I can at least respect them for making an open statement about that during the kickstarter before too many linux users help fund them thinking they'll be supported. That's more than I can say for some kickstarter campaigns who seem happy to take our money under false pretenses.

But yeah, I agree that their reason for it is pretty weak. I thought the days of hearing that line as an excuse were behind us thanks to the work Valve has done to create a single targetable distro for devs.
It's almost like they just googled "excuses to not support linux" and posted the first one they found which applies even less today than it ever did.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

YES PLEASE!

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Why are so many modern engines having trouble with input?
Are they just so loaded up with layer upon layer of abstractions, filters, and post processing that they can actually lose track of whether simple keyboard and mouse inputs are being properly processed or not?
This seems like an issue that almost no oldschool games had, and it's slowly been getting worse and worse with each new generation of engines.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

This completely fixed the mouse input lag for me. Perfect time to replay it on ultra viscera

View this comment - View article - View full comments

This actually looks really awesome. I hope it gets a lot of attention.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I just switched my profile to public for the first time in years.
Hiding games and in-game status is all I needed. I'm assuming this also hides such information as purchases from the activity page.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: tuubiWhat I disagreed with was your attitude mostly. You seem to imply we should be offended when games aren't released on Linux, and that getting up in arms about it would somehow help. That's just not true.

Then I think we just have a misunderstanding. I wasn't suggesting anything about what anyone should do.
I was merely defending those who are upset at moves like this. If you read earlier in the thread there's a lot of comments suggesting that anyone who complains about things like this, or wants them to release the Linux version just doesn't understand business or is being unreasonable. I'm simply saying that they have a right to feel that way, and even a right to demand/expect better.
Understanding a business move and accepting it are two totally different things. Especially if you're of the mindset that we don't actually even need big businesses here anyway (which I suspect a lot of people in the linux community are), so there's no need to tip toe around these issues. If it sucks, it sucks. Voicing that opinion is perfectly justified and not a sign of ignorance in any way.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

@tuubi
You completely missed the point of my entire post.

It sounds like you're assuming that big businesses running the gaming industry is just the way it's supposed to be. I don't.
I'm not upset at a company doing what companies do. I understand how business works. It's very impersonal, and I completely understand their decisions. My point is that just because I can understand it doesn't mean I have to say it's ok. Not everything is ok just because it's a businessman trying to make a buck. You yourself said they would laugh at any argument about the artistic side of gaming. That's true.
But it's also sad, and not something you have to put up with. The world is not going to stop turning if every major gaming company is knocked down a peg or two. Their investors need them to grow. We don't, and I don't give a single shit about their investors or their growth.

Personally I think all gamers should start being a little more selfish and demanding what they know they deserve instead of accepting bullshit gimmicks and excuses because of the same logic you're using and this delusion that the gaming world has to be turned into a machine of unlimited economic growth like everything else just to accommodate big businesses.
If gamers were to actually wise up and as a result all the major game companies decided there is no potential for growth here anymore so they all pick up camp and leave, then I say good riddance. We'd be better off without them. There are plenty of smaller companies who could make do just fine in a stable income environment built out of trust between them and their communities, and a love of seeing others enjoy their work.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: DiableLets be completely honest, Linux's market share is tiny and a publisher of Zenimax's size will see no point in porting games to a platform that small. Until Linux's market share is bigger we won't see AAA games released day and date with Windows, Xbox or the PS4.

I wasn't talking about a port. I was talking about the developers quietly dumping the Linux binaries which are already working on a download link somewhere. Which, as I said, absolutely would increase their sales, as has been done in the past.

I completely understand why that wouldn't happen in a lot of big companies though, so I don't need a lecture on that.
But I also don't care. You are wrong about 1 thing, it's not ultimately up to the companies. It's up to gamers, because we're their source of income and we have a right to say what is and is not ok.
Granted as a Linux gamer my voice is tiny, but that still doesn't change the principle of it. I don't have to just sit here and say that I'm OK with it just because my voice is tiny. I still have a right to voice my opinion that it's not ok.
Video games are an art, and any artist that has the opportunity to have a wider audience appreciate what they've created with no extra effort on their part (and probably at least a little bit of extra cash in their pocket) would jump at the opportunity to do it. Rolling over because of "business moves" is most certainly something we don't have to accept, and I for one think gamers in general are worse off for it the more business moves get in the way of them connecting with their audience and doing what they love.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'm sad to say that seeing UE4 actually makes my heart sink a bit. So many games being plagued by the same old Linux-only bugs that have been in the engine since its release. I really want to like UE4, but it's kind of hard some times.
The game looks pretty interesting though, so I'll probably check it out.

View this comment - View article - View full comments