Now I seriously consider attacking Feral HQ with a pack of cookies... (thank you for your love for Linux Feral! <3)

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The developer is also a nice guy, he made a giveaway on reddit, giving out to every Linux user that asked him for key :) He didn't want to verify it by any kind, but people suggested sending a screenshots as a "proof", so even if it wasn't required, people were showing their current desktop as a proof, which was a funny initiative ^^

I wasn't playing the game yet, as I'm busy playing my backlog, but saw my wife playing it and it looks like a real nice simplistic game - so thank you for covering it Liam :D

P.S. Some of the achievements in game seem to be really hard to pull off, so if you are up for a challenge, it may be a good game to show off ;)

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Another Topware game ported :P Guess what's next - not that much left, seems it's 13/24 (25 if you count removed original Two Worlds) games already :)

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Keep in mind that, when making analogue to consoles, console gamers that are switching to PC gaming (#PCMasterRace!) de facto have to rebuy the game to play it again on PC. Some companies actually planned to do that, but PlayStation and Xbox's walled gardens caused trouble for even cross-play to be available in multiple titles, or carrying the saves over (vide Dragon Age Keep), yet alone playing the game you owned on a different platform. I think Microsoft is the closest currently with their dreaded Universal Apps and maybe Xbox One's and Sony PS4's streaming servives, but it's nowhere close to what we, PC gamers, usually get - that's why we are used to crossplay, crossbuy (for 3 main OSes) and actually free remakes, unlike console gamers, so we're kinda feeling entitled to it.

Actually, the only option for console gamers to play their games on PC, is to wait for emulator to support the platform, but unfortunately, it takes time, with PS3 and Xbox 360 emulator slowly appearing, while on Linux you are already with a better situation with Wine.

And the best part, is that it still doesn't prevent people from switching to PC gaming from consoles, thanks to the benefits it offers. It may be unrealistic, but keep in mind that no matter what it'd be, as long as Linux proves to be more appealing than Windows (or Mac), people would still switch :).

P.S. Remember than back in the day of boxed PC Linux games, you basically had to pay for the same title twice, if you wanted a Windows and Linux game - e.g. Loki boxes.

Just my 3 cents I wanted to add.

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I'm genuinely surprised by this, the last game I saw like that were CoD Mac ports by Aspyr, but surprisingly it doesn't make me angry, really.

The game is so old and cheap even without sale, that I'm more than happy it got it's native port after all.

Actually, if they just gave the port for free for existing owners, I think they would barely get any profit, as most people who want it own it in one form or another already (and it'll run with WINE) or will get it dirt cheap via bundle key. Ideaologically people support the porting companies a lot (and I bet Feral, Aspyr, VP and others are really glad for it :P) but realistically speaking, they need more income to justify the cost of porting an old title, which arguably may be easier to port, but is way less profitable.

TL;DR: I'm fine having paying for an old title I own twice, if it is what it takes for it to get a native Linux port!

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Good article. It'll surely help people explain the basics behind drivers, especially when using AMD. I was confused at first what Mesa, RadeonSI and radv are, so had to look online to understand it.

Have you considered adding this to GOL Wiki Liam? It would be helpful to have an editable page later on, especially when this article gets old :)

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Quoting: EhvisIt seems odd that Valve would be actively helping with competition for the Vive.

Actually, it seems a lot like Valve to me - after all, they did something kinda similar with Steam Machines, partnershipping with multiple companies. The only one who I'd imagine to have problems with it though, would be HTC itself :P

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I had occasion to try out both HTC Vive, Oculus and Gear VR (I only didn't try PS VR, not being a console gamer) in PGA (Poznań Game Arena), plus I also used Google Cardboard :). Experience is similar, the quality is vastly different though. However I did not get to see a significant different between HTC Vive, Oculus and even Samsung's Gear VR. So far had the best fun with SUPERHOT VR being presented there.

@Liam - If you have occasion to go to any gaming convention near your region, it may be the best way to try them out - hell, with you being an owner of a probably most well-known Linux gaming site, you could talk with developers about supporting Linux and write up a few articles from it - I'd be looking forward to it ;).

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Quoting: TakThe real question is whether it supports Polish-language voice commands.

Kur*a!

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QuoteEssentially, too many big games right would would

double would ;) Other than that, a bit short short, but also a bit interesting article.

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