Now that is a surprise, I recall the dev explaining that due to middleware issues, it wasn't possible to port this one. But they did say they wanted to be more careful with future games to ensure cross-platform releases. Nice that Feral seems to have found a way around the issue.

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Quoting: HomepcgamerSome magazines said this game is like a 2D Dark Souls game...

Very interesting

I've watched a lot of this on streams, and it's very much like Dark Souls. The bonfires, the messages from other players, the weapon progression, they're all there in some form. There are some really cool twists on the concept though, and honestly as Dark Souls as it may be, it has its own character. If you want a skill-based 2D fighter/platformer, this is pretty much the ideal.

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Is it really relaxing and calm? The trailer looks more frantic and has that fast soundtrack, chill isn't exactly the impression it gives.

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Quoting: dmantioneSo Feral is capable of doing business with Bethesda. In that case Spacious Skies = Skyrim ?

I would love to play Skyrim natively on Linux. I played it all the way through using Wine, which worked surprisingly well save for a weird controller issue that happened occasionally.

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Haven't been able to get Voxelands to run on my system, is it any good?

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There are some really fun mods and subgames for Minetest that are worth trying out. I'm very new at it, but I've found everything easy to install and highly accessible.

So far my favourite subgames are Voxelgarden, which has Viking-esque tech, and Pixture, which really does cool things with the textures. Although being such a n00b, I'm a bit lost and just doing things at random in single-player mode, and yet not confident enough to hop onto a server full of experienced players.

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Quoting: pete910I ****** hate twitch, They really need to get off flash....

That's one reason I use Livestreamer.

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Well, knowing the Civ tradition of waiting until the second or even third expansion when the game is actually worth playing, there seems no motivation to buy what to me is a ridiculous price for what doesn't seem to be more than a refinement of the previous games. $80 CDN for support units on the same hex, some graphical improvement and maybe a less boring tech tree? And $105 CDN for the soundtrack and season pass equivalent? No thank you!

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It's hard to avoid comparisons to Dark Souls, particularly given I think it's illegal to talk about fantasy ARPGs with epic soundtracks without mentioning Dark Souls at least once. But I think Melkemind has the right of it, this owes more of its heritage to the more flamboyant Devil May Cry style. This could be a real winner, based on the flash alone. Hopefully it runs as well as the trailer suggests.

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I had abysmal performance on the opening cinematic, which had the video freeze at times although the audio kept going without a hitch. But once the actual gameplay started that pretty much cleared up.

My biggest issues with the game itself are more content-based, especially how the game falls in love with its death scenes. I know that Lara dying in interesting ways is a tradition that goes back to the first game, but they go a little nuts with it here. Especially the river scene!

It also turns into pretty much Ms. Shooty Woman after a while, and exploring all these cool environments takes a back seat to killing a couple hundred mooks who have no sense of self-preservation, then move on to the next set piece and do it again. Not really what I want out of a Tomb Raider game.

I do really like all the platforming though. The running and jumping bits are really satisfying, and you really do get that sense of adventure from them. The cliff village is a great example, or running through the cave early on.

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