Quoting: BeamboomOk - I'm realizing you're the kind who thinks everything was better before (no offence intended).

I don't think he is. It's just that we think content is more important than presentation. But I'm quite sure it's just a basic difference in what we enjoy and look for in a game. And I say we, as I find it very easy to identify with Keyrock based on his side of the conversation.

In any case, A great game is a great game, even if it could have been made ten or twenty years ago. You're seriously missing out if you pick your games based on their budget, but that's your prerogative. Naturally the game is even more enjoyable if it also looks and sounds nice, but these are just potential cherries on the cake, not the cake itself.

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Quoting: melkemindIt's a shame. Up until now, VP's ports had been getting better each time with near-Windows performance. This one is seriously low by comparison, almost back to the Witcher 2 levels.

Not all D3D code is equally wrapper-friendly. Any inefficient design in the original code is very likely to perform even worse when run through another translation layer. And anything that heavily relies on API-specific quirks or pecularities might force the wrapper to do tons of extra work.

So no matter how well eON or wine perform on select titles, you'll always get disappointments like this to even it all out. Nothing against VP, just pointing out once again that the approach does and always will have its limitations. But it is cost-effective.

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Quoting: lvlarkCan only speak for myself, but I'm not insulted when people choose to use Linux in other ways. I'm insulted when they indicate using AMD is a stupid option.

Please do. Someone calling you stupid is an actual insult. Someone choosing not to test and write about a particular piece of software is not.

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Quoting: XzylI'm insulted this site never tests nvidia with the open drivers they're getting really good. Linux is about choice and openness and these Windows refugee clowns love to thump their e-peens about >60 fps or a 10~20 fps difference above it...

Yes. Choice is good. Yet you feel personally insulted when people choose to use Linux in ways you don't support. Go figure...

Go refugees!

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Quoting: GuestIt was supposedly near complete many months ago, and its foundation was on a complete API (Mantle). I don't believe this new announcement.

I'm not in the least bit surprised. This is simply what happens when multiple large companies try to get something done together. Nothing happens quickly. And besides, I'd rather there's a nigh-perfect set of tools for validation and testing at launch to ensure a smooth start for the API. A month or two won't mean a thing in the end.

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Quoting: GuestI do hope that when it's ready, whenever that may be, FOSS drivers won't be far behind. An open standard isn't too open if FOSS drivers don't get a seat at the table during development.

A proof-of-concept open source Intel driver has already been demoed months ago. And if AMD doesn't come up with an implementation in their FOSS drivers, you've really got to doubt their supposed priorities. NVIDIA? Heh.

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Quoting: reaVerCan we please not brand this game as controversial? I don't think we should be sending the developers the hint that we're (in any way related) to feminists.

WTF? The controversy surrounding this game has very little to do with gender equality. And please don't troll. GOL tends to quickly close any thread that devolves into a flamefest, and you very well know this topic is very efficient at lighting the spark.

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I've never really gotten into fighters since SF2 on the Amiga. I do recognize how big of a brand this is though. So woo I guess.

What I really wanna see from Capcom is some Ace Attorney goodness. Fat chance, I know. :'(

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Quoting: pbthe thumbnails don't work and trying to install a game is futile.

These seem to work for Liam? Maybe you're missing some dependencies or something.

It does seem like a very early release with tons of missing functionality. Go ahead and add your issues to their github tracker [External Link] though. At least one guy seems to work on it very actively [External Link].

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Quoting: jeffatradWell, you guys could have dropped an email to any of us at RAD to ask about this.

Welcome to GOL. Great to see another industry representative in this tiny corner of the intertubes.

Thanks for your input on this. Makes it all seem a bit surreal though. If the Unity plugin was a third party solution back then, why would BFG have expected RAD to support it at all? And could BFG's contact at RAD have given them reason to believe that they were ignored due to not being big enough, or that Linux was simply not a priority? I wouldn't like to believe that they're simply making it up and trying to shift the blame.

Quoting: jeffatradRegardless, it had nothing to do with Linux. We're working on Linux debugging tools now in fact.

Sounds great!

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Quoting: ShmerlNever heard of Ohio Jack game :)

Actually the game is Infinitrap. The thumbnail is a bit misleading. Don't know if the Funding Crowd covered the unsuccessful kickstarter campaign back in september. Seems the game was made anyway.

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