Shadow of the Tomb Raider runs with this? I thought Denuvo prevented any game using it from running in non-Windows systems?

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What a pile of BS.

- They don't need to officially support distros other than Ubuntu. Most devs don't, so that's fine. 10/10 on the lame excuse scale.
- If they aren't using a rubbish engine, it can export to openGL as well as DX. I am not aware of any major engine that can't in 2018. And a small studio not using a standard engine should probably be a punishable offense in the first place.
- Drivers? Eh, it seems to be ok for the devs that published these other 3,000 Linux games.

On top of that, they took crowdfunding money when advertising Linux as a target platform. Now they said "Haha, sucks to be you, but we're not making it because we don't feel like it anymore." They really should start considering such practices fraud, because that's what it is.

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I got it very early on, and must say that the devs really know what they're doing. It's really a cute little game, and it's getting better and better.

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It IS odd that they added Linux support to their engine, but their own games do not make use of that feature. Not that I personally miss Fortnite. But it's popular, so it would be nice to have it support Linux. Our AAA games list is still short and probably the biggest remaining hindrance for Linux adoption these days.

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I find it interesting that even in a world where Windows 10 tends to draw criticism even in mainstream user circles for taking away control from the user, forced updates that break something else every single time, spying on users at an unprecedented scale, and a myriad of other things, we STILL don't manage to match Windows growth.

Despite Linux is free, doesn't come with any of the above mentioned issues and we can play enough great games these days to make most users not miss Windows anymore.

I get that I am biased, but I don't understand why not more people are switching to Linux, which seems to be the better choice for almost everyone these days. Do people resent change really THAT much that they stick with an inferior OS when they could have a better one for free, and all they'd need to do is investing a day or two in getting used to it?

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They should have delayed the Windows version by half a year. I guess that would have doubled our market share right there. :D

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How ANY game think they can get away with subscriptions in 2018 is beyond me. That business model has consistently failed for any game in the past decade, even for much bigger names than this one. Them stubbornly clinging to it has probably cost more than one MMO its long-term life, for if a game cannot build a sizable audience at start, it usually never will. I get that Garriot basically invented P2P, but this horse is dead, and it won't be back. People want flexibility these days, not getting chained to a game by monthly fixed payments.

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Being able to say sorry shows strength most people do not possess. I respect this person for not trying to find lame excuses for their actions or try to lay blame on others, when 95% of humans would do exactly that.

Lesson learned. Move on!

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I guess Aspyr is no longer really a porting house, so I can soft of understand why that's no longer a priority for them. I hope Firaxis will work with Feral in the future, or - god forbid - actually start multi-platform development in-house.

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Quoting: thelimeydragonI just wish Paradox would restructure how they sell their DLCs.

Something like once they have over 5 DLCs that are 3 years+ old they bundle it into a "single DLC Pack" which then sells at a price slightly higher than 1 DLC. They'll still get the premium for newer DLCs but it just makes it easier and in my opinion easier to buy the whole lot.

They will probably do that eventually. They do it for most of their games. In the meantime, you can pick up the older DLC for dirt cheap during Steam sales.

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