Quoting: The_AquabatTalking about upcoming games.... Liam do you have any clue if Empire of Sin [External Link] a Paradox game will release for Linux ??

EDIT: nevermind seems not

Yeah, Paradox seems to have little to do with this title other than being publisher. I would also be surprised if that one turned out to be any good anyway. John Romero has yet to make anything good after he quit ID, and not sure if his wife alone will be able to save it.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: GuestThat might be enough to fund a small team for a few weeks to get a proof of concept build of the store out. But once you start getting a QA process rolling and either adding a proton like infrastructure or supporting native ports in the store, then the costs go way up in the context of a big company of people with decent salaries.

And in those kinds of companies (especially ones with public shareholders or outside investors) the costs have to have a compelling ROI model. Valve can do what they do precisely because they are incredibly profitable and privately owned.

While that's true, EPIC is drowning in money. You can't sell me the idea that they're afraid of their shareholders throwing a hissy-fit over spending 0.000-something percent of their last-year's Fortnite bonanza on a dev working on a Linux port of their store. Shareholders care about things that matter, not something that leaves less impact on the bottom-line than their annual office Christmas party.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

So impressive to see that the dev still works hard on this game, without even charging for the updates, despite he could. Love it. :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: ColomboIMHO Paradox as a company made a deep dive and we have lost one of the more interesting company for strategic fans.

I am not sure I agree with this. While this game did get a lukewarm reception, I cannot name you another recent Paradox title that wasn't at least good, if not great. Stellaris, Cities Skylines and Hearts of Iron IV are arguably the best games of their respective genres, and Surviving Mars is still a good game.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

It's a game that really interests me (I am a sucker for Ancient Rome), but I have held off buying it because of the mediocre ratings it got at launch. Would people say it's worth buying now, or should I wait a bit longer?

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I thought they were feature frozen? Hah, anyway, good to see them adding more things! :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Wishlisted! This game is one of the few I bought way back in Early Access to help making sure the devs got the funds they needed to finish the game. It turned out much better than my wildest expectations! :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I tolerate item shops in games that require a sizable live-team to run and operate, such as MMOs. The ongoing costs have to be recuperated somehow. I also welcome well-made DLC packs that expand an existing game and offer good value for the price.
But I have no tolerance for post-sales monetization schemes anywhere else and I have never and will never spend money in these shops. I don't know why devs these days think they have the right to reach in our wallets well after they release a game, at a time when most of the team is already working on something else anyway.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: MisterPaytwickAnd If I'm not wrong, not all engines allow making casino games, so Godot is filling in for all the homebrew tools, it's a good thing, some good funding should be available for this niche.

Seriously, every Tom, Dick and Harry thinking they got a natural right to dictate others want they can use their products for is one of the strongest arguments in favor of FOSS. It's funny how we all seem to concentrate fire on government censorship, when at least in Western countries, the private sector is the much bigger problem these days. The list of things you can't publish on the AppStore is hilarious all by itself, and the rest of them isn't much better. Steam seems to be the only large private market facilitator that realized that they have no right to prevent a product from being sold on their store as long as it's legal.

At least with Godot you don't need to worry about a horde of lawyers breaking down your door because you made a game with it the engine creators don't morally agree with.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: YoRHa-2BAs far as I understand, the main reason why Jedi is a pain in the arse is - surprise - Origin.

Origin (halfway) runs with the newest Lutris WINE build again. Until EA breaks it again with another random update, I suppose. Not sure if Jedi could be bought and downloaded directly from Origin? I can't try it though, I haven't bought the game, and will not unless it's confirmed running fine in WINE and/or Proton.

View this comment - View article - View full comments