerous and often can be avoided and ignored. Bosses can be tough, especially in igavanias where a player has to find their weaknesses and use right weapons and items, but they are bosses, they are supposed to be hard. The hardest thing for me is to understand where to go next. Sure, these games aren't "press X to win", but I believe they are easier than games of other 2D genres. Anyway, games without any challenges are boring.

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Quoting: tuubiEither you're much better at these games than I am or you haven't played Hollow Knight. Or Alwa's Awakening.

I finished both. Hollow Knight has few tough bosses, but its health system allows to gain health easily. There are heavy-going platforming sections near the end of Alwa's Awakening, but that's unusually for metroidvanias, so it shouldn't make you beware of this genre. Also, if you die in Alwa's Awakening, you still keep all items found, doors unlocked, bosses dead. And I'm not a harcdore gamer, I don't like high difficulty and still cannot beat the last worlds of Super Meat Boy.

I haven't played Catmaze much, but so far it was easy, all enemies are slow or even stationary, and you get tons of HP and MP for beating them. I encountered one boss, won at my first try, and there was a savepoint right before it. I'm also playing Minoria, and that game is much, much harder. Every enemy is a challenge, and if you die, you lose everything you've got after the latest save.

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I don't see any Slavic myths, it more looks like inpired by mushrooms. Nice game though, with pleasant music and art.

Quoting: GuestI’d buy it if it wasn’t for this: "The danger of the adventure is emphasized by the possibility of saving only in certain places". Replaying the same segment again and again is not something I enjoy.

Isn't that a common thing for the metroidvania genre? These games aren't usually difficult and have many savepoints, this one included.

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