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Looks like the open-world FPS 'The Signal From Tölva' is now on Linux
18 Nov 2017 at 3:17 pm UTC
I am not that far in yet, I started at easy, and yet it did eat some time from tending to my Ark dino's. And that is saying something.
It's not super relaxed at easy, but it is relaxed. And while being relaxed it does make me think about what happened. I mean: you are injected into a robot's AI. Why are there bad robots?
So if you are looking for action, there isn't. If you are looking for a story: there probably is a nice one. But I am just scratching the surface...
It's like that other game where you crashland on a planet and you realise the planet has already been visited and abandoned by the russians. The actions you have to do holds you off to finish the story too soon so you can think about, long for the next piece of hint about what is/was going on.
This game seems to go that direction.
I have one downside though: on a steam controller the aiming part has a too low resolution.
18 Nov 2017 at 3:17 pm UTC
Quoting: EikeDoes this game have a proper story and ending?For now I am taking over bases of bad robots, and doing things that is explaining what has happened.
I'm fine with strolling aroung a lonely world - if I'm strolling for a reason...
I am not that far in yet, I started at easy, and yet it did eat some time from tending to my Ark dino's. And that is saying something.
It's not super relaxed at easy, but it is relaxed. And while being relaxed it does make me think about what happened. I mean: you are injected into a robot's AI. Why are there bad robots?
So if you are looking for action, there isn't. If you are looking for a story: there probably is a nice one. But I am just scratching the surface...
It's like that other game where you crashland on a planet and you realise the planet has already been visited and abandoned by the russians. The actions you have to do holds you off to finish the story too soon so you can think about, long for the next piece of hint about what is/was going on.
This game seems to go that direction.
I have one downside though: on a steam controller the aiming part has a too low resolution.
Planet Nomads is about to get a lot more interesting
17 Nov 2017 at 11:21 am UTC
Just like PUBG or CoD, not an official acronym, but a pretty common one to those that seen/heard of it :-).
FCE does have multiplayer support, and there is a howto, to install the linux server. So if you like automation in a 3D world, it might be something for you.
I've noticed I lack people I know that I want to play with, as in: I know a lot of gamers but I still prefer to play solo. (So if you see someone running away on GOL's ark or rust servers, it's me...).
17 Nov 2017 at 11:21 am UTC
Quoting: Xpanderwhat is FCE?As Ehvis said, it is indeed short for FortressCraft Evolved.
Just like PUBG or CoD, not an official acronym, but a pretty common one to those that seen/heard of it :-).
FCE does have multiplayer support, and there is a howto, to install the linux server. So if you like automation in a 3D world, it might be something for you.
I've noticed I lack people I know that I want to play with, as in: I know a lot of gamers but I still prefer to play solo. (So if you see someone running away on GOL's ark or rust servers, it's me...).
Planet Nomads is about to get a lot more interesting
17 Nov 2017 at 8:46 am UTC
FCE starts where ARK stopped: automation of tedious tasks.
I've heard there also is some story to ARK, and if planet nomads also gets a story line, I am all for it.
My third favorite is planet explorers BTW.
The only thing is: when do I work/sleep/eat?
Hmmm, maybe planet explorers would work on my gpd win (with ubuntu 17.10).
17 Nov 2017 at 8:46 am UTC
Quoting: scaineYeah, single player was a blow, but this is still insta-buy for me. Love the style and I'm a big sand-box fan. Plus, all the co-op mode supporting games I own, I usually end up playing them single-player anyway (hello FortressCraft Evolved!)...I really hope this ends like a cross between FCE and ARK, which are for me the most played games.
FCE starts where ARK stopped: automation of tedious tasks.
I've heard there also is some story to ARK, and if planet nomads also gets a story line, I am all for it.
My third favorite is planet explorers BTW.
The only thing is: when do I work/sleep/eat?
Hmmm, maybe planet explorers would work on my gpd win (with ubuntu 17.10).
One dedicated gamer made a SteamOS tabletop 'car-cade' for DiRT Rally
16 Nov 2017 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 4
16 Nov 2017 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 4
I actually thought it was a big machine until I watched the video.
Space Pirates And Zombies 2 releases in full with great Linux support
12 Nov 2017 at 12:39 pm UTC Likes: 1
12 Nov 2017 at 12:39 pm UTC Likes: 1
The title is bad... I thought yet another zombie kill kill kill nostory whatsoever, or another arcade space thing.
Then I went to listen to the story trailer, and the story line sounds absolutely great. I wonder if the game itself is as story rich as the trailer.
Then I went to listen to the story trailer, and the story line sounds absolutely great. I wonder if the game itself is as story rich as the trailer.
