Quoting: HadBabitsNot to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of sh!t? :whistle:

yes :/

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Quoting: GuestI hope this makes my 660 Ti struggle to run on ultra. This looks amazing and I will definitely look into playing this.

No need to wait, just play the Witcher 2 Linux port xD

nop.. have 660 Ti, no issues.. im one of the few who doesnt have problems with this.

Lucky you :) I have a 670gtx gainward phantom and get like 20fps, doesn't even matter if i put it on high, middle or low settings :/

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Quoting: HadBabitsNot to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of shit? :whistle:

The developers have changed, and Crytek has a good reputation in FPS, I don't think it should be compared with the original.

P.S: Nice nick :P

With the open world thing maybe it will be a bit like Far Cry 3?

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Quoting: GuestI hope this makes my 660 Ti struggle to run on ultra. This looks amazing and I will definitely look into playing this.

No need to wait, just play the Witcher 2 Linux port xD

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Quoting: Half-ShotGood news but hopefully the game will be as fully featured as the other platforms. Metro: Last Light didn't quite hit it but hopefully if it comes out at the same time there is no need to worry.

The Linux version of Metro LL was ported from the Mac version. And Macs were still on OpenGL 3.x at that time. This year they finally arrived in 2010 with OpenGL 4.0 and right now I think they are on 4.1 so maybe they will make it into 2014 end of the year or something ^^

Anyways there are reasons why the new and polished Metro Redux versions are only on Windows and Linux.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/286690/?snr=1_7_7_151_150_1 [External Link]

So I don't think there will be missing effects or anything this time.

The trailer looks really nice and I bet the graphics will be awesome. Homefront was pretty linear and had a lot of scripted events, I hope they will change that a bit. The description sounds good so far.

Edit: btw will it have a day 1 Linux version or will it be like Tropico ? :/

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I must agree with the 2 guests here, go fire up your SNES emulator and play some Mega Man! That's almost like not having played any Mario or Metroid.

Apart from that I have backed the project and I can't wait to play it. Looks pretty good so far :)

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Quoting: HeimdallGo to the store, get the cd/dvd, bring it home and install it as many times as you like. Go to GOG.co, get the executable, install it as many times as you like. No difference. If the store closes down, you have the same problem as if GOG goes down, same thing if Steam goes down.

Except that with Steam, if they don't offer a game anymore, you lose access to your game. Someone cracks your password and gets you banned or steals your account? Lost access to your games, including the ones you have on your computer. You get banned, you now have hundreds of dollars in games now gone up in smoke. With GOG and physicals, you have control of the install once you buy the game and download it. You own the game. With Steam, you may as well be just renting it.

With Steam, you are forced to download their client, create an account and remain logged in, download the game, leave the client open and run the game. If you want to install it on other computers, you are forced to download their client again and have it running under your account in order to play. That is an added burden that you do not have with GOG/Physical installs (unless the physicals demand Steam/Origin/Uplay).

GOG distributes the self extracting installer that is independent of any client that you are not obligated to log in every time to install. You likewise don't have to go to the store you bought your game from every time you want to install it.

If a game is DRM free, don't buy it from Steam. I don't like monopolies and so many of the bigger developers are forcing their player base to use them (Steam) exclusively. It is like having to fill up your car's gas at only Chevron Gas stations because your car's manufacturer only wants you to use their service. Kind of like paying the mob off to do business.

With gog you have the additional install step but you still need an account to download it and a browser!
If you have downloaded it with steam, you can just go into the folder and start it without steam running. Want it on another pc? Just copy paste it. The game is yours, no client needed, that was my point. And you didn't get apparently, because for you steam is evil DRM stuff. But it is just a download client with additional functionality. And even if steam would go down for good, well they said they try to provide the games without the client. And even if that wouldn't work i still have a copy from my humble acc or a DVD. So I don't care about that :>

PS.: I really dislike Uplay and Origin and I don't use them.

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Quoting: Cloudwalker

Quoting: AnonymousFollowing that logic, if I have to go to a store and buy a game on a disc, then the act of going to the store is DRM. If Steam is DRM, or a website is DRM, then there are no truly DRM-free games, are there?

Do I have to run to the store everytime I want to install the game? No! If I want to install the game I need the steam client and have to be online. THAT IS DRM!

Where is the difference to gog.com then? You need to be online, you cant download any game without a browser and an account on their site. If their website is down you will be also fucked.
If you want a backup then just go into you steam folder, make a tarball or whatever and move it to your NAS/external HDD... done. Same stuff. That obviously only counts for the drm free games on steam ....

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Quoting: predator8bitKnowledge of wine? I have a bad feeling about this...

Why? If it is good implemented, you wont notice the difference. Also 99% of their games are old, so there wont be any performance issues. This is a good thing imo. It will make the Linux games list grow with really good games.

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Stronghold 1 was the best one of the series and Stronghhold 3 the worst one. Lets hope I remembered it wrong. Stronghold 1 with hd patch on wine works great btw :P

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Quoting: Anonymous

Quoting: Metallinatus

Quoting: mannyweird no mac version for 2033 redux, only linux/steamOS / windows :D

Because SteamOS is not based on Mac, that's why.

I've noticed the CPU and RAM requirements for Windows & Linux are the same, but the required graphics cards are different. What can we infer from that in regards to it being a truely native port?

It should be native. The point of the graphics cards is that nvidia and amd won't support their older cards with better drivers on Linux. So older graphics cards will run better in Windows unfortunately. On the other hand they had to start somewhere right?

I preordered the bundle btw :>
I hope the games wont crash as much as the Metro LL Linux port :/

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Quoting: neffoI just bought a copy for some random Linux guy on my steam friends list who had it on his wish list.

RE: this thread. Why in fu*k's name are people so upset about getting a great fu*king game on Linux?

Because the game only runs on low settings on a 2000€ gaming pc? At least for 90%. I can play it on mid settings and yes it runs fine on that level of detail. But i can run it fine on ultra settings via wine.

Quoting: AnonymousSo... has anyone got the keyboard to work?

yes, look here:

http://steamcommunity.com/app/20920/discussions/0/522728086937828976/#c522728086953857443 [External Link]

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