I love the original, and was surprised (when I checked) to discover that it's my fifth most played game, with an astonishing 150+ hours. I hate to be that guy, but Sandstorm doesn't seem to have the same vibe, so it doesn't surprise me that both games have active players.

Plus, I'm only interested in the co-op experience. I haven't played any Insurgency in PvP - not a single match. I tired of all PvP games after a decade of Quake 2 and half a decade of Counterstrike. I'm just not interested in PvP anymore, and that seems to be where Sandstorm is focused.

I'll maybe pass on this one, but it's great to hear that we might have the option of a purchase at some point down the line.

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Yep, I've only played 20 minutes tonight, but I love it. Early game is a real departure from the usual Tower Defence mechanic. It actually feels really, really reminiscent of Command and Conquer. Indeed, in the second mission, you only get your hero to control, no units, no towers, just you against the hordes. Great vibe!

I had to re-map wasd for map movement, which was surprising, but takes all of ten seconds. And I had an odd bug where my mouse would sporadically freeze, but only a few times - I'm running 16.04, which is beginning to show its age, so I might have to take the plunge and install something a bit more recent.

So far, much polish, lovely visuals, great audio as always and on normal difficulty, just the right amount of challenge.

I'll play more later, although real-life will keep from the PC for a few days and definitely look out for a PIN article after I've gotten my teeth into it. Ironhide rock, and I can already tell that this will be another victory.

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Quoting: liamdaweAdded a note from Ethan.

Dude, c'mon! First there's a new SteamOS, THEN there's an update to Steam Play and THEN Ethan Lee has baked all this audio lovliness in.

There's ONE like button. I can like an article ONCE. And then it's liked.

That's hardly fair.

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Quoting: jensAm I correct that this version does not yet has VK_EXT_host_query_reset on board?

That's literally addressed in the article! :)

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Quoting: MohandevirDid they actually explained why they did not release the Linux version on Steam?

Really, this was answered indirectly when they showed the market share charts and talked about Linux being ignored. Too small, same answer as always for the bigger publishers.

But yet they will support the Mac which is not that much bigger than linux.there argument is invalid.just an excuse

The difference is named all the time - Mac is a platform, Linux isn't. The funny thing is Stadia might actually help us to turn Linux into a platform. A problem Valve nearly solved, but still couldn't.

Hmm, I don't think it's fair to say they couldn't. There are something like... what? 4000 games on Linux now? The only thing missing is the big AAA companies. So it's not a "platform" issue, I think. Just the numbers don't stack up.

I'm afraid I won't touch Stadia. I like Spotify. I even (eventually) like Netflix. But I've no interest in streaming games over the internet. Bad enough renting games from Steam, streaming them from Google just doesn't hold any water for me.

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Weirdly, I started downloading this game last night. It's a 22Gb download though, so I didn't get around to actually playing it! I'll give it a go in SteamPlay, as I was/am a huge fan of Victor Vran, and this seems to have even more players.

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Quoting: NezchanI can't recall hearing about this, but the look of it intrigues me greatly. Looking up gameplay videos for the early and midgame, which honestly grabs me more than this endgame video does, gives me a really good impression.

How well does it play on controller? That's my preference for action games, and I still wish Torchlight II had better support, I'd still be playing that today.

Well, I just fired it up to see how it plays... and it won't start. Looks like there's a bug (when using Ubuntu?) at the moment [External Link] preventing the game from running. Hopefully the dev comes back to me!

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This game was a lot of fun early on, although a bit unbalanced. Seeing it now, it looks like they've spent a bit of time on the loot to make sure you didn't become too godlike early on, but clearly you can become so by the late game.

So, the video is a bit misleading, I think - showing off near-endgame characters makes it looks like far too much is going on. From memory, it's nowhere near as confusing/busy as that for the bulk of the game, and by the time it gets like that, you know what your strategy is anyway, so you're not caring about the numbers and the outcomes, you're just moving through the enemies, using your abilities to take them down, while monitoring your health and mana.

My point is, the video probably isn't a great representation of the gameplay I remember.

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I don't see any gum jumping. A major developer cast aspersions on Linux support for a crucial piece of middleware affecting many games. I want that news reported.

If Liam sat on news like this, waiting for official communications, half the controversial stories would break elsewhere, without any community damage control, such as dredgepits like Reddit.

Please keep doing what you're doing, Liam. It's much appreciated.

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I wonder if that developer would be willing to share the Linux breakdown? I think I'll pick this one up - heard nothing but praise for it.

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