Far Cry Primal? (I hope not)

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Dear Gods of Linux gaming,

I would like the following games in my Steam Library:

- Deus Ex, or Deus Ex: Human Revolution, or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. A Wine port of Deus Ex is nothing too far reaching if bundled with a recent GL renderer, and HR was already ported to Mac by our dear Feral fellows; however the next installment is more likely to come if any of them is to be ported.
- System Shock Enhanced Edition
- System Shock 3
- Street Fighter V
- The Witcher 3

That's for being realistic.

If I was NOT being realistic, that's what I would ask for:

- King of Fighters XIV
- Half Life 3 ( :P )
- 0 A.D. 1.0
- Unreal Tournament 4 (I don't think it's coming this year but I really would like it to)

OK you asked for one game, but among all those I mentioned, I'm sure only one or two have chances to get a port this year.

Come on Gods of Linux gaming, shalt you bring us joy and grace (huhuhu)

P.S:

Quoting: pedrojmartmAlien vs Predator

Happy Birthday !
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Quoting: ArehandoroDoes it have local Co-Op or local Multiplayer? I've recently put my rig in the living room and I need a hell of a game -In terms of good graphics as they don't like pixel art or old games- to play with my mates.

Serious Sam 3 BFE has split screen (and some great fart jokes).
I agree that we don't have enough split screen games for a system which tries to compete with consoles.

I'd buy this new Insurgency with pleasure when it's out. Good graphics and a story mode should skyrocket this game to "must buy" status.

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Quoting: dubigrasuI have some promising results with this new driver, as in Vulkan is already faster:

OpenGL
Average: 81.4 FPS (86.1 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 254.6 max, 30.6 min
Highs: 523 in 3.5 seconds (150.4 FPS)
Lows: 738 in 14.5 seconds (51.0 FPS
30-60 FPS: 14%
+ 60 FPS: 86%
Vulkan
Average: 88.6 FPS (89.3 w/o extremes)
Extremes: 405.7 max, 9.0 min
Highs: 74 in 0.5 seconds (144.2 FPS)
Lows: 64 in 1.5 seconds (42.5 FPS)
+ 60 FPS: 100%

That was the Talos Principle benchmark BTW.

Great results indeed!

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Quoting: rkfgMaybe it's not a good idea to play on Steam Beta if you want the best experience. It's called Beta for a reason and I also vaguely remember some troubles with it.

The problem is that back when I got my controller in January, Steam told me to opt in beta to have it fully functional. I had no problems yet, though.

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I was a big Descent fan at the time of Descent 3 (didn't have the pleasure to discover it before), this would be an instant buy for me.

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Also, this game was crushed by other AAA games. It's a different game, and nowadays, the gaming market has very little place for games like this one. I mean, Call of Duty can sell up to $200 worth of DLC and nobody cares.

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It was stated from the beginning that Vulkan would be an API with a steep learning curve. I'm glad the performance hit isn't so bad actually, and I'm looking forward to seeing how it turns out with time.

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Quoting: maodzedun

Quoting: omer666The 20 to 30% performance hit you see here has nothing to do with companies not working hard enough to bring a decent gaming experience to Linux users. It has nothing to do with being entitled to anything. It has to do with technical constraints nobody can do anything about until multiplatform development and/or Vulkan becomes attractive enough for developers.

That's what happens in that case:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eab2UI1Iq2w [External Link]

That is hardly the best of example. It's been some time now but I recall that x4 vs x8 SSAA is far from the only difference between the Windows and Linux version of the game. I have a clear memory of seeing an .ini file comparison with some features on Linux either turned off or missing by default. Also this [External Link]

As far as I know, there's no 8x SSAA on Windows, it wouldn't run on any machine anyway. The only difference I know of is the lack of tessellation and FXAA that is either very light or not present at all. I'd be interested if you could share this comparison.

Still, Metro Redux runs very well on Linux and seems to be more stable.

About Ars Technica, well it's been extensively discussed in here and it's clear they didn't understand the technical facts I mentioned earlier. On a side note I would also add that testing this on an Intel Pentium is clearly suboptimal, but that's only my opinion.

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Quoting: PangachatThose are simply not good ports. Good ports performing equal with their DX counterparts, sadly those ports are the minority.

Looks like you didn't read the entire post...

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