All introversion games up to scanner sombre have a native linux version, so for me it would have been surprising if they didn't have a linux port planned.

The game itself looks interesting, and a bit of a departure from their usual style. (create gameplay from the media-depiction of some interesting concept, say nuclear war, hacking or prisons)

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To reiterate the market share problem: a single new console release already put more systems in the wild in a single month than the steam linux marketplace.

This is why I'm hesitant to emphasise the sales argument to developers too much, especially now that there are so many games on linux that I am no longer able to buy every game which I like the look of.

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Quoting: kibblesI don't know why Braid has so much acclaim. I gave it a try and that game was just boring and awful.

Fair enough; I found it focussed, engaging and well-crafted.

The attention to detail in the puzzles is mind-blowing (heh), but you do have to have a taste for the games specific implementation of puzzles.

I suspect most reviewers, being distracted by the artwork, ignored that it is just not a game suitable for everyone, or even for most people. The worst of the reviewers seemed rather smug and superior about liking the game when other people didn't.

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Quoting: AryvandaarThis is a good step forward, but I'm not going to pay per episode.

Assuming you are okay with all the other problems mentioned in the comments: you can get entire seasons in bundles.

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Note that steam will apply the same region restrictions as crunchyroll based on your location. This means that if you happen to travel to foreign countries a lot, unless you use vpn (which is, if I remember correctly, contrary to the steam eula), you will regularly enjoy not being able to watch your purchased product during those travels.

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Quoting: Stupendous ManI'll certainly pick it up (as long as there are no 'Beamdog story enhancements and NPcs' in it). I've played the original, but it's a few years ago since last time.
Still, I'll have to finish Tides of Numenera first...

Rest at ease, Beamdog ain't touching any writing, quote from the faq:

What content changed between PST and PST:EE?

Planescape: Torment has a unique tone and it would be impossible to add significant content to the game without changing that voice. Besides Chris Avellone's additions and edits to the text, we haven't changed any of the original Planescape: Torment content. Gameplay aside, we've added significant quality of life improvements to the user interface of this classic game. Scroll to the bottom of this FAQ for a larger list of improvements.

If the music 'remaster' isn't messed up too much I will probably be getting it on android.

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Quoting: qptain NemoNice. I hope that means Steam.

Quoting: Mountain ManGoG has had a Linux version of Planescape Torment for some time. It's a Wine wrapper, but it works perfectly.

Your mileage may vary as they say, but I definitely wouldn't call that perfectly. It's been a while but when I tried it it was pretty bad with the game taking over the entire desktop preventing alt+tabbing or something along those lines. Playing P:T using GemRB is much, much better if you ask me (which you can still do using your GOG copy of course). But hopefully this upcoming release will make all this moot regardless.

Never managed to get the PS:T widesceen (or indeed, any) mod installed under wine, so agree with it not being perfect.

Back to EEPS:T, will wait and see since I don't really trust beamdog to not mess it up in the content department.

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This is probably due to their deal with publisher bigben interactive, apparently they forgot to check the crowdfunding promises when signing the dotted line...

Absolutely inexcusable. Compare this to how obsidian treated their backers when signing a publisher deal: Pillars of eternity got released on gog fine despite paradox entertainment refusing to publish there nowadays.

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Recently brushed up my copy of the first game I ever bought for linux: Professor Fizzwizzle. Still holds up as a nicely crafted puzzle game from before there was such a thing as widescreen support ^_^

Sadly, it is no longer available for linux, since the company, grubbygames, was taken over by bigfish. One of the co-founders, Ryan Clark, went on to work on Crypt of the Necrodancer. I always keep hoping he buys back the rights to the fizzwizzles...

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Quoting: hardpenguin

I gravely appreciate developers who make games like this.

I see what you did there!

Can't wait to dig in.

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