Looking forward to this one releasing and I suspect it'll be instabuy. A wee bit concerned that their roadmap lists up to 0.6 and and some unannounced features, but doesn't talk about launch day, but their EA page on Steam still claims that they're aiming for launch this spring.

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I tend to think that Overwatch is one of the "Big Five" games that might hold a person back from ditching Windows. The others would be Skyrim, GTA, CoD, and World of Warcraft. And possibly Battlefront if you're not a CoD person...

I guess some folk would argue that The Witcher needs to be in there too, but I never got into it personally. 10 hours in the first one, 12 hours in the second. I just don't get them.

So, this is pretty amazing. If Overwatch goes gold/platinum under wine, it would join Skyrim and World of Warcraft. That would just leave Call of Duty and GTA. Not sure what their status is on wine?

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Is there a rewind option, like the Forza games? That was a nice compromise between realistic and not-frustrating. Of course, only non-rewind laps counted in a leaderboard, but if you just wanted to blast round having fun, rewind was essential.

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It's great to see AAA titles landing on Linux and I hope this one makes it. That said, I gave up on SoM after 15 hours of unbelievably repetitive gameplay. And I've just checked - Mad Max got uninstalled after 19 hours. I didn't finish either.

Good entertainment, but the best games, gameplay-length wise, are rarely AAA. Of my top ten (in terms of hours played), I have three certified AAA (Skyrim, Borderlands 2 and Dying Light) and one maybe - Wasteland 2.

My top hitter is still Tales of Maj'Eyal, with 271 hours sunk. Then Killing Floor (250), then Insurgency (150).

Skyrim, thanks to Play on Linux, is the only Windows-only game I've played since 2013 - I think I've put about 30 Linux hours into that, bringing my total up to 130 hours.

No idea how people find time (or patience) to rack up thousands of hours in games.

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The Cryptodancer has a similar thing. As does Speed Runners. And Payday 2 now that I think of it. The whole Daily Challenge thing isn't really my thing either, but they're still an awesome idea to raise engagement and keep the game fresh.

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Quoting: Ardje

Quoting: Guestthis is a popularity contest and a shit form of analysis. I've played most of the games in the audio category, and none of them have SHIT on Devil Daggers for audio. you're comparing the second greatest game ever made to cinematic garbage.

But did you submit Devil Daggers into this contest?
Yes it is a contest, and any top will always be a popularity contest. And I feel guilty about not submitting mine. So yes, I do not agree with the list, but I did not even try to vote or even submit fortresscraft evolved.

I think I submitted FortressCraft Evolved? Not for Best Audio though - I think it was the "Best Update" category. You can only vote on what was submitted, so if you (or someone else) didn't stick Devil Daggers in the right category, it couldn't get votes. I think? Pretty sure that's how it worked.

I think Liam ran two or three articles asking for submissions.

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It's easier (and cleaner) to use the link under the article for spelling or grammar correction/suggestions.

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Quoting: Eric1212

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: Guest

Quoting: liamdaweEh? I've posted 3 articles that could be classed as guides this entire month. One last month, and before that the last was November 2016.

Respectfully, I completely disagree.

Eh? I said oversaturated with "non news", and that "this one" was a guide.
I counted 6 "non news" articles just on the first page.

6 in the front page? I had to go back to Feb 15th to find the last one, about how to find Linux releases on Steam. What are you terming 'non-news'?

Regardless, I like the mix, so maybe Liam's suggestion of changing the site to allow filerting by tag will keep everyone happy.

If he talk about TUTO, BUYPRICE & EXPERIENCE posts, i would say theses :
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/black-ice-the-hack-and-shoot-fps-has-a-major-update-to-change-the-entire-game.9152
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/a-look-at-bleed-2-the-crazy-action-game-from-ian-campbell.9161
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/fumbling-around-with-tanks-in-war-thunder-on-linux-some-thoughts.9163
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/wednesday-madness-a-quick-look-at-some-good-linux-gaming-deals.9159
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/you-can-grab-civilization-v-super-cheap-and-get-money-off-civilization-vi-thanks-to-humble.9158
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/how-to-record-videos-on-linux-using-obs-studio-with-separate-audio-tracks-for-gameplay-and-microphone.9153

Your definition of news is very... focused. Certainly a long way from my own, if you don't consider reviews or sales as being worthy of inclusion on the front page. Here's hoping you get your filters - you might consider supporting Liam's Patreon and asking for such a feature directly, although he has certainly already mentioned it in this thread anyway.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: liamdaweEh? I've posted 3 articles that could be classed as guides this entire month. One last month, and before that the last was November 2016.

Respectfully, I completely disagree.

Eh? I said oversaturated with "non news", and that "this one" was a guide.
I counted 6 "non news" articles just on the first page.

6 in the front page? I had to go back to Feb 15th to find the last one, about how to find Linux releases on Steam. What are you terming 'non-news'?

Regardless, I like the mix, so maybe Liam's suggestion of changing the site to allow filerting by tag will keep everyone happy.

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Quoting: g000hWith these various 'currently free' games coming to Steam, e.g. The Dark Mod, QueToo, maybe others - I hope two things continue:

1) The game stays a free game.
2) The game is still available as a non-Steam DRM-free installer package (for people who prefer not to use Steam).

Fair enough if you monetise a brand new game, but taking an already-free game and then converting it to a paid-for game is "not on"

I'm not actually convinced I agree. The sheer amount of work that's been put into this, I think it's great that the devs can make a decision like this. The only time moving to a paid model feels off is when another dev tries to take free content and monetise it. Or when one dev from a large team tries to take credit for a large project team's previous efforts.

Nothing, at all, in this life, is free. Even altruistic endevours like this have to be hosted on servers, bandwidth and websites paid for. Someone is incurring all that cost and they absolutley have a right to ask for money in those circumstances.

These guys are doing it a great way though - much like Tales of Maj'Eyal, a paid product you can buy for convenience and extras, and the free games hosted for as long as they can using the existing website.

Best of luck to them. I'd love to play this more, so this move is very welcome.

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