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Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG
4 Sep 2024 at 3:39 pm UTC

Really the visual style of the small bit of gameplay in the trailer reminds me of Dead Nation on the PS3, which is... very not turn-based. I did really enjoy it though. That style could just be the trappings of zombie games more than anything.

The thing that would turn me off about it (since they've shown they can make games with RPG stuff that I find tolerable) is leaning too heavily into the survival part of survival horror. I'm probably not up for that. I would want to feel awesome with my zombie attachments, not spend my time scrabbling around for the two bullets on the level.

Harebrained (BATTLETECH / Shadowrun) announced GRAFT, a post-cyberpunk survival horror RPG
3 Sep 2024 at 5:41 pm UTC Likes: 4

one Shadowrun fans might like to take a look at
I did really enjoy the Shadowrun games even though I don't generally get on with RPGs. I hope Harebrained keep the Deck in mind as they're developing this game, since that's where I enjoyed their previous ones.

Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges
3 Sep 2024 at 11:33 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: Purple Library GuySomeone definitely needs to be getting the Chinese onto Linux.
How Microsoft Conquered China [External Link]
Yeah, I know. But that's not set in stone for all time. If MS can screw up for a while and then come up with a strategy that works, so can we.
Sure. But things like having meetings with government representatives, massive investment in the country, and education and employment for the citizens are things that any competitor would have to be able to counter. Being cheaper and having source code access won't do much because Windows also has those things in China. Just being better in some aspects wouldn't be sufficient to move the needle. There's a whole lot going on with Microsoft's relationship with China, and it took decades (and a whole lot of money and commitment) to achieve.

Run a paranormal investigation business in point and click adventure The Phantom Fellows
3 Sep 2024 at 11:17 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: KlaasThe question is: Will this be better than or as good as Darkside Detective?

At first glance it looks similar and obviously the theme is similar as well.
It's also similar to the Blackwell games [External Link] and Whispering Willows [External Link].

And obviously a lot of these games are heavily influenced by Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) [External Link].

Here's what was most popular on Steam Deck through August 2024
3 Sep 2024 at 12:10 am UTC Likes: 1

Since the last time I said what I'd been playing, I've played a bit of The Captain [External Link], which has been fun so far, and I've just tonight started The Forgotten City [External Link], which I don't think should have got the green tick but has also been good so far.

Steam Survey for August 2024 shows Linux just below 2% as China surges
2 Sep 2024 at 9:14 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Purple Library GuySomeone definitely needs to be getting the Chinese onto Linux.
How Microsoft Conquered China [External Link]

Deadlock surpassed 100,000 concurrent players, Valve adds wall jumping
31 Aug 2024 at 11:12 pm UTC

Quoting: pilkQuestion, has anyone else noticed the game defaulting to DirectX 11 on Linux instead of Vulkan? I was wondering why a native Linux game was taking that long to process shaders, and that seemed to be the culprit. Swapped it over to Vulkan.
It's not native (yet?).

Selaco hits 70,000 copies sold with a big update live and sale now on
31 Aug 2024 at 11:10 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: NexxticWe've already sold more units than expected just making the game that we want to make and sticking with our own vision.
Since you're here, I'll repeat what I've said in the comments for every article about Selaco (of which there have been plenty, because we're very interested in the game): I'm really looking forward to this coming out of Early Access (since I don't buy Early Access games), when I'll buy the game at full price (because Linux is natively supported), and I'll play it on my Deck (yay, green tick!).

Good luck with the remainder of the game's development and release.

Battlefield 1 gets EA anticheat in September - will be left broken on Steam Deck / Linux
29 Aug 2024 at 6:59 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: drdindu2why would microsoft do that? this helps microsoft. every game that doesn't run on linux is one less user leaving windows for linux.
Because one bad update to something with kernel access can BSoD 8.5 million Windows machines worldwide [External Link] in one go.