Quoting: scaineThe sheer catalogue of shit-codery listed in that description makes me think that junior devs leaned heavily on genAI to get this game out of the door. Either that, or they are deliberately screwing up the game's code to make life hard for Linux.

FH4 & 5 had similar problems when they came out, so I'd say this isn't AI-related.

Quoting: scaineWhich is a horrible thought: I'm basically accusing the devs of being either inept, or malicious. Not a nice place to be.

There is a third option: Ignorance.
They don't care. The game was originally made for XBox where they used every trick to get a few more FPS or a better experience or what have you. Then it was ported to Windows and they did the same thing. Given the task at hand and the fact that this is MS we are talking about, I am pretty sure nobody ever gave a thought what that would mean for Linux.

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Using Denuvo is how you can make sure I'll never buy your game.

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I cannot imagine that being a smart move financially. Most people I know who game on PC have bought at least on of the titles Sony brought over. Only one of them has a PS and most would never get one no matter which games they miss.

I don't know what Sony expected... That people start getting a PS after playing formerly exclusive games on PC? That everyone would start using PSN in one way or another?
They treated their PC customers less than stellar: forced PSN, Denuvo, intentionally breaking fetures on Linux, ports coming a year after their PS release at best... which is a shame, because some of those are technically quite good otherwise. I've always felt that bringing games to PC was a very good idea followed by a couple really bad ones.

After buying Bungie for way too much money, aiming to go full live service with about a dozen games, Concord arguably being the biggest finanical flop in gaming history and Marathon doing meh on Steam I thought they'd make some good decisions now that would make them some money. Seems like they don't want to do it on PC. Bummer. I'd have bought a PC version of Bloodborne in a heartbeat if it'd had been a proper port.

I don't know what'll happen to Sony if they keep making weird decisions, but seeing that they closed Bluepoint of all studios makes me think that a couple more will end up on the chopping block. I wonder who's next. My guess is that Horizon Hunters Gathering will be the end of Guerrilla. Well, we'll see...

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Is that Bastila? If so, why is her lightsaber blue? If not, why isn't that Bastila?
This game better be good.

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Quoting: StellaI've seen how the leaked build of Forza Horizon 6 runs on the Deck and it doesn't even manage to hold 30 while being extremely CPU bound. That is not Verified Material.

I don't think Lego Batman is going to run well either given the minimum recommended specs list 16GB RAM, upscaling and framgen for lowest detail @1080p/30FPS...
Optimization really is a lost art.

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Peak is missing from the bundle for me. 🤔

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Quoting: scaineA crown held by Dark Messiah for far too long.

Alright, time to reinstall Dark Messiah. 😆 Haven't played it in ages...

edit:

I actually had to verify my age on Steam in the UK to even see it.

At least it is available in your region. I am shit out of luck.

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Huh... never heard of it before. Guess it's time to dig out RTCW again. I think I still have the DVD version somewhere.

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Finally. Now I might be able to get one.

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Quoting: neolithI am torn... on the one hand I really enjoy Vampire Survivors, but on the other hand I really dislike card mechanics in computer games. What to do? 😆

. . . Go play Vampire Survivors again?

I still haven't gotten all the achievements. 😭

I'll return to it once I've kicked all the Mongols off of Tsushima. 😄

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