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To be honest, the biggest complaint I have with the game is the incomprehensible naming of the spells. "Igni" I kinda get, but outside the tutorial there's nothing that actually tells you what each of them does. It's very confusing.

As to performance, works fine for me on a 4-year old system with an nVidia GTX750ti in it running on high graphics setting.

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Linux Mint 17, Geforce GTX660, FX8350, 12GB of ram, newest driver and it's about 2x the speed on Windows :/
There is a topic on the Steam forum of the game dedicated to fixing those issues, I really hope the port gets better. I can understand it being slower, since making (fully) native game is probably pricey, but where it's at now is just going too far.

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I already forgot that I got this game. I am not hoping any more to receive proper port

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It works pretty fine on my GTX760 and game haven't crashed for me. But yeah same problem form me as for the first Witcher game it feels so boring and overly complicated :(

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Quoting: MikeI have to say that I have not really experienced issues with the game, so it might just be on some cards and some drivers that the performance is bad. I'm using a GTX 750 ti with the 334.21 drivers and it works pretty well on nearly maximum settings.

The game itself on the other hand (so far) has really not been that great. I love RPGs, but the first hour or so of playing (as far as I got) just feels like I'm taking orders from and being talked down to by a game that's pointlessly over-complicated. Comparing this to the Elder Scrolls game (closest comparison I can make), the UI, skills, combat, tech trees, etc. are just cumbersome and get in the way of the game as you're constantly pausing and navigating through counter-intuitive menus with different features that don't really need to be there. So far there has been nothing "fun" about this game, it has just felt like the developers are testing me like some snarky overweight PC gamer with a £1000 rig trying to prove a point about how they are so much more superior than us mere mortals. Don't think I'll bother playing this until I have a bit more patience.

The UI was quite confusing, I agree. So far it has done its job though and I more or less understand everything necessary, so I am not complaining too much about that. I might complain more if I weren't so starved for RPGs at the moment though. :P

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Quoting: omer666I tried to install GOG version on Wine but it stalls at 1/3 of the installation...

Try running the installer with the /nogui option

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QuoteI would much rather pay full price than buy it at 80% off and get a crappy, crappy port.

You are not wrong. My statement about buying it on sale, is solely because it seems like they are doing the port as an after thought. This likely means something less than stellar (although this is just assumptions on my part).

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I have to say that I have not really experienced issues with the game, so it might just be on some cards and some drivers that the performance is bad. I'm using a GTX 750 ti with the 334.21 drivers and it works pretty well on nearly maximum settings.

The game itself on the other hand (so far) has really not been that great. I love RPGs, but the first hour or so of playing (as far as I got) just feels like I'm taking orders from and being talked down to by a game that's pointlessly over-complicated. Comparing this to the Elder Scrolls game (closest comparison I can make), the UI, skills, combat, tech trees, etc. are just cumbersome and get in the way of the game as you're constantly pausing and navigating through counter-intuitive menus with different features that don't really need to be there. So far there has been nothing "fun" about this game, it has just felt like the developers are testing me like some snarky overweight PC gamer with a £1000 rig trying to prove a point about how they are so much more superior than us mere mortals. Don't think I'll bother playing this until I have a bit more patience.

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I tried to install GOG version on Wine but it stalls at 1/3 of the installation...

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okay. just watched one of the videos on the game's store page. According to that video, you can smash an entire friggin asteroid into a planet! Remember the Gauls from 'Asterix and Obelix' always fearing that the sky will/might crush them? Yeah, turns out it can...

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AMD released the new Catalyst drivers to fix game performance yesterday (on day one!), but I haven't tried it.

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I just upgraded to an AMD FX 8320 (8 cores) with a GTX460. It runs decent enough, but a native version would be much better. Sadly, I don't think they will make a native version. :(

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Well.

I didn't expect CDPR to release this game on Linux.

So, even if it is not native, I thank them.

It's comprehensive that they didn't release a full port of an old game given the resources they have , the titanic task that reprogram a legacy hard tailored D3D application is and the lack of time they have now with The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2070.



But ... it would be not so good if they repeat this with W3 and CP 2070.

No. If they really want to support Linux, the best thing they should do is make a native RED Engine 3 port to OpenGL / Linux, even if it mean a release delay.

