Quoting: Alm888In that case, for all intents and purposes the ones purchasing a Windows-exclusive game must be considered a Windows gamers. Their believes, aspirations and desires are irrelevant: they are giving the money to a company that makes Windows-exclusive products. And that is what truly matters. "Useful idiots", according to the classic. :P
The fact that those Linux-wannabe players prefer to suffer and attempt to misuse the Windows-exclusive game, trying to launch it on Linux… Well, that doesn't matter in this harsh world of hard cash and profit. In fact, this even more preferable: the company is officially relieved of all support obligations (if something doesn't work -- not their problems. A user has violated the terms of contract by not complying to the system requirements). Rumor has it, Sony actually sells its consoles at loss, hoping to recoup in game licenses' sales. If Linux users to start getting their PlayStation games without the console itself, that would make Sony very happy panda. :D

Your response reminds me of the saying "Cutting off one's nose to spite one's face."

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Quoting: BeamboomOh holy mahogany, those specs!

Oh holy mahogany, that price!

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: Mountain ManProton is counted as a Linux purchase.

Yes, a Linux purchase of a Windows-exclusive game.
After all, technically I can purchase "PlayStation 3" games and play them via emulation. That doesn't change the fact that my money would be wasted on a PlayStation-exclusive games.

Not to mention that Steam can GTFO. DRM-free or bust!

You misunderstand: if you buy and play a game via Proton, it is counted by Steam the same as if you had bought a native Linux version of the game.

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Quoting: Alm888

Quoting: ziabiceThe big question is: does it already work under Proton?

No, it is not. In fact, the purchase is not even on the table for Windows-exclusive games.

Proton is counted as a Linux purchase.

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That trailer was rather bizarre.

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On a different note, 2K recently added cross platform cloud saves, including for the Nintendo Switch version.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2019/04/civilization_vi_now_supports_cross-platform_cloud_saves_on_steam_and_nintendo_switch [External Link]

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Quoting: 1xokIt makes me sad, because Artifact has become my absolute favourite game with more than 500h playing time.

I don't understand what Valve means by "deep-rooted issues with the game". Once you get deep into the game, it's probably the best online card game of all time. Only most don't get that far at all.

One of the things that makes Hearthstone such a force to be reckoned with is that it embodies the classic "easy to learn, hard to master" design philosophy. Artifact basically kicks that to the curb and replaces it with "hard to learn, hard to master" along with a business model that inherently put it behind the competition before it was even released. I think it only sold as well as it did initially because of Valve's reputation, but reputation only goes so far when a game simply doesn't deliver.

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We could see this failure coming from miles away, so it's curious that Valve couldn't. I think it's the sort of blindness that comes from being too close to your own creation.

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Quoting: BeamboomWhat do people use that overlay for, when gaming? For Steam chat? I just simply never enter that mode other than if someone happen to message me during a session...?

The internet browser is handy for looking up tips if you're stuck, and it's generally safer than ALT+TAB.

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Quoting: KohlyKohl

Quoting: Mountain Man

* A smart simulated ecology of species who fight each other over food and territory
* An engaging combat system that learns from your every move

Games have been promising this sort of thing for years. It was called "emergent gameplay" a decade ago. I also have yet to see any game fulfill any of the lofty "emergent gameplay" promises made by developers. I think the best we've seen is the NPCs in the Grand Theft Auto series reacting in unexpected but not particularly meaningful ways.

The NPCs in Shenmue would leave for work or go out into town and come back at night. That was awesome for 1999. Zelda: Breath of the Wild also added this and it really added to the feeling of the game.

I agree with you that in 20 years it hasn't been improved upon at all and that is disappointing. Hopefully this game can pull through and make a truly immersive world that is different for everyone.

NPCs in 1996's Daggerfall also had schedules. There was a hilarious bug where you could wait in a shop until the keeper locked up for the night and went home, and then you were free to loot the place without consequence, because there was nobody around to see you stealing!

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