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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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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