Imagine if your job was to patrol the "neutral zone". Is it possible to die of boredom?

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Quoting: musojon74I think now Valve have lost interest in Steam OS. Therefore so has everybody else. Valve breaks promises ( like with Rocket League ). Still, we've got more games than I ever thought we would a few years ago.

It's possible, but I doubt it. Microsoft has now shown its true intentions with its Windows Store and its merging of Windows 10 and Xbox One platforms. Valve anticipated all of this when it set out to create a viable Steam platform. Remember, Valve continues to make boat loads of money from Steam on Windows, Mac and Linux, even while SteamOS continues to bake in its virtual oven. Valve can take its time (and we know from experience that it will).

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I'm a little confused. It looks like this game just appeared on Steam. So, how was it sold before that? The company's website gives no hints that it's available anywhere else. There's a mobile/facebook game by the same name, but it's from another developer.

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It's a good game, although it doesn't perform well under Linux (probably because of Unity). Actually, I've heard some say it's not exactly stellar on Windows either.

The mechanics of co-op would be interesting in a real-time strategy like this.

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That thing maxes out at 64 GB of RAM. :O You can even opt for the 1TB SSD. If money were no object, I'd be all over it. But alas, my money is a very very small object. I'll stick to my Chromebook for portability and my desktop for gaming.

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I have no solution for any of this, and I don't even play Dota. But my limited experience with Vulkan has shown me that it runs much more smoothly, without hitches like I tend to get with OpenGL. In this case, I'm referring to the Talos Principle. I'm guessing it takes stress off the CPU and relies more on the GPU. I have a GTX 970 but a pretty old i5 CPU. The less stress on my CPU, the better (at least until I can upgrade).

Maybe, even though you're seeing slightly lower FPS, it might still be smoother performance and better use of the GPU. I'm totally speculating, but just wondering.

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I'm actually more surprised Nvidia's Linux drivers already suppirt their 1080 card.

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Hmm. I'm a bit confused. DD1 works better for me than some of the more recent ports to Linux, like the Saints Row games. What exactly is broken about it?

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Isn't DD2 coming to Linux? Why bother fixing the old one now? The last time I played it, I was able to get it working fine with a little fiddling with the controls.

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Valve is definitely playing the long game. It's nice to see manufacturers that share its long-term vision. I wonder if part of that is because Dell is now privately owned and not at the mercy of greedy shareholders.

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