I'd buy those games on the spot if only they were compatible with the original save games. Even though I've spent countless hours on BG1 and BG2, I never actually finished either of them. But I still have save data from some old backups dating back to 1999 and 2003 respectively. If I could pop those into the new edition instead of having to dig out the old CDs and fiddle around to get the games installed and running eventually I would have done so for quite a while now.

But the prospect of starting anew is somewhat discouraging. I had finished Planescape: Torment back in the day, so it was less of an issue to revisit that in form of the EE, and I loved it! But with Baldur's Gate I really don't see this happening any time soon.

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Quoting: ZlopezI was playing Torment: Tides of Numenera, it's really good RPG with a deep story.

Loved this one, but they could have made so much more of it with a bit more time and money.

Quoting: toojaysI just finished Disco Elysium (via Proton). It's brilliant

If any RPG deserves the place as spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment it is so much more this than TToN :-). I'm honestly not quite sure if Disco Elysium shouldn't replace Ultima VII as my all-time favorite RPG. I've great hopes for more good things to come from ZA/UM.

Quoting: LordDaveTheKindKingdom Come: Deliverance. Let me get this straight: the game is borked like hell, and not because of Proton.

Wonder if the latest patches introducing mod support did more harm than good there. I played it shortly after it came out and it was smooth sailing, except for some stability issues I attributed to certain DXVK versions. Considering the budget and that it was developed by a new studio I thought it was quite brilliant. Certainly rough, but it was the first game where I saw some of the qualities of Ultima VII realized in a modern 3D game.

As for myself: art of rally and Pendragon, but I'm at a point now where I have enough of both.

art of rally was lots of fun with the slower cars, but I find it gets fairly demanding with the fast ones. It's still not that hard to beat the AI, but it's not as relaxing to play. But boy did that put a smile on my face whenever I managed to pull off a spectacular drift!

I have finished Pendragon a couple of times, but have yet to unlock all characters, not to speak of actually starting a playthrough with each of them. I did like its minimalism, but unless you're a die-hard strategist, I don't think it offers as much replayability as advertised.

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While this may have indeed Pirates as its sole inspiration, the whole competitive aspect reminds me more of the fighting fantasy book Seas of Blood.

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Quoting: ExpalphalogI didn't understand anything that was going on. I couldn't figure out how to do much, had no clue what half the icons meant, and it was a frustrating experience

Never tried CK II, but with CK III I never quite came to that point, though I have to say that even the tutorial, tool tips and encyclopedia all together are no adequate replacement for a comprehensive manual.

Like, I still have not found an easy way to see at a glance which type of men-at-arms counter which other types. Or want to convert the religion in a county? Good luck finding out how to unless you stumble across the appropriate button yourself (hint: one of your councilors can do it).

But I guess for a game of its complexity it is not too bad. I never felt overwhelmed by what the tutorial threw at me, and I eventually managed to figure out what it didn't.

There's also the really helpful feature of bringing the most urgent matters and opportunities to your attention, but leaving for you to decide whether and how to act on them.

And the UI is friendly enough, too, for the most part. The one bit I do not like are the drop down menus where some actions are hidden unless you click on "x more ...", only to find everything grayed out for some reason or other half the time. At the same time, actions that depend on particular skills do not even appear unless that skill is unlocked. So you do not even know what might be possible, unless you try out each of the 15 skill trees. I'd really wish for the menu to show all options, all the time!

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Quoting: EikeName it or it didn't happen! ;)

The game in question would be Adonthell - Waste's Edge [External Link]. And here's the Debian changelog [External Link].

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Quoting: Guestso it is good to see them interested by what is a vast market of non free software

Looking at the bullet points, this seems more geared towards open source games and open source tools to create them, so I guess it stays true to what one might expect from fundamentalist beardies after all ;-).

That said, back in 2002 Debian was the first major distribution to package and include the game I had been involved with, so it's not like they have been oblivious to this particular pastime until now. It's nice to see them giving it some wider attention and publicity, though.

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18,212,157 successful murder schemes executed

Would this only include player-triggered murders or do they count the AI as well?

The wife of my son (and heir) had been murdered, and the popup made it sound like he was terribly saddened by this tragic incident. But when I moused over the cause of death, it said "murdered by her husband"!

And when I finally died of old age and assumed his role, he had a murder scheme against his younger brother going. I should have expected, but going from a diplomat, who was widely beloved even by the people he threw in jail to a murderous psychopath, who even scares his own children came as a bit of a shock. I hope I manage to make his reign as short as possible :-).

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Quoting: x_wingNot sure if the empty trunks are by design or a bug

They are present with the nVidia binary blob as well. Thought it was a statement on climate change, as odd as that might be in a racing game ...

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I tried the demo a while ago, and although I wasn't sure about the game's long term appeal, it certainly was fun for a couple quick races. Given that there are precious few racing games on GOG I went ahead and bought it. Though I also did get Pendragon yesterday and that ranks much higher on my want-to-play list. Right now though I am absolute hooked to CK3. First game in ages where I looked at the clock and it was already 4:30am.

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Waiting for RDNA2, but in any case I'd be looking at the 200€ price range and not the high-end models. I'm not hellbent on switching to AMD, but if they manage to build something with good value for money ratio I'd rather support the underdog than throwing cash at NVIDIA. Open source graphic drivers sound appealing too.

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