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Saints Row 2 Looks Like It's Coming To Linux
8 Sep 2015 at 1:30 am UTC
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.
Saints Row 2 Looks Like It's Coming To Linux
7 Sep 2015 at 7:03 pm UTC
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.
Twin Stick Shooter Assault Android Cactus To Be Released Sept 23rd, Plus Some Early Access Reflections
4 Sep 2015 at 12:54 pm UTC
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.
BlazeRush Is A Fantastic Combat Racer On Linux, It’s Actually Hilarious
31 Aug 2015 at 7:48 pm UTC
This game has been one of my favorites for a while. Maybe we can arrange a time when those of us who like can play online.
MadOut Is A Pretty Terrible Combat Racer On Linux
29 Aug 2015 at 5:06 pm UTC
Quoting: Xpanderit feels more like a mobile phone game not a PC game. all the tracks are pretty much the same, textures are terrible, music is terrible, translation errors.
It feels like a mobile phone game because it is a mobile phone game. That seems to be the new trend: port mobile games to PC on the cheap with little or no improvements.
Company Of Heroes 2 Released For Linux, Port Report & Thoughts Included
28 Aug 2015 at 10:12 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Sabun
Quoting: Stupendous ManYou and me both! I'm really missing a pause button in these games so that I can think and give orders at my leisure.
Haha, then it would be a turn-based strategy game and not a real-time strategy game :D
RTS = Real-time Stress
Rocket League Officially Coming To Linux/SteamOS, Rocket League & Portal 2 Free With Steam Hardware
28 Aug 2015 at 2:39 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: subAnd some of us were hoping for Half Life 3... :D

Rocket League? What a bummer.
LOL You would've had better luck hoping for a yeti.
No Surprise, Looks Like Dota 2 Reborn Will Be The First Source 2 Game With Vulkan
22 Aug 2015 at 11:44 pm UTC
Quoting: GuestStill kinda sad that it's dota 2... not exactly a showcase kind of game. Maybe we'll get portal 3 or somethin to make up for it.
Personally, I agree with you since I don't like MOBAs, but from Valve's perspective, the game has millions of players (sometimes over a million logged in at one time). PC gamers are crazy about their MOBAs. I just read an article about a kid who won their championship now being a millionaire [External Link]. So, yes, it's a showcase kind of game and makes Valve a lot of money.
Company Of Heroes 2 Launches For Linux On August 27th
18 Aug 2015 at 9:41 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: TealI don't mean to oppose you or anything but could you provide any examples of game ports where the Linux port performs significantly (not few percent points that are well within margin of influence of different background system load) better than on Windows?

As far as I know, lower Linux performance is to some degree inherent to the lower quality drivers (including the Nvidia binary ones) as well as to quirks of OpenGL itself. This all will hopefully be remedied by VULKAN but for now I feel like it's a tad unfair to blame game porters for Linux performance being somewhat worse (of course, significant performance drop or any instability shouldn't be excused).
Ask and ye shall receive. Valve's Linux port of Left 4 Dead 2 significantly outperformed [External Link] the Windows version. The key here, of course, is that it was not a third-party port. Companies like Feral aren't working with their own code. So, I don't know if it's an inherent problem with OpenGL or the drivers considering games that are day-one releases on Linux (like Victor Vran) seem to perform flawlessly. Perhaps it's more the inherent nature of porting.
Company Of Heroes 2 Launches For Linux On August 27th
18 Aug 2015 at 11:33 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: rustybroomhandleShadow of Mordor runs very well for me, for example - the benchmark never dips below 60fps.
I'd definitely like to see proof of that, along with your specs, posted on the forum.

Regarding Feral's status as a good/bad porter, as you said, it's all relative. Some people are satisfied with performance lower than they'd get on Windows. Others aren't. And obviously, Nvidia users will be happier with them than AMD. It's all about your perspective and your expectations.