Quoting: dubigrasuEqually surprised and disappointed that Valley isn't anywhere among the winners.
Probably for most people the game went well bellow the radar, although it was mentioned here few times.
Do yourself a favor and try it, is been a while since I was so surprised by a game.

Valley was superb. I'm pretty sure I added it an entrant, but given the competition, it maybe just didn't stand out in any one particular area strongly enough to make the listings? It's a shame, because as a whole, it's a fantastic game. I'll be replaying it in the near future - especially now that the latest patch lets you skip the cut-scenes.

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Quoting: SolitaryI would also add a point when a game has Linux port as a stretch goal. They are basically making people risk pledging to reach the stretch goal. That means if you pledge too soon and the project won't reach the stretch goal you just pledged on a non-linux game. For example System Shock Remake did that, even though they eventually shown Linux demo, making ports as stretch goals does feel shady, because it's afterthought and bonus and those get cut first if problems happen.

Stay clear of stretch goals, definitely. They would be great if and only if you could pledge based on the stretch. So I pledge my £25, but we don't meet the stretch, but that's okay, my money isn't used.

This would also make platform-specific stretch goals much more sensible from the "other" side's point of view, that everyone pledging to a project after the initial goal is reached is now pledging to the stretch goal, whether they want it to or not - how many "Linux as a stretch goal" targets were met by Windows gamers, none of which cared about Linux, pledging to the project simply because they wanted in?

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Quoting: winate

Myself and Jon had a bit of a falling out a while back over something trivial, so he still has our @gamingonlinux account blocked on Twitter.

That's completely reasonable. Jonathan Blow is up there with Gary Newman in terms of being a total ass, especially in regards to Linux.

That's pretty harsh. Blow often speaks negatively about Linux, but I've rarely if ever heard him be insultingly disrespectful. Newman on the other hand is a proper muppet, who appears to enjoy trolling.

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We might be small, but there's a reason that so many indies support Linux - 1% of 14M active users is still a bloody huge number. It might not make sense for the Ubisoft's and EA's of this world, but for an indie, opening the door to a market of an additional 10k+ gamers, many of whom will rate you higher because there's no EA or Ubisoft... that's usually good sense.

Blow's comment about Linux gamers not buying his products is bizarre and annoying, considering his one title, Braid, was not only part of a Humble Indie Bundle (the first?) which had a huge number of Linux gamers participating, but it also pre-dates Steam on Linux, so he'd hardly be in a position to say "Linux users don't buy our games".

I can honestly say I've spent more (waaaay more) on games since moving to Linux and solely buying Linux games than I did as a Windows gamer. I hunted for bargains as a Windows gamer, but commonly pay full price as a Linux gamer - Deus Ex, Stellaris, Tomb Raider and many others. I've had bargains of course, but I don't hunt them down anymore.

Loved Braid though and despite his dramatics about the state of Linux, I'd still support him if he ever changes his mind.

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Quoting: Picoboom

Quoting: scaine

Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: drmoth

rougelike

Roguelike!!

(sorry, it's my pet hate)

No problem, read again, I have indulged you. ;)

Haha, but it's still rouge, not rogue. I don't think he was annoyed by the capitalisation...!

Not a pet hate of mine, but an easy mistake to make.

Ummmm, it looks to me that the evidence would favor drmoth's assertion that the spelling is "roguelike" not "rougelike." "Rouge" [External Link] is makeup applied to one's cheeks, whereas a [rogue](https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/rogue) was an unprincipled person and also the protagonist of the 1980 game Rogue [External Link] from which the term "Roguelike" [External Link] draws its meaning.

But, as you say, it's an easy mistake to make. :)

I think you misunderstood me - the article is still "rouge", whereas, of course, the correct spelling is indeed "rogue". Hamish simply capitalised the word in response to someone's "pet hate", but didn't address the spelling. In fact, given the smiley face in his reply, I suspect he may have done so on purpose...!

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: scaineDammit. I just bought a 4-pack. The commando mode brought back too many fond memories of the commando mission in command & conquer. And the multiplayer looks pretty spectacular.

If there's an army forming for a Twitch, and I'm available (Friday's can be sketchy for me), I'll be there.

Is there in-game voice in this, or is it just easier to run your own TeamSpeak/Discord/whatever app to handle it?

Can't remember about voice, but it's always easier to use our own stuff to not have random others scream at us :)

So, I should know this, but if you're doing a multi-player game like this (i.e. organised through GOL), what's the official method of voice comms? Is it Mumble, as suggested by cprn? Or Discord, as I'm sure I've heard that mentioned before (maybe for chat, rather than voice though...)?

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Quoting: vecchersad, even with a lot of bad reviews i was still thinking about buying it.

Yeah, me too - I'm just a big fan of FPS shooters. But, well, I'm glad I was sitting down when I read this article /s. The total communications blackout never ends well.

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Dammit. I just bought a 4-pack. The commando mode brought back too many fond memories of the commando mission in command & conquer. And the multiplayer looks pretty spectacular.

If there's an army forming for a Twitch, and I'm available (Friday's can be sketchy for me), I'll be there.

Is there in-game voice in this, or is it just easier to run your own TeamSpeak/Discord/whatever app to handle it?

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Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: drmoth

rougelike

Roguelike!!

(sorry, it's my pet hate)

No problem, read again, I have indulged you. ;)

Haha, but it's still rouge, not rogue. I don't think he was annoyed by the capitalisation...!

Not a pet hate of mine, but an easy mistake to make.

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Quoting: GrimfistNice writing Liam, took me a while to read it through ;)

This article is from Hamish, I think.

Loved the Shadowrun series - the first got me back into the whole cRPG/tactical thing. I finished it, went to Wasteland 2, then waited for a crazy long time before coming (last month!) to play and finish Dragonfall. Superb.

On the strength of Dragonfall (MUCH more interesting storywise than the original), I've just bought Hong Kong.

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