Quoting: BogomipsYep, the new client is a pain in the ***, not faster for me, full black screen on first load of every window (friends, store, etc.)

I randomly had weird issues of this type for the first day. I cleared the Steam client cache after that and haven't had any more of them crop up since.

The only one still hanging around for me is notifications stealing focus, which was apparently reported during the beta.

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Quoting: gaboverstaThe reason Hades is on that list migth be me…

I'm aiming to do that in September once Super Bomberman R 2 is out. :wink:

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Quoting: grahfgamesthe GC version port would be nice considering it is stuck on that platform.

As far as I know, even if the Nintendo content in it was removed, Konami may not fully own the rights to that remake (it seems to be up in the air whether or not the developer, Silicon Knights, holds any ownership of that version of the game), so I get the feeling that it might stay stuck there, unfortunately.

Quoting: grahfgamesNow what about MGS4 - that terribly needs a re-release/remaster.

There might be some hope for that [External Link]! :smile: It would appear that a second Master Collection volume may already be in the works.

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Quoting: GuestI was really hoping Elden Ring would be a bit less this time around, though that might never happen.

It's a little bit lower than the Steam price over at key-seller Fanatical [External Link] right now, if that's any help. :smile:

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Quoting: Eike... but I'd remove everything about "religous".

I think it's meant in this sense [External Link]. :tongue:

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderAre Steam really going to put Kryten out of a job???...... [External Link]

Top marks for a perfect Red Dwarf reference! :grin: (Kryten is, of course, part of Pengling's Robot Army. :tongue:)

Quoting: hardpenguin(it is difficult to call it art)

It sure can be funny, though! :grin:

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Quoting: NodThere are three common schools of thought:

The first school thinks Proton is bad because it discourages developers from making native Linux ports. Implicit in this argument is that native ports are superior to running windows native games using translation layers like wine and dxvk. Adherents of this school tend to also skew towards being anti DRM and being free software (as espoused by the GNU project / Free software foundation) advocates. When pushed some of them will admit they would prefer the platform remain "pure" even if it means Linux will not be seen as a viable platform by the mainstream.

School two maintains that Proton is good as it establishes Linux as a viable target platform for games. Adherents of this school sometimes argue that as Linux (via the Steam Deck) becomes more popular as a target platform developers will start to produce native ports in order to get better performance. They claim that Proton solves the chicken and egg problem of bootstrapping Linux as a viable gaming platform.

School three doesn't really understand half of these acronyms and religious arguments, they just want to play some games and think that the Steam Deck is great as its focused on producing a platform designed from the ground up to support PC gaming.

These are Gaming variants of religions wars that have very long histories in the UNIX world, for example Linus the pragmatist (school 2) vs Richard Stallman the purist (school 1) vs big business (school 3) that adopted open source and Linux on the server because it just works better than anything else.

This is a brilliant post, and easily the best I've ever seen this explained. I might have to bookmark it for pointing people to in the future, if that's alright with you!

I've sometimes found that Schools 2 and 3 have some overlap - indeed, I'm that way inclined myself (i.e., I think that today's "Let's look at official Proton support." devs may become the future's "Let's look at native support." ones, but in day-to-day practical terms I just want to play video games on my favoured OS and I'm just going to run with whatever works for that). :smile:

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Doom II, Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+, and Placid Plastic Duck Simulator (plus all of its DLC) are all in this sale, so I'll be grabbing those. Doom II is slightly cheaper on Fanatical, though, and I also have a voucher for them, so I'll get that there.

It's also worth noting that the Steam Deck Docking Station is in the sale as well! :smile:

As for recommendations, I'd just like to point out these;

Ape Out [External Link] (Proton, £3.19)
Bail or Jail (Obakeidoro!) [External Link] (Proton, £7.74)
Ex-Zodiac [External Link] (Early Access) (Native Linux, £5.99)
Horizon Chase Turbo [External Link] (Native Linux, £3.09)
Mega Man 11 [External Link] (Proton, £8.24)
Micro Mages [External Link] (Proton/NES, £2.07)
New Super Lucky's Tale [External Link] (Proton, £7.49)
Pac-Man 256 [External Link] (Native Linux, £1.59)
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy [External Link] (Proton, £9.89)
Pizza Tower [External Link] (Proton, £11.24)
Race The Sun [External Link] (Native Linux, £3.49)
Spelunky [External Link] (Proton, £2.19)
Tanglewood [External Link] (Native Linux/Mega Drive, £6.99)
Zool Redimensioned [External Link] (Proton, £2.39)

All games that I've enjoyed a great deal, some of them at absolute knockdown prices right now. :smile:

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For the glory of Boatmurdered [External Link]! :grin:

Seriously, though, I can't believe that Dwarf Fortress is 20 years old already! :shock: Hopefully it will continue to be a well-deserved success - can't wait to see the Steam Linux release add to that.

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I'm currently not 100% sure if this is my sort of game, but I absolutely adore the art-style and the presentation. One to keep an eye on, I think! :smile:

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