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Yeah I loved the look of Delver but found it pretty dull too...will keep an eye on this one

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Ignis>plus if you die you lose everything on you

Seriously? Pass…

oO

Seriously???, indeed.
Lootable corpses is probably one of the more silly ideas ever brought to MMOs. I guess if that's a feature of that game, I shall pass, too. I'd rather boot into Windows to play MMOs than letting some random PKer that stabbed me in the back have all the stuff I worked my behind off for weeks to get. Or leave it at home in the first place for the fear of losing it, defeating the point of having nice stuff in the first place.
I have seriously no idea who in their right mind would think a feature like this would attract a meaningful number of players to an online game. *shakes head*

Wow, freaking wussies. There should be some sort of reward for someone who managed to beat you in a fight. I know Ultima Online, way back when I played that, the PKers would be able to loot all of your items when they killed you. Then they changed it so that they got a certain percentage of your items. It really hurt when you spent so much time/gold on getting enough reagents to cast spells, and then have someone kill you off and steal them all. But at least there was a penalty for dying. Now when you die in most MMORPGs (and I'm not talking about just PK'd) you spawn a short distance away then run back to where you were to defeat whatever killed you. Remember when you'd lose skill points or XP at least?

This is why Dark Souls is so popular, it's a brutal game (though it's almost brutal to the point you want to hunt down the developers and give them a fair fisting, I know Bloodborne makes me think that). Really if there is no penalties, the games just turn into a grind. I think what would be a cool option, would be the same thing as when you die in some games and it leaves a marker on the map where you died last so you could go gather your stuff, and if a monster or PC picked it up, the marker would move with them, so you could hunt down the bastard that killed you before. Revenge!

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This looks awesome. I'm definitely picking this up. Looks very much like Car Wars, I game I used to love.

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This is awesome news, I already have the game and all DLC, just haven't played it because I hate booting into Windows.

I was tempted to buy it for the PS4, and get the Camera, from what I've read it's one of the few games to take advantage of it. You can peer around corners with the head tracking, and apparently if you're talking in the room, the Alien will hear you. Now if you could do something like that and add the VR headset to it....

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I like how they make this big distinction about how different they are from "themeparks" without actually explaining what they mean by that. Whatever it is, it's inferior to this!

Blatant marketing speak gives me gas.

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I remember playing the old Americas Army on linux. It was actually quite good game even though it is basicly a recruiting tool.

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How cool is that? I love the Alien franchise, and I'm really happy that this game has signs of Linux support.
Slowly I don't know anymore, what I (really) whish to have on SteamOS/Linux :) Lately Evolve shows signs of Linux support, now Alien: Isolation. And I asked them already on Gamescom if there will be a Linux version. Finally those hopes have good chances to come true.
Exciting times for Linux gaming.
Even though I already completed the main game, I'll be more than happy to enjoy the DLCs on Linux then.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyRare to see people with a long view these days. It's all "What's in it for me today, even if that'll hose me in a year." You'd think with where the climate is going people might be starting to notice the problems with that approach. Kudos to this guy for thinking beyond the end of his nose.

Agreed... and not only in the gaming industry, sadly...

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Reminds me a bit of The Maw. Looks neat.

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I don't know if I would like this game or not but if the price is right, it runs well and it isn't a VP port I may just have to pick it up to show support.

Quoting: AryvandaarI've played this with Oculus Rift.

Brave soul. :P

A buddy of mine just informed me yesterday that a guy he works with took a DK2 + $$ in exchange for some work thinking his laptop would handle it (it doesn't). I told him to find out if he wants to sell it and for how much if he does. I've got my fingers crossed he doesn't want to deal with trying to sell it on ebay or craigslist and will take next to nothing for it (like $150ish). At the very least I told him to get him to bring it over to my place so we can all try it out. My rig will certainly handle it and I've never tried anything like it so I'm kinda excited. Hopefully I'm not one of those people it makes nauseous.

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Quoting: AryvandaarI've played this with Oculus Rift.

oh my... you're insane! :D

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Quoting: GuestI really hope this pushes Sega to realize they should be porting their games to Linux.

Sega is already the best Japanese company when it comes to bringing games to Linux. All those games brought to or promised for Linux by Sega have been Western games, however. I still hope that Bandai Namco is watching and decides to bring over Dark Souls, Dark Souls II, Tales of Symphonia, and Tales of Zestiria.

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If AA: PG comes to Linux, I will be filled with endless happiness.

For real.

EDIT: Using code tags still turned : and P next to one another into a smiley face: :P

There should probably be a non-"code" markup which disables smileys inside the given area, and a "code" markup should probably also disable smileys inside it. I assume there's a place on the forums to report this kind of thing....

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ALRIGHT, FINE, EGOSOFT. I'll buy X: Rebirth. Are you happy now?!

D:<

:P

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This would be great, as I am really not a fan of battlefield or call of duty.
AA was a great game where tactics and teamplay really made a difference back then when I played.

It is propaganda, but at the same time it is one of the best online FPS games we have.

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I've played this with Oculus Rift.

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Pokemon-like? I'd say they look more like baby Digimon :D

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I hate horror games. I am usually too scared to play them. With Alien: Isolation I made an exception, because I love the franchise so much. I peed my pants all the way and finished the story. Great graphics, dense atmosphere and superb voice acting. I will wait and play the DLCs on linux (I have an AMD card though, so maybe not).

