I rarely use Wine myself as I can't be bothered getting a game to run using the usual trial-and-error method it takes to make Wine run...basically anything. Without much hope that it will actually run well, of course. Seriously, anything tagged as "Bronze" or "Silver" in their DB is usually an unplayable mess. And that's the majority of the games listed there, after all. Even the "Gold" tagged games usually remind me why I am keeping a Windows partition around. So if someone can bundle me a game with Wine in a fashion that it -feels- like a native port, be my guest. In the end I just want something that runs out of the box.

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Quoting: lucifertdarkDid anyone ask about the DLC? is it worth buying the GOTY edition?

I can't remember the DLC being all that meaningful.

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Quoting: KimyrielleI can't find a single reference if this game can be played in 3rd person view. Can it?

No, sorry mate. It's strictly first person.

Awww, too bad. Thanks for the reply! :)

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I can't find a single reference if this game can be played in 3rd person view. Can it?

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Quoting: jf33Is there any chance they release it on GOG.com? Because I would really like to buy it, but I don't spend money on non-DRM-free games.

Very little. The person in charge at SE is a huge fan of DRM. At least it's "just" the regular Steam DRM, which, for what it's worth, is comparatively non-invasive by DRM standards. They are not Rockstar or Ubisoft.

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Awesome to see SE coming to Linux and porting major titles. SE is one of the very few major publishers I still was missing on Linux (Bethesda is the only other one I can think of right now.)

Can we have Rise of the Tomb Raider, too? :D

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This is still probably my overall favourite game on Linux and by far the best city builder ever made (it's so much better than that garbage that is EA's latest SimCity). I am glad to see continued support for it. I wish they would add tunnels to the map maker tool as well, though. And add roads wider than six lanes. I know that in Europe six lanes is considered a lot, but here in North America a proper freeway has at least eight if not ten lanes. :D
And if they wanted to be really nice they could change the botched Snowfall DLC to using actual seasons instead of permafrost.

The performance seems to be still mostly ok for me, though. It might be better in Windows, but it's still playable in Linux.

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Guaranteed buy!

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Quoting: TheBossI really don't get DLC hate. It's how developers are able to keep games going for so long. Most games have DLC now and the GOTY edition is cheap.

Agreed.
DLC, if done right, can keep a game alive for years and add fresh experiences and content. I see the point when too much of a good thing can become bad (I am looking at you, Paradox!), but a well compiled DLC pack every now and then is something I actually welcome. Same goes for microtransactions. Per se, there is absolutely nothing wrong with them. They become a problem if purchasing in-game items is necessary to even reasonably play the game and/or if the game intentionally ships with crippled content that elbows people into purchasing stuff that really should have been a part of the base game. It's again a question of execution. I guess with a lot of ill will you can turn any legit business model into a cash grab. It's up to us as customers to weed out studios applying evil business methods and bankrupt them by not buying their products. *shrug*

I also have a question, since we're at it - can this game played in 3rd person view or is it 1st person only? I am not interested in the latter, so... :)

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Good to see another heavyweight title coming to Linux. The more, the merrier.

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