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Quoting: liamdaweI get it, we don't get a lot of AAA titles, but what's with all the negativity from people lately? Unless you had crazy wild expectations - we all knew this would take a long time to build up.

I guess people, me including, are getting anxious that we had our peak with the big titles and are now moving back straight to the dark ages. I get it, indie and AA games are certainly entertaining. But there is nearly nothing left regarding titles that you proudly present to your best friends to show how cool Linux has become if Feral decides to leave Linux completely in favor of iOS.

It feels for me currently more like tear down instead of build up. Sorry.

Where you see a dramatic fall, I see a slow climb. Maybe we're looking at different timescales? Or maybe you're just a glass-half-empty kind of guy.

Quoting: jens

Quoting: Perkeleen_VittupääThimbleweed Park got several votes from here! Mr. Gilbert please, moar!!

Loved it too, except for the last 5% of the games. I backed it originally, had a lot of fun playing the first 95% but was horribly disappointed by the very cheap way the story ends. Men, such a shame..

The ending is weak, no question about it, but excellent game otherwise.

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I like platformers, but I don't enjoy timers or rhythm-based gameplay. I'll pass.

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Gameplay seems a lot like other Zachtronics games. I actually think you'd like Shenzhen I/O as well, Liam. TIS-100 as well, if you can get over the retro UI.

Thanks for the review! As if I didn't already know I want this game...

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Quoting: Mountain ManI didn't much care for the demo -- it struck me as a starkly humorless take on Portal -- but Croteam's Linux support is almost without peer, and I'm tempted to buy this game for that reason alone.

If you do buy it, do give it a chance. It might not be as ridiculously entertaining as the Portal games (YMMV), but the puzzles are well worth your time. Some of them are very well designed indeed. And solving some of the more convoluted hidden star puzzles can feel incredibly satisfying.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoI want to see this benchmark comparison with a more modest hardware.

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OpenGL: 65.5
Vulkan: 86.4
Vulkan (previous version): 70.4

Each is the best average FPS of three 30 sec benches. Default graphical settings, 1080p.

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Quoting: g000hHowever, Microsoft are doing what they're best at - Monopolizing the market - They don't allow developers to use Vulkan on XBOX One platform, only DX12. So if you want to develop for Windows and XBOX, then you have to include DX12 support to get your game on XBOX.

One of the things that has irritated me about Microsoft for years is their anti-competitive practices. Would be great if the EU could sue them about it.

The European Commission has sued and fined Microsoft multiple times for abusing the de facto monopoly Windows holds on the desktop, but Sony is actually much larger in the European console market. And I don't see Vulkan support on the PS4 either. (Unofficial Linux hacks don't count.)

There's also the fact that consoles aren't considered computers, but gaming appliances. There's no expectation of openness or freedom of use here, unlike with personal computers.

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Arkanoid II on the Amiga. How many hours did I sink into that game, I wonder. This one looks all shiny, but I wonder if all the extra stuff going on in addition to good old block-breaking actually makes it less fun? I might want Puppet Kings, but I'll need to read a few more reviews before it ends up on my wishlist.

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Quoting: GuestAragami and Bioshock seem like okay games, i may get it for them. Has anyone played the Shenzen I/O game? Is it worth to buy?

It's a great game if you like complex programming games like TIS-100. The game comes with a nice back story and even material to print out like in the old adventure games. For me that game alone was worth buying the bundle for. There is also a little card game as part of the back story that is really well done.

Shenzhen I/O is definitely worth it, even if you felt TIS-100 was a bit inaccessible. No easier though. It hurts my brain, but I'm loving it.

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Why are space stations always so damn dark and shadowy?

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Check out Boiling Steam's recent interview with Timothee Besset [External Link]. It sheds light on some of the questions discussed here. Specifically Valve's grand plan regarding SteamOS/Linux, challenges of getting big AAA devs on the platform etc.

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