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Have to say I think the remasters of TR 1-3 are a tad disappointing and I'm glad I waited

I found the remastered graphics somewhat off-putting, laras shadow seems to switch from dynamic to blob shadow on the fly, and the dynamic shadows just look really weird to my eye

That aside the graphics look pretty nice and faithful, apart from it looking overly dark in some areas

These are more nit-picks but what's really annoying is that the camera behaves differently.

It's not a bad/terrible remaster but it's certainly not up there with the sort of stuff nightdive have done

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Someone needs therapy.

Probably those kids.
They've seen things.

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@Cyba.Cowboy

In saying that, changing the architecture would make it significantly more difficult for all of the existing games to run smoothly, if at all

That would make Handheld PCs with ARM-based CPUs more suitable to a closed ecosystem, I would think.

For the purposes of an open ecosystem, I think AMD is on the right path.

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@TheBard

And it's much more rational to give donations to foundations than to for-profit companies owned by shareholders.

To you, maybe. In my daily life, I see it all the time at the grocery stores, pet food stores, department stores and even fast-food restaurants and banks. I can't recall any specifics, but I'm willing to bet I've encountered it online as well (before GOG). The majority of these companies are for-profit and/or owned by shareholders. Claiming it's for a charity doesn't mean the charity is getting all the funds.

Besides, once again, I will point out that this is fundraising to support GOG's Game Preservation Project, which is a sideline, not part of GOG's daily business of selling digital games. They are not as big as Valve/Steam and perhaps do not have the discretionary funds to support this entirely out of their revenues. It's not like they're asking for general tips like a "tip me" button on some blogger's site.

It seems to me that the real issue behind all of this negativity is a general lack of trust in companies and other organizations. Not surprising, really ...

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Here's some recent numbers that perhaps help to put things in perspective:
https://www.cdprojekt.com/pl/wp-content/uploads-pl/2025/03/cd-projekt-group-presentation-fy-2024-2.pdf

GOG isn't operating at a loss, technically, but I wouldn't exactly call this profit, either.

This definitely adds up to CDP separating their CDPR servers etc from GOG some time back (yeah, that happened), and all the other GOG stuff we've been seeing basically around the same time or after.

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GOG is so contradictory. On one hand it's really a DRM-Free store doing awesome things such as the game preservation program. On the other hand, they have been very borderline with what they call DRM-free in the past and asking for tips when you are a company listed on the stock market feels weird.

They should stop this contradiction by making GOG a foundation. Foundations can have employees so it won't change anything for them. Actually it would make GOG more democratic which would be a very good thing. And it's much more rational to give donations to foundations than to for-profit companies owned by shareholders.

There's another things that feel strange. For a small store (no offence, but we can't say it has stream's market share), automatisation should be the top priority as it lowers operational costs. GOG being unable to provide Galaxy for Linux while Itch manage to do so is very surprising. With the right tools and the right mindset you can even do it for free! How long do you think it would take the community to port Galaxy on Linux if it was open sourced? Why not doing so? They can even drop Galaxy and support the Heroic launcher officially.

I want to buy on GOG because DRM-free is just better for consumers. But I just asked a refund on a game because I'm not sure multiplayer would work on Linux. Developers confirmed me that Galaxy is used to login into multiplayer. Sorry GOG, but your stupid decisions prevent me from giving you my money.

At that point we should call GOG the suicide store given how much it tries to sabotage itself.

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@Cyba.Cowboy
I understand your excitement over arm, but am very certain this will not happen anytime soon.
X86 is AMD's oligopoly.
For X86_64 it's even the licensor instead of the licensee, while for ARM it would need to license again and before you say.
Also Apple's chips aren't competitors for AMD.
Apple never bought or considered buying AMD and it is not selling these chips to AMD customers(they're not selling these chips B2B full stop)

As such there are few ways to convince AMD to step away from x86.
One is proof that it's doomed in the short term, but it's latest models are competitive with Qualcomms ARM desktop processors in preformance and battery life(AMD's only realistic opponent from the ARM side).
Another is provide an opportunity for growth, but AMD is already growing faster than it can handle, because the market leaders in its two most major segments have left or self immolated(NIVIDIA went AI instead of productivity, Intel hasn't innovated on serious level for more than a decade).

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Meaning it will not be exclusive to XBox. So what encouragement are Microsoft giving to buy an XBox handheld?

Or have they already accepted defeat?

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All I want for Christmas is proper mouse support in Centipede Recharged!!!

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@rustynail

Did a little bit of digging this morning because I had the time. Based off the most recent active feature list, I have to assume that GOG Achievements are still in the experimental phase. Heroic is using Comet to interface with the GOG Galaxy Communication Service.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/08/heroic-games-launcher-v215-has-expanded-gog-support-ea-games-from-epic-store-support/

At this point, Heroic Games Launcher appears to be the closest to the goal. Comet has listed Heroic as "experimental", Lutris as "planned", and MiniGalaxy as "unknown".

https://github.com/imLinguin/comet

Personally, I think this is a good idea. Rather than duplicate the effort, GOG could team up with the community to deliver an open-source solution for their Linux client. Heroic is the current front-liner, but there is no reason they could not work with multiple options and include Lutris, MiniGalaxy and others in delivering a Linux client solution as well.

I have to admit, it would be a bold move on GOG's part if they chose to do this.

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@gradyvuckovic Chess is older than d&d.
It's easier to imagine that people want to play what they see(a football game) than an individual part of what they see(the footballer).

Also it's easier to make.
FPV is hard and it still requires strategic simulation.