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Unfortunately it was the same with Metro:LL support. I experienced it myself and just replied with a quite... abrupt answer :p

Anyway, do you think we can lie on that point? :p

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The performance on Windows was already bad and my PC is slightly old. Hope they solve the issues soon.

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I guess I'll pick up Metro 2033 Redux so I can at last play that title, but I probably won't be buying Last Light as I'm barely playing the current release of it due to all the crashing.

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I bought the Steam version to reward CDPR bringing it to Linux (already had the game on GOG), but its performance is significantly worse than running the Windows version in CrossOver :/ Given its age I don't really mind that they've used a wrapper, but I was expecting it to at least match Wine in performance and stability.

BTW if anyone didn't know this already you can use the key that Steam gives you to get a DRM-free copy of the game on GOG (Windows & Mac only for now, but GOG will be introducing Linux support later this year): http://www.gog.com/witcher/backup

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Quoting: SilviuGuys, a moderator on the CDPR forum posted the link to this page:

How to contact Tech Support

I thought I should pass it along. They have instructions for Linux users on there.

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• the platform you are using (Steam OS or Ubuntu)

Ehhhhh. I hope they're not going to close tickets as WONTFIX if you're not using one of those, even if your problem is a valid one that would affect users on those systems too. :/

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Works fine for me, running in high settings (haven't tried ultra and don't really care) on a four-year-old system using a current mid-range graphics card. Had one crash that wasn't repeated when I replayed the same area, that's it.

I don't give a damn if it's a native port or a wrapper or whatever, so long as it works and as far as I can see it works. So I'm perfectly happy with it. To be honest, I've had a lot more problems getting stuff like Secrets of Raetikon or even Kentucky Route Zero to run well under Linux than this game.

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Quoting: nullzeroSo even if they're really near to version 1.0 it will hardly stop there :)

Indeed. I've been subscribed the github repo for a while now, and instead of calming down, as you would expect in the lead up to a big release, it seems to be accelerating!

Just look at the commits graph from March onwards: https://github.com/SupSuper/OpenXcom/graphs/commit-activity

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I was rather suprised how well it worked on my system.
i don't have a really powerfull system atm so I suspected that I would have real problems running it even in the lowest setting.
I could just be lucky though. :D

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Guys, a moderator on the CDPR forum posted the link to this page:

How to contact Tech Support

I thought I should pass it along. They have instructions for Linux users on there.

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I don't own either game but I would much rather pay full price for these games than buy them at 80% off and get a crappy, crappy port like with The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

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Quoting: SabunIf they do end up releasing a port, and it's well done (actually professional, and not a money grab), they may have my respect and money then. Time will tell though.

I'm really only likely to buy it once it's on sale now though (that feeling of brand new is gone since they took so long).

I don't care whether it's a brand new game or not as long as it makes its way to Linux in a native state and works like it should. I would much rather pay full price for The Witcher 2 than have a 4$ discount and a crappy, crappy port. As the fiasco with The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings indicates, I would much rather pay full price than buy it at 80% off and get a crappy, crappy port.

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I would much rather pay full price for The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings than buy it at 80% off and get a crappy, crappy port.

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Also if you have the game or something (looks like they'll stick to new games only) it also makes the perfect gift :)

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Also interesting is that since the last 0.9 version the modding community has been rolling fast with new aliens, weapons and campaigns.

If you want to to take a peek here are a few relevant links:

• Open XCOM Mods new website beta


• Open XCOM Mods old website (Luke83)


• Forum - Completed Mods


• Forum - Modding Experiments

So even if they're really near to version 1.0 it will hardly stop there :)

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Quoting: liamdaweI would have if I felt it was needed, but it's just an RTS game with quite basic mechanics too. You build buildings, then units, then fight.

Of course you didn't feel the need, you know the game :P
(I admit I haven't followed the game so I didn't even know it's a RTS with basic mechanics)

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QuoteThe original X-COM game UFO: Enemy Unknown/X-COM UFO Defense is one of the best strategy games ever made.

Can't agree more! :)
...but it's hard to not notice that it is a 20 years old game.

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wait... so the tabletop displaying the the formation/tactics/whatever is in 2D? What kind of space battle stays in 2D? Have these guys never read Ender's game?

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