War Thunder. Never before (literally) I've invested more time in a computer game. Runner-ups: XCOM/XCOM2, Portal 2 and Shadow Tactics.

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Quoting: devlandHow much of a grind is it to play?

Depends on your perception of "grind" (and your skill as player and whether you are on the winning team). It's F2P - you can just give it a try. Anyway, the grind up to tier 3 planes and tanks (approx 1938-1944 era) is mild. The very last prop planes and jets (t4/t5) are a different matter, though I still consider the gameplay on lower tiers more varied.

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Quoting: Sil_el_motI've read a lot about that the russian tanks are historically incorrect far better in comparison to others, mainly the german ones. Is this still a thing?

I suck terribly with both Russian tanks and planes. Therefore I never understood this "Russian bias" debates. Some single models seem to be overpowered and others are too vulnerable - but you find these in the trees of all nations.

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Quoting: TrumpIs the drivers he wrote opensource? Maybe the community can keep it functioning if it is. Can't blame him for quitting, but it does seem sad.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/roccat/files/ [External Link]

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Quoting: LinasCan you get refunds from Kickstarter? I always thought that sending money to Kickstarter is like flushing it down the drain.

Yes, you can. They refunded my pledge a few months ago. It was already clear then, that a Linux version will never happen.

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Quoting: lucifertdarkI made the mistake of adding Snappy to my system a while back, it took me two days of fighting to get rid of it, every time I removed it a stray piece would cause the whole thing to reinstall, it's worse than a bloody virus & I want no part of it again thanks. If Flatpak is anywhere near as bad as that they can keep it off my system.

FlatPak is a hell of a lot better, very self contained with few external deps.

And thus begins the flamewar... Or do you want to back up your "a hell of a lot better" with some facts? (Even in post-factual times.)

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Quoting: liamdaweI've removed the overly hateful and idiotic comment, no need for it.

Indeed. Thanks.

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*snip*

I'm probably not too interested in the games, but ...people like you make funding of NGOs like these ones all the more important.

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Quoting: sarmadValve failed to market SteamOS as a competitor to consoles and instead marketted it as a competitor to Windows. They also failed to convince AAA studios to target the platform. Finally, they failed to convince retailers to carry Steam Machines in their stores. As a result, studios didn't take SteamOS seriously and didn't find it to be worth it to hire a Linux developer to do the porting.

Wishful thinking on your side - nothing else. When did Valve advertise SteamOS as Windows alternative? Correct answer: never. They ported their own complete library and encouraged at least some studios to offer ports. Nowadays pretty much every game that gets a Mac port also receives a Linux port. After all: What do you expect with a 1% market share on Steam? The Steam Machines were indeed a letdown, but what's the relevance of that in this context? Tripwire announced a day-1-relase for SteamOS/Linux, then "a port". I assume they had a developer contracted for the port (or considered it feasible to do it in-house).

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Quoting: sarmadWell, we have to admit. Valve tried to make Linux a viable gaming platform but they failed miserably at execution and it seems none of the major players in the industry is taking SteamOS seriously. Very sad. Though they did give Linux gaming a great push.

Care to explain the fault of Valve when Tripwire realizes that they actually have no clue on how to develop cross-platform games (or adapt for the Linux platform at least)? Why did they announce a Linux port at all (in the beginning it was even planned as day-1-release)? After all there are quite a few companies out there who don't have any problems with that. And Tripwire is anything but a "major player" - I'd see it more in the indie camp.

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