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Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By Keyrock, 9 December 2015 at 1:50 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleAlso, don't confuse "satire" with "funny".
I know what satire means.

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By rustybroomhandle, 9 December 2015 at 1:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Keyrock
Quoting: rustybroomhandle
Quoting: DamonLinuxPLHatred isnt bad game. Look at users review on Steam. So If people did not protest against Postal, why they have to do with Hatred?

Haven't actually seen anyone protesting. The general complaint is that unlike Postal, which has a definite satirical edge to it, this is just bland and pointless.
Actually, Postal isn't satirical, or if it is, then it's completely lost on me. In fact, Postal doesn't have much story to it at all. There are some vague reference to the Earth hungering for death or some such, but basically it's just a guy running around murdering everyone with basically no storyline to speak of. It's actually almost the exact same game as Hatred. Postal 2, on the other hand, is silly and satirical.

I meant Postal as a collective franchise. Also, don't confuse "satire" with "funny".

The Last NightMary - A Lenda do Cabeca de Cuia, a point and click survival game now on Linux
By Arehandoro, 9 December 2015 at 1:42 pm UTC

Interesting idea, might give it a go.

Lucius II, wreak havoc as the bad guy on SteamOS & Linux
By lucifertdark, 9 December 2015 at 1:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'll buy the second game AFTER the first one is ported so I can play them both without having to boot into Windows.

A developer on Tesla Effect details why the Linux port never arrived
By tuubi, 9 December 2015 at 1:28 pm UTC

Quoting: PerkeleenVittupSo then, i suppose there's still hope.
Maybe some hope, but not much. They've made it quite clear that the game didn't sell well enough to justify an update to Unity 5 at this point, and the new Bink plugin isn't likely to support older 4.x versions. They didn't say never though, so let's stay optimistic and hope for the best.

PS: It would be pointless to provide the game without the cutscenes, as most of the content is presented in FMV form. A different codec (even a lower quality one) would be an acceptable solution though. They could even up the bit rates (and thus file sizes) slightly to alleviate the drop in visual quality.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By Mountain Man, 9 December 2015 at 1:27 pm UTC

Quoting: soulsource
Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.
What's wrong with its performance? For me (Radeon R9 270X with open source drivers) it's running very well. I'm not at maximum settings, as I had to decrease shadow quality to medium, but I'd say that's more than close enough.
It falls far behind the Windows version in terms of performance and tends to hover around 20-something frames per second even on hardware that exceeds the recommended requirements. It's playable, but it really should run better. There are a number of threads on the official forums discussing the problem. Here's one of the more popular ones:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/index.php?threads/linux-abysmal-performance-on-system-that-exceeds-reccommended-requiremens.842603/

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By Feist, 9 December 2015 at 1:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nice recap of 2015.

The one title I miss from the list is "SOMA", not really an aaa-title but still produced by a medium-sized studio and quite successfull.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By Mountain Man, 9 December 2015 at 1:24 pm UTC

Quoting: Creak
Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.
I'm not sure Cities: Skyline uses Unity.
It does.

https://unity3d.com/showcase/case-stories/cities-skylines

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By wojtek88, 9 December 2015 at 1:23 pm UTC

Quoting: MohandevirFor those interested, Dubigrasu did a benchmark of Unity 4 vs 5... Quite promising:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/541907867770822642/#p8

Just look for the last page of the forum's comments.

Thanks Dubi!

Looks great, hope it will be applied to many titles. And hope Unity guys will find more ways to optimize Linux code.
Cannot wait for Cities Skylines to update.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By Xzyl, 9 December 2015 at 1:19 pm UTC

Just a few criticisms, if you're interested, firstly maybe my memory is wrong but I don't remember the release of BS:I the way you do. Most people including myself (even on AMD hardware) praised the game for it's playability especially after Witcher2 had such a rocky release (that situation improved greatly too). Sure the AMD FPS cap was bad but more than playable. I don't remember many posts bitching about it being a wrapper but more impressed it was.

Second your list seems... Focused on more of a "what I like or bust" type of feel without the positives such as Dota2(reborn) launched this year and is one of the top played games on steam and plays amazing since it's engine upgrade. Yes technically not a new game but it really is with an engine upgrade and the switch to more modes than just the DOTA2 map.

One last thing about TL2, it maybe older (should be noted we got it just shortly after the MacOS port) but since it's creators were the original blizzard north team (after they were bought) and did D1 and D2, this is a top tier game that was smooth AF. I sent Runic E-Mails and pleaded on their forum to bring TL and TL2 (after it was announced) to Linux having these games made me VERY happy regardless of the initial lag. So while it may not be your cup of tea this was a milestone for my collection.

Last note I am one of those sad people waiting for D : OS as a kickstarter backer Larian really cut me but it would be nice to play it sometime.

Other than that I think your article touches on the elephant in the room. No MKX No SF4/5/anything No GTA5 No Fallout 4 we're really lacking flavor of the month top tier AA games which really hurts the platform in my opinion and sadly I don't see that problem changing anytime soon. Good work nice submission!

