"Borders are now open to everyone by default"

This is the feature I was most looking forward to since it could really kill the momentum of a game when you suddenly found yourself boxed in by competing empires, and trying to get them to like you enough to grant border access was a long and tedious process.

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Quoting: Xpandersadly seems to be singleplayer only :(

other than that, its quite good.

View video on youtube.com

That's a plus in my book. I almost never play multiplayer, so I'm always happy when a developer chooses to focus on the solo experience.

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Paradox games don't have a learning curve, it's more of a learning cliff, but once you figure them out, they're terrific games. Unfortunately, Paradox has generally been terrible at explaining how to play their own games, but they're getting better! Each of their more recent games now has a comprehensive Wiki page that makes the learning process much easier than it used to be. Here's the one for Crusader Kings II:

http://www.ckiiwiki.com/Crusader_Kings_II_Wiki [External Link]

I own Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis IV, Stellaris, and Hearts of Iron IV, and any one of them can easily steal hours of my time.

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Quoting: GuestAs I mentioned before, I don't mind this, in fact I think it's something SteamOS is quite useful for.

I don't mind it, either, since a static platform is easier to develop for, and if it will work on SteamOS then it will work on any distro (at least in theory), but the way they say it almost makes it sound like SteamOS isn't Linux, when it actually is.

Well, in fact that does tell us that the open source drivers are not going to be supported.

Considering the state of open source graphics drivers, I'm not sure what other choice the developers have.

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Quoting: TheRiddickPS. I played XCOM2 beforehand a bit to try it out, but it wasn't an official copy so I deleted it. It had bad fps on the Radeon open driver! (like 15fps with nasty stutter/freeze)

So you admit to playing a pirated copy, and then have the gall to complain about the performance?

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And this is why I'm glad I held off on buying the "season pass", because so far, the DLC has been very underwhelming. Hopefully "Shen's Last Gift" will be worthwhile since it adds a new class, and then, maybe, Firaxis will get to work on a proper expansion.

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Quoting: gojulLooks like that game sucks anyway : not beautiful, not interesting, nothing. Just a good benchmark.

Actually, it has been widely praised for its gameplay.

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Quoting: GuestAs I mentioned before, I don't mind this, in fact I think it's something SteamOS is quite useful for.

I don't mind it, either, since a static platform is easier to develop for, and if it will work on SteamOS then it will work on any distro (at least in theory), but the way they say it almost makes it sound like SteamOS isn't Linux, when it actually is.

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When we speak of Linux support, we mean SteamOS support.

That's an odd distinction when you consider that SteamOS is Linux.

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Quoting: t3gIf Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS (in favor of VR), what makes you think developers and publishers are going to spend the extra effort if Valve is losing interest?

What gave you the idea that Valve is shifting focus away from SteamOS? It's a large and flexible company. They can have multiple focuses.

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