I had named 2013 The Year Of Linux Gaming, but it certainly looks like I jumped the gun a bit!

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I got the 100% Windows version, with .exes, .dlls, etc.; not even a .sh file. I can be patient; it's not like I don't have other games to play!

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OK, so it was listed prematurely. It'll be updated eventually. I also saw Eador: Masters Of The Broken World in m y Steam library today, and it downloaded the Windows version (?!). Another "missing executable" error. Oh, well. I only have 198 other Steam games I can play in rhe meantime.

BTW, my Witcher 2 installation plays very well, and I've gotten past the Prologue..

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English my my only tongue, so I had no problem with the game. However, not making good translations for as many languages as possible simply limits the audience for the game.

I like the game, which is kind of a HOMM3-lite, sort of. It's enjoyable, and has some nice gameplay.

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Hmmmm. My own opinion is that, "Hey! [GameX] is out for Linux!" is how I typically see a new game out for Linux. I have been happily playing the wrapped version of "The Witcher 2" for the last few days, and it plays just fine for me, with a very few framerate drops here and there (AMD Phenom II 965, GeForce 650ti, 16GB RAM), and, in fact, runs pretty identically for me as the Windows version did using wine.

I know a lot of gamers have not had the positive experience I have had, but look at the Steam forums for "Painkiller:Hell and D*mnation." This is a native Linux port of the engine, and, while I was (on my hardly high-end system) playing it from day 1, AMD/ATI users have had one rough time of it. The developer of that game has put out patch after patch, and made some ATI users happy, eventually, but by no means all.

If a wrapper is skillfully customized for a specific game, well and good; it means I don't have to dual-boot. Note the use of the word "skillfully."

Obviously, I want native ports whenever possible, but if this is the only way I can get to play, say "X-COM:Enemy Unknown," without (shudder) booting into Windows. I won't carp if it comes with a wrapper.

Words said above about DOSBox are 100% correct; Windows retro gamers use DOSBox as well.

I am One Happy Consumer of Red Projekt's products, and I've bought two Andrej Sapkowski (the creator of Geralt of Rivia) novels, too.

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"The Lost Vikings" was developed by Silicon & Synapse, who later changed thei name to...Blizzard.

"Trine 2" can bring a low-end graphics card to its knees, but all that graphics power goes right to the screen.

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Quoting: HadBabitsIt should also be noted that you currently can only stream from Windows and Mac boxes. Linux hosts have been disabled currently with the intention of fixing some bugs; unfortunately meaning that those only possessing Linux boxes, including myself, are currently out of luck :P

Yup, Steam sez:"Streaming from a Linux host is not yet supported."

Patience, patience.

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Oops...:'(

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As I already pointed out elsewhere:whistle:, the difference this time is that you play the aliens, trying to knock out those lousy humans!

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This is a lot like Alpha Centauri, and as un-Firaxis like as can be. Picking this one up soon!

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