Quoting: slaapliedjeGuess you would've had to been there... That really is all the MMOs are now. Ultima Online was a living society, you just happen to have a lot of criminals there, just like you do in real life.

I don't wanna hang out with criminals in real life either, why would I want to in my leisure time?

There's a reason people started to take PK out of MMOs.

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I like how they make this big distinction about how different they are from "themeparks" without actually explaining what they mean by that. Whatever it is, it's inferior to this!

Blatant marketing speak gives me gas. :sick:

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Alien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It

It's okay Liam, you can just make Samsai do it. :P

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Hopefully the "player-driven economy" works a lot better here than in a game like Wakfu. There needs to be some device that allows low-level characters to compete and make a profit in a market full of other low-level characters. Otherwise, it becomes frustrating to newbies, who quickly find they can't even make back the cost of the materials, if they can find buyers at all.

Also, I like the cut of Keyrock's jib. Can I start a plantation? Maybe a textile mill? Are there markets for pretty or casual clothes that aren't geared toward combat?

Or maybe I can be an explorer and only fight things if I absolutely have to, to protect myself. That'd be pretty cool. That's one reason I'm excited about the eventual Linux port of Wander, doubly so since the game will be greatly improved by the time we get it.

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It's pretty basic business, really. If you're in it for the quick cash grab, concentrating solely on existing, established platforms has a good short-term payoff. But if you set your sights on the long term, it's wise to look for emerging markets you can get in on the ground floor of, and invest in those to hopefully expand in that direction. Given the growth of Linux gaming in the past few years and the development of better and better dev tools along the way, it makes sense for them to see Linux as one of those new frontiers.

Linux itself is ever getting closer to a state where the average, non-technical user (like myself to a degree) can get into it without the headaches of digging under the hood to get stuff to work like it used to be. That in itself will help drive that market, so hopefully both will benefit.

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I'm less turned off by the phrase "free to play" as I am by "zombie infestation". Although both give me the reaction "Oh god, not another one."

Might give this a go though, for funsies.

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Quoting: EikeSame as for Wasteland 2: Already spent so many hours with it (just being busy doing so), that I'll have enough of the game when this is out.

This is actually why I'm not playing Wasteland 2 until the patch comes out. Fortunately, I was distracted by other things for a while right after I got it, so I'm able to enjoy the whole thing with all the improvements when it comes out. Call it a happy accident.

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Is it just me, or does the combat seem weirdly weightless, like your character is stabbing a piece of paper rather than a human? I like the stealth and shadow manipulation stuff though.

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Quoting: AnxiousInfusionMight pick this up to quench my thirst for top down shooter action in case Hatred never comes to Linux.

From the reviews I've been seeing, your thirst won't be quenched even if it does. Better to stick with something like this, which seems to actually be a good game.

Quoting: liamdaweThe start may feel like an ordinary top-down zombie fest (could that ever be ordinary?)...

These days? It's all too ordinary, but it looks like the lighting does make up for that. I'm at the point where just seeing "zombie" in the tags for a game makes me lose interest, the whole concept is so overdone.

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A friend bought this for me on Steam for Xmas, and I was never able to get it running properly through Wine (ran progressively slower as I played, frequent crashes) so this is something I've been definitely looking forward to.

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