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Delta Force devs say Desktop Linux support is 'not part of our agenda in the future'
29 Apr 2025 at 6:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

@scaine
I tend to just blacklist the dev or publisher page on Steam when I see this kind of attitude.
Good idea. How do you go about blacklisting a developer/publisher? I've never done that before.

Multiple Star Wars classics join the GOG Preservation Program with a big sale
29 Apr 2025 at 6:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

@heidi.wenger
There is also Zoom Platform to get DRM free games:

https://www.zoom-platform.com/ [External Link]
There is also Itch.io:

https://itch.io/ [External Link]

And, sometimes, IndieGala:

https://www.indiegala.com/ [External Link]

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
24 Apr 2025 at 3:51 pm UTC Likes: 3

@d3Xt3r
happy to report that it's been running flawlessly on my GPD Win Mini 2024
Impressive little machine. I also like the form factor.

I don't get all the negative comments here.
I'm down on it because of the inflated system requirements. This game should be able to run on much older machines than they've allowed for. 4K means nothing to me, so it's wasted storage space.

Why can't these developers separate the high quality texture packs into free DLC? Set the base textures at 720p and let the user select to download the 800p, 1080p, 2K or 4K texture packs if they want them.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
23 Apr 2025 at 5:46 pm UTC Likes: 3

@Trias
Never was really hooked into Oblivion, but still bought remaster in hopes it will motivate Bethesda to remaster their other games. Like Morrowind.
IMO, the game mechanics of either Morrowind or Daggerfall are just too complex for Todd's current aRPG approach to Elder Scrolls games. If they were to make either of those excellent cRPG's into aRPG's, fans would be in an absolute uproar. Besides, OpenMW and the modders have greatly modernized the look and feel of Morrowind. Daggerfall Unity is looking pretty good too.

So no, I don't think we'll ever see remakes of these earlier games. I imagine that Oblivion Remastered is just to hold over the fans until TES6 releases.

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
23 Apr 2025 at 5:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

@sonic2kk
I'm getting 60fps no problem apart from at a handful of moments
In the original game, the telling point was the great battle with the Oblivion forces at Bruma. The game would just slow to a crawl. I wonder if the remaster will fair better at that point in the game?

Mesa NVK (NVIDIA Vulkan driver) now Vulkan 1.4 conformant on Maxwell, Pascal, and Volta GPUs
23 Apr 2025 at 5:26 pm UTC Likes: 2

Terrific! That means my T580 laptop is covered. Since the MX150 chipset is still supported by the proprietary drivers, I'll wait until the performance comparisons come out.

Happy to know that Kepler is still on the radar, even if it is limited to Vulkan 1.2. It's the active support I'm hoping for, more than anything. Combine Kepler NVK with Proton-Sarek and my beloved T440p will be even better than it was before.

A retro goodie rebuilt from 1994, Ironseed 25th Anniversary Edition recently added Linux support
22 Apr 2025 at 6:04 pm UTC

At least the price is much more reasonable than the other remaster announced today.

Build to survive in the first-person horror Confronted - latest update makes it Steam Deck playable
22 Apr 2025 at 6:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

500MB reduction in size of the game.
Well ... you don't hear that very often in this day and age. Especially in an Unreal Engine 5 based game ...

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
22 Apr 2025 at 5:54 pm UTC Likes: 2

Unreal Engine 5?

I don't get it. Why didn't they use the Creation Engine from Skyrim SE or even their Creation Engine 2 from Starfield?

Don't get me wrong. From the launch videos, animated GIFs and pictures, the remaster looks gorgeous. It won't run in my gaming laptop, however. 125GB of storage? Sorry, Todd. I didn't upgrade for Starfield and I'm not upgrading for this one either. Those days are done.

I'll happily do another playthrough of my slightly modded version of the original Oblivion one more time ...

The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion Remastered revealed, it's out now and Steam Deck Verified
22 Apr 2025 at 5:48 pm UTC

I really like the way it looks, just picked it up now, hopefully it will have a vibrant modding community.
Do we even know if it will be possible to mod in Oblivion Remastered? Are we just assuming it will be because other Bethesda games do?