GoG have ever played lip service to Linux - first denying all possibility of selling Linux games, then actively stripping out features that would help Linux gamers buy Windows versions of wine-compatible games. Finally, out of the blue, they support some Linux titles, but still no sign of Galaxy and most titles take months or more to hit the GoG shelves after the Steam release (although this last is more about DRM and possibly affects Windows releases too).

So, no, I'm not a fan, despite the general no-DRM ethos. I own a handful of GoG titles, about a hundred Humble Bundle (from HiB) and over 600 on Steam, the bulk of which (around 400+) are Linux titles bought in the last four years. I realise it's not a completely fair comparison because GoG were late to the party, but you go where the action is and I don't think GoG are providing much to shout out about.

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Quoting: tmtvlWell, that's the issue with Linux, I guess: ten different users will have ten different experiences.

Not my experience at all. A game will have differences between AMD and NVidia true. And some Arch users will experience issues if they refuse to install Pulseaudio...

But if you're running the officially supported operating system, no difference, at all, across four PCs with a variety of set ups, from Nvidia, SoundBlaster Audio, Intel, WIFI, ethernet, screen sizes... it's pretty seamless from my perspective.

All that "linux is so hard to test against" bullshit really rubs me the wrong way. It is, in fact, a much simpler prospect than Windows - one supported O/S, three graphics drivers.

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Quoting: toorLooks like a bad copy of ICO

Or it might be a really good copy of ICO. I won't know until they fix the Linux issues because I won't touch it with a barge pole otherwise. Shame.

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Yeah, I got a Sunless Sea vibe from this too. Looks good. Hopefully it hits the targets.

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That's a shame. I was interested in this one. Still - another case of EA hell (coming up two year now) from the looks of it, albeit no sign of actual laziness on the dev's part. I think they just keep adding to it and won't commit to an actual release.

Ah well. Plenty more fish in the sea... <sorry>

But I do hope they change their minds after release.

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Urgh. Thought this might be the reason for the Rocket League delays, but no dice (unless it's the unlock in a week...).

Galak-Z is excellent though, as is Nuclear Throne. Will likely be picking this up a couple of times for friends and family. Great bundle.

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And yet... it's a Windows sale. Or in my case, no sale. I just can't bring myself to go down the dark road again. Linux only for me. No tux? No bucks.

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Been so long since I was excited for an Aspyr port. Fingers crossed, wallet on standby. Make it a good one, guys!

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Two and half years ago, this announcement was made. That was quite exciting, wasn't it??

Now? Not so much. They've horribly mistimed their hyped on this one and the whole "throwing a bone" to the Linux crowd is pretty insulting. Love them to prove them wrong, but when they closed the Linux steam thread so that only owners of the game could comment, it was a slap in the face to the people who were waiting for them to deliver on their promise of day one Linux support. Deeply, deeply disappointing.

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Now we know how all those Wii users felt. Still, given that they'd already broken the Wii promise, it's not a big surprise to hear them breaking more, is it? They've set their tent out as an untrustworthy developer. Simply avoid in future and hopefully not too many of you got burned by this minor fraud.

Actually, scratch that - I doubt it was fraud as surely there was no actual criminal intent. More likely it was plain incompetence.

Still very frustrating through.

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