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yay, hiding-under-table simulator 20whatever is coming to linux. totally tubular.

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Quoting: Ignis&gt;plus if you die you lose everything on you

Seriously? Pass…

oO

Seriously???, indeed.
Lootable corpses is probably one of the more silly ideas ever brought to MMOs. I guess if that's a feature of that game, I shall pass, too. I'd rather boot into Windows to play MMOs than letting some random PKer that stabbed me in the back have all the stuff I worked my behind off for weeks to get. Or leave it at home in the first place for the fear of losing it, defeating the point of having nice stuff in the first place.
I have seriously no idea who in their right mind would think a feature like this would attract a meaningful number of players to an online game. *shakes head*

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>plus if you die you lose everything on you

Seriously? Pass…

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Funny thing: Steam is actually one of those platforms that locks games in, most anyway. I still managed to glean a few games off the downloaded data so that they run independently of Steam, but the rest are specifically designed to NEVER run outside of Steam, even though from technical standpoints, they easily could and have no reason to use anything from Steam apart from publicity. It's that you're not ALLOWED to run them outside of Steam, not that they can't run outside it.

They specifically add into the game a specific check to make sure that it's running through Steam, or else the game is forced to quit, even though Steam provides nothing to the game and is not technically required or used or useful in any way. And some of these games also have copies that run outside of Steam, but the Steam copy is usually made to make sure you can't. This is what they keep calling DRM in Steam.

Also, I don't understand why so many keep saying that Linux is not a Gaming Platform. Classically, it was the hardware that truly dictated whether a game could run. Essentially it still is. The game should run just fine on the same computer no matter the OS. "Platform" should refer mainly to the hardware setup and proprietary limitations, not the OS specifically. The reason you can't run an XBoxOne or Playstation 4 game on a PC with great hardware is ONLY because it wasn't specifically designed to run on the PC's software, not that the hardware can't take it. The problem is that a lot of the software/drivers involved are proprietary and OpenGL has not had so much of a dedicated well-paid dev team or support from associated companies. Direct X has. OpenGL just has to play (often blind, due to lack of hardware dev support) catch-up with the recent support to get to and advance well beyond DirectX.

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This would be amazing. The more quality AAA games coming to Linux the better.

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Hmmm, the visuals look like a MOBA, the gameplay is a cross between a MOBA, Guild Wars, and a tiny bit of Savage/Savage 2 (construction and items).

*This game idea has an idea similar to the MMORPG F2P games:
- Wurm Online (Java 3D): Can actually terraform. However F2P mode is pretty limited and I didn't see many people at all last times I tried.
- Ensemble Online (Flash 2D): Very much the same as this idea, but 2D.
- Runescape (Java 3D): I actually never played this, but I heard at least some of the custom private servers with mods allowed construction. I think this would be the Classic Runescape, as they also made a newer Runescape with the same name.

*As for payment models:
- F2P + Premium: Very successful if skillfully made to NOT be pay-to-win. One of the best ways is speeding up levelling (exp bonuses). No premium items should EVER be offered that provide an unfair functional advantage.

- F2P + Item Shop: Very successful if skillfully made to NOT be pay-to-win. Same conditions as above, but also greater risk because you rely solely on random item purchases. Loss of interest in items = Loss of the game. You also have to constantly develop new great items, eventually becoming a ridiculous size that may greatly hamper performance and even population. Wanna download a 50-100 GB game? Even 10 is iffy.

- Buy Once, Play Forever: Very successful for a limited time. Forever is actually until the server hosting payments run out. Also, if advertisements and reviews are not absolute best, there will be a lack of players. In general, the game population will always be smaller than F2P Models, and the sad fact of the matter is that most play games if there are a lot of people online, even if there is extensive and great offline play. Any mention of low populations anywhere and the game will fall quickly.

- Subscription: Limited Success. There have been very great successes in the past, but again, for a very limited time. Really were only successful because the above alternatives weren't around, and this model has fallen greatly since. The only really successful ones are those that have the most amazing of gameplay, visuals, features, etc. So unless you're making a supreme game that wont be forgotten for decades (and maybe even played for that or more), don't expect this to work now-a-days.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: StianTheDarkIt's a fun game, and I don't see why it would be propaganda. While loading, the game gives you short videos of american soldiers and how their life is. Of course, it's meant to drive people into the army but I don't really think it's working. It's a really fun game anyway, and I'm norwegian, so it doesn't really matter.

According to MIT research, it has more influence on potential recruits than all other advertising of the american army taken together. China, Rusia and India are adopting the method.

Bad luck in real life we don't train shamans and warlocks to fight demons and dragons in dungeons. This way we would see american army paying Blizzard for the port of WoW to linux.

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Oh Yay a AAA I'm not already owning, and it's at a meta of 80+ too!

A guaranteed purchase.

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bricks will be shat

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Quoting: Kels

QuoteAlien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It

It's okay Liam, you can just make Samsai do it. :P

What a fantastic idea.

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Oh shit better purchase some new underpants for this game.

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Now that's something I really didn't expect - more welcome good news. I'm tipping on an in-house native port on this one.

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