Do the kid need to understand english in order to enjoy it? Or is the story told visually?

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Much Japan. So jrpg. :)
Looks nice though, for those who's into that RPG subgenre.

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The only major release will be the first release out of beta.

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Aaaaah shiiit - this is one thing I can see myself throwing money at. Please please please Gaming God, let this one be as good as it looks!

EDIT: Liam, could you perhaps ask them if there's a need for more Linux testers? If so I'd be happy to chip in on the closed Alpha, if that'd potentially make a difference.

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Quoting: SirKatar7 Days to die, just can't stop playing this game.

So it runs well on Linux now? Wasn't the Linux version very messy earlier?

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I guess no one should be surprised, but it still stings. Man, just one year ago we had an enormous list of AAAs awaiting.

Today... There's hardly any. Is this just a temporary bump or an indication that the balloon is deflating?
I hope it's not the latter...

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Quoting: TealI never felt like I ever missed a genuinely good game because there's too much "noise" of the bad ones. Good games don't need to be paraded on spotlight on Steam or HiB, people talk about them because they are good!

Like I said, we're not there yet.

Quoting: TealSimilarly with music - good content wins it's way through by being received positively - listen to communities which deal with music, listen to your friends. In both cases, it's a good conversation topic.

I don't feel the need to have only the best choice media served to me on a silver platter, I can make my own opinion and look for them, damnit.

As a regular consumer I guess it's of little problem. And from a regular listeners perspective I can understand your stance quoted above.
But ask any DJ out there how they feel about finding new music on Beatport today compared to just 10-15 years ago. The market on electronic music is so flooded I'm close to describing it as broken at this stage. Everybody celebrated the "freedom" when distribution broke free from the record company gateways. But more and more are requesting curator mechanics in the marketplaces - a filter that ironically was exactly the function of the labels back in the days.

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Mixed user reports and a metascore down in the brutal 50s. I'd at the very least read quite a few reviews before putting down the cash for this one...

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This is a real interesting discussion, Teal. On one hand I do understand your point of view. It's just to not purchase them. Except, it's not "just" that. They are noise also for those who don't buy them.

Let me draw a very relevant comparison with the music industry. Back in the days, the available music for you were in essence decided by a quite few large distributors/labels and their sub labels, and then again it was curated by the manager of your record store. So a LOT of filtering were done before it came to your decision to purchase or not.

In the mean time it's not an exaggeration to say there's been a revolution in this industry. There's never ever been released as much music as today. The marketplace is completely, utterly flooded. Not with quality, but junk. The ratio of good shit vs junk is off the charts.
Problem now, is to wade through all this garbage in search for something worth picking up. It's a shit job. No fun at all.

The gaming marketplace is not there, not yet. But we don't want to get there either. We really don't.

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Quoting: valczirI bought it, found out it requires pulseaudio, then got a refund. I like the look of the game, but not enough to switch to pulse.

What sound architecture do you use for these kind of mainstream applications then? And do most game also support other architectures? Even Steam itself?
I thought pulse on alsa was more or less the desktop standard for anything but apps specially for audio work (ergo on Jack)?

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