I kind of weirdly wish more games would do this. I love the focus of a single player game, and if the online elements are entirely separate... good?

Not all games, I guess. Some of them weave the multiplayer quite seamlessly. But still...

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Good to see! Not sure I love this series enough to buy after Denuvo is in the bin, but at least buying it is an option now.

I'm always a bit torn on buying after removal. At the end of the day, Denuvo has already flicked their finger at paying customers, and had their slice of the pie, a slice that won't have been applied to the developers, artists, music, or quality assurance. So it's got to be something I love before I'll pull the trigger.

Looking at the Denuvo-encumbered titles out now, I'd say that list is probably quite small: Hifi Rush, and Deathloop are the only two certainties. I also have a weird craving to play Strange Brigade, even though it's over seven years old now. And I'd probably have tried the Persona series by now too.

So yeah, Denuvo can still get in the sea. But if it can piss off outta those games there, I might consider purchasing them!

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The game that taught me how to play FPS with a controller! I played about 3 hours of this, maybe, and it was enough to convince me that FPS games simply MUST be played Kbd/mouse... if you're me.

Of course, I've since played many, many Playstation FPS titles with a controller, but when Valve released Steam for Linux in 2013, I knew my time of torment was near an end!

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I'm amazed they've kept it going for three years with just 1000 average players a day. But yeah, not open-sourcing the back-end servers for preservation really is a kick in the nuts. Really sad.

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Licenses will also be actively disregarded.

Excellent. Disregard all the things!

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I'm liking this article, but I don't like this article.

So, so sick fed up of AI. I work in cyber security and it's an absolute car crash there too. Accidents waiting to happen.

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automating tasks while allowing employees to focus on creative activities and complex problem-solving

...like finding a new job.

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If there already is a native port, it is always better to fix that port (if possible/feasible) instead of just nuking it and relying on the Windows version running using Proton.

I want to agree, but this is pretty idealistic, tbh. The original dev team must have had some Linux experience, because I remember enjoying this game when it became available for Linux, despite the microphone issue that was never, ever fixed. Or wasn't during the two years or so I played.

But now? Do the new modding team have the same familiarity with Linux? Will their plans for extending the game use tooling and third party libraries that run flawlessly in Linux?

I'm sceptical.

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I despise Denuvo and their anti-consumer culture. Everything they stand for basically screams, "you, the consumer and purchaser of this product, are criminal scum and not to be be trusted".

So this is very on point for them. Great strategic alignment really.

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Considering AI code generation is generally only possible because OpenAI scraped the entirety of every public repo in existence, it's pretty much impossible to guarantee that any given code it produces complies with any given license.

In much the same way that authors revile AI for only being possible by scraping pirated copies of their work.

:sick:

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