Quoting: GuestGNU/Linux users can afford to ditch Valve. Something else would fill the void, quite easily.

It was literally decades before Valve filled the void in the first place. If we abandon Valve, how many more decades will we wait before someone else replaces them?

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Yeah... I don't buy this. Someone got busted for using cheat software and is trying to fight it with a lame excuse.

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Quoting: Sol33t303It feels like to me we are finally starting to catch up with Microsoft as at least for now all games that are releasing will be using D3D11 for the most part, hopefully, Vulkan becomes more popular than D3D12, but I doubt it personally.

Not with Microsoft continuing to dominate the home computer market and throwing its considerable weight behind DX12.

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My guess is they ran out of money, and opening it up for pre-orders was their last-gasp effort to raise some capital to finish the project.

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"The vast majority of my time has so far been wondering around, hunting small animals and foraging."

So just like a real cat.

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What we need to think about, is preparing for the bubble bursting back in our favour.

The bumpy ride isn't over yet, in fact it is just beginning. Nintendo are being very kind to indie developers and encouraging them to port to the Switch. Quite a few indie devs are aiming their sites on that platform down to it being much less cluttered store front and it's dual purpose as a portable device, perfect for games such as Stardew valley. The switch (is it linux based ?)even got AAA PC title Doom albeit with reduced graphics using Vulkan.. Linux not in sight.

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They are making bank and have a huge captive audience.

To be honest, the Switch is probably going to be my next big gaming purchase.

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Linux lost fewer than OSX, so I guess that's good news. The bad news is that Windows gained our losses.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEP...the series' biggest shortcomings - no AI diplomacy making single player almost entirely useless

Oh dear... perhaps I should remove it from my wishlist.

I play only single player and I enjoy it immensely. There is no AI diplomacy. Its a bit of a glaring omission, I'll be honest. On the other hand, I get the sense that most AI diplomacy is there to make the game easier. Every 4x I've played the Diplomacy aspect is easily exploitable and mainly serves to benefit solely the player as the AI can't compete.

Hope that helps you decide if you may want it or not.

Interesting point. I hadn't thought of it that way.

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Quoting: MineElectricityWOW That trailer was amazing ._.

Yeah, the movies for Civ 6 have been great.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismIs there any mechanical advantage to Civ 6 vs 5?

It seems like 5 has advanced tuned mechanics and content whereas 6 is new and full of bugs like no cross platform multiplayer.

Its just that newer isnt always better.

Age of Empires 2 vs 3 are miles apart and 2 dominates 3 in executing play style mechanics flawlessly.

Sometimes a fork should not be a spork and a spoon should just be a soon.

As I like to describe is, Civ 5 is polished but sterile, while Civ 6 is rough but vibrant. While Civ 5 benefits from patches and expansions, I find the overall Civ 6 experience to be better. The systems are more interesting, and the decisions you make turn to turn are more engaging. Plus I love the quality-of-life improvements like limited-use workers which reduces unit clutter, and the art style is actually pretty nice once you start interacting with it, and I say that as someone who hated the early screenshots!

Yes, the AI needs some work (or so I hear), but even in its current state, I think Civ 6 is a complete and really fun game. The biggest problem with the Linux version is terrible performance. I hover around 20FPS on a busy map, which is fine for a turn-based game, and it remains generally responsive, but my system is just below the recommended specs, so I expect better performance. This is all on Aspyr who is aware of the problem, so we'll see if they do anything about it.

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