Noita, Dishonored, Mark of the Ninja, Portal 2 (in that order). £17.50 for four of the greatest games ever made. Honourable mention to Limbo too, which only adds a couple of quid.

For myself, I reckon I'll pick up Manifold Garden, which has a nice Antichamber vibe to it.

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Quoting: NanobangSo don't update Half-Life 2 anymore. Got it. ;)

...because you don't like clearer text??

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Huh, I'm getting "Confirm your age to watch this video". Almost as if Google don't know that I'm a 50 year old man who's been using their products, including Google Pay, for decades. Despite being signed in to multiple Google products when I visit Youtube, where I'm also signed in. Jesus christ.

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Quoting: GroganWell... any company that refuses to upload a damned file because they don't want to "support Linux" is actively hostile in my books, and will be treated as such. They'll never get a dime of my money, and I'll do what I can to discourage others.

I understand the attitude, but I can't really get behind it. The client base of most games that feature anti-cheat is going to be 99% Windows players. If, by introducing anti-cheat for Linux, they risk alienating that client base, that's a huge risk for them, for (in a lot of cases) absolutely no benefit, and indeed, some severe downsides.

I'm with you - they won't get a dime from me. But I can definitely understand that developers have to pay their bills and to do that, they have to protect their income. They're not being hostile.

Okay, some are probably hostile!

But most aren't.

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The 3D scene example reminds me of Control. Amazing looking, and I remember seeing an early demo of the new renderer doing the lighting in realtime. Version 4 feels like it's going to be a huge step up, perhaps putting Godot firmly on par (technically at least) with the likes of Unity, for 3D capability. It will still be hard to win over experienced Unity devs due to documentation, asset store and community, not to mention familiarity. But it's great to see Godot shake up it's 2D heritage.

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I wonder whether there's an implied threat here. Do as we ask and get Steamdeck Verified.... or the algorithm might have something to say about surfacing your game on the Store.

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Quoting: JpxsonYou wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't right click on a NFT jpeg an save as

Showing your age (and possibly your Britishness) there!

Genuinely not sure if "you wouldn't steal a car" was shown outside of British cinemas?

Edit - so, uh, it wasn't shown on cinemas, it was DVDs mainly that featured this tripe. Early 2000's though, so at least I had that right.

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This is an absolute gem, ngl. Everyone on Linux with a VR set should own it, no question. Just don't allow Ehvis into your friends list... it's depressing.

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Quoting: inlinuxdudeHmmm, I wouldn't think there would be any of these types of bugs on the stable version anyway... but I guess if there is, it's good they're going to clean them up before the steam deck launch.

Check the article link - they've highlighted 56 bugs right off the bat, three of which are session-enders (highlighted in red). I can't say I've experienced any of them, however.

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Quoting: The_Lux

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: SolitaryIsn't PVP basically broken in this game? If Steam forums and many reviews are any indication, the game's community is pretty toxic with people just bullying weaker players and lot of griefing, spawn killing, etc., because the game allows for that type of play and time wasting. All of that being excused by the part of that community that is doing it as "part of the game", "realistic pirating" or just "suck it up", while actively disagreeing with any needs for fixing glaring problems that allow for all of that.

Is it possible to switch off the PVP part?

And, could I play with Windows friends?

Unfortunately you cannot switch off the PVP Part.

And I haven't found a way (yet) to play with my Windows Friends (Windows Game Store), if there is no one who plays the bridge between Steam (Windows) and Windows Game Store.

I was quite interested in this game, but didn't realise it had a PvP element. Absolutely no interest in it now, especially if the PvP can't be disabled. I can't think of a single game, in gaming history, that has both PvE and PvP elements mixed seamlessly that isn't lesser for it. The devs will always focus on one or the other, or the simple fact that they both exist will cause one or the other to be less interesting, or more frustrating.

It's like developers saw the original Diablo, realised that everyone hated PvP player damage in what was obviously a PvE game and have spent the last two decades maximising that suffering to the fullest extent possible. Baffling.

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