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Finally finished work for the week

Merry Christmas indeed, fellow tux lovers

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Split-Fiction for me I think

It really reminds me of what gaming use to be, before live service "forever" games kicked in, and I was expecting it to be a stutter fest but they really know how to make the most out of UE5

Really hope Hazelight Studios get to continue making these sort of games, hopefully EA doesn't get rid of this team of talented developers but who knows these days lol

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Metal Eden is a pretty great FPS. Worth a try as it is currently discounted. More of a hidden gem though.

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Stellar Blade and Claire Obscure are my favs this year. 😊

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. . . Have I actually played ANY games this year that were released this year? Even stuff I bought this year was all older, I think. Um . . . I played the demo of that card combat game where the "cards" are different sizes and you have to fit them into a tiled space and it's kind of moon themed and stuff. That was fairly good.

Still, the GOTYs these days are never as Goaty as good ol' Goat Simulator. Now there's a game that's very Goaty.

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Happy holidays to you and yours, Liam!

The same to the entire GamingOnLinux readership.

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I haven't played completely through the various campaigns but I haven't noticed this inconsistency so far.

From what I can see from their wiki, they work primarily in 2D graphics. 3D models are only used for animation effects. The dev team seems very concerned with maintaining a consistent look.

[Widelands Wiki - Graphics Development](https://www.widelands.org/wiki/GraphicsDevelopment/)

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Merry/happy all the things!
A special huge hug to Liam for continuing to provide a healthy watering hole for the ever growing penguin horde. Cheers!

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Finally some good news – although I'm not sure if the reappearance of the Forum will bring back the old spirit.

I'm not in a festive spirit at all. Saturday's annoying stream of Christmas songs has left me completely oversaturated. I want everything Christmas related to be gone as soon as possible. This might be the first year that I skip watching Christmas Vacation in forever.

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Digimon Story Time Stranger. Not only do I like the game for gameplay and story reasons, but I really appreciate it on a technical level. Saving is instant. The game feels very responsive. Frame rate is silky smooth. Absolutely lovely game.

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Quoting: mr-victoryThe forums are returning? We are so back! Will the content be restored or are we starting from scratch?

Pleased to say all content apart from the old Patreon forum will be restored.

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The forums are returning? We are so back! Will the content be restored or are we starting from scratch?

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Only new game I got was Civ7 and.... that was a mistake.

Mostly played Civ 5/6 and BERT (heh), Valheim (lotsa that)

Finally started No Mans Sky and enjoying it (even though no clue what I should be doing)

Not many new games look interesting enough to make me part with my money.
(I'm fussy)
:P

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I'm on my own this Xmas, but it gives me plenty of extra time to play games!!! I hope you have a good one.
I don't know how anyone says "Happy New Year" anymore. All I can think of is what Eldritch horror awaits us in 2026.

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Merry Christmas and Happy New year. :)

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My GOTY was definitely Metro Exodus. 9/10 game and was fun to play. It wasn't released this year though. Didn't buy any 2025 games personally. All money went into PC upgrades.

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The year of Linux VR is coming!

(We'll have Linux used by humans on Mars before The Year of the Linux Desktop. ;) )

Happy holidays, happy New year!

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Have a good one everyone, sounds like 2026 is going to be busy 😀

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Happy Christmas and thanks for all the games!

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Yeah, Silksong.

Just Silksong.

Doesn't need a link, everyone bought Silksong already.
So buy another copy on gog or steam.
Don't forget to buy the soundtrack, too.

SILKSONG!

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Quoting: PhlebiacDon't they just keep coming back if you feed them?

I suppose . . . still better than being dead. Of course once you get the recipe right it would be routine, which would be boring, so presumably the game kind of skips that.

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Speaking of Skyrim competitors, Tainted Grail was definitely one of the most interesting games for me this year and probably one of the best RPGS in years, writing is really good and even what seems like a tiniest fetch quest is likely to surprise you with something. Later sections of the game were a bit rough on launch but after some patches and a DLC I expect it to be in a pretty good state, although I'm yet to do a second playthrough.

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Yay! The forum comes back! 😁

Merry Christmas and a happy new year!

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2025 has been a good year for games, but Zexion is probably my favourite.

Award for the absolute worst (re-)release for 2025 goes to The Fortress of Dr.Radiaki - Fancy Edition. The dictionary definition of motion sickness would point at this game!

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The standalone seems to rune fine under Wine.
At least on my system ;)

Thanks for the tip, it is an awesome mod/game so far.

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Thanks for all your effort this year Liam, this is still my favorite place on the internet. Looking forward to the return of the forums. Next year is shaping up nicely for linux gaming, I am particularly looking forward to the release of the Steam Frame - I hope that it won't be too hard on my wallet.
Happy Christmas and New Year to all.

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The demo is available - and interesting!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: KeksusThe game is cool. But I wish they would take the time to unify their art style. It's kinda weird that many factions follow a completely different art direction.

. . . Wouldn't it be normal for different factions arguably representing different cultures to have different art? But I expect there's good ways and bad ways to do that.

I am really talking about the overall art direction. Not that they have different looking buildings.

It's been a while since I played it. But I remember that for example one faction uses 2D sprites, another 3D models. It is completely inconsistent and feels like assets from completely different games meshed together.

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Don't they just keep coming back if you feed them?

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