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That's weird about Itch. Something happening there?

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I first heard about this game one or two month ago and it all sounds almost too good to be true

I really hope for a steam release!

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Do you all use bottles for anything?

I use it to play the original Half-Life game with a friend at work, at lunch time
I found it way easier to use than Lutris

Also, I used it to play Heroes 3 of Might & Magic, because GameHub was failing at downloading and installing from GOG website. And I used it also to try Skylords Reborn (formerly known as Battleforge), as the Lutris script did not work for me.

For me, it is a good replacement for PlayOnLinux, easy to manage, and easy to export config from one PC to another.

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i dont like the new atari, but i rather support then than ubisoft so...

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The lack of support for an Nvidia GPU was a big reason I was driven to Framework. This has been disappointing. Having these "AI" series chips is definitely disappointing too but I think that is more around naming on AMD's part.

I'm very happy with my original Framework 16 without a GPU module. It works very well, although I do wish they'd make a model with a bigger screen as 16-17" is too small for a laptop. Investment in this, smaller bezels, and a bigger trackpad would've been a much better investment than an Nvidia GPU and as others have pointed out a measly 8GB VRAM.

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Graphics look like complete garbage though

Suspect you need to check your internet, or YouTube settings or something. HD2 is one of the more beautiful games you can play today.

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Sadly, this game has left my system behind. I can't get a stable framerate at all any more, so I've had to give it up, at least until I eventually get a new machine.

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Here's hoping they acquire the rights of Rayman to give this franchise the love it deserve.

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I’m going to assume you’ve never played at, as graphically it looks great.

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Graphics look like complete garbage though Looks like Halo, Darksiders, made with Unreal Engine 2 without even using prebaked shadows

P.S. The tavern guy is gold material too

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Oh man, I am stoked for this. Every time I think I'm done with this game for a while, they have an update that I must play.

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INDYCAR isn't as good as F1.

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I wish they had also bought Immortals Fenyx Rising. It was a very good Breath of the Wild-like game, and they just abandoned the IP after the first game.

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Sorry (not), but couldn't resist after having been bashed here for "negativity" and "sarcasm" before that thing's release.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/08/the-latest-linux-powered-atari-vcs-update-gives-a-small-behind-the-scenes-look-at-their-progress/?comment_id=132799

That was nearly 8 years ago! You need to let it go...

Only joking - I think quite a few of us harboured some dread at the way the whole console debacle was handled. You might have been on the negative side, sure, but with good reason, and in the end, justified.

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One more release, one more post where I'll tell you all how awesome this game is.

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Now go grab No One Lives Forever from the clutches of Fox. If there's a series that deserves to live on, this would be my first choice.

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That entire video is immensely cool. Bit of a shame that they've bumped the ODST Warbond up 50% in price, but there is a fair bit of content in it. Not sure if I'll pick it up (never played Halo), but it might be worth it for the SMG alone, since I play a lot of ballistic shield, which forces a one-handed weapon.

But the caves! They look amazing. And I love that since you can't see your super-destroyer when you're in there, you can't call down any strategems without finding a section of the cave that is open to the sky!

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Yes please save all games from the cancerous clutches of Ubishit!

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So, are those games going to be released on their vcs?

Sorry (not), but couldn't resist after having been bashed here for "negativity" and "sarcasm" before that thing's release.

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So we went from 8GB VRAM in 2023...to 8GB VRAM in 2025. Amazing. At a time where game consume more and more VRAM, I find it baffling that Framework is not listening to their customers and bolstering planned obsolescence on their products. 8GB GPU in 2025 is basically guaranteed E e-waste in the near future.

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I'm at least glad that they kept the Radeon GPU around.

I also don't really buy the "not enough space for ram" as the 4GB GDDR7 modules are the same physical size as the 2GB modules. Likely they are just not allowed to put more VRAM in because that's the only way they could get nvidia to allow them to do a custom form factor.

Really hope they get updates out faster for the FW16 in the future as there was clearly a lot of things ready before they announced this update that's 20 months after the last launch. I'm concerned that they are exploding their product stack a little too fast.

Framework is definitely doing good in the world right now, they are very open (for a company) with various things.

Their support is both amazing and lackluster at the same time. Let me explain:
* They provide some support after warranty expired. (e.g. ship PTM pads to fix a thermal issue after warranty expired)
* They ship fixes for design defects. (e.g. keyboard flex, PTM pads)
* They provide a fair amount of technical specs so you can modify/fix things yourself.
* They tend to focus on their products (e.g. firmware updates) in cycles, where you'll get a bunch of attention then nothing for half a year. Rinse and repeat. There has been a case that the latest firmware broke charging in subtle ways that was just left broken for half a year, there have been community fixes and there will still be radio silence about it until they officially look at it again)
* When something is broken in warranty, their triage process is so painful that you feel like it was designed to annoy you into giving up. To be fair, they do eventually follow through, but support is a really frustrating experience. (Being asked to photo the same thing over and over, spending months without your device as you had to ship it to them for repairs, etc...)(but this isn't unique to them, sadly)

To be fair, the support offered is significantly better than MSI/Asus for example, and it's awesome that a smaller manufacturer beats a few tier 1 manufacturers here.

I would recommend them for anyone that wants a Linux-first notebook. My FW16 is significantly more stable than any other notebook in Linux I had since the skylake-era Dell business notebooks. In fact, things I used to chalk up to software bugs in drivers disappeared, which now lets me think they are firmware bugs that just never gets fixed.

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OMG I just love this distro so much! I installed in on my Ally X and was so impressed that all of my other devices (desktop, Nvidia Laptop, Intel Laptop) are all running Bazzite right now. It works extremely well. Forget about SteamOS, this is truly the next generation of Linux gaming

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If Nightdive gets to do Cold Fear like they did The Thing that'd be a real treat. The other games here have good ideas to iterate on too if Atari ever felt like giving them to a studio interested in making new entries.

Ubisoft must be desperate for money though, but better for us if their IP is distributed.

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That's a truly impressive amount of work. I'm currently enjoying a flawless (Proton-wise ) experience in Stalker 2

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Selaco = Duke Nukem? I haven't heard that one. It's just a boomer shooter created in the Doom engine.
Ion Fury may be the nearest Duke 3D.
What a wasted IP, we should have a Duke 2016 by now and instead he's just languishing in Forgotten IP Hell.

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It is also really important that the government service is not used directly by the content provider but by the end user, so that the government does not know what the verification is being used for.

I read the Nexus FAQ Post. They are using a third-party service to effectively do just that.

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Steam Runtime actually don't require steam https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steam-runtime .
But I don't disagree with your points. Proton has proven a better solution than native for many games.

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Hi, I'm the game designer of V's Rage, thank you so much for the article.
We're doing everything we can to bring the game to every PC platform out there, including Switch... Isn't a PC ;) Thanks again to all of you.

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@hardpenguin

And finally give Kim that promotion.

Poor Harry 🤣

I am incredibly hyped for this game.

They actually poked fun at this in a Lower Decks episode.

@Serious_Table

You know for a fact the moment you give Kim a promotion, the quadrant is going to end.

Somebody watched that Lower Decks episode!

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I'm getting older and my eyes just aren't what they used to be.

That's why I'm still hoping they'll make a "Steambook", with the same hardware specifications as a Steamdeck but in a laptop form-factor and at least a 15" screen.

I don't have a television, so a console would be of little interest to me.

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