I'm pretty gutted about this. I was assuming it was multiplayer and looking forward to buying a four pack for my son's and I. I can't get excited by this title now. I realise that Planet Nomads (Nomad now, I suppose?) Is shaping up to be a better title than Skybreak, but that's a good example of how empty and lonely a survival title is when it's just you.

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Advance Wars was (and still is) a masterpiece. If this honours the mathematics of that title and gets its balance right, it going to be an absolute classic and I'll buy it immediately. But if they throw some RNG in there, it'll be ridiculed as a faithless clone. Time will tell!

Nanobang, Advance Wars is a Nintendo-only strategy game with a cartoon style and brilliant singleplayer campaign. It's almost chess-like in the precise way that units interact. Indeed a whole side game you could play ran like 'how can you win in 10 moves?' puzzles.

Advance Wars was amazing.

And if you like a bit of RNG in a fantasy setting, the incredible Fire Emblem series are well worth checking out. Very different mechanics, but awesome stories and characterisations.

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Quoting: elbuglioneStop GOG support, they are NOT Linux friendly.

On they words, Linux is "not a priority"

Looks like GOG Galaxy won't come to Linux any time soon, as it's "not a priority"

I told you...

So, this isn't the first time you've posted about this - you're about as hostile towards GOG as you claim they are towards Linux.

So, just to get this straight... you'd rather that they didn't sell Linux games at all? You'd rather than there was one less store in the world selling Linux titles?

And if so, what does that accomplish? Or more directly, how does GOG being picky about the games they sell and the technologies they support actually hurt Linux?

Sure, I don't buy from them because Steam is more convenience, but it's awesome that they sell Linux games, in my opinion. I'd prefer that they supported every game, but I realise it's not possible. And I'd love it if they brought Galaxy out, but that's a business decision and it's great that they still sell Linux titles.

Where's all the hate coming from?

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I was so excited for Albion and enjoyed the beta, but now that they've launched, I'm already pretty burnt out by the game. Progression is slower due to the number of people harvesting, and everyone who actually enjoys the game is in a big guild focused on blackzone zergs. Which I couldn't care less about.

A lot of the markets are horribly saturated too, which makes progression via farming (either farming in dungeons, or farming on your island - "real" farming) pretty lacklustre. During the beta, I was making good money doing that, but now I just really horde everything because there's no point putting it on the market.

It all feels like a grind. I haven't played in over two weeks. Even worse, of course, is that my founder "premium" status is being wasted as a result. If I do decide to dip my toes in again later, I'd probably have to buy gold again to get the most out of it... but I'm not likely to do so, given that unless they add more PVE content, I'm not likely to stick with it.

It's all just extremely disappointing.

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Glad I was sitting down when I read this... not. Like h54, I'd long removed it from my wishlist.

It's also extremely disingenuous of them to restrict their Steam forum posts to only those people who have bought the game. I lost faith in Tripwire when they did that, also locking various Linux threads after announcing that their one and only Linux engineer had moved on, but it was "still in their plans". No, it's really not.

Loved Killing Floor 1 as well. Probably about 125 hours in Windows, and then the same again in Linux - it's my second top played game of all time. To be cut off from the sequel hurts, even if it does get terrible reviews for all the micro transactions they introduced. After all, it's not like KF1 didn't have them either - Tripwire love their DLC-hell. I would still have bought KF2 if they'd followed through on their 2014 announcement promises.

But tux first, then bucks.

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Wishlisted this, but I'm not keen on buying Early Access games. This game says it'll be in early access for 'a few months', but was released in May 2016. Like, a few shouldn't really mean 15.

But it's really cheap and there seems to be a fair bit of content already.

Just wish they'd either pull the trigger on release, or update their EA statement to be more realistic.

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Quoting: appetrosyanMassive respect, but also, there has to be another way.

What about a "pay what you want strategy"? I'm sure Steam could accommodate that, if not, at least, why not put it up on GOG.com. Why a torrent site?

Pretty sure the people they're targeting with this would probably be on those torrent sites to get a cracked copy. This is a useful, pain-free method of addressing the issue. Well, apart from the fact that the UK blocks torrent sites, I suppose. VPNs for the win.

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Quoting: chancho_zombieDevelopers like to point the finger on users. But this is actually a steam problem, steam is suppose to by the solution for the middle-man problem. If there is something I learned from reading the linux kernel mailing list, is that you never take it on users.

How...how is this a Steam problem? The devs set the price, not Valve.

But he wasn't talking about the price, I thought? I understood him to be referring to Steam's lack of support for his credit card.

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Quoting: chancho_zombieafter trying with a second visa debit card, over steam, it finally worked!! you are right @Comandante Ñoñardo, debit cards work!! but not all of them.

Since you mention Paypal, have you considered buying steam wallet codes directly from them? I don't think there's any mark up and it was a great way to give my kids wallet money when they're too young for credit cards.

https://www.paypal-gifts.com/uk/brands/steam-digital-wallet-code.html [External Link]

(Just realised that this looks like phishing, because of the domain. However, you can see the link is endorsed from Paypal themselves here: https://www.paypal.com/us/selfhelp/article/how-do-i-buy-and-send-a-digital-gift-card-through-paypal-faq3432 [External Link])

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Very cool. Will be buying this and looking forward to playing it.

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