The textures really need more filth and grit. Reviews are currently @ 60%. Easy Anti-Cheat DRM grosses me out.

The formatting and basic construction have enough charm, the battle particle and laser effects are a bit muddy making it harder to focus on the strategy of well... a RTS.

I'll have to play the game to judge the sound design too -- they could win a lot of points back if they had a kind of analog grit and otherworldly sound from the 90s -- but I don't really anticipate they did more than off the shelf current gen mobile slop.

The reviews and community discussion area are vicious, looks like they really made their kick-starters and community mad for charging them for the extra content.

Also, I know with the rise of WarCraft 3 and DOTA 1 and DOTA 2 the focus on "Heroes" is now a thing, I just wish it wasn't. RTS was just fine when heroes we're 300% the size of units with obnoxious roles and mega powers. It's fine when done with taste but I haven't really seen it cooked right. SC2 was okayish.

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Quoting: basedHalf-life Alyx: Episode One

You must be a mind reader XD. If this were square it would be Half-Life Alyx: Episode 1.5

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I hope someone makes a 18+ mod for this game someday. It would feel Duke Nukem 3D Megaton.

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Quoting: kuhpunktLiam,

could you reach out to Ethan to ask him about his thoughts? He was kinda sceptical/crtical of Proton and his future as a programmer back then.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/09/game-porter-ethan-lee-gives-his-thoughts-on-valves-steam-play-and-proton/

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2021/07/ryan-gordon-and-ethan-lee-on-proton-and-the-steam-deck/

Has this changed? What are his thoughts now?

I felt a lot of compassion for his situation as he was actively contracting to port so many games.

I hope he is pleasantly surprised with how everything has turned out and has made incremental adjustments to have joy. I am curious how he is doing too.

As ^ Said, Absolute Legend! All this FNA stuff too, very exciting as always.

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Steam Deck launched on February 25, 2022, thinking about the timeline and massive success, It will be interesting to see what update interval Steam Deck goes with.

I think it's been great because developers have been more resource efficient targeting the Steam Deck which makes their games more available to more customers.

Games like Terraria, MineCraft, and StarDew Valley all have massive followings because they could run on potatos.

I am curious if they will go with a 3 year cycle or 4 year cycle and we will see something ~Feb 2025 or ~Feb 2026.

I wonder if they will use numerical versioning or follow Xbox -- will we see Steam Deck 2 and then after that Steam Deck 2 Episode 1 :P

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I stopped giving them money. When 6 launched, from memory having criticism about the graphics downgrade 5 => 6 and even constructive feedback was not allowed.

I'm honestly not hyped. If in 2 years it has a steam rating of 95%+ I'll buy it on sale.

Also, I understand the concept of "Expansion Packs" but the way they do their DLC feels like their games are made using Agile methods and that v1.0 is barely even a proof of concept game.

From playing many other popular games, those "tweaks" deserve to be free Workshop content and not 9,99 or whatever.

I can't imagine how many nights and hours it would take to get good at these games with how long each game takes too. What 1-3 hours each?

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Ladies and Gentlemen, que up `BagRaiders_ShootingStars.wav`, Linux has never been better!

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Demos needs its own filter in the left hand menu filter.

Also, will there be ratings and reviews on Demos that __dont__ carry over to the released game to help measure public response? Or does that not make sense.

Also, I would like to optionally remove Demos from my account and couldn't find the button the other day -- maybe I am on Steam Client Beta and the button has gone *poof*

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Quoting: Joeg1484I used to live right behind them in Oakhurst Ca. on Victoria Ln with an old girlfriend that used to work there stuffing boxes with game disks and instructions LOL... I havent heard from her in years, but found out that her dad still had a closet full of those old games still in their original package LOL.

Proly worth allot of money these days :).

Scenarios like these make me curious what the tax deduction value is to donate to a museum. Like one a year, and whether that value would surpass what it could sell for on auction or the open market.

That's really cool! Small world.

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Wow this looks epic!

https://wikiless.org/wiki/List_of_Sierra_Entertainment_video_games?lang=en [External Link]

I would love to hear about the Caesar III series, also I see Half Life + HL Blue Shift and some Spyro Games. I know their logo as well as the Sega Genesis startup screen.

Edit: Speaking of documentaries, Highly recommend the HL Unforseen Consequences Documentary [External Link] -- also the unreleased game Ravenholm documentary [External Link] was really interesting too both by Noclip

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