Quoting: ivant

Quoting: tuubiSorry @ivant, can't watch your video. Couldn't even read the title past the words "Epic Rap ...". :dizzy:

I bit prejudiced, eh? But it's fine :)

Guess I am prejudiced against (most) rap music. I'm also violently allergic to hype words like "epic" or "extreme". My loss, I'm sure.

I might enjoy MHRD, can't really say based on what I see and read. Probably won't get it at current price at least.

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Sorry @ivant, can't watch your video. Couldn't even read the title past the words "Epic Rap ...". :dizzy:

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Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: tuubiSeriously, I love a good indie title, but if you play a game like Mad Max or Tomb Raider, you'll see where all those millions went. There's just tons and tons of highly polished content, from graphics and animation to audio design, made by large teams of professional artists.

Millions went somewhere, but it bears a strong resemblance to current day mass market film industry. Most of it is pulp fiction style writing, with flashy graphics and CGI, and barely any depth in the script and story. Or in the games context - reactivity with choices and consequences. Sure, there are good authors out there. But most of the mass market is after flashy things, not after depth. I value more than "polished content" in art.

You are talking about your personal taste in games and movies here, and that's fine. We're all entitled to our opinions. Though surely you shouldn't judge the entertainment value of a game or a movie based on its budget? Of course this applies equally well to the AAA-only indie-bashers. No need to pick a side, you know.

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: tuubiOf course this is all subjective but assuming a game must be "less good" if it's "mainstream" is just silly. Or at least the assumption part of it is silly. Nothing wrong with informed opinion of course.

It doesn't have to be worse, but it easily can become worse. As soon as mass market kicks in, quality of art can easily be compromised for superficiality with flashy look. I'm not trying to downplay the value of good graphics - I like it same as the next guy. I'm just pointing out the pitfalls of mass market / commercialized art driven by legacy publishers.

Sure, a big budget can be used to polish a turd, but that doesn't mean everything that shines is hiding shit underneath.

I hope you don't take my posts here as personal attacks. I value your opinion, and your contributions on GOL. I'm just trying to point out that bashing games you admit you haven't even played does seem a bit counterproductive. I also think most of the stuff people watch and play is utter crud, but we have to recognize what is subjective opinion and what is objective fact.

I'm enjoying Mad Max at the moment by the way. AAA, and definitely shallow, but tons of fun. That doesn't mean I enjoy a good old-school adventure or RPG any less.

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Quoting: badberSeems like it might be a real tool for learning which makes me interested. If you want to call it nerdy for someone to be deeply interested in a specific area then I guess sure, it's for the nerdy. People do also talk about physics and maths nerds these days after all...

People used to call them geeks. I guess nerd is an improvement now that it isn't a dirty word anymore.

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The trailer doesn't tell me much. Is it an engineering simulation of some kind or is there an actual game in there? I love TIS-100, but this... I have no idea.

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Quoting: ShmerlAAA is too ambiguous of a term. Some simply mean big budget games by it, and not all big budget games are made by backwards thinking legacy publishers. Some are made by quite innovative and forward thinking ones, who are interested in Linux too. And in my experience, big budget doesn't necessarily guarantee artistic quality, especially if mass market is the target. Personally I'm interested in more good games, and whether they are big or small budget is really secondary for me. I acknowledge though, that perception of art is to a degree subjective, and good can mean different things for different people.

The hipster is strong in this one. :)

Seriously, I love a good indie title, but if you play a game like Mad Max or Tomb Raider, you'll see where all those millions went. There's just tons and tons of highly polished content, from graphics and animation to audio design, made by large teams of professional artists. The mass market focus and the sometimes glaringly Hollywood-style writing-by-committee (sorry, Ms. Pratchett) does not stop them from being astoundingly beautiful and simply hours and hours of great fun.

Of course this is all subjective but assuming a game must be "less good" if it's "mainstream" is just silly. Or at least the assumption part of it is silly. Nothing wrong with informed opinion of course.

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Despite what Liam says in the article, honestly it looks like a prettier, less blocky, more complex, still blatantly obvious Minecraft clone/tribute. But that's not a bad thing. Minecraft is still extremely popular and I'm sure there are a lot of ways to improve on the formula. IMHO Microsoft's track record with improving stuff has been less than stellar lately, so someone else has to do it.

EDIT: This genre is not my cup of tea at all so I could very well have missed something that makes this game unique.

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Quoting: PhiladelphusAlso, are the graphs truncating things to show only ten options? In the first graph of Linux Distributions (Combined) things like SteamOS and Slackware show up, but are absent from the Linux Distributions (Split) graph. I can see this being a stylistic choice (for instance if there are several dozen distributions with only a few users each), I'm just curious if it's intentional.

I think there used to be a combined "others" entry in these cases, or was this only discussed in comments somewhere? Anyway, under the graphs there's a "Click for full statistics" thingy you can click to see the rest.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: EhvisSo Mad Max counts as 2016, since the Linux version released in 2016. Right?

Yeah it was a good question, it's released for LINUX during 2016.

Mad Max nominations have already been accepted into several categories. Consider your question answered.

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Quoting: EikeOf 15 "silver" games:
* all available for Windows
* 9 available for Mac
* 8 available for Linux

(It seems to be more like a top 97 by the way, if I'm able to count.)

You seem to be missing some of them, maybe due to your location. I see 16 games in the silver tier, 9 of which are available for Linux. Payday 2 not showing for you maybe?

Quoting: UltraAltesBrot

Quoting: tuubiYeah I think they were already on sale. Valve's being a bit confusing once again.

Valve's not being confusing for people who can read. It's pretty clear in huge letters on the store frontpage
"TOP-SELLING GAMES
Last chance to get great deals on the best sellers from this Steam Winter Sale".

Seems to have confused some and I doubt they're illiterate. Also we're not talking about the store front page.

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