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Quoting: PatolaI just hope it does not turn into an Epic Exclusive too.

I doubt that would happen, as Paradox does also have it's own store and launcher, whilst (I think) an EGS exclusive can not be present on another platform (wouldn't really be exclusive in that case)

Paradox already has a timed Epic exclusive, though - Surviving the Aftermath. And other companies, like Ubisoft, also have made exclusivity deals despite having their own stores. There are also cases of games that are only "exclusive to not-Steam".

However, it does seem unlikely. CK3 is a really huge release for Paradox, it is already on pre-sale elsewhere, they have said that this isn't in their current strategy (which yes, does look to be of setting up their own services and diversifying across multiple platforms), they don't use the Unreal engine (which could create a bigger incentive), and so on. Surviving the Aftermath is a small release and they made sure to clarify that only the early access is exclusive.

It is not impossible, but for from the first concern I would have about the game (How cool will it be? Will it run well on my laptop? Will the Linux version be good and well-supported? What about DLC, updates, prices, mods, tutorials?)

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So, one of the AAA franchises that has been the most friendly to Linux and was now getting simultaneous releases will - at the very least - be delayed by one year. For the same reasons why timed exclusivity matters to Epic (the initial burst of sales and popularity is huge), this is really bad for the port; a few days or weeks is one thing, but months and years really make it less relevant.

It's not directly relevant to me personally, as even though I like the franchise I won't be getting this game for several years (if I ever get this one in particular). But it is a very troubling trend.

Quoting: kuhpunkt"As mentioned, and like others in the industry, a key reason for exploring other digital stores is that we don’t want to be limited just to Steam."

Release it on several stores then. It's not like it's complicated.

Except that Epic has said at least once before to a dev that they are "not interested in non-exclusive titles" or something to that effect - or, in other words, you either make it an exclusive or you don't get in. (Edit: and that's based on the premise that they just want to be on more stores, ignoring the upfront money in sales guarantees and extra revenue due to the larger cut that would also be reasons to be exclusive anyway).

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This looks really neat, but apparently the external editor that allows scripts and changes to the game is Windows only for now. The in-game map editor does work just fine on Linux, though, and I expect mods will work normally even if we can't create them.

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Wow, what I'm the most impressed is that it is actually under the GPL (and he says it is, at least in part I guess, to make sure they are compatible with OpenRA and CnCnet).

This is quite nice. It probably enables a lot of moddability, like Civ 4 did, and is huge for this kind of project.

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Quoting: The_Aquabatif game devs continue calling the southerne hemisphere down under, then I think I'll start calling the northern hemisphere "Up There"... lol.

It's not the entire southern hemisphere, it is Australia in particular which is known as "the land down under".

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Empire at War also works with Proton, last I checked, and it is a good game.

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I've been playing a lot of Northgard, especially since I got many of my friends to buy it and we are playing some light multiplayer.

I have also been playing lots of Civilization. Since 6 is a bit slow, I first went back to 5, but now I'm playing 4. All great games in their own right. For shorter sessions some Molek-Syntez (latest Zachtronics game), some Runefall 2 (nice match-3 game), and some Slay the Spire.

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Damn, those are some good strategy games I don't have (XCOM2, WH40K Gladius, Rise of Industry). If only my PC could run them, this would be a good month to subscribe... Well, I shouldn't be spending money on games anyway.

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Quoting: Para-Glidinghow does it compare to ubuntu? use apt to install also? Or similar?

Nope, that is one of the major differences. In Ubuntu (and other Debian-based distros), we generally use apt and packages are in the .deb format; in Arch-based distros like Manjaro, the package manager is pacman and packages are a different format - which means, among other things, we don't get access to software packaged for Ubuntu/Debian (which are usually the easiest to find). Manjaro also has, besides pacman, pamac which is pretty similar but intended to be slightly more intuitive to use. Pamac has both the cli version and a gui one, which is handy.

While there is no access to the trove of software made for Ubuntu (because it is the mainstream/newbie distro), one of the advantages to Arch's system is that it is relatively easy to create "packages" - and a lot of people have already repackaged most stuff, which is available as the AUR (the user repository - not as well curated/tested as the official repositories from the distro maintainers, and not as but generally ok). Note that AUR packages aren't simple binary files, but scripts that install the software in many possible ways - some just use normal binaries, some download code straight from github and compile it, and so on. You can see the scripts to check if it seems trustworthy (where it is downloading from, for example) even if you, like me, aren't that knowledgeable about software distribution. It isn't quite as simple as just pressing install, but still simpler than not having it, and complements the official repos quite nicely.

As for how it compares besides that, it is a different distro in a different family, so there are quite a lot of small differences. The big ones are the release system (rolling vs twice a year), the installation (it tries to give more options but still be user-friendly), and the default software and/or libraries that will come by default.

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One of the first things I noticed: if I search for strategy and exclude action, it removes all games tagged as action* from the search. If I search for strategy and exclude rpg, it removes all games tagged as rpg. If I exclude both action and rpg, it excludes games tagged as "action rpg" but leaves normal rpgs...

*Which means nothing, as people apply the action tag to Hearts of Iron and the strategy tag to Counter Strike, so searching by tags is still mostly useless.

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