Quoting: TactikalKittyHow did you get it? I changed to Wine-devel and still on Version 4.16.

^_^

I think it usually takes a working day or two for a new version to land in the WineHQ Ubuntu package repository, if that's what you're asking.

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Quoting: tuubiEither you're much better at these games than I am or you haven't played Hollow Knight. Or Alwa's Awakening.

I finished both. Hollow Knight has few tough bosses, but its health system allows to gain health easily. There are heavy-going platforming sections near the end of Alwa's Awakening, but that's unusually for metroidvanias, so it shouldn't make you beware of this genre. Also, if you die in Alwa's Awakening, you still keep all items found, doors unlocked, bosses dead. And I'm not a harcdore gamer, I don't like high difficulty and still cannot beat the last worlds of Super Meat Boy.

I haven't played Catmaze much, but so far it was easy, all enemies are slow or even stationary, and you get tons of HP and MP for beating them. I encountered one boss, won at my first try, and there was a savepoint right before it. I'm also playing Minoria, and that game is much, much harder. Every enemy is a challenge, and if you die, you lose everything you've got after the latest save.

My only gripe was with your statement that metroidvanias aren't usually difficult. I don't think most people consider something easy just because they can beat it with considerable effort, or if it involves lots of dying and retrying. Some metroidvanias are easy, others are not.

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Quoting: M@GOidAs of the F710, it was given to me by a friend, who bought it when it was advertised on the Big Picture launch. He hated it. All our friends who tested it also disliked it, being costumed to the PS and XB controllers. I have put less than 50 hours on it, and the black rubber paint of the bottom started to came out. The Dpad is loose, so are the analog sticks. The triggers are much harder and 10mm (.39in) further from the analogs compared to the others. The shape is very uncomfortable compared to others. It is the noisiest of the 5 controllers I have (One, 360, DS4, Steam Controller). The only plus side of it, for me at last, is that the 4 face buttons have a sharp, positive action. In the end I cannot recommend it with so many better alternatives out there.

All of these properties, except for the rubber paint, the F710 shares with the F310. I wouldn't have said I liked the ergonomics if I found the shape uncomfortable, or the triggers too stiff, or the thumbsticks too loose.

I know the F710 is not likely to be the objectively best controller out there, and I acknowledge your warning about the noise (which is likely to be very similar to the F310), but things like trigger and stick stiffness as well as size are surely a matter of preference. Also, I wouldn't even consider something that requires Steam to function properly, so that's narrows the field a bit.

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Quoting: M@GOidIf you find its ergonomics good, I urge you to test something else, like the DS4 or the Xbone S. They offer a much quieter experience, and spare parts are easy to find.

I really don't like the asymmetric thumbstick layout in the Xbox controllers, nor the small, loose triggers in the Dualshocks. And I've dealt with the noise thus far. Or is the F710 noisier than the F310?

I'll give it some thought in any case. Maybe borrow a couple of different controllers from friends for a while to see if I could get used to them. Less noisy buttons would be nice of course.

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Quoting: ageresThese games aren't usually difficult

Either you're much better at these games than I am or you haven't played Hollow Knight. Or Alwa's Awakening.

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I've been happy with the ergonomics of my F310, triggers and all, but the cable is a nuisance. The build quality isn't anything to write home about either. I'm on my second controller right now. I fixed the previous one multiple times, but this one started breaking apart in exactly the same way quite soon after purchase. The left thumbstick button (the one that triggers when you push down on the stick) is pretty much unusable already.

My next controller will probably be an F710 though. It's only about 15 € more than the F310 these days and I won't have to get used to a new layout. It comes with two AA batteries, but I've got AA rechargeables to replace them with. Battery life should be great according to reviews. The build quality should be better as well, but I guess I'll find out.

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It does look brilliant. I'm looking forward to your review after it leaves early access.

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Quoting: scaineLong story short - start showing Wayland performance benchmarks where it significantly (or hell, even marginally) outperforms Xorg and people will actually care. Keep bashing on about "better security" or "direct access to compositor without the need for client/server architecture" and no one ever will.
[rant over]

You don't care about the underlying tech as long as it doesn't show up in benchmarks? That's a weird attitude to have on a Linux gaming site.

All kidding aside, the adoption has been slow on the desktop, and most of the focus has understandably been on mobile and in-vehicle systems, because that's where the benefits are more obvious. Sailfish is smooth as butter on my old Jolla, running on Wayland of course.

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Quoting: DorritOh no, female characters where they never existed, again.
Why not an ebony Greta Thunberg as Joan of Arc? Yeah, lets rewrite History completely, facts are for racists.

What part of "alternative WW2 setting" didn't you understand? Or are you simply not a fan of fiction?

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Quoting: GuestAt this point I'm kinda wishing Valve made a generation 2 of Steam Controller with modular plug-n-play component "sockets" so you could swap out the right track pad with an analog stick or the left track-pad with a proper D-pad.

Wasn't a customizable, modular design in the plans originally? I remember reading about that before the original Steam Controller launch.

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