Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Solitary

Quoting: Guest

Let’s see how it goes with Proton

Apparently it works better

It works better until it doesn't.

Quite a lot of Epic exclusive games work through Lutris.

There is nothing to suggest they will prevent Rocket League from continuing to work via proton

Nothing to suggest it will. They've already disavowed supporting it. To continue thinking "this is fine" is incredibly naive. I mean, maybe this lets passionate players continue playing a bit longer, but it's not like they can buy any digital content anymore, knowing it can be taken away without recourse.

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Well, life as a GOL contributing editor just got fun. Logged in to 16 notifications just there! :)

All great suggestions though, so the GoTY page is really shaping up. And someone's suggestion just reminded me of A Short Hike, so if it's not already added, I guess I'm about to add to that admin workload!

[Edit: It was already there. Strong work, people!]

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I love the look of this one. I'm currently hooked on Fate Hunters, but this would be a welcome distraction and continues to scratch the Slay the Spire itch - a game I've played to death now.

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I've been wanting to pick up Void Bastards for months, but it's Windows-only and I generally avoid buying Windows games - so this is superb... I get to give a nice chunk of cash directly to charity AND pick up a game I've wanted without a guilty conscious from buying Windows stuff. Superb!

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Quoting: Kristian

Quoting: DesumImportant to keep in mind this is a 'look but don't touch' license.

While the license doesn't fit the open source or free software definitions it does allow modifications and hence ports(minus the assets).

I think the assets are available too actually? I'm basing that on the fact that Terry notes that you can use this to build the whole game and play it for free. But the license doesn't allow you do then slightly modify that new copy and sell it as your own work.

Terry described it as the "Doom" license though... so I'm a bit confused here. Pretty sure the Doom license didn't include assets!

Terry's tweet on the matter: https://twitter.com/terrycavanagh/status/1215677944418439174 [External Link]

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The only thing I'd add to this list is Stoneshard [External Link]. from the developers of Police Stories. As a big Tales of Maj'Eyal fan, this looks like it might be "the one".

In fact, and I don't know how I missed this, there's a prologue, which is free to play [External Link]! If I can tear myself away from Graveyard Keeper (which is unlikely), I'll give it a shot and report back!

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Just in case anyone is interested, here's the ProtonDB ratings of the Windows-only titles:

Middle-earth: Shadow of War - Gold
Dirt Rally 2.0 + 3 DLC - Gold
Street Fighter 5 - Borked (such irony, considering it was meant to be native...)
Bad North: Jotunn Edition - Platinum
Trailmakers - Gold
Whispers of a Machine - Platinum
Mages of Mystralia - Gold (but only one report, over a year ago)
GRIP: Combat Racing + Artifex DLC - Gold

I think I'll go with it this month, since I don't have any of these games, and a couple of them look pretty sweet (Graveyard Keeper, Mages, Whisper).

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My top five "released" is:
SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
A Short Hike
Slay the Spire
Fate Hunters
Serial Cleaner

runners up: Dicey Dungeons, Chasm, Deep Sky Derelicts, Knights and Bikes, Grapple Force Rena... honestly, too many to mention!

Top five "in progress" (like beta/Early Access):
7 Days to Die (of course)
Dota Underlords
ΔV: Rings of Saturn
Undermine
Gravity Ace

And my top five Steam Play is:
No Man's Sky
Deep Rock Galactic
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Stories: The Path of Destinies
A Plague Tale: Innocence

2019 was a hell of a year for awesome games, both native and otherwise.

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Looks like a lovely mix of Mutant:Year Zero and Divinity! I'll be keeping an eye on this - cracking graphics, loving the art style, especially on the locations.

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Quoting: g000hWill watch this one with interest (wishlisted).

Meanwhile, seeing as I'm very keen on this style of game (Picked up Slay the Spire on Early Access and loved it). I found another deck-builder rogue-lite called Fate Hunters [External Link] (currently on sale, 50% discount), which I recommend almost as highly as StS. I picked up Fate Hunters during the Steam Winter Sale, and it's been grabbing my attention (25 hours played thus far). Unlocked each of the playable characters in the game, but haven't yet managed to finish the challenge to unlock Hard Mode.

For me, if Slay the Spire warrants 9 / 10 score, then Fate Hunters warrants 8.5 / 10 score.

I'm 30 hours in with Fate Hunters and heartily second this recommendation. I'd put them both on a 9/10 personally. Only the 100+ hours I've spent in StS has dampened my enthusiasm for Fate Hunters, but it's a nice slow burn, and of the 30 hours played, I've only really played with the original character (although I've unlocked all five).

Great game, well worth picking up. The strategy options are immense and the atmosphere is excellent!

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