I tried it shortly after release.
It's well made, quiet intense and really hard. :P
Only put one hour into it and was pretty much overwhelmed by the size of the map.

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I don't know, seems like developers can do what they want, there are always people ranting about it.
You now have the rocket pass, which is optional and no loot box system. People cry it's no successor.
Also in the Stellaris comments recently. The make a DLC, people are crying DLCs are overpriced and change the game everytime.
If you want to buy a new title every year of the same game, go ahead by Assasins Creed, Call of Duty and Fifa but I am happy if my games are still supported by the developer with free patches and optional content to buy.

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Maybe I am too blind to see it but where do I see the Steam-Play label in the shop of supported games?
Suppose I want a list of all officially supported steam-play games how can I get this?
I can't see any Steam-Play label as written here: https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=9439-QHKN-1308&l=english#which [External Link]
And this list incomplete: https://steamcommunity.com/games/221410/announcements/detail/1696055855739350561 [External Link]

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I think the Epic store is a good thing for us consumers that use Linux.
Valve became a bit lazy the last years.
The made no new games, did not invest too much into existing games and even Steam could need a huge update (which we know is coming sometime).

So at the best we'll get another store with Linux support (Epic Store) and our beloved Steam will see improvements and we will see more Valve games.

At worst Epic store will be Mac / Windows only.
Then we know the real face of Epic. Crying about closed ecosystems and doing nothing against it.
So we don't get the exclusive games of the Epic store on Linux.
So what? I don't need Fornite (it's hype will be over soon).

I wouldn't overreact by the opening of the Epic store.
Apart from some exlusives I don't think all games there will be Epic store only (no developer would want this).
The exlusive titles aren't that exciting.

Valve did most thing right in the past. They had some kind of monopol and used it by setting high cuts (this changed these days). They reinvested the money into support for other platforms because more platforms means more customers, more sales, more money and always an escape plan (if platforms lock up completly).

They didn't cry about closed platforms and did nothing, they got their hands dirty.
OpenGL and drivers sucks? No problem, they invested in Vulkan standard, brought it to MacOs, brought it to Linux. Fixed the drivers.
Developers don't want create native ports? No problem, let's roll with Proton.
They development continues. They will bring Artifact to mobile platforms as their first step into the next platforms.

So what did Epic do? They announced a multi-platform engine where Linux support is half-assed and a lot of the fixes were done by community developers. They cried on walled gardens only to bring their one and only game just to these walled gardens. Epic has some kind of soaring flight and luck with Fortnite. They have a long hard way to go, let's see if their store works out.
Obviously their initial pricing model their engine wasn't as good as they thought. Much more games used Unity. Now they need to find another way to squeeze more money of their pricing model and try to attract more developers for their engine. It it works out, time will tell.

Edit: Thanks for the letter btw, BTRE. Well written. :D

Edit 2: One more thought. If the developers think their cut on Steam is too low, they still can raise the price on Steam to get a better cut. I am willing to pay more, to get the game on Steam instead of yet-another-launcher.

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Never played it, guess this is my chance to finally give it a try. Although it seems very strange. :huh:

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Quoting: GuestThe problem with changing a game substantially with each patch is that people have to re-learn the game. I understand that people who are unemployed and kids who don't care about school exist, but for normal mortals investing so much into a game is not feasible. At the end of the day, it feels like WORK. And we already have a job...

I played a lot Stellaris at the beginning (version 1.0 to 1.2), as I found the late game a bit boring I put it aside and gave it another try at 2.1. It was not really hard to into it again. Often I welcomed the changes and said myself: "finally they improved this feature a bit. makes much more sense now".
But I can only speak for Stellaris and Cities Syklines, maybe it's different in other games of Paradox.

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Quoting: DuncCool. I love the way Paradox aren't afraid to make major changes to gameplay after release. But (heh, paradoxically) this is also the trouble with owning too many Paradox games. You're just getting into one of them when they release a big update on another and you have to check it out. :)

Someone gave me Surviving Mars the other day as an early Christmas present (way better than expected, by the way; I think my reservations about replay value may be unfounded, especially with the DLC), and now I'll probably fire up Stellaris to see the new stuff and forget all about it.

Still, it's a good problem to have, right?

I like their support model a lot, so I think it's a good problem.

Fortunately, I don't like all the Paradox games the same and I usually don't play more than one game.
I mostly play Stellaris and Cities Skylines, although I got CK2 (never got into it) and HOI4 (hadn't time to play it). Surviving Mars didn't get me hooked when I tried it on free weekend.

But it's great to have so many cool games in this genre and they are still supported by Paradox with free patches.

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Damn, even more content. I am also at hospital 5 and I don't know which game to play through at first.
We have so many great sim games on Linux today.

Seems like a good dlc with a fair price.

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Has someone tried if the Steam Controller kernel driver (which was added in 4.18) is working with Dead Cells?
Maybe it works without SC Controller with the kernel driver.

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Quoting: TcheyIt's a nice game, but be careful : it is NOT an evolution simulation.

It's much closer to a City Builder, or even a Puzzle game, a little like Reus, where you unlock plants, fungus and animals with very specific tasks.

Instead of roads and buildings, you place grass and animals.

You will NOT see evolution in this game as you are the one placing everything. You make the steps, and a squirrel will evolve from a rabbit, a pig from a ship, etc, if and only if you set the correct environment for the new species to grow, and if you hit the "mutation" button. The only thing is from time to time, a white flower will mutate, giving a blue flower as a "baby".

It's a nice peaceful game, yes, but again, it has almost nothing to do with evolution or simulation of life.

For this, go have a look at Species ARLE (released on Steam Linux this week).

Sounds like you've got some hours into equilinox already.
How is the game progression and endgame content?
The concept looks fresh and nice but how long does it take until it becomes repetitive and boring?

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