Quoting: eldakingBut you have just zeroed on one of my main issues with the franchise: they are trying too hard to sell a AAA game, not a good strategy game. Their marketing always, always is just close-ups of individual soldiers or big aerial shots of the terrain, with no HUD, no images of the tech trees or building screens or economic overlays or anything. From the store pages and press releases, they look almost ashamed of the gameplay they created, because nothing of it is shown. It is all 3D models that you wouldn't even see during normal gameplay (you never zoom in that much) and bullshots.

I had that feeling with FIFA. I didn't have the faintest for years what the actual gameplay might look like, because they always showed closeups of players.

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Outlast was too much for me. Gave up in the DLC.

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Seriously... Isn't big picture mode something a GTX 950 should do single-handed, hardware accelerated or not?!? I guess I'm missing something here, but I don't know what.

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Quoting: RTherenNative version was released today (I helped with testing, and didn't ran into issues, so it should be fine).

I bought the game recently and found I could not read the lore. I can click the lore items, but it won't get displayed...

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Quoting: TheRiddick

Quoting: EikeAs usual... Linux is just more user friendly! :D

No it's not, but that is not the issue.

I'm sure you're aware it was said jokingly, but I have to add what just happened to me...

My printer is out of magenta ink and states it can only print black and white. From Windows, I couldn't print (having set everything to black and white), to the disappointment of my little ones. Today I tried it on Linux, and it just worked.

Yes, sometimes Linux is just more user friendly.
My little ones agree. ;)

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: xavi

Quoting: scaineI've just checked my list and I have around 12 of these articles currently planned out. Yep, they do take a while to do them justice, but when I find time, they're definitely getting written! Next one might be L4D2, but might be Hollow Knight... or something else. Not sure!

Thanks a lot for your article! and next one Hollow Knight, best game ever! :)

Haha - the problem with these articles, I've realised, is the format. If I do IYL... Hollow Knight, then the second section in that article is going to be "and here's a game even better!". Contentious stuff! I've just started the format for L4D2, but I might switch to Hollow Knight, given that Silksong is presumably pretty close to landing, even though it sounds like there's a delay!

You shouldn't let the format get into your way to the extend of not writing about games people (and you) love, though. If it saves the article, change the heading a bit.

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Quoting: 14What usually sells a console system to me is one main game I gotta have, and any others I want are bonuses. I wonder what that would be for the Ally? What game is the system seller? Fortnite?

Well, what game was it for millions of Steam Deck customers? In these cases it's more the form factor and that you already got many games before even owning the new "console". I guess.

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I lost overview a long time ago about all those compatibility layers, DXyonVK, VKonDXy, DXyonDXz, Zink, VkOnOGL, OGLonVK, idunno.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: TheRiddickStill cheaper to get a Steam Deck $399usd and upgrade SSD for $50-70 since NVME/SSD suitable are getting a lot cheaper now, its not so much of a expense.

Sure you miss the etched glass but honestly I don't think its worth it given basic LCD.

Quoting: EikeAs usual... Linux is just more user friendly! :D

No it's not, but that is not the issue. Linux can be much more customized and optimized for a handheld and doesn't have MS services and DRM baked in.

Valve technically own their spin of Linux via SteamOS and no other company can come along and go, hey lets insert some analytics here and a edge advertisement here, and weather app over there... lol

Linux is definitely more developer friendly. And I wouldn't say it's less or more user Friendly, all depends on the user!

But as you point out, you can customize and optimize it in a way you can't with Windows. If you watch LTT's latest review on the Ally you can tell a lot of the ways the Deck beats the Ally is definitely because it's optimized for that lower resolution and hardware of the Steam Deck, as like for like in resolution / settings, the Deck performs better.

Which video, this one?

https://youtube.com/watch?v=qLVgr29NMA0 [External Link]

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Can we give the award for the most stupid abbreviation in open source of at least the century to this new "GPL"?

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