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By Mohandevir, 9 December 2015 at 1:10 pm UTC Likes: 1

For those interested, Dubigrasu did a benchmark of Unity 4 vs 5... Quite promising:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamuniverse/discussions/1/541907867770822642/#p8

Just look for the last page of the forum's comments.

Thanks Dubi!

Major update to Albion Online, the fun MMORPG on Linux
By Liam Dawe, 9 December 2015 at 1:00 pm UTC

Quoting: KallestofelesDoes it have decent Anti-Alias options? Switch 'em on man, if present! :D

No it doesn't have one yet it seems.

Major update to Albion Online, the fun MMORPG on Linux
By Kallestofeles, 9 December 2015 at 1:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

Does it have decent Anti-Alias options? Switch 'em on man, if present! :D

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By Eike, 9 December 2015 at 12:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DamonLinuxPLWell, if in a country ruled by socialists who control it in a socialist EU

Utter nonsense. Socialist parties in the sense of what Poland and the GDR had are illegal in Germany. And the conservative party is the biggest part of the government coalition.

Quoting: DamonLinuxPLwe in Poland already change government and now is much better but old government very complains to the socialists in the EU as a new government is bad, but it's not true.

By changing the supreme court on day one? You may want to ask Andrzej Zoll about that. If I would be religions (which I'm not), I'd pray for Polands democracy, which they fought hard for in the 80ies.

But this is off-topic here, I won't answer anything except if you care to write in private.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By wojtek88, 9 December 2015 at 12:38 pm UTC

Quoting: cheerockieWitcher 3 was anounced? CD Projekt RED never agreed it.
Was anounced twice by Valve, once with the banner that was visible for half of a day and never commented, and second time in March (more details in referenced article here.

But you are right, CD Projekt RED never officially confirmed that they work on the port.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By Tak, 9 December 2015 at 12:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Seegras
Quoting: GuestThere is also the fact that WebGL is an officially supported build target.
It needs JDK 6.
It needs at least JDK 6. If it doesn't work with a newer version, that's unintentional (as far as I know) and should be reported/fixed.

Unity 5.3 released, hello modern OpenGL system for Linux gaming
By Tak, 9 December 2015 at 12:33 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: rustybroomhandleAlso wondering (and please, no pressure, take your time with this) - do you have any 5.3 editor plans?
We've just merged the latest changes from 5.3 final and are working on a test build now. (There are lots of vacations and holidays in December, though - this doesn't mean "hold your breath for a release tomorrow." ;) )

Quoting: rustybroomhandleI'm kinda curious if you guys have any handle on what the maintenance effort of the Linux editor might be in future.
We're still trying to evaluate this. Right now, Linux editor work is hosted on a dedicated branch that's isolated from the development mainline (i.e. trunk/master) and release mainlines, so it's currently more maintenance overhead than it potentially could be.

Quoting: Eikemake the editor not crash on load and save project under non-GNOME environments
From what I've seen, this has been a Gtk theme issue for the people who are experiencing it. You may have better luck if you try a different/standard Gtk2 theme.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By cheerockie, 9 December 2015 at 12:29 pm UTC

Quoting: wojtek88
Quoting: OZSeafordOne question I would have though, oblivious of platform, what games would you have waited for in general, windows games that is? Are there hundreds?
First of all I miss Witcher 3. It's great, it is 2015 GOTY, and it's developed in my country :). This is the game of the year and we just have to be able to play it on our platform.
I cannot wait Batman AK (But I know the Windows port story, which makes me think that Feral will have huge troubles while trying to port the game to Linux).
And I dream about Rockstar games - Max Payne 3 and GTA 5. Saints Row will be reasonable alternative, but still, it's different, especially Saints Row 4.
Of course, titles like Fallout 4 should be delivered to Linux as well, but I can live without this game.

Honestly, in general I also miss porting of the series of good games. We already have Witcher 2, Witcher 3 was anounced, why not to port Witcher 1? Saints row series may be the first try to do that, hope all the games will be ported, let's see.
We have Batman Arkham Knight announced - why not to port 3 previous titles? They are great, consoles do not offer you game experience from first game of the series to last game very often (I can think of Nathan Drake collection + Uncharted 4 on PS4).
And porting the Rockstar series (Max Payne and GTA) would be the icing on the cake.

Witcher 3 was anounced? CD Projekt RED never agreed it.

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By Keyrock, 9 December 2015 at 12:21 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: rustybroomhandle
Quoting: DamonLinuxPLHatred isnt bad game. Look at users review on Steam. So If people did not protest against Postal, why they have to do with Hatred?

