* Zombie Army Trilogy - Steam

Picked this up via of GreenManGaming along with most of my online people. We've been playing this as Stadia Pro time is coming to and end and we've unlocked all the stuff that the base game of Zombie Army 4: Dead War has to offer. This game is great. I hope that I can find a way to remove the eyesore of the starting screen which seems to be some HTML launcher. Just click and launcher directly to the game. It's not a smooth look for my HTPC setups.

* Mortal Kombat 11 Aftermath - Stadia

Been having fun from time to time with this one. I have 2 other ppl that I play against and it's been a great time no matter what. Have not gotten the DLC yet but I amassed some credits for it but not sure. Main: Johnny Cage and Geras

* Skullgirls - Steam

With all of the updates, I've been going online against friend and strangers and it's just a great experience with all the new changes. Main: Beowulf and Ms Fortune

* Steel Storm: Burning Retribution - Humble Bundle DRM FREE binary

It was brought to my attention that had this game marked as complete and my kids reminded me that I never ended and it turns out they was right. So I've been playing this one during my work week in btw down times. Man I remember when this was part of the first waves of games with Linux support on Humble Bundle. Time for me to add this one to my ended and completed pile.

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Quoting: elmapulgreat, now we can pay to create games for google for free...
so we can earn 0 cents while they profit from our content and our content can be locked to their cloud.

quite smarth strategy from then, but i will pass.

You would have hated the 90's mod craze, then.

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Quoting: CorbenJust Epic (afaik) and GoG are distributing drm-free games, so once you downloaded them, they still work offline.

* itch.io
* Humble Bundle DRM-FREE selections
* IndieGala
* GameJolt

^ All have Linux native DRM-FREE binary games to purchase and/or for free.

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Quoting: GuestI know you build a case before about posting Stadia news...but I forgot to be honest and fail to see reason for these kind of news updates on it. Not trying to be an asshole about it, just failing to see the linux connection here.

You can play these games on your Linux desktop. So it's being covered.

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Quoting: Xaero_VincentStadia needs more games that don't work in Wine / Proton.

If you own a gaming computer, Stadia is mostly useless except for games currently borked in Wine/Proton.

While it's nice it has Destiny 2, PUBG, RDR2 it needs more like Fortnite, Apex Legends, Hell Let Loose, Paladins, RUST, etc.

GeForce Now has a lot more of these borked games, which makes it more ideal.

I'd love to see a inexpensive cloud gaming service specifically for Mac and Linux users that only has games known not to run in Wine / Proton and as games become supported, get removed from the service.

MK11 and Zombie Army 4 those games that do not work at all via of Wine or Proton. Currently, my group has picked up ZAT since it was on sale recently via of GreenManGaming and we started playing that more but MK11 is still something that does not work fully via of ProtonDB. When it does, we will all be there with NRS shirts one.

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Quoting: TheRiddickMy main concern comes down to VALUE and longevity of the project.

If Stadia came out tomorrow and explained what they can do for you if a game gets removed off their platform (which you bought) and also allow people to download the game to your home PC as either backup or offline play then that be great(like how steam works).

I don't see the issue except for they see these games you paid full price for (ignoring sales) as THEIRS and not YOURS, that's a HUGE red flag IMO.

BTW I understand this is how Steam and EGS DRM works, but at least with Steam they have offline play which they can extend at time of death of a game (or you can do it yourself indefinitely) so given that, yes you do OWN the games bought on steam! IN FACT Exodus is DRM free on GOG and apparently also on Steam.

WITH these DRM offline play compatible games (online parts need an account somewhere obviously) you can install on ANY CLOUD BASED GAMING SYSTEM and play for the BASE FEE of using that cloud service.. no mumbo jumbo buying the game 2 or 3 times!


PS. I try to make my comments to the point, with the least amount of double speech as possible, and not dance around huge gaps in the argument like some other people are doing!

Have you actually tried to do this, though? I've been a DRM-Free linux gamer from 1999 to about 2019. I joined Steam around November '19. Prior to that, my kids got on it when they became teens. I have a LAN setup in my basement and we tried Steam offline a few times for games like Killing Floor, L4D 2 and some others over the years (have not done it again since 2017, though). A good amount of the games my kids liked to play just did not work all the time offline or Steam would not open. In the end we had to stick to boxed games, Desura games, GOG games, freeware and open source stuff because the Steam offline method would flake out. When it did work there would be other issues the games sometimes could not see each other or not open at all. I did the 2 month check in for those machines but after while it would flunk. Another good example would be a game like Tekken 7 where your save would gets corrupted and reset you back to day 1 and you would have unlock everything again UNLESS you saved your game save separately and do some edits which defeats the purpose/convience of Steam clouding saving. Reconnecting it online would edit your cloud save weather you liked it or not. Now this list - https://steam.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_DRM-free_games - here actually works for all of the games in which I purchased or got for free using either the extraction method or editing files for some and they work outside of Steam. Which is how when I joined Steam I went about making my choices to collect and play for the most part. Still hands down GOG, Humble Bundle and itch.io are just the best choices for those looking for DRM-FREE gaming.

I've seen a few linux supporting companies come and go and outside of those final months where they uploaded stuff on their blogs and/or via of email there was no talk of helping users move on to another platform or getting access to their game binaries prior or in advance.

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Quoting: sigzNote that Shadow Tactics' linux build is currently broken, some effects doesn't display corretly (enemies detection range effects, which are major on gameplay..)

Which version? I have the GOG version on Ubuntu Mate 18.04 and my wife and I have ended it a few times and never see any issue with it.

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^ Real talk - The minute people start with the name calling non-sense they lose all ability to be taken seriously and just sounds like the others that make fun of Linux users for using Linux.

For me, I want to play MK11 with my friends and family online and Stadia is the only way for us to do so at this time. Zombie Army 4 is also a game we play together but we call recently picks up the ZAT from GreenManGaming and it's working 100% via of Steamplay so far so there will be less of us staying with Pro. Unless Battle of the Grid is worth keeping. We'll see in a few.

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Quoting: legluondunetI'm totally noob about Stadia subject, could someone tell me if Google provide a Linux native client?
Thanks.

Google Chrome Web Browser and/or Chromium is all you need. Treat Stadia like you would treat any other browser based game.

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Quoting: t3gTo be honest, I could do without these Stadia posts. Stadia is a closed platform that takes away all your rights since you are basically paying monthly and full price per game to interact with a video on another server. Once that service is gone or Google gets bored of it, you lose access to $60 games.

I of course game on Steam and try to buy on GOG when I can. I like the DRM free nature and can archive my games if I want. It’s one of the last outlets where I still feel like I’m getting something that will last.

Stadia being “Linux” is just like saying macOS is “BSD” due these companies taking free software and locking it down into their own walled gardens.

Many of the games on Steam and GOG are closed source also...I hear you, though. Also games are not $60. They have some games going as low as $5 to $10. I picked up MK11 for $30 and they accepted free gift cards from Gpay so that's a win since you can earn that elsewhere in the same way that ppl sell items on Steam to buy games.

A Linux gamer can play games on Stadia on their Linux desktop that alone is reason enough to cover, IMO.

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