Quoting: eldakingAll the while, Epic is trying to "compete" in the least competitive way possible - by removing consumer choice and using its resources to push publishers/developers into exclusive deals where they can't sell their products anywhere else.

No one, including Epic, has ever claimed these moves were better for the customer. No, this looks like the worst kind of "competition," where the business plan is to "dump" product at a probable loss to undersell the market leader into extinction and then do whatever you want with the monopoly you end up building...

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Quoting: 14That screenshot made me wish Deadspace II would come to Linux. :'(

Ranked "Gold" on ProtonDB. Thanks Valve!

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Also have been playing, BTW, I Am The Hero, a nice pixelart smash 'em up...

Quoting: MicromegasIt's that
- "Oh, it's 9 pm, let's play some Rimworld ... Moments later: Oh, what, it's 1.30 am, how???" -
kind of game.

That's Rocket League and Angels Fall First for me...

Quoting: MicromegasOn Linux - no matter which distribution - you will find several chess engines in your repository.

Thanks for the info!

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Quoting: TheRiddickwaiting is not such a issue since people are saying that X4 still needs some polish and balance etc..

That's the exact opposite from what I've been reading on forums :dizzy:

Reading the views of people with proper game time has made the pain waiting even worse.

Quoting: pete910

Quoting: TheRiddickwaiting is not such a issue since people are saying that X4 still needs some polish and balance etc..

That's the exact opposite from what I've been reading on forums :dizzy:

Reading the views of people with proper game time has made the pain waiting even worse.

I actually think both are true. With light gameplay, it's pretty flawless, but the deeper you get in, and the more complex your empire, I think problems crop up. So, again, waiting probably isn't so bad, especially since apparently more multiplayer options are coming...

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Quoting: GuestHmm... Helium Rain or X4?

Both! They're actually very different games, both excellent in their own way.

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Impressed by the diversity of what everyone is playing. For me, it's:

• Rocket League (Native)

• Allspace (Native)

• Hypergate (Native)


• Angels Fall First (Proton)


• Clone Drone in the Danger Zone (Proton)


Also, shout out to whoever was using GCompris. My kids (1st and 3rd grade) can still always find something there they love.

Question to all: My kids both play chess, and chess.com seems fine, but is there a great Linux chess program out there somewhere?

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Quoting: slaapliedjeso I can fly in space in VR under Linux?

X4 is non VR.

Otherwise, though, I'm incredibly excited about this title. Reviews, even with bugs, have been terrific.

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Seriously, this is an excellent title, and you have any remote interest in the genre, you should buy it!

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Quoting: Doc AngeloThe game seems to be quite good, but this is nothing to be happy about as a Linux gamer, especially if you bought it because of the statements that were made before. I'm not sure why this is portrayed as something positive. It's the typical "not yet, but maybe later" game. Especially if the entity who is doing it "hopes" it will come, it's a pretty negative sign. What are they hoping for? Does that mean they are not in control of it? Maybe just unfortunate wording? Or not?

"It's coming" isn't what I see in their words.

I agree, not super encouraging, which is a shame as it's one my most anticipated titles of this year. The Windows version has gotten excellent reviews... Hopefully they firm our Linux situation up a bit more...

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This just dropped! Shows a lot of promise, especially as a F2P. Dev has a very realistic sounding 1 year roadmap to full release in the early access. Go try it out and thank them for Linux support!

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