Haven't actually seen anyone protesting. The general complaint is that unlike Postal, which has a definite satirical edge to it, this is just bland and pointless.
Actually, Postal isn't satirical, or if it is, then it's completely lost on me. In fact, Postal doesn't have much story to it at all. There are some vague reference to the Earth hungering for death or some such, but basically it's just a guy running around murdering everyone with basically no storyline to speak of. It's actually almost the exact same game as Hatred. Postal 2, on the other hand, is silly and satirical.

Lucius II, wreak havoc as the bad guy on SteamOS & Linux
By adolson, 9 December 2015 at 12:05 pm UTC Likes: 2

So many games on Linux have bad or incomplete or totally missing gamepad support. Best just remap it all to keyboard+mouse inputs for those cases. In this regard, the Steam Controller is a godsend. There are, however, a small number of games that simply do not work with the Steam Controller whatsoever. One example is The Banner Saga, unless it's been fixed...

Also, that trailer (and all like it!) sucks. It tells me virtually nothing about the gameplay.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By wojtek88, 9 December 2015 at 12:04 pm UTC

Quoting: OZSeafordOne question I would have though, oblivious of platform, what games would you have waited for in general, windows games that is? Are there hundreds?
First of all I miss Witcher 3. It's great, it is 2015 GOTY, and it's developed in my country :). This is the game of the year and we just have to be able to play it on our platform.
I cannot wait Batman AK (But I know the Windows port story, which makes me think that Feral will have huge troubles while trying to port the game to Linux).
And I dream about Rockstar games - Max Payne 3 and GTA 5. Saints Row will be reasonable alternative, but still, it's different, especially Saints Row 4.
Of course, titles like Fallout 4 should be delivered to Linux as well, but I can live without this game.

Honestly, in general I also miss porting of the series of good games. We already have Witcher 2, Witcher 3 was anounced, why not to port Witcher 1? Saints row series may be the first try to do that, hope all the games will be ported, let's see.
We have Batman Arkham Knight announced - why not to port 3 previous titles? They are great, consoles do not offer you game experience from first game of the series to last game very often (I can think of Nathan Drake collection + Uncharted 4 on PS4).
And porting the Rockstar series (Max Payne and GTA) would be the icing on the cake.

A developer on Tesla Effect details why the Linux port never arrived
By Perkeleen_Vittupää, 9 December 2015 at 12:03 pm UTC

So then, i suppose there's still hope.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare, a beautiful Unreal Engine toy soldier game looking for Linux testers
By legluondunet, 9 December 2015 at 12:02 pm UTC

I no more play fps for months because I found them too serious. But this one looks very funny, mail just sent.

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By rustybroomhandle, 9 December 2015 at 12:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DamonLinuxPLHatred isnt bad game. Look at users review on Steam. So If people did not protest against Postal, why they have to do with Hatred?

Haven't actually seen anyone protesting. The general complaint is that unlike Postal, which has a definite satirical edge to it, this is just bland and pointless.

Sunken, an impressive looking action RPG with roguelike elements planned for Linux
By adolson, 9 December 2015 at 11:58 am UTC

First impression is they are attempting to imitate the original Diablo in a lot of ways. And this is a good thing. Wishlisted.

The Mean Greens - Plastic Warfare, a beautiful Unreal Engine toy soldier game looking for Linux testers
By lvlark, 9 December 2015 at 11:56 am UTC

I'm not often into shooters, but this looks fun. Although I'm also not one for multiplayer games..

Hatred, the controversial shooter is now being tested for a Linux port
By DamonLinuxPL, 9 December 2015 at 11:53 am UTC

Hatred isnt bad game. Look at users review on Steam. So If people did not protest against Postal, why they have to do with Hatred?

Brutality in games is like in the movies, and somehow, there's no one protests.

BTW.
As to the unavailability Germany is not only game, also Dying Light, Dead Island or Left4Dead2. Well, if in a country ruled by socialists who control it in a socialist EU, it can not be expected to take from them a wise decision. Change your government in Germany, and it will be better - we in Poland already change government and now is much better but old government very complains to the socialists in the EU as a new government is bad, but it's not true. So do you want brutality game? Do you want freedom? Chnge government.

Sunken, an impressive looking action RPG with roguelike elements planned for Linux
By darkszluf, 9 December 2015 at 11:43 am UTC Likes: 1

QuoteIt shouldn't be too much of a trouble

i've got a bad feeling about this.

User Submitted Editorial: Current Linux gaming situation
By OZSeaford, 9 December 2015 at 11:36 am UTC Likes: 1

Well, it's an interesting personal insight, I notice that you are leaning heavily onto the AAA production, which is fair enough if that is what rocks your boat.

One question I would have though, oblivious of platform, what games would you have waited for in general, windows games that is? Are there hundreds?

Personally, I find that the output of games coming out is too big for me to follow, and I have plenty on my plate.

Whether that is enough to convert someone coming from Windows? I don't know...but I am really happy that I actually only need to boot into windows to play a very small selection of multiplayer games...All my solo needs and most of my multiplayer needs are on Linux.

Come on Divinity & Rocket League ports, I am waiting eagerly...