So is Shadowrun Returns necessary or can a curious gamer just buy and jump straight into Shadowrun: Dragonfall?

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I am with mirv on this. The snide and downright unprofessional remarks this developer made in public are not immune to criticism or jokes by the Linux community. If said developer does not want his comments ridiculed, I suggest that he utilise a small dose of tact instead of spewing vitriol out of the gate. Perhaps the community's reaction would be more forthcoming if the instigator was not being entirely obnoxious. It's as simple as treating others like you would like to be treated. As the Linux community is already fighting an uphill battle, productive criticism would have been regarded well, but all we received were insolent rants. Not the best way to make a first impression.

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I have managed to install various distros on USB devices, HDDs, and SSDs. Does that mean I am a pr0 hax0r now?

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This should help so much in determining which settings need to be tweaked in order to get a smooth 60 frames per second. Not sure how people did it before, especially on Linux.

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Quoting: maodzedunDon't hold your breath, guys. Yes, the game will eventually be ported to Linux, but it won't be any time soon. Truth is they have a lot of technical issues under Windows, especially on AMD cards. My 64 bit exe keeps crashing all the time, so I was forced to downgrade to the beta 32 bit in order to play, which as you might imagine means worse performance. And speaking of performance - the game is badly optimised. And I do mean - BAD. I have an MSI 290x and the thing has trouble providing consistent 60fps even on Beautiful (no AA), let alone Fantastic settings. I know its a 4X game so it doesn't really make much of a difference but still it shows bad optimisation. So, I don't think EL will get a Linux version any time soon. Obviously fixing the Windows/MAC is a priority (which is understandable).

PS Don't get me wrong - if you have Windows on your system you should totally get that game, like immediately - it is truly amazing. It is probably one of the best turn based strategies this side of Heroes III. But it still needs some fixing.

Ugh. Heroes of Might and Magic III is my favourite game of all time. You saying that just makes me want Endless Legend even more. Still, I will not buy Windows again just to play Endless Legend, and I have enough games to play as is currently. I can wait, especially with Age of Wonders III on the horizon.

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Quoting: GuestHow about we tell them to cancel the Windows verson becouse it is taking away from the Linux Q/A effort. (Lazy Wine Job)

What are you saying? That Endless Legend for Linux will be a wrapjob?

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Quoting: Two Worlds II's Steam PageIncorporates 3rd-party DRM: Reality Pump

Most amusing.

Why do they need extra DRM for Linux game as old as this. Who will in his right mind try to pirate it if windows version most likely is already pirated :\

The world of business does not exactly function on logic. Then again, I have no idea if this will even be on Linux. Would a developer really bother bringing a filthy piece of DRM to Linux as well? Would be interesting to know if this abhorrent DRM is also on Mac OS.

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Quoting: Two Worlds II's Steam PageIncorporates 3rd-party DRM: Reality Pump

Most amusing.

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Quoting: sunbeam4amplitude will be releasing endless legend & dungeon of the endless on linux.

Do you have absolute confirmation for Endless Legend coming to Linux?

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Quoting: SkarjakWow. To go from being so optimistic about the port to being as vague as they were the last time they talked about it, I'm guessing they just figured it wasn't worth the effort.

They will not be getting a penny from me until this is on linux. It's a shame, I wanted to play this. Civ 5 is native however, so I can already get my 4x fix elsewhere.

Regardless of what attitude toward bringing a game to Linux is being depicted by a developer, you should absolutely never buy a game before it is on Linux.

Age of Wonders III, on the other hand, has been confirmed for Linux and should release in the first quarter of 2015 considering the development updates that Triumph has been supplying.

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