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Latest Comments by knro
Stellaris: Apocalypse is due soon & there's a new overview video up, also a note about Linux sales
4 Mar 2018 at 8:08 am UTC

I bought Stellaris: Apolcalypse and then went to waste 90+ hours on this last week! I love it management now is a lot better than before where I don't need to micro-manage every small detail.

The RPG 'Shroud of the Avatar: Forsaken Virtues' is to launch next month
28 Feb 2018 at 5:42 pm UTC

Still no maps on Linux? I asked on their Steam discussion board and was told it's "coming". Last time I played it was a bit clunky. Playing Neverwinter Online now via Wine until PoE2 is out.

Stellaris: Apocalypse is due soon & there's a new overview video up, also a note about Linux sales
17 Feb 2018 at 7:37 am UTC Likes: 1

Without a SteamOS-based Linux console, the sub 1% statistics aren't going to change. We need a company with huge resources that can actually pursue this and break the duopoly of PS4/XBox. Valve isn't committed to this, it must be someone else.

Extreme downhill biking game 'Descenders' flips into Early Access, some initial thoughts
12 Feb 2018 at 5:46 am UTC

Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: knroGot it yesterday since I used to bike quite a bit when I was in college. It worked flawlessly even on SteamLink. Is this based on UE4? All my UE4 games just display green screen on SteamLink.
It runs on Unity.
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: knroGot it yesterday since I used to bike quite a bit when I was in college. It worked flawlessly even on SteamLink. Is this based on UE4? All my UE4 games just display green screen on SteamLink.
It runs on Unity.
Oh wow, Unity is really getting better all the time!!

Extreme downhill biking game 'Descenders' flips into Early Access, some initial thoughts
11 Feb 2018 at 7:47 am UTC Likes: 1

Got it yesterday since I used to bike quite a bit when I was in college. It worked flawlessly even on SteamLink. Is this based on UE4? All my UE4 games just display green screen on SteamLink.

Get thinking, as Feral Interactive are teasing another new Linux port
27 Jan 2018 at 6:34 am UTC

Hands down Tomb Raider! I bet if Feral opens this up for voting, this would be the #1 choice by some hefty margin! Give us RoTR!

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire gets a release date
27 Jan 2018 at 5:47 am UTC Likes: 1

I rolled another character in PoE after finishing Tyranny. Really can't wait for PoE2 enough! NOTHING out there is even close to the quality of those games. Guess I will continue playing PoE until PoE2 is launched eventually.

Hex: Shards of Fate, a digital card game, has unofficial Linux builds available
14 Jan 2018 at 10:31 am UTC

I registered an account at Hex but it seems I cannot login properly. After I login, if I go anywhere on the page, it seems I am still logged out so can't post on the forum or do anything else!

Anyone else has this issue?

Killing Floor 2 for Linux is 'indefinitely on hold' as they can't find a developer
12 Jan 2018 at 9:27 am UTC Likes: 1

Well, given Linux users are like %0.25 of Steam users, why would they even care? They chose D3D which can target over 90% of the potential users out there.

Turns out Linux market share on Steam did not go back up in December
9 Jan 2018 at 2:28 am UTC Likes: 1

This isn't going to change anytime soon. Hell, even if PUBG is released on Linux, you won't see a significant difference in the numbers. People will just use whatever everyone else is using: Windows.

The _only_ chance Linux would see any increase is if there is a successful console out there that is based on SteamOS. Just think about it, would Linux be dominating mobile market if it wasn't for Android/Google? No way, it would probably be even less than %0.1 worldwide.

So, just be thankful we have developers who are willing to release games for this sub 1% market. The good news is that many tools now (UE4/Unity5..etc) make it a lot easier for developers to release for Linux, and so no significant downtime is required to support extra platforms as it was before. As this trend continues, along with Vulkan becoming more stream, this should lead to more games getting released on Linux as a by-product of these technologies maturing.