So… Steam-exclusive, then. Whew… That's a lot better. :whistle:

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"X4: Foundations" non-stop.

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Quoting: EagleDelta…

I seriously did not want to comment on this pile of… arguments.

1) No, GOG does not have the game at all. Or are you suggesting me to "eat what's been served" e.g. the Windows version?
2) It has been discussed to death by this point. Steam IS DRM per se. Period. The thing that you are OK with it does not affect the fact.
3) Just like with Socrates: What is "evil"? Evil is when the other tribe comes to our village and kills our men and rapes our women. So, what's "good" then? Good is when we do the same to the other tribes!
So there are "bad exclusives" and "good exclusives" now? What a two-faced logic!

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Quoting: BTREThey have.

No, they have not. I don't see a Linux logo or system requirements on the Steam page. By hiding "beta version" (with known flaws) under the "beta branch" they took all responsibility off their hands. In case something goes wrong (and it goes) -- we are nobodies and no one promised us anything.

Besides, it is STEAM EXCLUSIVE (like it is any better than Epic Store Exclusive!) and they are promised DRM-free version which is… well, can be found on… less than legal… stores with the apt epigraph: "Providing DRM-free release, because the developers couldn't be arsed to do so."

Just in case, I am a backer.

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I reached out to the developers of Cthulhu Saves the World, Zeboyd games, to see if there was any chance of making this and Breath of Death VII ported officially and distributed. I have not heard back from them as of the time of publishing this article.

They'd better make CSH for Linux, as they promised! :><:

Though cookies, though. They are actively ignoring Linux backers now.

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Quoting: Perkeleen_VittupääRussian devs tend to be crazy about Linux!? (In a positive way) :woot:

I wonder, what made you make this assertion?

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Say what you want about Garry Newman, but he is 100 times more honorable than, say, 505Games/ArtPlay/Igarashi scammers. :)

Accepting your failure and taking responsibility is a great feat indeed! ^_^

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Quoting: PatolaAs I said, Alm888 blew the thing out of proportion.

In my opinion, I have not blown this out of proportion. Just described it as it is. ;)

My intention was to make a guess why exactly the game was "bombed". As I said, alienating the modding community was a dumb move. Sure, the modders already have invented "Offline Ventures" as a means to get the online-exclusive content, but the damage has been done.

Quoting: PatolaThis is a small issue. X4 as a game has a few of them, this is not one of the most pressing.

Suddenly, I am interested. Truth to be told, I am evaluating the game for purchase (waiting for my new rig, which I will assemble myself, some parts are already on the way, and for a discount, even a token one), so, can you elaborate a little further? I'm all ears! :wink:

Quoting: PatolaBesides, Ventures will be expanded…

Oh NO! Is it certain? I did not stumble upon this news.

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Quoting: einherjarWhat are you talking about?

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Don't thank me, it is just some links from the Google search (which can be mastered by anyone). :)

As far as I can understand, currently EgoSoft team is rebalancing the game in a way that the first two levels would be relatively easy to attain without "Ventures" (the 4th and 5th levels still will require lots of gameplay hours), but…

That, coupled with the general hostility towards XReberth'esque X4 from diehard X3 fans is what probably caused the "review bombing".

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Locking some of the content behind mandatory registration and online connection requirement (khm… "Ventures"… khm…) in a single-player game was a dumb move, IMO.

This, coupled with banning all the players using mods from said online-exclusive content (in a game series historically tied to modding community, yeah!) and marking their saves as "cheated"^W "modded" (sorry) and online-centric game balance (crew takes ages to train offline while leveling-up easily during "Ventures") effectively undermined users' trust. Also IMO, of course.

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