Yeah, this looks like awesome fun for couch co-op.

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Quoting: Mountain ManI hope the Cities: Skylines developers are paying attention. We might finally get good performance in Linux.

I'm not sure Cities: Skyline uses Unity.

They got the Golden Cube at the Unity Awards 2015 [External Link], so I think it does.

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Sounds like a plan. :) When reading user reviews, I try to find both positive and negative reviews. It's not a perfect method, and many of the games I'm interested in have no professional reviews or let's plays, and only a handful of user reviews on Steam, GOG or Metacritic.

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Where will you find an impartial party though? ;)

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I didn't experience any noticeable bad performance in this game, but then I haven't gotten to Marcuria yet either. Is that in Book 2?

I think I might be a bit old-fashioned in that I don't really enjoy the choices that seem to be a major part of the game, but I will try to set my prejudice aside to enjoy what I agree is a beautiful looking game. I look forward to reading your review tomorrow.

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Quoting: tickDouble Fine is making games that I really like : I finished psychonauts at least twice, same for broken age. I enjoyed every minute of stacking and found costume quest kinda cool even though too simple. I still need to finish broken age but so far i've liked what I have seen. Even massive chalice that I thought wasn't my kind of game is finally pretty cool.

I've also really liked most of their games, which is why I have no problem forgiving them occasional blunders, though I don't consider Broken Age to be one. I thought the puzzles in Act 1 were a bit on the easy side, but Act 2 made up for that, and overall I thought it was a great experience, even though I felt the story could have been fleshed out a bit more. My favorite point-and-click this year was Dropsy, but as far as crowdfunding experiences go, nothing tops DFA when I take the amazing documentary into account.

Quoting: tickMore than that, Double Fine started porting their games to linux in 2012 I think, with humble bundle, and now most of their catalog is on Steam OS and it was never a question for the game that followed until them, I don't remember of any stretch goal for that. How many editors can say that ?

Quoting: KeizgonI just want to point out, despite some of the blunders, they have always released the Linux version as promised. Also, a lot of people have been asking for Psychonauts 2 for a long long time. This is not me defending DF9 and the likes, but just an inquiry on the project.

Quoting: constI feel really deep sympathy for DF, they were the first bigger player to really support linux.
Without them, icculus and humble, linux gaming would have been in a much poorer state when valve started to think about a linux client and who knows if they would have taken this endevour then.

Yeah, Double Fine has been great about supporting Linux, and I think that having major indie developers like DF, Croteam, Klei, Vlambeer and Team17 support our OS has been crucial in getting other, smaller indies to do so too.

Regarding Massive Chalice:

Quoting: Segata SanshiroSure, but that game really sucked :P

Quoting: KeyrockGood? No

It's not really my cup of tea either (and neither is XCOM), but it has 72% positive ratings on Steam, which really isn't bad no matter how you slice it.

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I can understand people being disappointed about Spacebase, but I don't understand why so many people are still sore about Broken Age. Yes, it went over the initial budget, but so do 90% of every game that's being developed on a set budget. I've backed 100+ games on Kickstarter now, have been following the development of a bunch more, and delays happen all the time. You usually just don't know about it, since most games are in development for years before you even hear about them.

By the way, it's funny how people conveniently forget about Massive Chalice, when it was ON time and ON budget.

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Quoting: immortelI really like the crowdfunding articles. Even if you don't make it in the TOP 20, you're making a very good job. You have all my gratitude.

Thanks, I appreciate it, and I should add that those articles are a team effort. Plus, I wouldn't be writing for GOL if I didn't enjoy it, so I'm happy to stay outside the top 20 list. :)

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I don't mind that the games I like to write about usually don't make it to the top 20. I would love to see more interest in the crowdfunding articles though, since crowdfunding has given us many great Linux games.

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This is from the campaign text:

We've managed to create a playable pre-alpha for 12 Is Better Than 6, but this game cannot be made without your support.

It's hard to say how much of the game was done before the launch of the campaign, but there's no way you can make a game like this in as little as a month. If people think that, they have very unrealistic perceptions of much time and money it takes to develop a commercial video game.

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