I just recently started playing Wasteland 2, I'm still fairly early (about 10 hours maybe). Now I'm torn whether I should wait and start again with the Director's Cut, or just play it as is, and likely not play the DC anytime soon. Never thought I'd say this, but: Too many games! :O (Actually, too little time...)

At least now there is something to put into the release calendar for October, it's still sitting at 0.

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Every month when I get to the "How many games did you buy" question I think I didn't really buy all that many last month. Then I look at all the receipts, and realize I may have self-control issues... If it's on Linux, I want it. :p

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Definitely looking forward to this! I'm currently playing Shadowrun: Dragonfall, and it's a great game. I'm very curious about the revamped Matrix in Hong Kong, I like to play Deckers, and in Shadowrun Returns my main character felt a bit useless.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI will always, as in always, prefer being able to roll a character of my own choosing instead of a premade one, and I like to believe there is almost never a compelling reason to go with a premade one at all. I think that a good writer can always adapt a given story to a custom character and make it fit regardless of whether the player picks a white guy or a black female.

I disagree. This only works for stories where the main character is essentially a blank slate and the story is about the world and the people around them. Strong compelling stories often rely on a compelling main character, and you completely miss out on those. If every game had custom characters it would also be impossible to ever tell a story about sexism or racism, or to toy with people's expectations and stereotypes. I don't think Telltale's Walking Dead would have been the same playing as a white girl as playing as a black man. And how would you handle relationships? Should the game allow you to choose the main character's sexuality as well? In that case, you'd either have to have several relationship options, or make the partner also a blank slate, so we now have either a relatively meaningless relationship (hello, Bioware) or two blank slate characters (making it also kind of meaningless). I think one of the strengths of an interactive medium is that it can make you see the world through the eyes of someone different from you. By always letting you play as essentially you, you completely lose this possibility. Of course, in Victor Vran it may have been possible (I haven't finished the game, I only got a bit of his backstory), but I won't blame an individual game (Victor Vran) for a general problem (too few games about women (not to mention people of colour) in total).
I haven't played the multiplayer, but from what I've read they should add a character creator for that. If I understand correctly, everyone plays as Victor Vran, and that seems a bit ridiculous. I was actually considering picking up Rust, because that game generates a character for you based on your steam name or some such. Seems like a neat idea, making people play as a random gender and skin colour.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: BeamboomCan u create your character in this game, and is gender amongst the options?

No, you are Victor Vran. The game is about him.

And that's the only thing that keeps me from buying this game. It looks great otherwise. :S

If you're talking about playing a different class, you do have quite a number of customization options through equipment.
If you're talking about gender, I suspect that voicing a female character (and all lines that contain the name or pronoun) would have simply been too expensive.
I don't think every game must have the option to choose your gender, sometimes the writers want to tell a specific story. The problem is not any one single game, it's the general under-representation of female protagonists. Luckily, there are more and more games out there with a female lead, so things are getting better. I recently played Dex, which doesn't have character options, you play as Dex, who's female, it's her story. And I'd find it ...off-putting... if a guy told me he won't play that game because he won't play as a woman. Of course, that's not quite the same, since there are so many more games with male protagonists than female, so I can understand your stance to some extent. But I'm not going to completely dismiss a game just because I can't play as someone of my own gender, just like I wouldn't dismiss a game because the main character has a different skin colour. Given a choice, I usually choose to play as female at least during my first playthrough, but if the devs have an interesting story to tell about a guy, I don't mind that either. I'm probably more likely to buy a game with a female lead when I'm otherwise on the fence, but male lead isn't a deal breaker.
But if a game with a male protagonist just doesn't appeal to you at all, fair enough.

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Quoting: PlintslchoI have to admit that I am a little disappointed that the game isn't available for Linux on GOG.com. I was really looking forward for it and it would've been a day one purchase. I hope that the Linux version will make it eventually to GOG.com too.

It seems they are working on it. From /r/linux_gaming [External Link]:

The Steam Linux build relies heavily on the Steam runtime to smooth over differences between different Linux distros. We'll need some time to get the game running without it. Sorry!

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They'll also have a Q&A on Monday on GOG [External Link]

Have questions about the game that only the devs can answer? Join the team behind Victor Vran for a special Q&A session this coming Monday!
Boyan (Lead Designer) and Momchil (Designer) from Haemimont Games will be visiting our forums on Monday (July 27) starting 6pm GMT (8pm CEST / 2pm EST / 11am PST to answer all your questions about the game, the life behind game development, or their favorite type of sandwich. Save the date, stay tuned for the announcement thread, and come hang out with us.

During the twitch stream on Friday they said that would be a good time to ask about the Linux version on GOG, since they said it was too technical to discuss during the stream.

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Quoting: wolfyrionMultiplayer is easier and much more fun than soloing if you have a good friend to go with.....
Random multiplayers are a bit meh...and yes you start at the same level as you are on single player :)

OK, thanks! I think I'll just keep playing offline. Maybe once I get some better gear I'll try out some online.

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Fun game! It works really well playing on the TV with DS4 controller as well.
I also really appreciate how communicative the devs are. When I asked about the Linux version not being on GOG, they replied within an hour. It's nice to see them actually talking to the Linux community.

Quoting: wolfyrionahh and here a screenshot of my Legendaries (show off) :D

I thought I was getting along nicely, but now I feel underfunded and ill-equipped. :o
I haven't even played any multiplayer, does your equipment from single player carry over, or do you start from scratch?

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Quoting: rustybroomhandleOk... 1001 as binary converted to decimal is 9.

It's Elder Scrolls: Oblivion! From the Steam page:
"included in the Game of the Year edition are Knights of the Nine..."
'Knights' sounds like 'nights' and 9 is 1001, so '1001 Nights' = 'Knights of the Nine'!
Please be true!

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Quoting: melkemindOK, so it's not a simple guess. Let's do a complicated one: A Thousand and One Nights --> Aladdin --> genie --> magic lamp --> Magic Lamp quest --> Witcher 3! *drops the mic and walks away*

I like this (I want to play Witcher 3!). I don't know the Magic Lamp quest, but since you mention the genie/djinn, that reminds me of 'The Last Wish', the first Witcher book and short story of the same name, where Geralt meets Yennefer. So either Witcher 3 because Yennefer, or Witcher 1, because 1st book.

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