For those that are playing Megacopter on the Steam Deck, make sure to change the layout to Keyboard (WASD) and Mouse since the default layout doesn't work with controlling the copter.

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Quoting: rklBe warned that many of these demos "self-destruct" when the Next Fest ends. This wouldn't be so bad if this was made clear on each demo's page, but it usually isn't. Also annoying is that you may never see a demo of the game again once the Next Fest ends - quite often, the later on game launch of a Next Fest game isn't accompanied by a demo version!

It's too bad some of these demos don't last forever and there are some that will convert to a Purchase button once the final game is release even though it's a demo.

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The one demo you should avoid right now if you're playing a Metroidvania on the Steam Deck is Clockwork Ambrosia because the graphics are pretty messed up, with error messages appearing after the splash screen and the character doesn't appear, making it hard to navigate through the opening area of the game. Also, there are graphical glitches in the background whenever you try to use the directional buttons to move the invisible character.

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This game looks great and is up my alley when it comes to this genre. I've played Chasm a long time ago and thought it was a great game. This one doesn't look like it'll disappoint and I can't wait to play it on the Steam Deck :smile:

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Quoting: robvvDidn't take me long to find that the games are still preserved, though not via official routes. Aarrr, mateys!

Well, that's the only way that games are preserved as long as someone is willing to put them up and no matter how many times it gets taken down, it'll still be around for years to come. It'd be nice if it didn't have to be this way but these game companies are not making it easier to preserve games with their tactics.

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I now I can see why they took down Delta Force Black Hawk Down and it's because the game is now part of the single player campaign in Delta Force: Hawk Ops.

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Quoting: ArehandoroObsidian are great. I wish they could have stayed independent, though.

They were great. Past tense. I loved most games they used to make, but I have zero interest in the games they're making these days. Not sure why some devs think everybody loves first person games. I certainly don't.
But yes, maybe they would still make great games if MS wouldn't have bought them. Big business has that tendency to kill everything it touches, so there is that.

I wished MS never touched a lot of the game companies they bought but here we are. Seeing some game companies like Tango Gameworks and Arkane Austin close sucks a lot and I won't be surprised if Ninja Theory is next to go, even if they say they're working on new projects.

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Quoting: Liam DaweUpdate, they're gone from GOG now, but still on Steam for now.

The only one that's not there on Steam is Delta Force Black Hawk Down (main game and not the DLC).

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Quoting: kneekooCloud goes poof! :whistle:

I actually had no idea saves can go over 1GB. That's basically all the games and their saves combined, up to early 90's. :grin: I don't know what could possibly require 1GB to save your progression. There are clever ways to save progression, and other ways.

I've seen some AAA games that use that much cloud save but it's hard to say what kind of data they're saving that required that much space.

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: PenglingI'm a little bit confused - isn't this a Windows-only problem, since this relates to their GOG Galaxy launcher? :huh:

Galaxy works on Linux with Wine too, has done for ages. But, Heroic Games Launcher also supports GOG too, and if memory serves works with cloud saves nowadays too.

Ha, my first question was, "GOG has cloud saves?" For the most part, the games I have through GOG don't seem like they would even support it.

I think it depends on whether the developer has enabled it or not in the game. There's probably a lot of games that don't use cloud saves on Steam (I've seen some games in my library that don't use cloud saves) but you're more likely to see most of the modern releases having cloud saves.

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