This looks really good. (I can't help but wonder whether someone could do the same for the first Deus Ex....)

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Quoting: sbolokanovBad performance isn't Linux issue. Windows game have bad performance too.

That's not what I'm talking about; I'm talking about performance *disparity*, and for *some* titles, it *does* exist.

As to whether this is a serious problem or not: To people who are *already* committed Linux users, it may not be a big deal; but we can't deny that it could be a serious deterrent for people whose #1 concern in building a desktop pc is gaming.

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Quoting: MohandevirNot against that idea if it helps AAA studios to consider à Linux release.

Me neither; though one thing to keep in mind is that without almost complete feature & performance parity with windoze, Linux-only sales would end up generating quite a bit of resentment. Nowadays, Windows licences are nowhere as expensive as they used to be; if you're a student (at least in the US), they push the damn thing on you for free anyhow (that's how I got my several perpetual [not tied to student status; valid after graduation] licenses); and people getting their windoze pcs pre-built don't even realize that they're paying for the OEM license -- that being the case, being platform-locked *on the same hardware* that could run *the same game* better at little to no extra cost would be perceived as a pretty unfair deal, by someone who isn't already a Linux user/supporter for gaming-independent reasons.

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Quoting: KimyrielleAnd Beth's reluctance to release their games on our platform is of a borderline religious nature.

I'm sure their prejudices play a role; but the moment they see that it's financially viable to release ports, they'll do it. (The bottom line being money, money, more money, etc.)

One deterrent might be that they're not sure how many *new Linux sales* they'll achieve, if they were to release a port. Dual-booters who have already bought Skyrim in antedeluvian ages, or recently on a sale, will get the port for free -- I'm sure that notion is revolting to them.

Besides, when they released Skyrim on Switch (about which they must have had a pretty clear sales projection), they charged full price for it. They can't even try do that on Linux, given 'steamplay'. Though the release of the 'Special Edition' did allow them to jack up the prices again. As far as I can tell, they don't even sell vanilla Skyrim + DLCs at this point; it's just the 'special edition' for a whopping $40. Maybe, if 'steam machines' were a commercial ... thing ... that existed ... maybe. Though I wouldn't know; I'm an ignorant bum.

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Quoting: SamsaiWhy are we even discussing this? It's pretty obvious it's Half-Life 3.

You just cannot claim it's Half Life 3 whithout actual facts... Even if they are distorted just like in my demonstration. It's just plain fun to try and link any annoucements to one game, no matter how plausible it is. :)

"It's just a shot away" Half-Life had guns. It's Half-Life 3.

Also: Just *1* shot away.
Away from what? Half-Life *2*, of course.
2 + 1 = 3

Makes sense to me....

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What's consumed in 'shots'? Whiskey, of course.
What's a famous image associated with whiskey -- Johnnie Walker.
What does 'walker' remind you of? Why, AT-AT Walkers, of course.

Mark my words. It's EA's Star Wars Battlefront something-or-other.

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Quoting: morgancoxukIt looks like a Garibaldi biscuit to me ...

But 'Just a shot away' is from The Rolling Stones track - Gimme Shelter (a great tune!)

Yes; the image comes from the page of a biscuit review podcast [External Link]. Could this have anything to do with the historical personality Garibaldi? Is there a 'Total War: Italian Reunification'? (I know there's no Assassin's Creed about that period. :whistle: )

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Quoting: Doc AngeloThe teaser is titled "philosophical shooter". Maybe it escaped me, but I didn't saw much of a hint of philosophical topics in the trailer.

Maybe there's a level where you have to infiltrate Plato's Heaven, and shoot some of the Forms. So when you return to the realm of becoming, not only are the entities that partake in those Forms absent, but when you ask people about them, they can't make sense of what you're saying either. I mean, it could be hilarious if handled right.

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What does it mean for the terminal commands to be 'realistic'? Is it the 'realistic' emulation of a unix console? Or is 'realistic' a euphemism for BS obscurity?

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> then toss gold to peasants and turn them into your loyal subjects in order to make your kingdom flourish

I take it as a given that some of them turn out to be anarcho-syndicalists questioning the legitimacy of your claim to power? I mean, I'd be pretty surprised if one of them didn't say something along the lines of -- Strange women prancing about on horseback, waving swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical equine ceremony.

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