Quoting: BeamboomAs for me personally, it took a good while before I touched anything built on Unity.

I can understand that.
Once you get burned you tend to be more hesitant.

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Quoting: Lakorta

Quoting: razing32An Ork who is a good smith ?

Little fun fact: Ork is the German translation of Orc.

So what do you guys call the Orks in the Warhammer 40k franchise ?
The "k" is the only thing setting them apart from their medieval-fantasy cousins. That and being fungus based hybrids and all.

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Quoting: crt0megaWhile we seem to be on that topic already: REGoth also makes progress [External Link] but I haven't tried it yet.

Edit: They even have a release commentary [External Link] for 0.4 o.O I've gotta watch it later.

Nice. Have to try that.
Wonder if mods work . I recall Gothic 2 having a mod after the hero leaves for the mainland where you play a slave girl from the former colony prison and the orcs and paladins already duked it out and left corpses behind on the Valley Pass.

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Seems like an interesting game.
A bit skeptical since I see reviews mention bugs on steam.
May pick it up once it's done.

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Quoting: Beamboom

Quoting: ziabice

yes, it's Unity so it shouldn't be a big issue to build it for Linux

Broken unsupported Linux port in 3...2...1...! ;)

I was about to post something similar. I hate that attitude. It's what gave Unity such a bad reputation amongst us in the first place.

To be fair , Unity already had a bad reputation for all the asset flips that infest steam like a never ending tide.

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What's next ?
An Ork who is a good smith ?
A Crimsonguard who is dark skinned and good at fighting ?
A TallElf who is good at magick ?
May a demonic race called Daudra :D :D :D

Joking aside , I have the game , and I am glad they are working on it and not giving in to micromania.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI've bought all their games, but damned if I can finish Penumbra. I'm at some point where there are three dogs and they're almost impossible to sneak past (at least I haven't found a way) and by the time you almost beat one down with the crowbar, it backs off just enough to howl for help...

The game gives me serious anxiety, so I just can't manage to get past that part.

Doesn't it have a console ?
I got frustrated at the last monster in Soma , so i used a cheat mode to put myself in "god" state so it could not damage me.

In regards to the article:
This easy mode seems pointless to me if you have cheats. :P

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Quoting: Boogiepop_Phantom

Also a spike in Windows users may relate to a trend for one game in particular(i.e PUBG) and that benefits only the devs of that game.

That benefit all windows devs, because all those people who came for PUBG can buy another game or two, or maybe 10 who knows.

Not my original point.
My point was the increase in Windows users was specifically for one game : PUBG
Whether said users remain on steam or make any more purchases is unknown at this time.

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Quoting: razing32With support built into major engines I don't think we are in a decline anytime soon.
In any case I think judging by how many pages GOL has already , I think we have enough games for a lifetime at least :)

Today it's cheaper to deliver a game to Linux, but not charge-free.
Porting has issues with graphics drivers (they are not completely broken, but have a numerous arthifacts), audiosubsystem (hello Pulse/Alsa), testing (on bunch of distros, x86 and 64 platforms), building and so on.
And now the question is:
1) Would I make more money if I deliver more content (or content of better quality) in my game
or
2) Would I make more money if I deliver my game to whose, who cannot afford to buy even OS?
If previously there are was about 1-1.5% and Valve stands behind, but now percentage drops in few times and Valve playing themselves with VR (which are more niche than Linux gaming itself), I doubt it.

Nobody says it's "free" , just that support is being integrated into major engines.
It still takes work , sure, but the option is now there.

I honestly doubt anyone thinks we cannot "afford" the OS. We are buying the games and asking for the privilege to buy them after all.
And yes if they do look at the percentage alone they may omit Linux as a platform but at the same time a simple google search will produce the article Liam posted from PC gamer that shows the percentages aren't that significant and there are still enough users that might buy the end product.

Also a spike in Windows users may relate to a trend for one game in particular(i.e PUBG) and that benefits only the devs of that game.

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I saw it on GOG and seemed to be interesting. Then i saw it was just Windows.
I commented just now. Hoping we will one day get it (or run it on wine :P)

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