Cryengine will forever have a special place in my heart because of Crysis 2 - the coolest FPS I've played this decade. But... I thought this engine for all practical purposes was dead now? Are there new games released on it nowadays?

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There's something about the combination of PVP and "children game" aesthetics that kind of irks me. It feels wrong.

But at least this game seems to have a lot more personality than the other MMOs we know coming our way so far. So this is definitely a progress.

Still waiting for "my" MMO though!

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My immediate thought was; "Just play Xonotic?". And after reading the experiences it actually sounds to be a good advice. Xonotic is a really really good classic oldschool arena shooter.

But great find, Liam! This is one of the reasons I trust this site when it comes to Linux gaming news - you are good at digging up also the smaller/more obscure titles, also outside Steam. That indirectly kind of guarantees that you'll not miss out on the bigger things as they happen. :)

Edit: Spelling errors & stuff.

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Quoting: SamsaiWhat we see is proportional growth of Windows due to the PUBG effect and Asian market increase. If you want to freak out about it then go ahead, meanwhile I will look at the more significant statistics offered by developers and the gradual numerical growth. I personally think that playing video games is more fun than endlessly worrying about them.

We're really not talking about the Linux Steam share at all here, Samsai. That's not the topic (although it is of course closely related to the speed of the progress here, of course). But when we do rise, I do take that as a small victory simply cause there's not that much to choose from at this point in time.

And yeah, I'm able to both enjoy games and consider the outlook, without either spoiling for the other.

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Quoting: tuubiIf you bother to look at the big picture, you'll see nothing but progress.

That very much depends on perspective.

Quoting: tuubiSpeaking of long games, Linux as a gaming platform hasn't had time to fail or succeed yet.

Oh, but I agree. Too early to declare either. I don't think any of us who do see this dip in progress as a end-all moment. We don't say, "oh now it's OVER, nothing more to be seen here". But we are worried. Worried that this is yet another false start, that we will not go beyond a sh*tload of indies.

Still, and I agree, I personally will have enough to play even with just a couple of AAA a year, as long as those are good. But it's not where we want Linux gaming to be. Far from it. Very far. It's not how I would describe "success" as a gaming platform. Again: Perspective.

Quoting: tuubiI don't take it for granted. But I do see all obstacles developers and publishers have faced in the past slowly crumbling away, thanks to a whole bunch of companies and organisations working towards this rather recent goal of making Linux an awesome gaming platform.

There are room for optimism, I agree with that, and I do love your enthusiasm Tuubi :)

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Quoting: tuubiSo you compare your hopes and dreams against reality, and analytically come to a negative conclusion?

In case you and your hype-weary co-worriers haven't noticed, very few things happen quickly in the Linux world. The growth of gaming was never going to be an exception

We see the opposite of growth. That's the entire concern. Any growth would be taken as a victory. Just like miniscule increases in the Steam user stats.

And your ending of that post, THAT'S "hopes and dreams". There's zero guarantee we'll "get there eventually". There's plenty stories of failed attempts in the Linux world too, it's not all a success story on all fronts.
And AAA gaming on Linux is really nothing to take for granted.

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Quoting: liamdawe3) This is all based on releases people actually know/really think will come. Many more games actually arrive than people expect.

That is of course true, but also the known titles do give an indication of the state of affairs. Her's hoping a few major bombs will drop this year too!

Quoting: liamdaweI get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I don't consider myself to have a negative stance in this, but rather objective/analytical, with a negative conclusion. I see no signs of a buildup - quite the contrary.

There was a time where there was a lot of promise flying around in the air, from multiple directions. Typically we had at least rumours about some of the larger titles coming to Linux. Sure, lots of cancellations too - but at least there was movement.
But now... Well thank god for Feral, to put it that way.

Jens nailed it in this quote:

Quoting: jensI guess people, me including, are getting anxious that we had our peak with the big titles and are now moving back straight to the dark ages.

That's exactly it.

Sure, the indies will always be there for us as long as we are a platform on Steam. That's guaranteed. And sure, there's some sweet stuff coming from those quarters too. But that is a very, very weak argument for saying all is good and the glass is "half full".

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I'm sorry I haven't participated in the nomination process, but nobody nominated We Happy Few in the anticipated category??

Other than that, I really think that category is a sad sight, it demonstrates a glaring lack of major releases to Linux. There's pretty much just indie titles again, with an exception for a rather old title, Tomb Raider.

Feels almost like back to square one, right after Steam launch... Indies indies indies...

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Quoting: MblackwellSerious Sam is even less like Duke Nukem than it is Doom. However Doom 2016 is a hell of a lot like Serious Sam.

Really? The silly/stupid/funny (depending on perspective) enemies, over-the-top "story", the attitude of your character, the sunny locations, the trashy style... You don't see this as similar to Nukem at all?

I've not played the latest Doom, but if they've turned it into something similar then they've really, really fallen from grace with that entry. That would be like GTA turning into Saints Row.

(I love Saints Row btw - but man, GTA is a league of its own).

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Quoting: lucifertdark

Quoting: g000hAhhh Croteam... Happy Days ahead. Serious Sam 4 will do a great job of filling the Linux "DOOM" void.

Who needs DOOM when we have Serious Sam?

To be honest, I don't think the two are comparable - at all. Not unless everything with a gun and a first person view is interchangeable - and they are not. Serious Sam is rather comparable with Duke Nukem. We don't need Duke with Sam. That I agree with. But Doom? Oh man, how I'd love to see that flagship on our shores.

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