I bought a whole lot of indie games from bundles, sales, and sometimes just from the store, for the normal price. And honestly I think that quite many of them were not worth the listing price of 9,99, not to mention 14,99 or 19,99. Most of the titles I played should be priced in 1-2 dollar range, so it's rather obvious that they are put in the store for 5-10 dollars just to do the discounts (because a lot of people only buy games at sales). So the thinking seems to be: "I want to sell my game for $2, so I'm setting the $8 price tag so that I can do a -75% discount.".

Moreover, I tend to think that if games were priced right, they would sell easier and not end up in bundles and on deep sales shortly after launch. I mean, at $2 I could buy every new Linux release and never look back even if most of them turn out crappy. On the other hand, there are also games that are well worth their listing price of $10, $20 or more, so I'm not saying that *every* game should cost $1 or $2. It's just that the devs seem to have no clue (you can even see them on the Greenlight pages stating that they have no idea how much the game will cost).

Anyway, what I was meaning to say is that sales are sometimes the only way to buy a given game at the *right* price. :-)

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: WoodieTibia still has a native, stand alone client.

Really? I went to the site earlier and the only option was a login to a flash game :(

Go to tibia.com, scroll down, click "Already registered", click "Download Client", click "I Agree", click "Linux Tibia Client 10.41"? ;-)

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Quoting: TuxiIt seems there are comming a lot of wine ports on gog ;-)

Finally! Obviously none of the old games are going to get native Linux client, but if they run well in DosBox or Wine, and GOG will provide a perfectly scripted package ready-to-play, then I'm all in. :-)

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Makes me wonder why people vote for some totally mediocre games while DROD still struggles to get to the top 100. Must be the "greenlight bundles". :-(

Anyhow if you didn't vote for DROD games yet - please do. And if you don't know DROD games yet - try them out ASAP! The first one (full version!) is distributed for free at:
http://forum.caravelgames.com/downloads.php?dl=1&id=37 [External Link]

disclaimer: I'm not affiliated in any way with the devs, I'm just a long-time fan. ;-)

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Quoting: AnonymousAnd there have more time to improve SteamOS, SDL2, GPU drivers, etc.

And finish HL3 & L4D3. ;-)

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Personally I don't see the point. What I love about digital distribution of games, music and movies is having my house uncluttered from all these boxes. ;-)

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Quoting: wleoncioOh, man, now you guys are making me wish Civ IV came to Linux too so I could try it.

Probably not going to happen, but I wouldn't mind playing Civ IV: Colonization as well. I tried to run it in Wine but failed miserably. For me it would be a tolerable compromise for Steam or devs to provide wine wrappers for games that work perfectly in wine and won't get a port anyway, but I can see the reasons behind not doing that.

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Quoting: HamishMy brother still thinks that the original Civilization is the definitive version, although he will accept Civilization II as being acceptable.

What does he think about FreeCiv?

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Quoting: GoCorinthians

Quoting: pb

Quoting: GoCorinthiansThe bureau!...why not 2k :'(?

Don't rush them, one step at a time, now it's time for Civ V. ;-)

lol...Civ V will not come..but the next Civ Beyond

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/25yv7o/linux_configurations_just_added_to_sid_meiers/ [External Link]
So, who's laughing now? :P

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I installed it when then made it free on Desura, unfortunately the physics were terrible and the game was hardly playable. Ugh! was a great game and I actually played it to the end on Amiga. I'd gladly play it again, or a remake, but not like that.

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