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i'll leave aside the usual "why do we even need another launcher" argument for a second to say this... why do game devs have such a hard time making well behaved launchers?! it's a windowed app folks, literally any app besides games got this right... it's really not rocket science! you're all embarassing yourselves in front of your customers before they even go into the game!

Launchers are a sign of strength not weakness.

Making launchers is hard and there is barely any opensource support for it.

Why do games still do it
1. Launchers are generally where the drm and anti-cheat are primarily based to the point that implementing launcher free drm is a challenge.
Games have separate launchers, because they consider Valve drm and anti-cheat inadequate or because they want to minimize their steam dependency.
2. Launchers allow you to advertise your company to gamers. Suddenly you've a special {company} program on your computer, which is named after the company instead of the product.
3. Not working with launchers means uploading your game binary to steam. This is a bigger problem than you think. Steam has used this access several times against the wishes of other parties: keeping games accessible to past licensees when the developer pulls the game from steam, Scrutinizing your game for viruses, etc.

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Someone needs therapy.

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I think they should have called it "Jun(i)e Tunes"

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It's about AMD's chips, so my comment is completely relevant, since some sections of the industry are moving towards ARM-based C{Us, which often offer loads of raw power with minimal power usage... Which is perfectly suited to mobile devices like the Steam Deck.

In saying that, changing the architecture would make it significantly more difficult for all of the existing games to run smoothly, if at all, (under a Linux-based operating system or Microsoft Windows), so there's that awfully big hurdle.

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Why Manjaro though?

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Sure would (and would have already) tipped extras in many ways if GOG truly supported Linux. An official Linux client to show it. But no. They do not.

At this point I think they shouldn't make a Linux client, and instead completely abandon their own client and only endorse Heroic launcher, including on Windows. I don't remember if Heroic has already implemented GOG achievements and networking but pretty sure they're at least getting close

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Please let this be good, please let this be good, please let this be good...

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Loved the first game, the sequel was OK but rather cringeworthy, and the third was godawful. Hoping this prequel will be more like first game.

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Oh no, another Survivors, Next Game wishlisted After the Nautical Survival. Too many Games to play

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If I may, what Oscar nominee would that be? I've never heard about this and that sounds really interesting.

Flow. Cool movie. Box office made something like $50 million on a $5 million budget too. Something like that, almost 10:1, which is crazy for a modern movie.

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Yay it finally made it to openSUSE Tumbleweed. Installed on the rest of my PCs/laptops and also working just fine. Was also available before for KDE Neon and Fedora. And I hear Arch also already has it.

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@kaiman

I first read the article headline "GOG now ask for donations when you buy games" and I am like "Hell no! Raise your prices if you don't make enough money!". But then the article states that it is for the game preservation program, and I think that's a legitimate cause.

I agree. The headline is misleading. I have no problem with GOG fundraising to support their Game Preservation project. These things cost money. If it is okay for game developers to fundraise through crowdfunding, why shouldn't it also be okay for game maintainers to do the same? It is a worthy project!

I wonder if it is possible to donate to the project without purchasing something?

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I've had everything on proton experimental for years now, and it runs wonderfully, no issues. So I'll keep it there. Feels like the perfect balance to me. Like I'm currently using 10 but it's not "officially released" yet. But still no issues!

And I'll pile on to the "it just works" group. I can remember probably around 2012/13/14 I tried linux full time and wasn't happy with it. I had to tinker with EVERYTHING. Had audio issues, drive formatting issues, games needed custom parameters, some games flat out wouldn't run at all, there weren't good replacements for windows apps I needed, etc etc.

Then sometime around 2020 I again made the switch full time because I was so sick and tired of the Microsoft garbage being forced down my throat and no ability to do anything about it. I really felt like microsoft owned my computer and allowed me to use it, but only exactly how they said. It was radically different. Everything just worked! No problems with games, no general os tinkering, replacement apps had come along really far, etc.

Now in 2025, it's like a no-brainer. I really honestly think for a personal computer at home, for all the "average" non-techy people out there (muggles) in your friends & family group, linux is totally an option.

If they're needing a new computer, you can get a framework13 (all amd) for $900 which is AMAZING. Put Mint on that, call it day. Tell them to text you if they need anything. I bet you won't get many texts!

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Oh, already? That was quick!

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@Salvatos, that was the demo, it's out now.

@Nagezahn, it's node-based programming. But not "coding" in the traditional writing lines sense.

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I wish they would fix some of the actually jarring issues such as the low battery indicator not working and night mode causing severe stuttering every time.

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Gaming is just so stable on Linux now. Absolutley mind-blowing progress from just, say, 10 years ago when it felt like you constantly had to add tinker lines to Steam's launch parameters, or use Glorious Eggrolls version to get things working.

I would say from even 3-5 years ago. Absolutely insane how much development each of the last years has brought us 🚀

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But Linux is too niche. We live in capitalism, what makes money is king, few are going to target a platform that's at 1% out of sentiment. Some, but not that many.

And all your "for all intents and purposes" and what Valve "intends" and talk of Android seem to almost intentionally miss the point. SteamOS is Linux--there's no discussion about this, there's no "well in this way it is and in this way it isn't"--SteamOS is Gnu/Linux, software that runs on SteamOS runs on Linux (which is not true of Android). What's running on the metal is Linux. And at the rate things are going, Linux will not be too niche. When Linux is no longer too niche, native Linux titles will increase--I've never seen a credible counterargument. And this is happening because Proton dropped the barriers to adoption. That's just the way it is.

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It reminds me of BioPrototype

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