Quoting: pbCheck out a free game from the same dev: https://store.steampowered.com/app/272060/Serena/ [External Link]
Works well on Linux, at least it did a few years back when I played it.

Ah, I wasn't aware Asylum is from them! Cool!

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I hope some day we can laugh about the ridiculous stuff that's on the net today...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeOne could assume they've done the math of 'everyone with VR will want this, and it'll probably drive sales for new VR buyers' I'm sure they understand that it's worth it to just force people into the new age of gaming.

Anyone remember when we thought this could happen with Linux...?

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Quoting: EikeBut there's nothing a flat screen can offer that's comparable to turning around - your head, not pressing some controller stick - to see what's lurking behind you. It's something that fucks with your inner ape in a way a monitor just cannot and never will.

Another, somewhat less colloquial way of putting it came to my mind...

VR is the opposite of QTE

While QTE lets you swing your sword against Sauron, beat Darth Vader with a light sabre, get rid of the wolf on your neck just be pressing "E" or "□" in less than 0.3 seconds...

... VR lets you turn around your head by turning around your head, or lifting and stabbing by, well... lifting and stabbing.

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Quoting: edoIf your internet is fast enough for stedia, you can afford downloads

With a data rate suitable for Stadia, it can take you hours before you have finished a download and can start playing.

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Quoting: BrazilianGamerThe trailer is cringe indeed

Oh I'm sure the trailer can't be that ba....what the heck was that thing?! This is why adverts shouldn't be made while on drugs.

When I saw it I thought "Why are such drugs only given to advertising clowns?!? :D

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Quoting: Liam DaweHonestly, I've no idea on how to actually accurately measure input lag. Been looking around, doesn't sound like it's even remotely easy to do. The best guides I've seen mention using a really good camera to show both the screen and key presses, which sadly the best I have is a webcam and it's not all that great either. We just don't have the funding to splash on stuff like that.

German magazine c't used a 1000 fps cam. I would guess you have some of those lying around? ;)

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Well, sort of anyway. Some people have it, a lot of people don't, we certainly don't and it appears the team at Stadia give different answers to different people on when you will actually be able to access it.

I don't understand the disconcertment in the tweets linked. You wrote back then "they ship it out based on order date. Checking back on it, ours is saying to be delivered by November 27th.", so I guess people should have gotten information when to expect their start...

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Quoting: kellerkindtWell, and here is me. Me hoped that the stadia experience would be kinda solid, giving Valve enough reasons to push full steam ahead (haha! sry) using the Linux container env as cloud env allowing us to play all the AAA games as they enter steam cloud gaming... Bye bye, me playing Red Dead Redemption 2 natively on Linux... :'(

If it would fail, shouldn't they sell Red Dead Redemption 2 on Linux to get at least a little money back?

Quoting: kellerkindtOne can have dreams, okay :P

I know what you mean... :D

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Quoting: ShmerlThe biggest fear for MS and other two remaining lock-in freaks :) And likely many will follow it now. Stadia tipped the scales.

Does seem to be an early sign that Stadia could actually have positive spin-off effects for normal Linux gaming.

Wanted to say the same, and that even before the day Stadia released! :)

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