Most Innovative Gameplay: Starfield

That right there is the only documentation one need against user driven awards. It really is a general popularity contest. The more users, the more votes.

And that's not always the purpose of an award. Like here.

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Quoting: MangojuicedrinkerIt is simply a direct reaction to actions of blizzard over the years.

My point is that such response is content for a gaming article. Go blog about it. It has nothing to do in a game REVIEW. A game review is about the game, as it stands before us today. Not pre-hype, not capitalist motivations, not what the fans *expected* or *demanded*, not about the company behind it or how they fare with their fans.

Just a judgement of the game itself, behind the fluff.
That's what a game review should focus on. Can they also MENTION the surrounding chaos? Well, sure. But the rating should never be based on THAT.
So such user bombings of low ratings of the game is just... childish. Like the least effort possible to make a statement. And they ruin the user review feature while they are at it.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyWell in this case, it's not like you have to spend money to find out.

True. But my frustration level on the user "reviews" prevail in all its glory. ;)

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Problem is, 95% of the user "reviews" of the game don't even touch upon how the actual game is as it stands today. They go fully meta and leave a thumb down.

That's user "reviews" in a nutshell. Whiner valley.

I don't f'ing CARE what was originally promised or how the first game was or whatever. I want a good game to play, and don't want idealism and fanatism dictating if I should like something or not.

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Dishonoured 2 is one of the best games I've played in many years. Excellent gameplay and the artistic style is so exquisitely steampunk/dieselpunk, that's a rare style to find in gaming and here it is so well done. It's like playing inside a great work of art.

Highly recommended if you are into sneaky gameplay.

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Isn't Wayland the default protocol used on Ubuntu now, and has been so at least since 22.04? I'll freely admit I've not really paid attention to that part at all. But I have no issues with Steam or gaming in general, that transition has been totally transparent to me.

If at all it's taken place yet 😆

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I think it sounded to be a really good price? I paid twice that for my 3080 back then, and that was long after launch (although during the chip shortage period).

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Flavour is the UK spelling, flavor is the sloppy usa spelling.

But is it snap or flat that can't update an app while it's running, leaving those utterly annoying reminders as notifications?

Because, burn THAT thing.

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Quoting: SolitaryBlaming entire platform for shortcoming of a game, or a GPU driver. This is common when BFUs compare Linux vs Windows for gaming, I would expect better from actual Linux users though.

That's overly defensive don't you think? It's not like this is the first case of these differences.

I'm talking purely from a technical point of view. Not all Linux users are cultists and apologists, thank you very much.

I mean, essentially the fundamental system is the same (or not). Yes different chipsets and drivers, but still. It does indicate to me that the port challenge Indeed is a task with many unknown variables, more to than the other platforms. Something that would make sense I suppose, since the Linux desktop is comparable with a Lego set where the others are matchbox cars.

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I think it's SO strange that the steam deck performance can differ this much from the desktop Linux.

But I guess this does demonstrate why some are hesitant with porting their game to Linux. Can't say I blame them.

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