Great news!

I'm really interested in this game (single player only).

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Great news! As soon as the game lands on GOG.com I'll finally pick it up.

Quoting: Avehicle7887These devs have my deep respect for their efforts

^ This.

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Quoting: JahimselfI'm very happy to play this DRM Free game on linux.

It's not out on GOG yet.

I don't own the game yet so I may be wrong and someone please correct me if I am.
But from what I understand the game can be launched independently from Steam.
The client is not needed for playing the game. In that case, Steam would merely be the distribution platform.

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Quoting: jensTo make it short: games are not all, Linux is still the much better platform, despite some shortcomings. That said, my focus is on getting things done, not on fighting for freedom.

Fair enough.

I understand why many Linux users defend the freedom this platform is providing. I may not always share their opinion. But I can often see where they are coming from. Are there some zealots among them? Sure there are, just as there are people that don't care, at all. I haven't spotted any zealots in this thread though. Just many people voicing their dislike of Electronic Arts, and frankly, you find enough of those in other forums as well. Has nothing to do with the operating system.

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Quoting: jensNo matter of Steam, DRM, always online only, Nvidia closed source only, I don't care what.

I don't want to sound rude but a genuine question: why are you using Linux then? Wouldn't it be easier to simply run Windows, where all the cool game are anyway?

Quoting: jensI wish that people would only want to play some cool games[...]

The way I see it a lot of people don't use Linux primarily because it's free (as in free beer) but because there is also a certain philosophy to it (open source, Linux being free as in free speech an all that). Naturally, a lot of people are also very vocal when it comes to defend those values.

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Heck, yeah!

I was hoping from the moment I first saw that trailer that this game gets released for Linux as well. (Given that KING Art released their last games for Linux already I thought it wouldn't be too far-fetched to hope that they bring this game to Linux as well.) The video looks great and the artwork looks fantastic!

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I’m not particularly interested in the game, but I have to admit that, judging by the videos, it has a disturbingly frightening atmosphere to it. Reminds me a lot of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four.

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I never played Steam World Dig, even though I got it with one of the Humble Bundles. But I really like Steam World Heist!

SWD2 looks good. I'll keep an eye on it (but will have to finish Heist first).

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Quoting: mrdeathjrCuriously lego harry potter dont work in your case with wine 2.x ?, in my case works last time with wine 2.4

Interesting indeed. In my case I have graphical anomalies and the controller stopped working with WINE 2.x. With WINE 1.9.x I don't have these problems.

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Quoting: ShmerlNot for gaming.

Especially for gaming, simply for the fact that most games produced for PC are still only available and produced for Windows. I’d say that for someone who always wants to play the latest and greatest titles on PC Windows still is the operating system of choice.

But really, even though I’m an avid and long-term Linux user I find the whole operating system discussion pretty tiresome. I think there are different operating systems for different needs and tastes and everyone should just choose the system that he or she likes the most and suits his or her needs best.

On topic: I think WINE is a great piece of software that has come a long way but like others I’ve made quite different experiences with it. Some games work out of the box, others have significant problems or don’t work at all or stop working after an update; and that can be quite frustrating.

I have to admit though that I never dived into the depth of WINE configuration. I can’t be bothered to fiddle around with all its different configurations and settings just to make a game work. Either a game runs out of the box or with only little intervention or I leave it be. I still keep an old pre-2.X WINE version around to be able to play LEGO Harry Potter properly. :-)

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