Quoting: gbudnyI was forced to install 4 operating systems because I have bought different types of games/applications.

Mac OS X 10.9 - new applications
Mac OS X 10.6 - PowerPC games e.g. Max Payne, SOF 2 etc.
Ubuntu 14.04 (32 bit) I use it for old commercial games (e.g. Loki), and many games/applications that are not available for Linux 64 bit (e.g. in USC)
Ubuntu 14.04 (64 bit) - I use it for games/applications that are available only for Linux 64 bit.

I can't comment on the OSX variants, but Ubuntu 64-bit has 32-bit compatibility libraries available for it. Steam is only available as a 32-bit application after all.

Any way, I'm very thankful to Feral for porting XCOM. I'm waiting for the Steam sales to finish, so that I can buy it full price for my brother. He can't play on PC at the moment, so I'll get him to log in on my Linux PC and start the game up. That way Feral should get some of my money!

Such a convoluted payment system Valve have set up, I hope they revise it so it defaults to the platform it was bought on if it's not played in a few weeks..

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Quoting: GuestEdit: BTW, anyone got it to work under Arch?

Seems to be working fine here. Only played the tutorial so far though.

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Quoting: MikeOh I didn't see Liam hadn't played it before. You're in for a treat, this game is so unique in many ways and incorporates a number of genres: strategy, sim, management, rpg.

I believe that he's played to original UFO: Enemy Unknown though (and the OpenXcom port), so he'll know what to expect. Saying that, he shouldn't expect too much. It's a fun game, but it's very "dumbed down" compared to the original games.

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Oh yes.

I'll be installing this when I get home. Probably won't get to play it until Saturday though. :(

Really looking forward to the Enemy Within DLC that I've not played yet.

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Please can someone get me a towel? I can't seem to stop drooling.

I can't imagine that it'd be any good for online games (TF2/L4D/DOTA/etc), but offline games? Yes, please!

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A game can have both singe player and multiplayer modes. Take Portal 2, for example.

It's good to see so many games on Linux now.:D

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Quoting: kamilkoEh... waiting for steam version :(

Same. Or rather, I was. I've lost interest now. :|

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It's pretty fun and might keep me occupied until the new Dwarf Fortress release comes out. I don't like the graphics though, and the music is buggy, so I'm glad you can play in ASCII.

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This makes me nostalgic for Lords of the Realm on the Amiga..

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Still waiting on Giana Sisters from the last bundle.. :/

Are these all confirmed as being Linux-compatible? Or are there more developers that don't want our money?

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