Still using an old Xbox360 wired controller. The only issue I've had with it is that Escape Goat 2 doesn't recognise it when it starts up and I have to unplug/plug the controller to get past the annoying "please use a controller" screen.

Games that you must play with a controller...
Mark of the Ninja, Escape Goat 2, Guacamelee, Dust: An Elysian Tale, Rogue Legacy, PixelJunk: Shooter, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Type:Rider, Fez.

All fanstastic, and all play brilliantly with a controller.

From my console days, I'd say two or three of the most satisfying games I've played in terms of how they feel are God of War, Batman: Arkham Asylum/City, and Darksiders. I'm pretty hyped that two out of those three franchises are making the jump!

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Quoting: pete910And.....

It's the same on AMD, Crap!!!!!

Presuming the patch today was it that is

I saw a patch downloading yesterday too, but the performance seemed generally unchanged (it's pretty playable on my system already, so perhaps I just didn't notice the improvement). But since there was no associated announcement on their news page, I'm not actually sure it was this performance patch.

I'd have assumed they'd want to make more of a song and dance about it when it comes out.

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Brilliant review. I think you may have tipped me towards buying this! I'll probably play through Spec Ops: The Line first, then I'll be looking for something new. Funnily enough, like Flesk, I'm also about halfway through Outland, but I'm finding that game a tiny bit repetitive 6 hours in.

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Quoting: scaineWasteland 2 is excellent - I enjoyed it more than Pillars of Eternity which I found a bit opaque in terms of putting an effective team together. Some of the fight in PoE are just game-stoppers if you haven't pre-healed your characters and even others are almost "quit and restart" challenging if your team isn't effective. I found that a bit off putting.

Your party automatically heals after every battle using your remaining health, or do you mean health itself? The only thing I hated, personally, was last level Caed Nua boss, dealing "lol you die" area damage is way too cheap. I did beat it eventually, though.

Ah, yeah, I meant mage-like abilities. All that once-per-rest abilities stuff was just tedious.

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Quoting: IgnisI've recently finished Pillars of eternity, could use another game, but I'm not holding my hopes high with this title… Would be nice, I suppose. But then again, I still have a Freedom planet for now even if it's not an RPG :}

Wasteland 2 is excellent - I enjoyed it more than Pillars of Eternity which I found a bit opaque in terms of putting an effective team together. Some of the fight in PoE are just game-stoppers if you haven't pre-healed your characters and even others are almost "quit and restart" challenging if your team isn't effective. I found that a bit off putting.

To all the Kickstarter naysayers, I think you're over-reacting. Sure, I think we were taken on a ride by some developers who have no track record on Linux. I could mention 7 Days to Die, Contagion or Skullgirls here. But for each such set back, there's been several solid deliveries - Wasteland 2, Shadowrun, Pillars of Eternity or any of the Double Fine entries. And of course while it's easy to be disillusioned after so long, let's not forget that many of the no-shows are still promising to try to get something out of the door, so it's not all doom and gloom.

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I think the forum post which was linked to strikes an apologetic tone and they're clearly wanting to support Linux now, which is good. But it's easy for me to say that, because I didn't back this, so I've not had any promises of support broken by a Kickstarter pledge which to this day remains mostly meaningless.

Still looking forward to buying this though and it sounds like they're trying to climb a steep learning curve to deliver a product, so I remain hopeful.

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If his game costs $100k to port... then something horrible has happened. Sounds pretty neutral overall though. I suspect he's waiting on the result of the summer release of SteamOS/Machines to see if that 1% to 2% increases at all.

I take it from comments like that that he had nothing to do with the Braid port then?

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One of my first ever Kickstarters and a title that I'd given up on! Great news - will dig out my key and register it for some weekend play.

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I avoid all Early Access games, which form the bulk of this article and I wonder how many other Linux gamers do so too - our platform is often an afterthought in the development process, which means little incentive to get involved early.

Looking forward to buying/playing Soul Axiom and 4089 (when they're ready), but probably won't touch any of the others sadly.

Crea looks very Starbound-y, Goscurry is an exercise in frustration and Rust is made by Facepunch, who act like spoiled children.

I might take another look at Maia, but wasn't it the one that launched in Early Access that was so early that there was basically nothing to it? Which is another reason I'm not a fan of EA titles.

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Desperate for some Dishonoured action again...

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