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Quoting: liamdawe"Faeria, the rather good free to play turn-based card battler has a final release and now official Linux support"

Carefully nuanced with "rather" to not overdo it, so british. And let's cram the entire article into the headline - that's classic Liam. Never change, dude. <3

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Quoting: buenaventuraAh, I wish they had a browser version!
Edit: Perhaps one can run it in an emulated Android device later, like with genymotion?

I'm not really following: are you talking about Faeria? Because Genymotion is made for playing Android games on PC and it's already a PC game, not Android. Or maybe you're looking for an "inverted" Genymotion, i.e. a way to play the (PC) game on your Android device? If so, there is no such thing and, as you pointed out, there's no browser version like Duelyst provides.

(As a sidenote, Duelyst has a browser version because it's a "web" game, made with HTML+JS; the desktop version is only the game packaged within a standalone browser. Faeria is made with Unity AFAIK, so not easily portable to a web version.)

Faeria only has a desktop version right now (Linux + MacOS + Windows, through Steam only). There are plans for a mobile version, but tablets only I think. The iPad port is currently in open beta in some specific countries (Belgium at least). When it's released, Abrakam will focus on the Android port.

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Just feel like adding this - Broforce is on Humble Bundle site for same price that it is on GOG ( £2.99, 75% off ). BUT if you buy it on Humble, you get DRM-free download version *and* Steam key version. Ah Humble, you spoil us so.

https://www.humblebundle.com/store/broforce

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If anyone wants to play the game right now it is available for free on Itch: https://madguy.itch.io/streets-of-rogue

The difference between the Steam version and the Itch version seems to be the following: http://streetsofrogue.tumblr.com/post/158120901745/on-steam-this-friday

QuoteNew features for the Steam version:

Online Multiplayer
4-Player Local Coop Support
Home Base
Daily Runs
Mutators
Unlockables
Steam Achievements
Game is saved when the player quits
Cloud Saves
Steam Big Picture virtual keyboard support
Introduction, Tutorial, and story stuff
Support for 7 new languages: Chinese (simplified), Korean, German, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Russian

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Quoting: TuxCanadianusHow does this game compare with Duelyst? Has anyone here tried both and could give some feedback?

I've been playing the browser version of Duelyst for a while now, and have also invested a few dollars, but I'd be interested in checking out Faeria too if it has a similar depth to it.

The main difference with Duelyst, IMO, lies in the deckbuilding. Duelyst is similar to HearthStone, where you choose a specific faction and have to make your deck with its cards. In Faeria, there are not factions but colors and you can mix up them as much as you want. It's closer to Magic: The Gathering on this point. Of course, the more colors in your deck, the more it will be difficult to manage your resources in game to play your cards, but it's perfectly viable to play decks made with one, two, three or even the four colors. It's a bit as if you could mix the factions in Duelyst to build a deck (BTW, I think Counterplay plans to experiment with this).

Faeria is also pretty generous with rewards and gold to get packs, more than Duelyst (which itself is more than HearthStone) and it's quite easy to build a decent collection without putting money in the game.

On the tactical side, I haven't played Duelyst enough to really compare both games. It always seemed to me that games in Duelyst were more oriented towards a gameplay that favors power creep. Faeria is easier to apprehend IMO.

Wow, I think I might reconsider, the mana thing is what I miss the most from MtG in HS, its so silly that it just goes up, and that you cant mix colours. Ah, I wish they had a browser version!

Edit: Perhaps one can run it in an emulated Android device later, like with genymotion?

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There is no more black scenarios in Hitman:absolution even with the tesselation enabled. But the performance is still poor and for the first time the FPS is 20 average.

Some games like Crysis 2 and Sniper Elite V2 needs some fixes:
Crysis 2 runs but performance is not acceptable and some textures and walls are missing.
Sniper Elite V2 runs but everything is too dark.

One and only dx11 game "Mr.President!"works like a charm with Good-preset.

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Quoting: no_information_hereNice article with interesting observations, Hamish. I enjoy your writing!

Cheers! ^_^

Quoting: rea987Strife: Quest for the Sigil is an interesting title which was introduced me by Ross's Game Dungeon. It was an abandonware back then; so I have a shot with GZDoom and it worked flawlessly. When the game was released on Steam as The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, I was quite shocked to see a publisher remembers its existence.

Yeah, that video comes up a lot when people talk about Strife, and probably did have a lot to do with the Veteran Edition being made due to the increased interest it generated for the game. I can't say I quite get the appeal of it myself though - I got really tired of his delivery really damn fast.

In my case I was introduced to Strife the exact same way I was introduced to Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Quake, Blood, and so many others by use of the venerable dosgames.com:
http://dosgames.com/g_3d.php

It is remarkable that website is still going actually, considering I have been going there since I was seven.

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Nice article with interesting observations, Hamish. I enjoy your writing!

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Quoting: TuxCanadianusHow does this game compare with Duelyst? Has anyone here tried both and could give some feedback?

I know Duelyst only by watching some streams on Twitch.tv. But in addition to abelthorne's perfect explanations I only want to add the most obvious difference:

In Faeria you first have to place lands on the board before you can summon minions on top of them. This simple mechanic adds to the strategic depth. So the cards have different requirements before you can play them: You need enough "mana" ("Faeria" ) and you need the right amount of land types (powerful cards need e.g. 5 lands of the same colour) and you need the land at the right spot of the board so that the card/minion you want to play actually has an impact on the board.

