Quoting: g000h

Quoting: NezchanHave you tried Dicey Dungeons? I find it, too, scratches a similar itch with weird emergent combos and general one-more-turn-ness. Although it's very much in development, so while playable and fun it still has a ways to go.

Haha, yes, I'm already aware of this title and it is on my Wishlist. Still, thanks for bringing it up and other GOL readers will be able to go check that one out too.

You can buy it on Itch and there's a free Steam key. The Itch version is more regularly updated. It's an AWESOME game, only really bettered (in replayability) by Slay the Spire.

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Yep, as others have said, the December unlocks were:

Linux native
Darkside Detective
>observer_
Regions of Ruin
Sundered
Wizard of Legend

Windows (playable on ProtonDB)
Project CARS 2

Windows (no reports on ProtonDB)
Q.U.B.E. 2

Windows (borked on ProtonDB)
Just Cause 3 XXL Edition

Of the native games, I only owned >observer_, so that's another huge win for me, personally. And I have to say that both Sundered and Wizard of Legend are excellent. I haven't played Regions of Ruin yet.

As for the Windows games, it's a shame that sometimes the early unlocks are Windows only, but at least we have Steam Play now to take the pain away somewhat.

I find myself slowly accepting Steam Play as a valid method of playing Windows games. I'm about 15 hours into Death of the Outside and I bought that, along with Dishonored 2, as a bundle in the Steam Sale for about a fiver. Incredible value and both titles work absolutely perfectly. To the point that, other than seeing the usual shitty "installing DirectX" pop ups the first time you play, you wouldn't know that these aren't native games.

Oh - that's not quite true. Death of the Outsider grabs the keyboard in a way that you can't Alt-Tab out, even from the Steam Overlay, which is a bit annoying. But gameplay-wise, it's perfect.

Looking forward to seeing what 2019 brings us.

[edit: grammar]

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Quoting: Salvatos

Quoting: Creak

Quoting: SalvatosTo be honest I don't see it either.

• Encumbered UI


• Poorly made preferences/config window with way too many options that are difficult to memorize


• No smooth scrolling


• Not responsive/slow


• Using several windows (the same complaint everyone told about GIMP)


• Popups that keep stealing focus at startup


• Uselessly complex badge system (with badge levels into badges)


• Workshop that says "Follow" when you would simply expect "Install"


• and so on and so forth..

Meh. That's just me, but most of those are hardly a bother to me and I'd gladly keep those minor inconveniences over the risk of yet another mobile-first overhaul that dumbs things down and makes actual info harder to get to and/or sacrifices screen real estate in favor of huge shiny graphics. Many of those issues could be fixed within the context of the current design instead of rebuilding everything.

Have to agree. The ONLY thing that annoys me about the Steam client is that it doesn't respect Gnome window decorations. So I can't right click on its border to send it to back, for example. I'm also lucky that I use a mainly dark theme so that it doesn't stand out like a sore thumb.

Smooth scrolling would be nice, I suppose...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeNeverwinter Nights Enhanced Edition is still 3.5 Edition of D&D as far as I know.

The Neverwinter MMO game is 4th Edition, so maybe that is where the confusion is?

Nope, I was just utterly convinced that it used v4 for some reason! I'll update my spiel in the article in a while - need to rush out the door right now!

[Edit: All done.]

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: GuestNice picks!
Is there a GamingOnLinux Curator or Group on Steam?

Yes to both.

https://store.steampowered.com/curator/4218320-GamingOnLinux/ [External Link]
https://steamcommunity.com/groups/gamingonlinux [External Link]

Thanks tuubi.

We really do need to re-design our headerbar to incorporate easy links to such places, they're currently buried in our footer. Just haven't had the time :)

You won't even see the footer with Endless Scroll! And oddly enough, I don't have that enabled and still didn't see those icons! :D

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I purposely kept Early Access games out of my list. Otherwise, Oxygen Not Included might have it, and both Slay the Spire and Streets of Rogue would definitely have made it.

In particular, Slay the Spire is absolutely epic. I love it. I'm hooked. Hundreds of hours.

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Quoting: KimyrielleIt's amazing how people that apparently know very little about software development are able to collect so much money on a Kickstarter. People that shoot for cross-platform development, even announce and market their product that way, and then use Windows-only middleware that every complete beginner can deduct from just reading manuals, doesn't run on all platforms they promised to support, should really think hard about switching their career to anything that doesn't involve a keyboard.

Sadly, this is only partly a question of skill. Ethics plays a larger role and based of what we've seen from 505 and Artplay so far, that's in short supply.

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Tom Sweeney is all talk. This is wholly unsurprising, sadly.

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It's a minor thing, but one action you can take is to "Ignore" 505 Games as a creator on Steam. Provided Valve actually honour the setting, it should prevent any games published by "505 Games" from appearing in your store, either in queues, or recommendations.

No idea if they have visibility of this, but I'm certainly never dropping money on scammers where I can help it, so I've given it a shot.

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/505Games/lists/ [External Link]

Click on the gear icon on the top right and choose "Ignore Creator".

Sadly, the developer "Artplay" haven't created a content page, so I'm not sure if there's a way to ignore them. If find one, I'll post again.

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Quoting: ShmerlI'm surprised some are stupid enough to pay anything to those who make Denuvo, let alone such crazy prices. And no respect for developers who make such garbage.

I'm pretty keen to pick up both Nier:Automata and Prey, but wouldn't prod either of them with a shitty stick until they ditch Denuvo. I'm not supporting that. Ever.

Edit to add: annoyingly I got the new Metal Gear Solid game via Humble Bundle last month, but won't install it for the same reason, despite a platinum rating in ProtonDB.

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