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Between this and Hunt, I think you could make a strong argument that the two best extraction shooters are now both playable on Linux. :)

But yes, it's phenomenally good. Itching to play more of it.

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Hunt Showdown erasure!?

Arc doesn't scratch the same itches as Hunt does for me but boy is it a blast. Extraction shooters have spoiled the more casual multiplayer shooter games for me. I can no longer do the 50 kills/deaths a match because when you die that much there's no meaning. I need the stressors of "one life" in games like this because the adrenaline rush is unmatched.


Stressing myself out to relax? You bet.

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With the state the game is in, a year between fairly unremarkable dlc and now this... Looks like they'll be winding it down soon. Skeleton crew vibes.

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I really love TW: Warhammer (all 3 games), but I stopped playing it after switching to Steam Deck as the 3 is unsupported and runs really badly.

Maybe when I switch from Steam Deck to something else I will get back to it.

I also quit but I have over 1000 hours in WH2 and a little over half of that in WH3. They are really good games and run well with Proton, but CA really let the AI degrade and is now in a state of disrepair. WH2 has it's faults but it was at least challenging in the first 50 turns, but WH3 is a snooze fest. I really hope they get it to a better state before the last DLC or at least give the community better tools to maintain it.

They really should look at Paradox for inspiration on how to give options to make the campaigns more interesting.

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What took them so long?

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...seems to work by watching the video... Just a graphical mask.
while I'm clearly not a fan of warhammer lore, except skavens and wood elves that have some interests.
I could be in considering the price.

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Fantastic game! It's very different from the usual kart racers (mechanics-wise), but after getting used to the controls it's an enjoyable experience with tons of content.

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For the longest time now, I have been hoping for a 'forever' AAA shooter to sink into, that actually worked under Linux.I've found myself completely moving away from Windows over the past 3 years, and since Bungie's Destiny 2 (sadly) completely shit the bed - this is Embark hearing and answering my prayers. Between Arc Raiders and The Finals, I think I can pretty much scratch the shooter itch while sticking with what is now my daily driver OS.

• AAA(A?) Title: Check! (set price aside for a second, you could argue it is actually AAAA in terms of optimization while not charging an arm and a leg)


• Online multi-player: Check!


• Respect player time investment: Check! (I really hope this one continues to be the case over the next decade )


• Shooter: Check!


• PvPvE: Check!


• Sane Matchmaking with Separate solo and team queues: Check!


• Extraction mechanics: Check!


• Actually works under freaking Linux: Check!!


• 10-years of updates planned? Check!

I'm sure I'm missing more here (there is so much awesome innovation in 1 package), but you get my drift.

This is the kind of shakeup the looter/shooter/extraction/PvPvE genre desperately needed and I'm going to be playing the heck out of it

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Until it gets C&Ded..

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Note that this game [isn't officially supported on Windows 10](https://steamcommunity.com/games/2951690/announcements/detail/538866028337169758?snr=2___). How the tides have turned!

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I really love TW: Warhammer (all 3 games), but I stopped playing it after switching to Steam Deck as the 3 is unsupported and runs really badly.

Maybe when I switch from Steam Deck to something else I will get back to it.

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Oh yeah. This game. I completely forgot about it entirely.
This... thing that is wearing Sonic's flesh got some absolutely ridiculous delays and has basically missed its hype cycle entirely. Wouldn't be surprised if they pull the plug on it one or two years into its release. I'm a massive Sonic fan and it really stings to see them drag the blue blur through the mud. I'll be skipping this one and will probably just stick to Sonic R through the PS2 Gems Collection.

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Hm... time for some testing, if this AsyncCompute fix also fixes the VR async reprojection issue. Sounds similar enough. If so, it would be a huge improvement, as this is still an issue with any driver after 550. It might not be prominent on more powerful GPUs, yet my VR rig is either a 2080 oder 3070, and here it is happening when not using the 550 driver.

I doubt its about VR async at all. The game ran great with AsyncCompute but it just hanged when opening map/inventory. That got fixed. I doubt it has anything to do with VR async reprojection but worth a try i guess.

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Rage 2 AsyncCompute issue is finally fixed after 4 years :)

Hm... time for some testing, if this AsyncCompute fix also fixes the VR async reprojection issue. Sounds similar enough. If so, it would be a huge improvement, as this is still an issue with any driver after 550. It might not be prominent on more powerful GPUs, yet my VR rig is either a 2080 oder 3070, and here it is happening when not using the 550 driver.

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They fixed Metro Exodus EE once before. Then broke it. Now they re-fixed it. But I am certain they will break it again.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're working around a game bug. That sort of thing is easy to break because the game bug can manifest in different ways as you make changes to the driver.

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Never could get into Rage-2, kind of got real bad reviews, lots of empty nothing to do in the gameworld I heard.

What people think about it?

It's not a great game if i'm honest with you. Story is bad, Most of the characters are bland, cringe and uninteresting. Lots of idiotic busywork on the open map etc... but that being said. Combat is amazing if you can look past any of the other issues the game has. Combat is kinda like DOOM 2016 and it gets even better if you unlock all your abilities.

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Never could get into Rage-2, kind of got real bad reviews, lots of empty nothing to do in the gameworld I heard.

What people think about it?

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Downloading games is a tall order for an EC

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Does anybody have an idea how this works? Does it use the Van Gogh APU or does it lean more on the VLV0100 EC?

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At 6 seconds in, I am absolutely certain that's a lasgun firing a bullet.

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Don't those visual give you nausea and/or a headache?

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Additional game is "The Thing: Remastered". Which I am interested in, but I already have most of the rest, so not really worth the $20 for me... will wait for a better sale or another bundle.

I can give a hearty recommendation for Stasis: Bone Totem, or anything from THE BROTHERHOOD.

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Awesome! Wonder why it took so long!

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I’m really confused here… x)

Basically it's really confusing messaging from AMD and people assume the worst. But as the dust settles and we have seen a clarification of the clarification from AMD, it all ends up being a nice juicy nothing burger. But don't expect RDNA 1 & 2 to get FSR 4 INT8.

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It's features like this I would like to see in SteamOS for PC. And "wake PC with Steam mobile app" to download a purchased app then turn off again.

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That's very nice. But I thought the download/patch process in itself was power hungry :-). Yes, there always has to be a negative comment :-). Doesn't mean I am not thinking about getting me a hot standby steam deck. It basically replaced all my laptops and desktops for work.
I think it's several years that I've been earning money with my steam deck \0/. This can be turned into a meme somehow, but I do not have enough coffee in me to see it yet.

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Nice, I always wondered how they intended to handle this. Since it's kinda harder to implement than it first seems. The Deck is still a PC, it gets hot, it needs to release hot air while it's running, can't just have people turning off the screen and forgetting about that then leaving the deck in it's carry case. Making it a "deck will go to sleep soon as downloads are finished" thing makes sense reduces the chance of the deck drawing power and staying on with the screen off longer than necessary. The low power mode is probably like a downclock to get the deck running cool enough that hardly needs any cooling, to reduce the chance of fire if it was thrown into a stuffy sealed bag. And it was never clear how someone would activate this screen off mode too. Tying it to the sleep button makes it simple enough. Good solution I think.

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Rage 2 AsyncCompute issue is finally fixed after 4 years :)
No more hangs on map menu. This was the only issue i have had with nvidia drivers. Other than that their drivers have been rock solid for me at least.
More performance would be nice ofc, but i guess i'm playing games (not really into most of the triple A stuff) that perform great on my aging RTX 3080 as i really haven't seen much of a performance issues like some people seem to have.

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Hey yo, one of those flags is a Liberia flag. XD

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About time really.

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