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Has been solved the problems with Alan Wake?
I have mute cinematics..

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Quoting: TuxCanadianusHow does this game compare with Duelyst? Has anyone here tried both and could give some feedback?

I've been playing the browser version of Duelyst for a while now, and have also invested a few dollars, but I'd be interested in checking out Faeria too if it has a similar depth to it.

The main difference with Duelyst, IMO, lies in the deckbuilding. Duelyst is similar to HearthStone, where you choose a specific faction and have to make your deck with its cards. In Faeria, there are not factions but colors and you can mix up them as much as you want. It's closer to Magic: The Gathering on this point. Of course, the more colors in your deck, the more it will be difficult to manage your resources in game to play your cards, but it's perfectly viable to play decks made with one, two, three or even the four colors. It's a bit as if you could mix the factions in Duelyst to build a deck (BTW, I think Counterplay plans to experiment with this).

Faeria is also pretty generous with rewards and gold to get packs, more than Duelyst (which itself is more than HearthStone) and it's quite easy to build a decent collection without putting money in the game.

On the tactical side, I haven't played Duelyst enough to really compare both games. It always seemed to me that games in Duelyst were more oriented towards a gameplay that favors power creep. Faeria is easier to apprehend IMO.

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This was one of those games for me that I started way too many times but never finished when I was a kid. A couple of months ago I finished it for the first time, quite the experience for an FPS/RPG from 1996 I may say.

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Strife: Quest for the Sigil is an interesting title which was introduced me by Ross's Game Dungeon. It was an abandonware back then; so I have a shot with GZDoom and it worked flawlessly. When the game was released on Steam as The Original Strife: Veteran Edition, I was quite shocked to see a publisher remembers its existence.

View video on youtube.com

Yeah, Veteran Editions some technical issues; as a Doom Engine game its new renderer uses unnecessary amount of system resources that users of older hardware consider to switching original software renderer. It's not a game killer by any means but not being able to have enhanced graphics with older hardware was a bit bummer. Frankly, I still consider it the most creative id Tech 1 game ever made. Such a shame financially it couldn't do well...

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How does this game compare with Duelyst? Has anyone here tried both and could give some feedback?

I've been playing the browser version of Duelyst for a while now, and have also invested a few dollars, but I'd be interested in checking out Faeria too if it has a similar depth to it.

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Here is my video of Overwatch running at 60 fps with very little glitches:
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Updated.

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Quoting: morbiusTried it during beta and somehow didn't sit well with me. Don't get me wrong, it's a very fine game, but feels more built for rush then control decks, playing control makes games last long. Somehow it didn't hook me, but maybe I'll give it another chance at some point.

I love the game. The devs were very responsive during Early Access and changed balances of cards quickly, especially in the last few months and weeks. The meta in Faeria is now the best in it's history. Very many decks are viable - from rush to midrange to control. Pretty amazing. But you have to learn to counter rush. There are some good guides for that and other stuff on Faeria's new community website "The Hub": Faeria.com/the-hub

Out of the many card games now available I would say Faeria is the one where luck has the least amount of impact so it's very strategic but not as deep and hard as chess of course.

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Not to be too pedantic about it but Wine Staging is where all the experimental, not-ready-even-for-development patches go, like the one patch that removes the 32GB RAM limit for The Witcher 3.

Wine Development is where patches go before they finally end up in the stable version of Wine.

Basically it's like this:

Wine Staging -> Wine development -> Wine stable

Speaking from observation, of course :)

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Article updated to reflect more testing done, performance is actually alright, my issue was not actually having everything on Low (see the article).

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Just played the first couple of tutorial missions. I really like it so far and will definitely play more!

It runs without problems on my Laptop with Intel graphics - definitely a plus!

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downloading it right now.

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Looks like it is inspired by This War of Mine. I like that! Might be cool.

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Quoting: HadBabitsThe game really is quite charming :) I played several major updates ago and enjoyed my time, but decided to wait until launch to play further, hopefully that's not too far off now ^^

Same here. Though those quantum slimes are quite tempting. :)

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Tried it during beta and somehow didn't sit well with me. Don't get me wrong, it's a very fine game, but feels more built for rush then control decks, playing control makes games last long. Somehow it didn't hook me, but maybe I'll give it another chance at some point.

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The game really is quite charming :) I played several major updates ago and enjoyed my time, but decided to wait until launch to play further, hopefully that's not too far off now ^^

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Quoting: dodrian

Quoting: liamdaweFeral have already done the XCOM 2 patch :), was back in early Feb.

Sweet pumpkins! I was on holiday then so missed the announcement, but in any case figured that by the time I got bored of Civ VI The Long War would be ready for me.

Bored of Civ? WHAAAATTT?? :)

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Quoting: ghiumaHello guys, today I downloaded rpgmaker MV on my steam linux, is being ported? maybe it's a steam error?

There have been signs of it coming to Linux for a year, but no release yet.

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Looking forward to this one releasing and I suspect it'll be instabuy. A wee bit concerned that their roadmap lists up to 0.6 and and some unannounced features, but doesn't talk about launch day, but their EA page on Steam still claims that they're aiming for launch this spring.

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Awesome, I've invested alot in Hearthstone, and the meta there kinda sucks at the moment. I will try this now!

Edit: a bummer it's on steam only, I cannot get online in Steam at work because ports are blocked ^____^' Guess it's HS for me then!

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I will give it a try!

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