Quoting: wolfyrionI dont understand this, why they revive DOS Games?I dont really get it , the same goes with Steam....
You think the new generation will play any of these retro games?? I dont think so..
Why paying for these games?

Even you can play online these games like 2400+ Dos Games on Archive.org

https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_msdos_games/v2 [External Link]

But I think you cant save the game and continue..

Anyway if Nostalgia hits me, I can open my whole collection of Dos Games + Win 3x Games and start playing...
Is like 1TB all playable ... :whistle:

I'm not going to play a long RPG online, especially if I can't save and continue later.
And it's great for you that you have all these games already, not everyone does. I gave away my Amiga ages ago (I know, I know... stupid me), and even then I didn't have that many games. And I have to admit, the majority of my Amiga games were pirated, just copies from friends who got copies from friends... Now at least I can finally buy them properly. And I'm glad they are now easily available in a way that's accessible on any PC, and with easy installation. Also, I don't need to worry about looking up code words from the manual, they have apparently removed those checks or added tools to work around that. The manuals are all available as pdf, which I find a lot more convenient than having the books. Especially when travelling. And these games are perfect when travelling, can run on any laptop, don't need anything online, and don't instantly drain the battery.

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Quoting: nattydreadYou might be thinking of Dungeon master which was an amiga game. I played all the eye of the beholder games also on amiga and they were also great. Dungeon master heavily influenced he legend of Grimrock.

Yeah, I definitely played Dungeon Master. Weirdly enough, what I remember the most about that game is that sound effect when eating something *gulp* :)

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Well, this will keep me busy for a while... I don't know if I ever played any of these, I may have played one on the Amiga, they do look familiar.
Where did they say that the third collection is coming to Linux? Did they give any estimate for when? Not that there's any rush really, considering how long it's going to take me to just play one of these games...

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I was somewhat interested in this simply because it's trying something new, but the Linux version being late kills it for me. Would be a bit like buying a theatre ticket and they only let you in after the intermission.

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What settings does the game allow you to change manually? If possible, you could try reducing the texture quality while leaving the rest on ultra. That should reduce the required VRAM, so might improve the performance on GTX 760 if VRAM is the issue.

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Quoting: mmstickI don't think users should be supporting products that aren't ported natively, regardless of whether they perform okay with some annoying bugs. This just sends the message that it's okay to keep porting more games in this manner, and we will only have less and less native ports. [...]
If we wanted to play non-native ports then we'd just use Wine with Gallium Nine, without all these silly bugs. Even that dreaded Witcher 2 port runs better in Wine that it does the 'non-native Linux port' from this developer.

While I agree that native is better, I doubt that the message the devs/publishers get from this is the message you're trying to send. If you download the Windows version and play it under wine you're basically sending the message that the Windows version sells, the Linux one doesn't. If they used the eOn port as a relatively cheap way of testing the market, this just tells them that in the future, they don't even need to bother with Linux. Some devs may understand your message as intended, but I think many will just look at the bottom line.
In a way, it's lose-lose for Linux users: buy it and send the message that you're willing to pay for anything no matter the quality (though it seems eOn games are getting quite good), or don't buy it and send the message that there's no market on Linux. Personally, I want to first and foremost send the message that there is a market that's worth investing in. More and better ports will follow (I hope...).

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I bought the game some time ago but haven't gotten around to playing it.
How well did it run on Linux at launch? That many support requests are worrying, but it's hard to judge how meaningful that number is without also knowing how much effort the devs put into testing on each platform. If they developed and debugged on Windows as lead platform, and then just compiled a Linux version a few days before launch with minimal testing, it's not surprising the number of support request would be higher. Not quite this high, though.
But as I said, I didn't play the game at launch, so I don't want to accuse the devs of anything, just pointing out that it may not be all solely due to different Linux distros and setups.

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It's now officially released and -10%. Has anyone played it recently?

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Quoting: tuubiNot really. Fully agree on the idiocy of early access, but investment implies expected profit for the investor. I'd say crowdfunding is the bastard child of pre-orders and misplaced charity.

If misplaced charity keeps producing great Shadowrun games, I'll keep giving money to misplaced charity. :)
But of course crowd funding is always a risk for the backers, more so if you're on Linux. But the rewards can be worth it as well. There are a number of games we wouldn't have gotten without crowdfunding, like Pillars of Eternity, Wasteland 2, and the Shadowrun games. So while the risks are larger for Linux users, the potential rewards are also large. Kickstarter can result in bigger and more polished games than indies would otherwise be able to produce. And Linux needs more higher production-value games in order to grow as a gaming platform. In the end, getting D: OS will be good for Linux, even if it's late. Similarly for e.g. Bloodstained when it gets released.

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I'll wait until I see some reviews of how it actually runs on Linux. It seems Linux has such a low priority for them, I won't take their word for it. I'm also a bit concerned about the 'consolification' for lack of a better term of the Enhanced Edition, I haven't really seen anything on how much of that made its way into the PC version - though I may well just have missed that if they explained it.
Anyway, the Kickstarter for the second game will be over by the time the first one comes to Linux, so I won't be backing it. Them not delivering on previous promises really doesn't inspire any trust to invest in more promises.
Luckily, Shadowrun: Hong Kong will be out next week, so it's not like there's nothing to play. :)

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