Serious Sam 3 VR: BFE releases with same-day Linux support, compatible with the non-VR version
10 Nov 2017 at 3:39 pm UTC
10 Nov 2017 at 3:39 pm UTC
we are missing 3 other htc vive users...
(just kidding ;-) ).
If I only needed to buy a vive to start off... Neither my desktop pc, nor my steam machine seem to be well equipped enough to run anything.
(just kidding ;-) ).
If I only needed to buy a vive to start off... Neither my desktop pc, nor my steam machine seem to be well equipped enough to run anything.
A new Steam Client Beta fixes Linux desktop and menu shortcuts, adds pre-compiled GPU shaders for Vulkan
9 Nov 2017 at 12:37 pm UTC
9 Nov 2017 at 12:37 pm UTC
Since the new beta version Saints Row the Third doesn't work anymore :-(. Not on steamos as well as not on my gpd win (ubuntu 17.10).
Mantis Burn Racing needs more support if it is to come to Linux
9 Nov 2017 at 12:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
9 Nov 2017 at 12:32 pm UTC Likes: 2
It would be nice if there was a kind of escrow service on steam.
Something like kickstarter:
You can buy the game, the money stays at steam, until there is enough incentive for the developer to act on it. The developer then builds and delivers, and the money is now delivered to the developer.
Or better:
You have money in your steam wallet, with which you can pledge with a 2 or 3 fold over commit.
If the developer decides there is enough pledged, the pledges turn into a commit.
Which means the money in your wallet is reserved and not spendable.
If the developer after that time have a working version, they can pass on the money.
I hate all these fake promises.
But then again, that system will probably going to be abused somehow.
Something like kickstarter:
You can buy the game, the money stays at steam, until there is enough incentive for the developer to act on it. The developer then builds and delivers, and the money is now delivered to the developer.
Or better:
You have money in your steam wallet, with which you can pledge with a 2 or 3 fold over commit.
If the developer decides there is enough pledged, the pledges turn into a commit.
Which means the money in your wallet is reserved and not spendable.
If the developer after that time have a working version, they can pass on the money.
I hate all these fake promises.
But then again, that system will probably going to be abused somehow.
HITMAN - Game of the Year Edition is out, with same-day Linux support
8 Nov 2017 at 10:34 pm UTC
8 Nov 2017 at 10:34 pm UTC
This is pretty sad... On a steam machine it's 61.51 euro if you already have hitman with all the episodes. If I would actually buy it on the steam machine it would result in 58.31 euro.
Now if I look at the website and search for it, it says in the listing 58.31 euro, but on the page itself it says 18.38 euro (20% discount). It lists a price for every item, while on the big picture version all prices are 0.
It feels like the steam store is bugging again, in the same way it was bugging with payday 2. Only with payday 2, it was also on the website completely broken, requiring those that bought almost every dlc to put down another 44 euro due to the 50% discount.
I also still can't even look at the F1 2017 page from the steam machine...
Now if I look at the website and search for it, it says in the listing 58.31 euro, but on the page itself it says 18.38 euro (20% discount). It lists a price for every item, while on the big picture version all prices are 0.
It feels like the steam store is bugging again, in the same way it was bugging with payday 2. Only with payday 2, it was also on the website completely broken, requiring those that bought almost every dlc to put down another 44 euro due to the 50% discount.
I also still can't even look at the F1 2017 page from the steam machine...
Intel announce a new CPU with AMD graphics and HBM2 memory
8 Nov 2017 at 9:34 am UTC
8 Nov 2017 at 9:34 am UTC
This is great news, and also shows intel and AMD might have a "healthy" business relationship.
It's good for us, as AMD does help opensource, and the bigger the foothold of AMD in the gaming world, the less problems we have with "only works with nvidia because nvidia allows/encourages bugs in our code which every sane driver would not accept".
Of course, there is a world of difference between AMD drivers for windows and opensource drivers for linux. Would be interesting if someone started backporting the vulkan opensource drivers to windows.
I also hope this means intel will help writing the open source drivers.
And what I mostly hope is that this will be in the gpd win 3.
As I just finished a task in saints row 3 with 5..10 frames per second on my gpd win running almost stock ubuntu 17.10 (using some gpd pocket .debs and the gpd pocket kernel).
It's good for us, as AMD does help opensource, and the bigger the foothold of AMD in the gaming world, the less problems we have with "only works with nvidia because nvidia allows/encourages bugs in our code which every sane driver would not accept".
Of course, there is a world of difference between AMD drivers for windows and opensource drivers for linux. Would be interesting if someone started backporting the vulkan opensource drivers to windows.
I also hope this means intel will help writing the open source drivers.
And what I mostly hope is that this will be in the gpd win 3.
As I just finished a task in saints row 3 with 5..10 frames per second on my gpd win running almost stock ubuntu 17.10 (using some gpd pocket .debs and the gpd pocket kernel).