Quoting: BTREI mentioned Rogue Legacy in the review and that's definitely a metroidvania that works really well because of the randomization, not in spite of it. Maybe it's the exception that proves the rule, as I don't think I've seen another game pull the combination off well, but I just don't think that it's as black and white as you're putting it.

Quoting: no_information_hereI know I sound like a grumpy old man, but there are too many games coming out that claim to be both Metroidvania and Roguelike. Everyone wants to have a catchy new thing to advertise, but this just doesn't work.

Metroidvania games are hand-crafted, with everything exactly where it was the last time you played through. The story unfolds from gradually opening up new areas and knowing that, if you miss something in the first playthrough, it will still be there the next time you play the game. Permadeath and Procedural generation are exactly the opposite of everything that Metroidvania games require. Power-ups and bosses are not enough to make something a Metroidvania. The word is going to lose all meaning.

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Quoting: GuestThe other Linux compatible games added to the June bundle are :
- Bear with me collector edition
- Yooka Layle

I'd consider paying 10 euros for a package deal with just these two games, but the monthly subscription format just rubs me the wrong way.

You can just get the monthly, get the games, and immediately cancel it. And then activate it later if another deal you like appears. It's really simple, I did that a few times already.

I know. I just prefer paying for games I actually want instead of buying bundles that may or may not contain nice games. I guess I'm not a gambler?

Games in a bundle are revealed as time goes by.
If you buy very early, then yes, it is kind of a gamble.
But simply wait until the timer runs out and you know what's inside.
Nobody forces you to get a bundle early before everything is revealed.

Don't ask me why they do that late reveal stuff, though. I also find it weird.

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Quoting: GuestThe other Linux compatible games added to the June bundle are :
- Bear with me collector edition
- Yooka Layle

I'd consider paying 10 euros for a package deal with just these two games, but the monthly subscription format just rubs me the wrong way.

You can just get the monthly, get the games, and immediately cancel it. And then activate it later if another deal you like appears. It's really simple, I did that a few times already.

Quoting: GuestThe other Linux compatible games added to the June bundle are :
- Bear with me collector edition
- Yooka Layle

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Quoting: Ne0So, Unity is Finally getting serious about Linux !!!
I hope Adobe also gets on board the Linux train before we die.

What specific Adobe product would you like to see on Linux? Photoshop?

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Quoting: RafiLinuxI will say that the next game that I plan to get must be a text based game since I've been going back to a lot of text based games and playing a lot of freeware VNs.

It you haven't already, take a look at Thaumistry. That one's text based for sure. Thimbleweed Park made me dare to play such a game again.

Quoting: Whitewolfe80nice try where was your selective reading "Modern Romania was formed in 1859 through a personal union of the Danubian Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia. The new state, officially named Romania since 1866, gained independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1877. At the end of World War I,"

In English, the name of the country was originally borrowed from French "Roumania" (<"Roumanie" ), then evolved into "Rumania", but was eventually replaced after World War II by the name used officially: "Romania".