In terms of survival games, Subnautica is excellent through Steam Play and of course 7D2D is native (and the current A17 experimental builds are just excellent).

A game like this either has to be vaguely story-driven (like Subnautica) or multiplayer (like 7D2D). I'm not sure I'll ever get this to be honest. Still holding out for a native build of Astroneer personally.

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An early Christmas present! Love these games - finest TD games, ever, imo. The polish and balance is just sublime. This is definitely quite a challenging game though, harder than the previous two. Grinding a map two or three times to level up your hero does help though and really "grind" is too strong a word. Great game.

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Quoting: grumpytoadI did not see the news on Phoenix Point dropping Linux support :( was there an article on that ?

Let me search that for you: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/snapshot-games-have-cancelled-the-linux-version-of-phoenix-point.12920

:D

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: g000hRealising that you can't put every notable game into this end of year article, surprised that Slay The Spire didn't make the notables list.

Not fully released yet. Kept it to full titles.

Was about to say the same. Slay The Spire would have been (easily) top of my "Best Five Games to Release in 2018"... except they're releasing in February next year (I think). Such an amazing game.

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Only Overwatch on DXVK has the power to pull me away from this right now. I've completed it with all three characters and I restarted as Ironclad a few days ago. Yesterday, I killed the primary with all three keys in my possession and got a stab at the Heart itself in the recently added fourth Act.

I... didn't last long.

Ah well. Next time. Definitely.

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I quite fancy this, looking forward to seeing it land on Linux.

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I love this game, its presentation mainly, but also the way that the battles capture the essence of the Batman: Arkham games. When you die in a fight, it's rarely because of something "unfair". I need to find more time to play this, I've hardly scratched the surface and it's constantly getting updates and DLC.

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Quoting: titiVirtual Programming? Oh oh ... their last "port" MXGP2 was a complete fail. Its unplayable.

I heard that was fixed pretty quickly - a day after release. Is it still an issue??

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I missed AHiT on the Humble Bundle, definitely would love to buy/play it. I'm still a long way from paying for Proton games, so this is great news if it's coming. Can't believe they put it up a second time only to remove it again though. What on earth is going on at VP?

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Quoting: Guest1080p is nothing.

Well. That's... quite a statement. Sound very elitist to me, to be completely honest. But hey, maybe you are. I admit I'm not: I play on a 32" Asus Predator 4K monitor at 1080p - a monitor that sits about two feet from my beautifully monitor-tanned face, and I can't tell the difference between a well anti-aliased game running at 1080p and one running at 4K.

Actually, I can. Because when I run stuff at 4K, I'm lucky to hit 60fps, even with my GTX1080.

But enjoy your 4K, I guess, if you really can sniff your nose at 1080p. If it were me, I wouldn't be complaining about performance though. Ported games will always under-perform compared to their native target. I find that 1080p removes any hint that there's degradation in the first place. And since I just can't tell the difference between that jaggy line and this ever-so-slightly less jaggy line, that's how I roll it.

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