Quoting: Brisse

and Life is Strange 2 to come later this year

DontNod/SE recently revealed their release schedule for the rest of the episodes and the last one doesn't come out until December so I doubt Feral will be able to release it this year.

Well, Feral's only word on it so far has been 2019 so I'm simply going by what they've said on that :)

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Quoting: LanzHonestly, I miss the solo Danger Zone experience. Everyone plays in a 2 player squad now. If I don't check "Autofill Squad" and solo it, I'm at a disadvantage. :/

You're not the only one, not sure what their thinking was on this. I played it tons and since they did this....yeah not much. For such a game, being in a duo needs communication and random people really aren't good at that, especially when they don't speak your language.

I really hope they bring back an actual Solo playlist for Danger Zone otherwise I likely won't play it now.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: liamdaweCan you give me some examples where this is a problem? Articles talking specifically about DRM-free release should not have a Steam tag on them really.

Well obviously if a game is released both on Steam and GOG (for example) and the article is tagged both "Steam" and "DRM-free" we want to see the article. But if it’s only "Steam" we don’t.

I suppose a way around this, could be to add an Important Tags bit too, so that if an article is tagged with both a tag you don't want and one you do, it could still show perhaps.

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Just to put things into perspective, for people worried we're suddenly going to be covering 100% Steam Play stuff.

Only 10 articles about it this entire month against about 173 in total, not exactly a dramatic shift.

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Quoting: ScooptaYes complaining about it and then recommending it is hypocritical but I guess that just shows the state of Linux gaming.

I think you made my whole point for me there ;)

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: ScooptaIn my opinion voting for Linux with your wallet through proton is kinda like sending mixed messages. "I'm here give me games" but also "I'll take non-native games so don't bother porting."

It's voting against Linux support, really, because you're showing them that you're on Linux but will pay them regardless for a Windows game and regardless of the fact they aren't supporting Linux, like you said.

That thought completely ignores the fact that you only pay for the game if it works on Linux.
Nobody would pay for a Windows-only game planning to play it via Steam Play if it doesn't run via Proton. Or they do, notice that it won't run and refund - no money lost in that case.
Either way will show both Valve and the developer that their game is being used (or at least tried) on Linux. Which is an infinite amount more than what would have happened without Wine (or rather Proton), in which case the dev never would have known Linux even existed.

It also ignores that the ONLY way for Linux market share growth (within gaming) is supporting as many titles as possible. And for a user thinking about using Linux for a change, and most already using Linux, it doesn't matter in the end HOW that happens (which is why services like Stadia are an interesting take as well).
Natively, this will simply never happen. There will be the odd natively developed game, as it has always been, and that's cool, but that has never lifted the Linux percentage by any significant amount.

In the end, all that matters is that you get to play the game. Convenience wins, usually.

I'm certain we'll see (hopefully before 2030 in Valve time...) some statistics by Valve showing what effect Steam Play had.
I do not see a single possible negative outcome of it. Even if it resulted in fewer native games, the number would be offset incredibly by the amount supported via Steam Play. The whitelisted games alone would probably already have that effect.

Quoting: GuestPaying for Proton games directly hurts you by not giving you support like normal gamers get, and it sends the exact wrong message and discourages future Linux support because you're decreasing the number of gamers willing to pay for Linux support by paying for Windows support instead.

That is incredibly theoretical to the point of irrelevance.
What support are you talking about? The vast majority of bugs are game logic related or appear on other platforms as well. The other kind of bugs will give the ProtonDB rating a lower score so only very few people are going to "fall for it" anyway.

You don't see reduced native games as a problem? Really? So you don't care if Linux just becomes a kerenel for Win32? I guess the upside is it's FOSS Win32? You still need the MS DX runtime and MS VC++ redist which are proprietary and developed by, you know, MS. I think proton is a good market share driver, I really do, but I also think it's dangerous if it starts lowering native releases because I don't want to depend on Win32/Wine for my games.

Seriously where does this attitude come from? This attitude you have and plenty of others, is as if we had a huge amount of support before Steam Play and the fact is we really didn't and still don't.

Aspyr practically stopped, Virtual Programming don't do much either and when they do it's pretty poor, Feral gradually slowed down too and...you can see where I am going right? I really don't see this magical land where Linux ever had a lot of support to begin with. We struggle to even get a lot of good indies to support us and when they do, the answer 99% of the time is that it wasn't actually worth it.

I think people seriously need a reality check on all this.

Native is good, Steam Play is good. Let people enjoy gaming on Linux. That's what we stand for and will continue to do so.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: Alm888This is great, in theory, at least. No "Proton" tag though.

I wondered the same and found it in said article triggering a discussion: Steam Play.

I (still) wonder why the Steam Play tag on the title page is display on goldenish backgroud instead of blue like all others though...?

Like the Early Access tag, to some people knowing right away what the article contains is important, which is why it has a special colouring. Both Early Access and Steam Play have quite a bit more significance to a good portion of our readers, going by a lot of the comments and feedback we've had.

As for "Proton", it's covered by the Steam Play tag as all articles related will have that tag.

Quoting: Alm888Also, some tags are not mutually exclusive. e. g. "Steam" and "DRM-Free", and I do not want to see anything Steam-related but do want to see "DRM-Free" articles… :(
IMO, something more complex would be great…

The problem here though, is making something overcomplicated that people won't use.

Can you give me some examples where this is a problem? Articles talking specifically about DRM-free release should not have a Steam tag on them really.

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Quoting: EhvisVery nice addition to the tag system! I like the tag type box more than the list of the regular tag filtering actually. Although the list doesn't require you know what is available.

Which section do you mean by "regular tag filtering"?

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Quoting: PozzuoliNice one! However, is there a way to do this for the RSS feed?

In progress.

Quoting: EikeVery nice one, thanks!

Does it have to do with, erm... very recent discussion? If so, you're a quick developer!

Not originally. I've had a lot ask about filtering over the last year but let's just say the recent comments on that No Man's Sky article pushed me to just do it.

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Quoting: PatolaHaving said that, X4: Foundations is still superior to No Man's Sky... (I know, I know, like comparing apples to oranges) Being that Liam is a space games fan, I wonder why I feel him not too enthusiastic when speaking about X4. Or am I the one who's overly enthusiastic? :P

Honestly, they really are completely different.

Quoting: PatolaNote: if Liam implemented a filtering system, I would definitely skip articles with "retro" or "pixel art"...

You will soon be able to do so.

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