Quoting: ellieferalWe hear ya. The cries of penguins affect us deeply, and we hope that one day we will be able to harness them to power the creation of any Linux game.

There are only 2 ways to silence a crying penguin: by giving us great games or by stuffing raw herring down our throats. I prefer the former.

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Quoting: JSalemIs performance improved on Linux?

That's what I want to know as well, as it's close to unplayable for me.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle... I just wish they would voice over -all- their dialogue in their next game, including the player character(s).

Please no! If the player character had a voice I wouldn't be able to decide his/her personality myself. Then they might as well remove the choices and just provide one or two pre-made characters.
It's an RPG, I decide the 'role' of the player character.

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@BTRE
In the end it's the old 'you're damned if you do and damned if you don't': continue to release DLC and some get upset, don't release DLC and others get upset. ;-)

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Since White March II came out, I've only been playing Pillars of Eternity. Awesome game!

Oh, and some split screen Grid Autosport with my nieces when they were visiting.

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@BTRE,
I see what you mean, and once I thought the same way as you. Unfortunately I've had too many bad experiences with CK2 and EU4 lately due to the new patches and DLCs.
1 - The DLCs are released unfinished. Back when Rajas of India was released I bought it on day 1. However, it was so full of bugs that I could hardly play it.
2 - Yes, we have the option to roll back to an earlier version, unfortunately that creates 2 problems: you won't get any further bug fixes (map shadows on Linux weren't fixed until about a year after they started to be bugged); mods only work with the latest version, so say farewell to them.
3 - I don't agree that deep sales come that often, you can often go up to a year for a 75% off sale on DLCs. Maybe I'm just cheap, but I live in a country with relatively low wages compared to the rest of Europe, and I often have to think hard on buying a game or DLC for 15-20€. Yes, I can certainly afford it, but it's money that could reach long on other luxuries.

I understand that development takes money, but sometimes you have to include less new features that often are not even asked for (infamy in CKII), and focus more on squashing bugs. Then when your product is relatively bug free, release a DLC with new content but make it completely optional; don't release a patch that changes the game if you don't want it, forcing you to buy the DLC.

In the end, to each their own, I fully respect and somehow agree with your view point, but since I've found other games that are cheaper in the long run, those are the ones I tend to buy instead. I was once a big Paradox fan, today not so much, solely due to my personal bad experience with their products.

Who knows, maybe I'll pick up Stellaris in 3 years when they release the definitive bundle with all DLCs included.

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Looks interesting, especially since I love Pillars of Eternity.
I just hope you don't have to play evil characters as the game world kind of hints at, I never play evil in RPGs...

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While it may be a good game, I'm afraid I won't buy it. Experience has taught me that Paradox games are too expensive due to the expensive a frequent DLCs, and I don't expect Stellaris will be any different.
I own both CKII and EU4 but have stopped buying DLC for them, unfortunately the free patches often makes that difficult (Common Sense in EU4 I had to buy due to development introduced in the patch).
I don't feel the same way about games released but not developed by Paradox, I have Pillars of Eternity and all DLCs because they are sensible and reasonably priced. It has 2 DLCs, or rather expansions, which are completely optional.

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Just a heads up, the survey doesn't display correctly if you have Privacy Badger activated. All the surveys have worked until this one, I don't know what has changed.

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- Deus Ex Human Revolution would be great, I played it for some hours back when I used wine but never finished it. I wouldn't mind buying it again if it was ported.
- Subnautica, it looks like a great game. The devs haven't promised anything though.
- Naval Action, I love the Age of Sail. Again, the devs haven't made any promises. The only thing turning me off this game is that it's multiplayer, which in my opinion often ruins a game.
- Banished, I know it's coming, but it's taking a looong time.

Apart from that, surprise me! ;-)

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