Quoting: spayder26You're being a little too hard with this game, it's free and it's definitely not the worst game out there, even among paid ones.

The game released and didn't work at all, 3+ weeks later it still doesn't work at all. It uses an FPS Kit, that they didn't actually make.

Also, the Steam reviews "Mostly Negative". Not that Steam reviews should be taken as they are, but they are usually a good indicator something is really wrong.

I think I'm being pretty reasonable about it overall.

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Quoting: MayeulCIs there a way to bring the sheep back? (Like dispatching a vehicle to do so, which might get harmed by the incoming troops).

Nope, they make their own way back, slowly. As mentioned, they can be picked up again on their way back.

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleAspyr have been diversifying their market a bit, trying various things. Business-wise this is maybe smart, but this does seem to mean their AAA Linux/Mac ports are way less prolific than Feral, and I'm a bit worried that we won't be getting future ports of e.g. Borderlands 3 as a result. Might require another cookie bomb.

Well, if Aspyr don't, in the end Feral would likely be happy at the chance to port it.

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Quoting: Ehvis

It's a shame the Linux version didn't make the original cut, ...

Neither did the macos version. Which, considering Aspyr was a mac publisher, must have been a tough one.

They're not a mac publisher though, they used to be. Then they got into porting and publishing Linux games and now they're a porter/publisher.

Take a look at how they describe themselves now ;):

We started by finding the world’s biggest PC games and bringing them to Mac. Today, we find the best indie games and bring them to you, wherever you may play.

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Quoting: KuJoDoes the title support cross-platform gaming? I just do not know how that was at Verdun.

*EDIT*
Okay, Verdun has cross-platform support. That's what Steam says. At Tannenberg in the steam description is only "multiplayer" but no "cross-platform multiplayer" specified.

We may have to wait. Is still early access and so far only an announcement.

There's no reason it suddenly wouldn't have cross platform multiplayer after Verdun did.

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Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiT

Quoting: Geppeto35Could be nice for our young children as well (always looking for games that open mind and matches children sensibilities)?

Children, especially in conjunction with the word young, are supposed not to stick to TV and gaming. Take them outside and play and explore the world with them then just going for the comfortable way to make them being silenced because they're occupied by gaming.

Could we not be judgemental here please? Some games are a fantastic way for children to learn and appreciate things perhaps they aren't able to do in real life (for various reasons). Appropriate games for their age in moderation are perfectly fine.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: liamdaweWell, to help with this we have a new Delayed tag to look over, I've added a bunch in: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/category/Delayed

Great! Would be totally cool to regularly geek out with stats like what we talk about here. :D

This could hopefully be a small step towards something like that in future.

Quoting: BeamboomBut there's one problem with using tags as a source for data - there can be (and often are) several articles about that same delay or release. So we still need to count manually, but now we at least got the tags to help sorting.

Yeah that was my aim, to at least help with this if it ever comes up.

I've also added a few more in I found.

Quoting: BeamboomI really do think there's a higher ratio of delays VS new games this year, compared to before. I'll see if I can find the time to sit down and start counting some evening soon. :)

Going over them myself, here's what I found:

2016

heavy gear (now out)
best buds (now out)
oneshot
cossacks 3 (now out)
killing room
Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night (all platforms)
In Case of Emergency, Release Raptor (now cancelled for all, after releasing in EA)
the other 99
shens last gift DLC (now out)
Torment: Tides of Numenera (now out)
Yooka-Laylee (delayed for all, now out)
XCOM 2 Anarchy’s Children DLC (now out)
Mighty No. 9 (delayed for all, now out)
SpeedRunners (now out)

2017
The Wild Eight
STRAFE
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom
Inner Chains
Planet Nomads (now out)
Victor Vran: Overkill Edition (delayed for all, now out)
Two Worlds II
The Inner World - The Last Wind Monk (delayed for all
Observer
RUINER

Not exactly scientific, but considering I can guarantee there's titles from 2016 I didn't cover, overall, not much has actually changed. There's certainly no increase this year in Linux-specific delays.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: liamdaweSince February this year, I've written around ten delays and/or cancelled Linux games (give or take a couple). One of which is now out (Cossacks 3), put that up against the amount of titles that have actually released and the number is pretty miniscule overall. Take into account I've written 242 articles since the start of August alone, you can see how tiny the number of delays actually are.

The total number of articles does not really matter in this context but let's look at what we have:
We got ten delays and cancellations. Now, how many new games of significance did we learn about in that same time span?

And then, what are those same two numbers for the same time span last year? That's numbers that would tell us something about the state of things.

Well, to help with this we have a new Delayed tag to look over, I've added a bunch in: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/category/Delayed

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The plot thickens: https://twitter.com/ruinergame/status/908427720438304769 [External Link]
"Unfortunately, we do not plan Linux port anytime soon."

Hm....

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: liamdaweDelays happen. I don't suddenly think less of Linux gaming as a whole because a few titles are having issues. We still get tons of great stuff.

If only it was a "few" I'd not complain at all, Liam. But I do think that over the last few months we've heard more about delays and cancellations than new titles of any significant magnitude popping up in the horizon (except for rather forgettable "indie" titles). I just feel it's a trend in the making here, and I do not like it one bit.

I have no stats to back it up and I'd love to be proven wrong, but such is my impression. And my impression is that we could use a boost of some kind now, to maintain what little momentum we did have.

Well, I decided to look into this some more.

Since February this year, I've written around ten delays and/or cancelled Linux games (give or take a couple). One of which is now out (Cossacks 3), put that up against the amount of titles that have actually released and the number is pretty miniscule overall. Take into account I've written 242 articles since the start of August alone, you can see how tiny the number of delays actually are.

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