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Latest Comments by Ehvis
Alien: Isolation - The Collection is 70% off on the Feral Interactive store
20 Jan 2017 at 1:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: jgacasCan somebody tell me, from their experience, does Alien Isolation works on GTX 560 and how good it performs?
I can't say anything about a 560, but I used to play this on a GTX 650 Ti Boost and got very good fps (mostly 60 even) on pretty high settings. Maybe that helps for comparisons.

I need to get back to this. I kept getting killed by impatience. :P

The Linux GOTY award is now open for voting
12 Jan 2017 at 11:41 am UTC Likes: 3

Submitting was a lot easier than actually voting. The pain!

Construction Simulator 2015 now has an open Linux beta to owners of the game
5 Jan 2017 at 2:52 pm UTC

I just noticed that this game is now available with Linux support in the store.

We have 99 keys of IMPOSSIBALL to give away to Linux gamers willing to test it out
5 Jan 2017 at 10:19 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DarkDuoGames[1] The game didn't install for Ehvis - not sure if he was able to fix this?
My mistake. I actually edited the post about a minute later.

We have 99 keys of IMPOSSIBALL to give away to Linux gamers willing to test it out
4 Jan 2017 at 9:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

Had a few plays with the game. It runs fine and I haven't had any issues so far. Only that it doesn't VSYNC and therefore runs at much too high fps, even at 3440x1440.

As for the game, it's a little bit of good fun. Rotating the "ship" is a nice touch. I keep trying to use it to give an extra punch to the ball, but that doesn't actually work. I think the whole advantage of pong on modern systems would be to have some extra physics calculated. Spin would be nice, but that would mean atmosphere and actually slowing the balls down.

Obviously you want to invite steam friends to play as well, but I'm sure that is already on the todo.

We have 99 keys of IMPOSSIBALL to give away to Linux gamers willing to test it out
4 Jan 2017 at 3:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

It won't install for me. If I click install, it doesn't give me a size. Then finishes instantly, but leaves only an empty directory.

And I could also read and select the correct branch.

The Linux GOTY award is now open for submissions
3 Jan 2017 at 3:26 pm UTC

Quoting: tmtvlIs most anticipated only for games with a definitive release date? 'Cause I submitted Bloodstained [External Link] but they haven't promised a definitive release date yet.
In fact, Bloodstained was already moved to H1 2018 a while back.

Mad Max released for Linux, port report and review available
3 Jan 2017 at 3:21 pm UTC

Same here! After not having played AAA games for years, you can now see the differences. Everything is smooth, looks good and the animations are superb! In fact, the only issue I have with the game is that the camera sometimes gets a little messed up tight spaces.

Performance was great at max settings. For me 90 fps driving around, but it did drop down to about 35 is some camps. Then I switched to a 3440x1440 monitor. Which is not quite working at the same settings. Need to fiddle with it some more.

The Linux GOTY award is now open for submissions
3 Jan 2017 at 12:41 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: EikeAs always, this is Linux release year, not general release year, right?
Edit: Errr no, 2016.

All 2016 apart from "Favourite open source game", "Favourite FOSS project" and "Most anticipated game for 2017".
That didn't really answer the question. So Mad Max counts as 2016, since the Linux version released in 2016. Right?

Raft, a rather brilliant prototype game about being stuck in the middle of the ocean
3 Jan 2017 at 12:32 am UTC

Looks like the big thing missing from this game is buoyancy and balance. Which seems kind if vital to me.