I'm the first to feel sorry for saying so, but to be honest I feel this is one of the weaker years in Linux gaming so far. It feels like we're taken quite a few steps back to the first years of Steam, with mostly indie titles coming our way.
Let's just say it like it is: Without Feral we would have had practically nothing in the pipeline now. Like we did back then.

So this is not something to be too cheerful about. Rather we should worry if the top was already reached.
Maybe Steam Play in fact is the only way forward after all. Forget games developed for our platform, forget ports even, we now need to emulate our way to the bigger games.

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I'm waiting for the real reviews, I've grown tired of indie games that just ended up being a game "with potential".

But yeah, if this one delivers on the promise it's an obvious purchase. I love everything about it except for the perspective, and that I can live with :-)

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Totally.

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Quoting: XpanderLooks good, but single player only :(

Nope - coop will come!

"Yes, coop will come first. We have many systems in place already. It will be the first big update after EA release."

https://steamcommunity.com/app/951440/discussions/0/1744479698798092129/ [External Link]

Hooray!

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Quoting: XpanderLooks good, but single player only :(

That is unfortunate indeed. Sandbox games are best played with friends.

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Quoting: SirBubbles

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI wonder if this fix the Fallout 4 audio issues...

I gave it a quick spin, and it did seem to hold together when I used a plasma rifle on full auto. Went around Diamond City a couple of times causing trouble, and it seemed that the audio didn't have any issues. Will have to do further testing of course, and would love to get those FAudio patches for mainstream wine as well.

Ok, wow, hold on here: Are you saying that Fallout 4 now works with Steam Play right out of the box, or are there wine tweaks to be made first?

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Wow, that looked... Incredibly cool.

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Quoting: NezchanContext is important, but not necessarily when you're asking "Is it fun to play in [current year]".

Pong is a very important game, when taken into context. The original Dragon Warrior is, too. They were both achievements of their time, and quite important. In context. But that doesn't make either of them any fun from a modern standpoint. Indeed, both are pretty damn tedious for anything more than a short session. And don't even get me started on the incessent grind that is Pokémon Blue.

Context, in this case, does mean you can appreciate the achievement it was at the time. But the question of "Can I have fun if I play this right now, before the sequel comes out?" doesn't rely on it.

Exactly, Nezchan. Thank you.

Quoting: constFor me, computer games can be art. Psychonauts is art. You can't completely appreciate art without context.

Well, anything made by man can per definition be called art, so the term is basically completely hollow. A hi-fi enthusiast will call an amplifier "art". A musical instrument can be art in itself. Or a car. A cake. It simply boils down to the eye of the beholder. But I'm glad you stated it can be art. Cause I'd call most games simply consumer products.

But playing a game with the "context" (or rather, "excuse") of it being from another age - if that excuse is necessary in order to enjoy it, well then I rather call that session a history lesson. There are other motivations required for playing the game than the game itself.

There are old games that indeed do stand the test of time, usually due to a genius concept. Take good old Tetris. We still make clones of that game. It's crazy. I don't think we will ever stop playing Tetris. That's an old game that needs no excuse to be played. No context needed. Nobody are saying any of my earlier mentioned excuses while playing it. Why? Cause it still is a good game.

Then we got other games, like Dragons Lair, who made nothing less of a tidal wave in the coin-up gaming world back in the days, offering game animations like we really had never even been close to seeing before. But as a game? It's total crap. Not worth playing today, at all. It's technically just a series of video clips where you choose the next clip at critical moments (animations originally stored on a video laser disc inside the console). A game that totally, utterly has not stood the test of time at all. Does it have historical significance? But of course. It's a milestone, no less. But that's really not an excuse for playing it today - unless you want a history lesson.

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"keep an eye on this PPA" ¬> what PPA?

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Quoting: const

Quoting: BeamboomPsychonauts have not aged well. I'd advice you to wait for the sequel, Liam.

I think you really need to enjoy it in context. Playing it just after replaying some earlier 3rd person platformers will instantly make you appreciate what they accomplished with it. It's an important piece of gaming history and still enjoyable as such.

A good game - as in a game worth playing - needs no context/excuse. I've always been of the opinion that if one have to make excuses to defend* playing it, then it's not worth playing. And Psychonauts really have not aged well. Very low polygon graphics, loads of visual and mechanical glitches, horrible camera, horrible controls, bad scripting, it is a game that deserves to remembered through rose tinted glasses.

* excuses like "it's good for;
- being so old..."
- so few developers..."
- having no funds..."
- being their first game..."
- being free..."

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