It seems more Linux ports from Feral Interactive are no longer advertised on Steam, with the latest being Tomb Raider (2013).
This follows on from the same happening with Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor in Early 2021. Much the same, the Linux version is no longer advertised but it is still available to install. Later that year in April 2021, Feral did bring out Total War: ROME REMASTERED but then we also saw that Feral confirmed in July 2021, that they would no longer be porting A Total War Saga: TROY to Linux - citing "generally less demand for native titles since Valve’s launch of Proton".
Given how far things have come, the original Tomb Raider OpenGL port wasn't a particularly good show for Linux gaming. Compared with later ports that used Vulkan, it did not perform well. Seems like the port was in a rough state overall now too, checking back on it today and it wouldn't run unless forced to use the Steam Linux Runtime container and in-game there were lots of graphical problems on NVIDIA.
Currently, Feral are working on the Linux port of Total War: WARHAMMER III, which is due out for Windows on February 17 with Linux (and macOS) "in Early Spring" according to the Steam store page.
We have reached out to Feral for comments, will update if they reply.
Update - 15/02/22: Feral press replied to say "The Linux version of Tomb Raider (2013) has been removed from sale due to the license expiring for that specific title. Rise of the Tomb Raider and Shadow of the Tomb Raider are still available to purchase on Linux.".
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: CatKillerQuoting: melkemindBy supporting Proton, aren't they, by extension, supporting Linux?For me: no.
+1
And in my case, it just means they won't see any money from me.....
Games need to be developed in parallel for all the intended platform. Paradox interactive does this right.
Quoting: TeodosioI see this as a confirmation that "porting", intended as a company reworking a game developed for Windows by somebody else, is a failure.
I guess it works for say 10%, but not for 1%. And not against Proton.
Quoting: TeodosioGames need to be developed in parallel for all the intended platform. Paradox interactive does this right.
And some others. Klei, Zach, ...
(I bet it's some dozens when looking close, even if you say they'd need to have at least three multi-platform games out.)
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Quoting: TeodosioI see this as a confirmation that "porting", intended as a company reworking a game developed for Windows by somebody else, is a failure.
Games need to be developed in parallel for all the intended platform. Paradox interactive does this right.
Well yes and no. In this particular case it looks like Ferals license simply expired and they decided to not renew it (most likely there having been not many sales or the new license cost was too high).
Quoting: BeamboomBut to be totally honest here, I have more often than not ended up forcing the Windows version w/proton on the games where there was a native alternative. It simply worked better.
Yeah, that's the case for many older titles with native Linux. Proton for sure isn't the ideal solution, but it is way better than haphazardly put together native builds.
I still prefer a good native version any minute, but proton is a really usable substitute until our marketshare encourages the devs to do properly optimized native builds.
Still - i only buy at (or near) full price if there is either a native version or at least a somewhat official commitment to keep proton working.
Aya Neo Pro (so 1280x800)
Ryzen 5 3600X with Radeon RX560 4GB
Intel Xeon E3-1245 v3 low profile workstation with RX560 or Radeon Pro WX3100 (essentially the same as the RX560, but clocked a bit lower so falls just a bit short in performance comparison).
Intel I5 4570 with the same GPUs as the Xeon above.
Of course it runs fine on the Ryzen 5 with a Vega 56 or my main gaming computer at highest settings and 1440p as well.
Edit: Also, it's been a long time since I have regularly used an NVIDIA GPU, but when I tested it on the Xeon listed above with a GTX 1650, it also seemed to run fine. That was in
2nd Edit: I meant to add that I played through the whole thing on my Ryzen 7 1700 with a Vega 56 on the highest settings at 1440p with no unusual issues back when I first played it.
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