I also tested it for a few minutes... and reached the end of the game. This one is seriously short. But it's free so that's all right. A bite-sized shootout-simulator for a short coffee break.

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Quoting: lucifertdarkLiam there are certain members who should be protected from being put on any block lists, can you do that? have you done it already?

Yes! I demand to be seen and heard by any and all! Also I demand the largest trout!

Seriously, good features here, although I doubt I'll use them myself. I'm pretty good at ignoring annoying people. This isn't reddit or the other linux site, so the worst trolls tend to run foul of the moderators anyway and get a well deserved ban.

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Quoting: Luke_NukemI was going to say you're preaching to the choir... But actually, this must be what mansplaining feels like to women.

Urgh....
"Urban talk" on a Linux website :O

Mansplaining is just an admittedly annoying term for a very common type of condescension, and condescension isn't nice, be it for sexist reasons or otherwise. It always implies the assumption your audience is less intelligent/informed than you. But what's "urban talk". Never heard the term before. Is there also "rural talk"?

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Quoting: thewhoMaybe this is the chance for Pixel Soccer [External Link] which will release in December and should support Linux, too.

It sure does seem to play more like the original Sensible Soccer. Looking at the trailers, the crazy curve balls seem to be missing though.

Also, I didn't see a mention of Linux support anywhere. Did I just miss it?

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Quoting: iskaputtEdit: While looking up `steamcmd`, I found that even this command line tool requires multilib. Thus Steam is completely out of question for me.

You're setting a high bar here, but if your concern is keeping your gaming system clean, how about you download your (DRM-free) steam games in a disposable Linux VM or something? Surely your aversion to multilib is not ideological?

The Humble store indicates clearly which games provide a DRM-free download in addition to a steam key by the way. And you don't need a client to download their stuff. Itch is also a good option for some games.

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Quoting: GuestTW2 is quite happily playable for me now (actually I should go back to it soon), is natively supported, and works nicely with Mesa.
So perhaps it didn't have the best launch in the world, but it's fine now.

That's true. It was released in a sorry state, but VP did later put out several new builds. The current version ran just fine on my old GTX 760. Whether it would have been faster on Windows or not is irrelevant to me.

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Quoting: GuestNo. That's the problem - the Linux users who want to play Witcher 3 have already bought it, and would want the Linux port "for free".

I just don't have the budget to buy all the games I'd like to play, so the simplest solution for me to keep my wishlist from getting out of hand is to only buy games that actually support Linux. I've still got more than enough to choose from (wishlist currently at ~90 games on steam alone) but a game like Witcher 3 would shoot straight to the top.

The only non-Linux game I've bought since I started gaming again a few years back was Tesla Effect. That taught me not to buy based on promises. It's a good game and at some point started working beautifully in Wine, which is nice, but that's not Linux support. And I didn't resort to wine until it was certain that the Linux port was cancelled. I've since got a couple more Windows games as gifts or freebies, but I wouldn't pay a cent for any of them.

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Could a discrepancy like this stem from a bad game getting included in a bundle somewhere, like in the mostly crap-filled cheap bundles you see on Bundle Stars? Assuming someone actually buys them. Still within Valve's rights to do this. Steam is not a public service.

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I hope the controls are tight. Otherwise the game could be frustratingly fiddly.

Oh and the blood splatter looks a bit out of place. The cute little astronauts pop like overfilled balloons. Comic relief I guess.

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Quoting: ColomboI can't see the portal 2 on steam?

You mean this Portal 2 [External Link]?

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