Quoting: EmazzaPerformance is a bit poor on a i7/32GB/980GTX with a city of 100K habitants...
Still, great game!

Cheers!

Yeah, it's a Unity3D engine game. Performance is going to be poor until the people behind Unity decide to fix whatever is wrong with it.

Regarding running a city, I've found if you tend to splurge, you will always be in the red. You have to pace yourself and make sure you just don't spend more than you make (kind of like life). Patience is a good thing, and this game is very relaxing.

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It depends on how you look at it. From the perspective of Linux gaming as a whole, there is a long way to go. From the perspective of Steam Machines set to launch in a month or so, they're looking pretty good compared to consoles. Xbox One, for example, had about 22 titles available at launch.

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Quoting: HalKadoThird point, the minute the ROI starts to improve (as it most certainly will as steambox's launch) I fully expect penny pinching companies like EA to rapidly change their tune.

Just to add to that, I think it's important for people to understand that EA is not really in the game development business. A lot of the small developers who make Linux versions of their games have people on staff who know enough to make Linux versions. EA is a huge publisher with lots of subsidiaries. As I pointed out before, they don't even port all of their games to Windows. The reason being, they acquire developers, rather than developing themselves.

If a development team they acquire does not have PC devs on staff, they're probably not going to go out of their way to hire them. The same is true for Linux. Granted, they could hire third-party porters, but when they're raking in money the way they are, they have no motivation. There is no conspiracy with Microsoft and no animosity toward Linux. EA doesn't have a personality, contrary to what some laws might suggest [External Link]. It's a faceless, heartless corporation driven by numbers.

Honestly, even if Steam machines take off, I doubt we'll see EA games on SteamOS any time soon, until EA makes some acquisitions that involve Linux development. They won't hire an in-house Linux dev team. That's just not something they do, as far as I know.

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On Windows, you can max this game out at 1080@60fps on mid-range hardware. It'll be interesting to see if players can get similar results with Feral's port, especially considering the non-native port of Showdown from VP was so good. This is also one of the few games that supports dual monitors. You can choose what you want to be on the second monitor. Unfortunately, there's a fullscreen bug on Windows that they never fixed. I hope Feral can fix it on Linux.

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EA is a console-oriented company. Back when I was a kid, and they used their whole name (Electronic Arts), they were very much PC oriented, but these days, there are games they don't even port to Windows, let alone any other PC OS (I'm looking at you, Madden). It's probably more apathy than anything deliberate. They just sit back and count the money.

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I wonder how this game with play with the steam controller and if it will give people a competitive edge, hindrance, or be just the same.

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As often as Valve makes mistakes on their website, I wouldn't be surprised if it's just an oversight that Linux users can pre-order. Since it's a third-party port, they would have to wait until the original devs finish before they start porting. Unless Feral chimes in here and says it's a day-one release, I wouldn't believe it.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI have to say, I've won all of the Saints Row games (except the first, which never came out for anything other than xbox, and Gat out of Hell, which I haven't bought yet) yet I haven't beaten a single GTA game.

They just seem more 'approachable' for some reason to me, probably because there aren't missions that are just freaking impossible (like some of the racing missions because I suck at those). But yes, I would play through the second one again on Linux if it were released.

I agree. I just can't get into GTA. I don't get the love affair people have with it, though I respect their opinions. The Saints Row series, on the other hand, has always been enjoyable for me. I even played through Saints Row: The Third twice and half of a third time with a friend in co-op. Saints Row 2's location (Stillwater) was definitely the best though. It would be nice if they gave it some love and cleaned up the PC version.

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Quoting: KeyrockSaints Row 2 is a fantastic game, it's also notorious for being one of the worst PC ports. I wonder if the Linux port will be able to address some of the PC port issues, or at least incorporate or be compatible with some of the mods that try to fix some of the PC ports issues.

I was thinking the same thing. I actually played it on the Xbox 360 years ago because the PC version was so horrible, even though my hardware was stronger than the 360 at the time.

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My daughters and I played the demo about a year or so ago. They really liked it except for the parts where you had to chase down a battery to stay alive. I know some people on the forums even asked if they would make an "easy" version for kids that didn't have that. I guess I'll have to check it out to see if they did.

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