It seems GOL got linked by kotaku australia: http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/05/the-witcher-2-just-made-a-bunch-of-linux-gamers-very-very-angry/ [External Link]

it took years before the game found its way to the platform — and gamers using the operating system should be thankful they have something at all.

My god that comment from the editor at the end of the article is just...and having to bite my tongue here....terrible.

NO, we should not be thankful for terrible "ports" that do nothing other than hurt gamers. If we had a ton of AAA games that where all terrible ports, but ran perfectly well on Windows who does that look bad on? LINUX. It makes Linux look like it can't handle the games and pushes people away from sticking with it to game.

What a terrible, terrible comment from that editor.

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I would have if I felt it was needed, but it's just an RTS game with quite basic mechanics too. You build buildings, then units, then fight.

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Glad to be of service, it's what i'm here for!

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Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyYeah.....this is one of the few games that I didn't want on Linux at all.

What's your issue with it?

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I also found that out by going to order, seeing the cost at $13 just for shipping to me :(

They are new though, I hope they can sort minor issues out.

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It matters to me, that's my point. We all have our opinions and you clearly don't mind where as I do.

Will have to agree to disagree on this as the toolkit IS the source of my and others issues.

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@scaine, Again i disagree, people can compare apples to oranges all they like, but in the end my views still stand.

This is more like cooking a pizza with a lightbulb, the tools ALWAYS matter when the tool isn't up for the job. The point is a lightbulb isn't meant to cook a pizza. In the same way that a Windows game isn't meant to be run on Linux, it's meant to be ported in-code.

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Quoting: scaineFolk need to stop going on about the wrapper too. It's utterly irrelevant. What's relevant is the quality of the final product and in this case, for a lot of people, that's what's been lacking.

I have to disagree, the tools used are exactly what causes the issues so it is entirely relevant.

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Quoting: Znurre

Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyPeople are allowed to whine about a "port" if it's supposed to work well and doesn't when it's labelled as a full completed port and not any sort of beta, quality is supposed to be expected and we haven't gotten any sort of quality here.

We as in you and some other vocal others. It works well enough for me and some other people.

And what is "well enough" for you?
I expect a 3 year old game to be able to run at stable 60 fps with vsync and lowest quality on a rig with my specifications.

This +whatever.

If it runs like crap on lowest settings for a lot of people, then there is something up. Saying it runs well for a few people doesn't mean anything, it means a few people have a lucky hardware combination as the majority are saying it runs poorly.

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Who cares if it's a AAA game an indie game? If it runs like crap then it runs like crap.

People are allowed to whine about a "port" if it's supposed to work well and doesn't when it's labelled as a full completed port and not any sort of beta, quality is supposed to be expected and we haven't gotten any sort of quality here.

Some people do go overboard in their comments though, but I don't think anyone here has said what you put in quotes.

Just because we are a minority OS does not mean we should be happy with bad ports or they will keep happening. This is why on GOL I always put my opinion on how the game runs in articles when I have tested it so people know what to expect.

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