Quoting: NanobangMy Learn-By-Dying-A-Lot (Pat. Pend.) method of gameplay is ill-suited for the Dissolution type game. What's the perma-death in The Swindle like?

Each "100 days" run through the Swindle will feature a truly gigantic number of deaths! All that happens when you die is

a) You get a new, randomly generated crook, who inherits all the unlocks previous crooks enjoyed but...
b) You lose every dollar you'd collected on that "day" and
c) Your "experience" is reset. Experience is solely used as a multiplier on the funds you collect each day. So a crook who has survived two heists will have a 1.2 experience multiplier.
d) That's the end of that day.

So death isn't particularly a huge deal, but enough deaths, particularly early on, might impact your capability later in the game.

That said, the way the game throws money at you towards the end of the game means that you generally won't feel too much burn from lots of deaths. A banking terminal will get you around $800 in the slums, $3000 in the warehous, $10000 in Belgravia... and so on. By the time you're hitting the banks, you're typically collecting around $200k on a successful heist - and you only need $400k each time you want to hit the police.

My mediocre play in my last run still gave me around four shots on the police mission. I didn't succeed... but there's always next time!

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Quoting: ArehandoroBtw, is the beta only available on Steam?

I... actually don't know. That's how I got it certainly - bought the game and switched the "branch" to the Linuxbetatest option. Not sure if there's support elsewhere, sorry!

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Quoting: scaineJust a shame they went for packing in a numeric keypad on that unit. The resultant offset trackpad is infuriating (to me) and makes the whole unit look cramped and cheap.

To each their own.. I won't buy a laptop without a keypad.. I use them way too often

Haha! Brilliant. To each their own, indeed!

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Just a shame they went for packing in a numeric keypad on that unit. The resultant offset trackpad is infuriating (to me) and makes the whole unit look cramped and cheap. The Dell XPS 15 (2013) [External Link]was beautiful to look at in a similarly sized chassis. Although I note that the modern Dell XPS 15 is over the twice the price of this Entroware unit!

Great specs though and it would be nice to see how that 1050 performs, both in terms of gameplay and how much heat it generates on the unit while playing.

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Such a scary level of entitlement in these comments. I've bought the same album on record, then tape, then CD. I've bought the same film on VHS and then on DVD and even rarely on Bluray. I've bought a game on retail, then later bought it again (albeit on sale or bundle) on Steam or GoG.

No, it's not ideal. Yes, I'd prefer this wasn't necessary. But if I didn't like it, I wouldn't have paid money.

Some good points and discussions on this, but enough with the moral outrage. Even when it's justified, ultimately, it's still petty. Don't want to pay again? Jesus, then don't. Move on. Literally thousands of better ways to spend your money.

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Quoting: LeopardNo,thanks.I will pass.

That's cool. Your narrow definition of "real" gaming doesn't interest me anyway. I am curious as to why you're on GOL claiming gaming is dead though. GOL was here before the Steam revolution and I suspect it'll be here long after.

Regardless, going back to Windows? Not for me. I'd rather give up gaming.

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Quoting: Duckeenie

Quoting: cprnHonestly, I'm not disappointed at all. Learned that Windows developers are untruthful bitches long time ago. It's not even their fault, really... They just lack knowledge, skill and consistency. Period.

. period. is presumably longhand for an ellipsis?

Not really. If English isn't your first language, then the best explanation I can think of is that the word "Period" as a one-word sentence is to emphasise the utter finality of the previous sentence. It's emphasising that this discussion is over. Nothing more to say.

Like if you do something awesome and exclaim, "Nothing can beat that. Period!"

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Quoting: BelvarI think it would be worth noting in the article that it is the publisher, Bigben interactive, and not the developer that has stated the game would not come to GNU/Linux. They are also responsible for the game being on Steam only and being shipped with Denuvo (see the statement on gloomywood website).
I think Bigben is the one to blame in this case, Gloomywood was looking for a publisher after succeeding their crowdfunding campaign (you can argue that it is unethical, but a lot of indie studios do that) and the one that got their interested was clearly a shitty one.

I love Raynal's games (LBA2 is my favorite game ever) and I want to give them the benefit of the doubt.

I'm still quite angry and disappointed though, I really wanted this game to be good and successful... And I can't even play it.

Yep, I'm sure it is the publisher decision, but it was the developer who signed the publisher contract without honouring either of these previous "contracts" (Linux and no-DRM). And that's the problem right there - a kickstarter pledge isn't a contract, so you have to trust the developer to do the right thing.

They didn't, in this case, and I don't care at that point if it's the publisher's will that is imposing DRM - you trusted the developer and he shafted you.

The worst part is - the whole point of going for Kickstarter, at least in its infancy, was so that the public becomes the publisher. So this is a double let down - to kickstart with campaign promises, then seek a publisher anyway is itself pretty abhorrent, but then to chose a publisher that forces you to break those campaign promises... well, Gloomywood have lost a potential customer here even if their future titles support us.

Naughty step for them.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tofuheadhmm, it's a shame, looked interesting. but all this talk about broken promises seems a bit odd, because doesn't it quite clearly state in the "promises" that they MAY do a linux/mac versions but are NOT making any promises yet.. ?

or am I reading it wrong? ... just wondering..

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I have literally no idea what you're reading, I specifically quoted what they said in the article and it was very clear.

Now you have to update your article - you quite clearly state

Their crowdfunding campaign clearly said in terms that could not be confusing to anyone

And that's just a blatant lie. :D

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Quoting: Mountain ManJust say no to "crowdfunding" and "early access".

After two to three years helping muntdefems, flesk and company write Funding Crowd articles for this site, I'm gutted to say that I (mostly) agree with you. Crowdfunding can still be profitable and satisfying if you're careful, but these days, there are few projects I'd feel comfortable backing.

It's great to score Torment: Tides of Numenera for $20, and crowdfunding used to be a pretty instrumental part of the Linux gaming scene - pushing Linux into the limelight for developers. But the risks are too great for me now.

I avoid EA for other reasons - I'm simply too busy outside of my gaming hours to care about using my gaming hours to bug fix EA titles. And my gaming hours are too valuable to waste on half-finished rubbish. Of course, there are exceptions (hello 7 Days to Die), but they're pretty rare. For me, anyway.

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