Are the footpaths based on unit traffic or pre-placed? I still remember how much it blew me away when I saw the former as a kid in one of the Settlers games.

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Clearly, ^-1 is a footnote that’s on the previous screen! :P

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Quoting: GuestThis game looks pretty damn solid. Unfortunately I can't get over the giant, ridiculous Dunce Cap [External Link] the protagonist has on his head.

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I'm sure it is written into the canon/lore of the game with some kind of dark, otherwordly explanation, but I just can't get over it. I snicker incredulously every time I look at it. I can't take it seriously because of it and I just don't think I could get into it for that sole reason.

Is that weird?

Sorry in advance if I sound lecturing, it’s early and I’m just trying to be to the point.

Looks more like a capirote [External Link], actually, considering the game’s theme and the protagonist being called The Penitent One. You can even see the Goya painting from the Wikipedia article on the KS page. Similarly to the dunce cap, the original intent was to publicly shame flagellants, but there’s certainly a more serious undertone here than just being a dunce. They also made it a tad more hardcore than the original paper cap:



I’m actually more interested in the game now that I know a bit more about its context :)

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Woah molly, this isn’t the kind of game I expect when I hear Team 17! I’m surprised you didn’t add a gore warning before that video, Liam (not that I personally mind).

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Quoting: edoLast time I tried it (like 2 years ago) I couldnt figure out how to use it, I always felt playonlinux was easier to use. I dont use any of those now, since now steam has proton, I would take a look at it if I ever buy overwatch

I’ve definitely had an easier time with Lutris than PoL, and it looks like it has a more active community, or at least more up-to-date scripts. It always seemed that PoL was hard to get into, while Lutris seem to have had more success in getting people outside the development team to contribute.

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I happened to replay a bit of Epistory this week, saw this and signed up for the beta. Good to know I probably won’t get picked since Linux is coming later ^_^

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That would make a kickass animated wallpaper.

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Proton will no longer emulate them all as if they were Xbox controllers, instead games will access them directly. So DualShock 4 (PS4) gamepads, fighting pads and more should behave more like they do on Windows.

Oh, I thought it was doing that on purpose for games that weren’t designed with non-xbox controllers in mind. I sure look forward to seeing the right key prompts!

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Quoting: scaineWhat's the weird bar in the middle of the screen? I couldn't focus on the dude running - too busy wondering what it did, how it was going to change, why it was there...? :)

The blue one seems to deplete when he dashes forward, so probably stamina. I imagine the fuchsia one is HP. There’s also an icon that appears in between them when he does the fire dash.

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I don’t know if I should laugh or be angry at the fact that Hades, which was promoted as one of the first exclusives on EGS, was in beta all along, and that the exclusivity is ending while it is still in beta. What a ridiculous industry.

I would have been a lot less disappointed in Supergiant if I had known this all along.

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