Not arguing, just sharing my own current Point Of View:

I've played 250+ hours of Rust on Linux, and I've found it very enjoyable. I have just played another 2 hours of it. Although performance might not be great for some people, I do find it acceptable for me, and I'm playing it at 4K resolution, ultra. Also noting that the game is cross-platform, so I've been playing it on the same servers as Windows gamers and I appreciate this too.

A number of months back, I did have problems with Rust related to the Anti Cheat service (It would not run for me on my system.) Also, months ago the performance was worse than it is now. Noting that back then it was still Early Access, and now it is a full release. (Minimal problems for me, following full release.)

Based on the latest news, twitter feeds, and so on - It would appear to me that the Rust game is losing official Linux support, and the SteamOS icon has disappeared from the Steam purchase page. However, the game is still available to play under Linux, but it is a little unclear how that status will be in the future. My impression is that Rust developers will try to make sure it continues working on Linux and they might even return things back if they solve the development issues.

The communication of the dropping of Linux support was not well handled. This has upset some Linux gamers. Pulling support on a product that was released for Linux is also upsetting to Linux gamers who paid money for the game with support. Some Linux gamers are upset about the public-facing comments from Facepunch company representatives.

I feel I've had great value for money, playing Rust. I'm mildly confident that the game will continue to work fine on Linux, into the future, and it will have Linux updates and fixes. (There might be a period of Linux game breakage though.)

I feel that being nice and respectful to developers is more likely to keep them working on Linux games. Developers are humans with feelings. If they receive insults, death threats or criticisms from Linux gamers then that can tarnish the Linux platform from their viewpoint. It doesn't really matter how valid the criticism is, it is going to aggravate the developer reading it and turn them away from our platform.

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And not to forget all the great, recent games not released in 2018, but which have had major updates during 2018. I'm thinking of:

Hollow Knight
Rust
Enter The Gungeon
Oxygen Not Included
The Long Dark
Rocket League
Slime Rancher
Albion Online
Factorio
Darkest Dungeon
Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Ballistic Overkill
..
hehe

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Just given the demo a try. Well, good start - It runs on my system. Reminds me of "This War Of Mine" but based in an isometric 3D environment (rather than 2D side view). It looks decent and it sounds okay. Definitely some rough edges at the moment, but shows promise. It has been built with Unity 3D (not really a surprise) like many modern games that work on Linux. Impressive that the Linux demo is available as early as the one for Windows.

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Spotted these very high discount deals (all run on Linux, and the Humble one has Steam key and DRM-free Download too):

Vertiginous Golf (90% off on Fanatical)

Electronic Super Joy (93% off on Humble)

The Perils of Man (90% off on GMG)

Bought the last two, myself.

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Quoting: GuestDid that with my beloved father. The sole person i know owning the game. On an external USB drive. Trouble is, while it works with his 9800 GT on windows, it is unplayable on the same hardware on Linux.

Sounds like Dad's birthday / xmas treat could be... AMD RX 560, Nvidia GTX 750ti, GTX 1050, GTX 1050ti, even as low as GT 730.

Maybe even your "old" graphics card recycled when you do your next upgrade.

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Quoting: GuestWhile this is great news and i like the game do not forget the multiplayer is not compatible with the windows version. Only between MAC and Linux.

A good excuse to help out your friends with dual-boot Windows and Linux on their home computers.

The easiest way would be to add a second hard drive, and install Linux on that one rather than modify the Windows drive. Then, once done, either use the Boot Menu in the BIOS to choose boot-up drive, or modify to boot the Linux drive first. Running "sudo update-grub2" and Linux would usually find the Windows drive and add it to the Grub start-up menu as a boot option, so no more messing with the BIOS.

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I'm sure it's good and worth the money, but.... When I observe my own gaming..... 150+ hours of Slay The Spire, 250+ hours of FTL, 300+ hours of 7 Days To Die, 200+ hours of Rust - I paid less than £10 ($12) for each of those games, and look at the number of hours of enjoyment I've had with them (Real value!)

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I tried out "Idle Apocalypse" Idle/Clicker mobile game on Android over the past few days. And... it is pretty fun, and has kept me engaged (addicted) for a number of hours of play. It's a free-to-play game with plenty of In-App Purchases. Well, the usual thing with this sort of game - It turned slowly into a massive grind, and you're not forced into buying anything, but those In-App purchases definitely help you to get further without making excessive amounts of effort.

So, this game (Idle Apocalypse) has got to the point with me where the grind is just too much, and progressing is not worth the effort. And "sorry" but I'm not going to pay ~ multiples of $5 - $20 ~ to gain in-game items to make the game easier. I'd possibly have paid $3 for the game with all the features and no In-App purchases.

With these thoughts in mind, how painful is the long-term "grind" in this (Chicken Assassin Reloaded) clicker game?

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Interested, but it'd have to work (i.e. graphics problems ironed out) and the gameplay would need to be good and engaging.

I guess if this game could grow into a fuller experience (Imagine bigger islands, Robinson Crusoe type content) then it could be even better.

Added to my Wishlist as something to keep an eye on.

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From Liam's review:

This line also got me:
We never want to lose sight that it’s your hardware to do with as you want.

For me, this is true of virtually all the Tech I aim to buy. Unless hardware does what I want it to do, not what some big corporation wants to impose upon me as a purchaser, then I am far from keen to spend my money on that Tech.

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