I've only played through the first bit while I helped the developer smooth out a few minor launch issues, but as a fan of beer, adventure games and dry humour I'm happy with what I saw so far.

The basic mechanics are familiar to anyone who's played early LucasArts adventures, and while juggling a bunch of verbs pretty much forces a slower pace of play than modern point-and-clickers tend to do, I for one don't really mind. I did mention to Arik that a default action on right click à la Monkey Island would eliminate tons of clicks on the "Look at" verb.

The inebriation gimmick adds a nice twist, leading to all kinds of interactions the protagonist would simply feel too awkward to initiate sober. You know, scary things like talking to strangers or handling icky things found in unsanitary places.

TL;DR: Fun game, go play.

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Quoting: PangaeaLooks like a really solid program, and I'm glad there is native Linux support (now) :)

I'm pretty sure it has supported Linux natively for years. The new thing is Wayland support.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: redneckdrowWhich ports don't have DRM on windows?

Based on their list of ports from Wikipedia:

• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Life Is Strange + Before the Storm
• Mad Max
• Saints Row 2
• XCOM: Enemy Unknown
• XCOM 2 + War of the Chosen

Can't speak for the others, but at release Deus Ex: Mankind Divided had Denuvo. It most definitely had DRM on Windows.

Mad Max had Denuvo at launch as well. DRM-free release came later.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyHuh. Well, I guess if the allegation is true, that Valve's secret contracts involve making developers not sell their games cheaper anywhere else as a condition of being able to sell on Steam, that's kind of anti-competitive in that it stops other stores from trying to gain market share by underselling Steam. And if you foreclose on the whole concept of competition on price, that's likely to be bad for consumers.

Given the high hurdles in US antitrust law, even if the allegation is true that might well not be enough for Valve to actually lose the lawsuit, as noted by EagleDelta etc. But it's still a practice I'd find somewhat annoying--sure, you can understand why they'd want to do it, but then it's easy to understand why any company would do any anti-competitive practice . . . no company wants to be successfully competed against.

Of course if it ain't true then the filers are just assholes. And whether it's true or not, the filers could have questionable motivations and backing.

Anti-competitive means there needs to be harm to consumers (that's a brief legal description) not to competitors.

Quoting: Merriam-WebsterAnti-competitive: 'tending to reduce or discourage competition'
Anti-consumer: 'not favorable to consumers : improperly favoring the interests of businesses over the interests of consumers'

I think he used the term correctly, and you might be mixing up the two terms.

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Can't say no to another good looking adventure game, especially when it's free.

Quoting: whizseI guess it's a common bug with Visionaire Studio?

Yep. It's a known engine bug. Liam wrote about it in his Mutropolis article.

Here's the relevant bit:

Quoting: Liam DaweFor the Linux version, for now you're going to need to play it in windowed mode due to a fullscreen bug with the Visionaire Studio game engine. However, a fix for that should be coming within the next week or so. Alternatively it may work okay in Proton if no fullscreen bugs you enough.

The "next week" came and went, but apparently a fix is still being worked on.

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Quoting: sbolokanov@tuubi @scaine We are only guessing here.

I know. That's why I said "unless they tell us, we can only guess" in the reply you quoted earlier. :wink:

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Quoting: scaineTrue, but Feral are only the developer here. The publishers of the games they port will be the ones to decide what kind of DRM is in place. I'm honestly surprised that Feral managed to get Denuvo removed on the titles they ported. That was great to see.

Feral acts as both the developer and the publisher for their ports. Check the Steam store page for any of their games and you'll see them listed alongside the original publisher. That's why I mentioned Steam's ability to have different publishers for different target platforms as a possible reason they stick to Steam.

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Quoting: scaineHonestly, it's weird that you painted in them in that light? Do you have history against them, some minor grudge?

But it’s strange that you never read about Feral love for DRM, it seems to be common knowledge in most Linux-centric gaming communities.

It might just be conjecture based on the fact that they never sold their games outside of Steam. DRM might be a reason, but other plausible ones are publishing agreements with the IP owners, Steam being able to account for different publishers for different target platforms, and Steam reaching the largest audience by far.

Unless they tell us, we can only guess. But it does suck for those Linux gamers who avoid Steam. You might not be interested in the games, but I bought and enjoyed several of them.

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Quoting: Whitewolfe80They have also added Mad Max which at one point had a native linux version not sure if there is a pengiun verson on gog though and its been delisted on steam

Windows only according to the store page. Too bad. I enjoyed Feral's Linux port, but I don't think any of their stuff has ever been available on GOG.

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Quoting: tuubiTimed hot-spots sound annoying. Like quick-time events you need to chase around the screen. But maybe they're not as bad as they sound? If they are, they'll definitely ruin the fun for me.

Looks great otherwise.

I believe there was an option to turn the timed part of it off.

Good to know. Thanks.

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