Quoting: Liam DaweProbably a mix of things, but mostly the game as a whole did not sell well and people largely forgot about it.

Wonder how much the setting is to blame for that. I didn't like it too much either, but at least it was a deviation from the typical medieval European inspired fantasy. But even then, PoE II wasn't to PoE what Baldur's Gate 2 was to Baldur's Gate. Maybe expectations were a bit too high.

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIs not available yet on the Ubuntu PPA for 18.04...

It is now.

For me it fixes F1 2017, which was broken with the 440.43.02 (would segfault when loading any track). Means I can satisfy my racing needs again without having to resort to FS-UAE and Lotus Esprit Turbo Challenge :-).

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A bit disappointed that Pillars of Eternity II didn't even make the top 5 of Best 2019 update. That's when Obsidian officially added turn based mode, which basically changed it into a completely different game; and a much better one at that, IMO.

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Quoting: CybolicNow we just need a port of it back to the Amiga where it originally started development :D

[...] I din't know it was originally for the Amiga!

It was never released for the Amiga, but it could be counted as a spiritual successor to a little gem called Ambermoon, which was.

Thalion, the developer of Ambermoon went under shortly after its release, and I assume the remains were scooped up by Blue Byte. Both games basically share the same look and feel, so it's likely a port (or rewrite) of the original engine.

For me, Ambermoon was pretty much the best RPG on the Amiga. But on the PC there were better games than Albion.

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I've only tried one of the early alphas, so I thought it was about time to take another look. And I have to say I was pleasantly surprised. There's a neat intro and then the game does a pretty good job at showing you the ropes without being overly patronizing. Most of it seems to be context sensitive, too: move away from the action and it will teach you the hot-key to center back on your tribe. Click on a mysterious object lying around and the game will tell you what's up with that. And so on ... . I like that approach far better than the kind of tutorials that force you through specific actions.

Now, I don't intend to play more while this is still in beta, but what little I've seen makes me optimistic for the finished game :-).

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For some reason, neither the Edna and Harvey games nor The Whispered World ever managed to really catch my interest, even though I have everything else from their P&C adventure catalogue.

But I really appreciate how most of their games eventually got a Linux release, except for Chains of Satinav and Memoria, which are among my absolute favorites (though I'm glad that those are now available DRM free on GOG, at least!).

If only they would release something new in that genre ...

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Running the latest spectre-meltdown-checker (which has not yet been updated for those new vulnerabilities) shows mitigations in place for all the 14 issues it currently tests for. That's for an i5-4460 on Ubuntu 18.04. So as bad as some of these are, at least they have been addressed. No need to worry.

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I wonder how many smaller indie titles will be among those 120. That's what I mostly play these days, and what makes up the majority of my wishlist. I'm definitely the wrong demographic for a service with such a limited selection. Even GOG fails to get all the neat little gems that I have set my eyes upon right now.

I'd say for Stadia to have any chance of long term success, they have to develop a couple exclusives that appeal to the masses (or hand out plenty stuff for free like Epic does). Neither would make them any dearer to me ...

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Please continue with the Stadia news. While the service isn't for me, for multiple reasons, I find the articles still interesting. Given that Stadia uses Linux as a platform and allows playing the games from Linux systems, it is both relevant and fitting.

Though honestly, I am already looking forward to the final article announcing the impending shutdown of the thing.

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Quoting: SirLootALot2. Any the Settlers game

Oh yeah. The upcoming Settlers game would be a blast! That's the first game where I'm seriously rethinking my anti Ubisoft stance. If it came to Linux, that might win me over.

I'd also love to see Baldur's Gate 3, though who knows by when this will be out. It's also heading to Stadia, so the work is mostly done already.

Any other upcoming game I am wanting to play is likely too niche to even mention. Oh well, make #3 Yes, Your Grace.

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