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Latest Comments by mao_dze_dun
GOG has some decent Linux titles on sale this weekend
1 Sep 2018 at 10:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

I refuse to install the Linux versions of GOG games until they make a Linux version of the Galaxy client. Being able to share saves between a Windows and Linux install of a game is a big advantage of Steam. Not having cloud saves and automatic updates is so 90s.

Despite promising an Early Access release, Crazy Justice is out only for backers for now and it's rougher than expected
25 Aug 2018 at 12:49 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: 14
Quoting: mao_dze_dunSorry, but you could have straight taken the bills and lit them on fire. This game was DOA the moment it was announces. PUBG can't keep up with Fortnite, but Crazy Juice (which looks like a straight rip-off) will? Please...
You don't have to be the #1 most popular in a category to be successful. Fortnite might be the one to beat, but my friends and I don't even like that one. Consider that League of Legends would be considered more popular than Dota 2, yet Dota 2 is still a very successful game that many players love.

Aside from that, I guess I'm not so eager for Crazy Justice to release now. It goes without saying that a game has to work.
Except that this game is not DotA 2 and it's developers are not Valve. This is just another derivative game born out of a trend and it's going the way of all the unsuccessful MOBAs, MMOs and zombie/survival games. Oh, and BR games, which are dropping like flies at this point. But hey - everybody decides for themselves. Hope you get your money's worth out of it.

Despite promising an Early Access release, Crazy Justice is out only for backers for now and it's rougher than expected
24 Aug 2018 at 12:25 pm UTC

Sorry, but you could have straight taken the bills and lit them on fire. This game was DOA the moment it was announces. PUBG can't keep up with Fortnite, but Crazy Juice (which looks like a straight rip-off) will? Please...

DXVK 0.70 is out with support for Direct3D 10 over Vulkan in Wine
17 Aug 2018 at 4:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

Does anybody know if this new release works with Lutris - seeing how the changes the way DXVK works?

Top-down 3D action-adventure game Sikanda gives you a shape-shifting weapon
15 Aug 2018 at 12:59 pm UTC Likes: 1

Seems interesting but the graphics are really dated. At this point it's a mobile game. It's about on par with Torchlight II. I know graphics aren't everything, but I do feel the art style should be pushed to the limit, in order to compensate for the lacking visuals.

DXVK for Vulkan-based D3D11 in Wine version 0.61 is out with improved performance
29 Jun 2018 at 6:19 pm UTC Likes: 1

Has anybody with an Nvidia card done a Linux - Windows performance comparison with this release? It says some nVudia cards should see a performance boost - wonder how much.

Wine 3.9 released adding in the start of Direct 3D 12 over Vulkan support with vkd3d
26 May 2018 at 3:01 pm UTC Likes: 2

They should work on a way to implement DXVK out of the box, instead of the still largely unused DX12, but we all know they won't do that. Not like anybody plays DX11 games. Oh, wait...

Start from the bottom and rise to the top in Wizard of Legend, out with same-day Linux support
17 May 2018 at 9:15 am UTC

It does look fun, but I was a bit disappointed, because my initial impression was it was an action RPG in the vibe of Diablo, but it turned out it was an isometric Dead Cells meets Hyper Light Drifter. Not a bad thing, mind you, just that I feel like playing something else, I guess. Plus, I've yet to pass even the second boss in Dead Cells, so there's that, too. Putting this one on the GOG wishlist.

Vulkan layer for Direct3D 11 & Wine 'DXVK' updated with fixes for Dark Souls 3, Overwatch & more
15 May 2018 at 8:23 am UTC

I still think they should some idiot proof way to install and keep this up to date. I'm on board with people on the Phoronix board who say this should absolutely be incorporated in wine. You cannot attract a bigger user base to Linux, unless you dumb things down.

I know installing DXVK seems like the simplest thing to a dedicated Linux user, but to the occasional tux casual like myself, it's too much of a hassle. Put it in wine, make DXVK on-off switch and just be done with it. Sadly, from what I understand, Wine developers will never do that.

Also, it would be nice to see performance go up to about 90% of native Windows. The gap is still too big.

That being said, it's nothing short of a miracle, what one developer has managed to achieve in half an year.