About farking time! I :'( did buy it for Windows, in my DB days, and hardly got to play before I said, after XCOM came out, "To hell with Windows!"

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Am I supposed to be ashamed that I bought it on Steam? :D

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A pretty big debate here, people. My own list of what I consider AAA Linux games :wub: (for me, anyway).
Age of Wonders III
Bastion
BioShock Infinite
Borderlands 2
Crusader Kings II
Dominions 4 (yes, it's my own list)
Don't Starve
Empire:Total War
Europa Universalis IV
Pandora: First Contact
Pillars of Eternity
Planetary Annihilation (plus PA:TITANS)
CIV V
Torchlight II (and where, Steam, is the Linux TL 1, which runs very well?)
Tropico 5
War for the Overworld
Wasteland 2
The Witcher 2
XCOM: EU
...and there are more.

Yes, Steam Machines do not appear that they'll dominate the console market ;), but I've built a pretty good Steam Machine (and Everything Else Machine) for ~$450 (including parts I already had; I bought a case, and a MB, CPU and GPU; used the existing drives and RAM. Maximum PC magazine even had a BYO Steam Machine article.

Now, there are a lot of the :S: B games, for sure, but why whinge and complain? I, too, remember awaiting each new Humble Bundle for something, anything for Linux. I remember when Steam's Linux game list was almost all games already in various Humble Bundles. Things have progressed a long way from then. I can remember buying just about every game out for Linux, to encourage developers, and to find a gem amongst the offal :'( .

Now, I've become pretty picky; I already have more games than even I can find time for :whistle: , and AFAIK, there's practically noting to complain about. Yeah, there are still far too few RTS games and far too many FPS games. Nonetheless, I'm a pretty happy gamer and when I look at what's coming, I reach for my sunglasses.

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I hadn't heard of Stasis :whistle: , but Wasteland 2 and Pillars of Eternity have reawakened my love of isometric games. It and Torment" Tides of Numenera (which I backed :D ) are definitely on my list.

And, if anyone hasn't heard:http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/09/valve-hits-a-linux-landmark-1500-games-available-on-steam/ [External Link]. And: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=steam-1500-linux&num=1 [External Link]:woot: :wub:

Shadow of Mordor, Chug City :><: , awaits a new GeForce 960, to replace my aging 650ti. Most everything else runs mostly OK, but I'd like to get a higher FPS, and there are quite a few games that chug a bit on my rig.

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Indeed, without Steam, we'd be crying in our beers about Desura going belly up, with no hope in sight, and hoping that the next Humble bundle wouldn't be all Windows games. Personally, I have no problem with Steam's checking (on some games. not all) to see if you actually bought the game.

Victor Vran, which, to my eyes, is closer to Diablo III than anything else I've seen, is showering us with additional content, improved gameplay, and new options. They're being very, very good to us.

If it weren't for Steam, I'd still be dual-booting. And, in a free world, who needs Windows or Gates?

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Currently, the total concurrent Steam users is ~7.85 million. Even if it's only 1%, 1% of 7, 850,000 is 785,000 or 863,500 if 1.1% and 1,020,500 if 1.3%. That's a pretty big audience, regardless. Quit using percentages and look at the actual Linux users total.

OK, EA?

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Looking forward to it; I may or not get the demo first, which I may play or not play, and then, if I like or don't like it,, I'll buy or not buy it.

Oh, hell. You know I'll buy it! :whistle:

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PA:Titans did it for me; of course, I got it for free by being a Kickstarter supporter :D .

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Finally, another Feral game I hadn't already bought in my dual-boot days :whistle: . $9.95, 75% off? Yes, please :woot: .

And thank you! :wub:

EDIT: It works just fine on my medium(?) rig:
AMD 8320 CPU
nVidia 650ti (just making it for the specs)
16GB RAM
Ubuntu MATE 14.04

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Any RTS Linux game is to be welcomed. This doesn't look quite my cuppa tea (I prefer TBS WWII games), but it isn't bad at all. The OpenGL framerate compared to That Other OS is a bit distressing to see :><: .

Time will tell if we can catch up framerate-wise :S: , but I'd rather have a game that is slower than not have it at all.

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