Civ 5 for example is 32 bit. There is no 64 bit version of it. It just isn't needed. 64 bit is rarely more performant, as far as I know. Scientific software that uses 64 bit floats benefits greatly from it. But I think we didn't have games yet which benefited from 64 bit.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIf it is a retro game with retro graphics using a retro game engine, it should work on retro machines with retro hardware and retro operative systems.

Why?

In my personal opinion, there are so many games that look worse than Megadrive/Genesis titles, yet require a multiple core 2GHz CPU and a GPU that could easily run Far Cry. It's cool that you can create games without intricate knowledge of every last programmer trick to gain the last bit of performance. That means that we get more games and by people who maybe wouldn't even have created one.

But also, we are constantly getting newer and better hardware, while the games are getting more and more inefficient using them.

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Leaving Lyndow was short and awesome. This seems to be the same world. The dev reacted quickly to a bug report and fixed it two days later. Wishlisted!

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I have to disagree with you. I was just expressing my opinion. You called me names. I honestly question that you are up to speed regarding the development history of this one.

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Quoting: liamdaweTo expect the same level of support for a finished version, is silly.

instantly claim shit about everything.

As I said, everybody should have their opinion. You have yours, and that's fine. I have mine, and you should be able to deal with it without coming up with these straw man arguments. I never said that I expect 100% in an alpha or beta, and I most certainly did not "instantly claim shit about everything".

Read through the old alpha thread on Steam. I tried to ask them multiple times about how they are going forward with the Linux version. And I was polite about it and recognized that a human being can only do so much. They ignored the attempts to communicate. As soon as I realize that this politeness and patience is being abused, I get a bit of an arse. Rightfully so, in my opinion.

As I said, I don't accept that the Linux crowd is being handled like third class customers, just because their platform is not the most popular one. If a dev is doing this, the dev will get shit from me. If the dev will postpone the version multiple times without giving an explanation, the dev will get shit from me.

I don't really understand why you think their behavior is OK. I don't think it is, and I think I've given enough explanation to back up my view. Maybe you should backup your assessment.

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Quoting: liamdawePersonally, I think you're being a bit of an arse. They're trying, it's more than thousands of other developers are doing and they replied to say they will be working on it.

If that is better than "thousands of other devs", then it is still shitty to me. I never understood to refer to a bigger pile of shit and then state that the smaller pile of shit is quite nice. Not for me. It's still shit.

Can you honestly say that the Linux support from this company was "good" in any way? The demo was released without even taking time to install a Linux distribution and start it one single time. The "alpha" was - as far as we know - pretty much the same: It worked for some, not for others. And now we have the "beta", and it is still the same: Works for some, for some it crashes, and most people can't even download it - like me.

Can you recommend buying the game in this state? If yes, you can maybe come up with good evidence that this time, they will not forget what they said and just shut communication for over a year again.

Quoting: liamdaweIt's a BETA, you realise this is when to expect issues right?

I realize that the definition of "beta" can be quite stretched. If you make software, and your "beta" doesn't even start for half of your customers, I think you're doing something wrong big time.

There is a big loss of quality in game production lately. The Linux crowd gets the worst of that. I stay by my opinion that they are doing a shitty job all around regarding the already sold Linux version. And I stay by my opinion that it is not recommended to buy it right now - which people are sadly doing. Maybe they don't know the history of this one.

You think this is making me a "bit of an arse"? Maybe. But I don't think we should pamper any dev just because they mention the word "Linux" every 3 months.

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They just continue to suck. Most people can't even download it, one says it starts without the intro and is full of debug messages... and the only message on the forum is:

thanks for the feedback. This week has been crazy much work so the team is resting this weekend. We will continue on the Linux version on Monday.

I'm pretty much speechless. They managed to fuck up the situation even more, and still maintain their policy of just omitting any explanation.

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Lets hope they will actually do something this time. The demo they released on the Kickstarter just worked on Linux by pure luck. (They stated themselves that they just exported it from Unity without even testing it on Linux.) The "alpha" was just one version that had bugs and was never touched. Now there will be a beta. Just uploading some random game engine export is not the same as actually delivering a Linux version. Lets see how this turns out.

Until now, their behavior about the promised and sold Linux version and their way of communicating with their customers was quite shoddy. I hate that developers treat Linux customers like some kind of "minor urgency".

If you can't deliver a Linux version, don't sell one. And I would say, if you consider buying this right now, don't. Wait until they actually have a working version.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeThe big difference here is if I run out of batteries on a train on a game system, I can still use my phone for you know... the smart phone bits.

If you are somehow repeatedly not able to stop playing when your battery reaches X percent, then this would indeed be a big difference for you.

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Quoting: slaapliedjewho's going to carry around a controller just for whipping out at random times to play on a smart phone?

If you don't intend to carry something around in order to whip it out and play on it, you wouldn't be interested in this product at all - or any other mobile gaming product.

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