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Quoting: crt0megaI'd rather have Origin (:sick:) on Linux than this.

they are working on an linux engine
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/eas-experimental-halcyon-game-engine-has-vulkan-and-linux-support.12840
now we know it is surely for stadia, but maybe even origin comes to linux one day

Quoting: CorbenWell, regarding to Sergey Galyonkin's tweet [External Link], they are looking for Linux engineers. In that thread it's about getting Pheonix Point to run on Linux... via proton or wine or whatever.

i think Phoenix Point is the perfect game for stadia. latency isnt that important

Man. Phoenix Point is actually a game that would make me wonder if I should give in and play it via Stadia (if it became possible). I'd probably hold out and not get it during an exclusive period. Hard to say.

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I welcome the refreshing look.

Another thing I would like is to wish list a game I already own so that I can get notified when to buy it for a friend. :)

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I did not read the 20 pages of comments before writing my own here. So, sorry I guess. My reaction:

The only gotcha for us in this news is if developers choose to steer Linux gamers to a streaming service like this instead of packaging their game for Linux desktop. Am I super afraid of that? No. I'm just trying to imagine all angles.

I think the pro's will outweigh any cons for us by a large margin.

I can also picture myself using the streaming service myself in small quantities. I prefer to be able to play games offline without DRM (thanks, GoG), but I would probably make exceptions. I can't think of any examples off the top of my head, but... OK, I got one. Total War: Warhammer. Why? So I can play the campaign with my Windows friends. It's also not an FPS, so I wouldn't be as concerned about input lag.

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Quoting: Salvatos

Quoting: NanobangIt looks like a dungeon-crawler for movement (in the Steam video, the linked YouTube video, not so much) that then shifts to a third-person/isometric view for combat? Is that what we're looking at?

Unless they've made a dramatic shift from the board game, I expect those views were only for the trailer and maybe a cinematic component. The dungeon-crawling part of gameplay in the original game has your party explore a series of room without exiting combat mode (i.e. your spells don't refresh after each room and you never just 'move on' to the next fight; the action economy is always on until the dungeon is completed). I would expect the hex board and isometric view to remain on at all times during dungeons.

What you do between dungeons is a mix of overland travel and choose-your-own-adventure choices, so I don't know how they will deliver that in the video game but comparisons might be drawn to games like Battlechasers: Nightwar, Ash of Gods: Redemption or even Thronebreaker. You pick a destination to go on your next quest (non-linear), resolve any random events along the way, then complete a dungeon. When you're back in town you can buy and trade, you get a city event and you head back out into the world. (That's my limited overview of it from playing once, anyway.)

Nice overview. I have played Gloomhaven the board game for about a year now, generally once a month. Yes, it's still the same campaign. My friends and I love it. It might be our #1 board game (out of about 200 that my friend has). Anyway, thanks for the great overview because now I won't feel guilt for not writing one. :P

EDIT: Now that I've actually watched the video, I must say that it looks really promising! I love the graphics and art style. I will almost certainly buy a Linux release because I sort of want the board game, but I also kind of don't since it's quite a bit to set up and I have little kids and my friend already has it. So, a computer version would be incredibly convenient.

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I will probably give Dwarf Fortress another chance after this change. On the other hand, it didn't take me a whole lot of time to get bored of RimWorld. I have 20+ hours clocked. That's enough to make it a worthwhile purchase IMO, but I know many people have sunk way more time than that somehow. See, I need one (or both) of two things to make me play a game a really long time: great story and/or great multiplayer (preferably co-op). There are story details you can gather out of RimWorld, and I did appreciate that creativity. But...what can I say? I liked it but didn't fall in love with it. I feel like Dwarf Fortress will be similar except you have to invest a lot more time to learn its un-intuitive controls. Not sure if worth it.

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Base building. Good graphics. Linux build. I welcome this concept.

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This is pretty cool news. Even though I haven't put a lot of time into Wesnoth yet, I really like it!

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$18 right now and will be $30 on Monday? And it looks wonderful and was already on my wish list? *clicks to buy*

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I looks great. There is a good chance that I'll get it on GoG release day (and Starmancer).

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You guys talking about 200-500 hours in the game and now you're bored... that sounds quite satisfactory to me.:O But, different strokes for different folks I suppose. I like to move on after a while.

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