Count me in :-)

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That's so great! Downloading my Windows games via the client was the one feature I was really missing. I would have been happy to have that without any Wine integration whatsoever. That they went the extra mile makes it a very convenient feature indeed! :-)

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Bought it yesterday and played the tutorial and then some. The one thing I do miss is a comprehensive manual. Despite watching plenty of videos in advance and following the tutorial, I still feel like I'm hardly scratching the surface of the vast amount of options the game has to offer. And I'd rather read 200 pages upfront to get a good idea of what's on the plate than chase elusive tool tips hidden in some submenu I might never ever stumble upon.

That said, I did have a couple of successes and the emergent narrative caused some good laughs already. Like when the spouse I chose for my son gave birth and it was revealed that not only is he not the father, but the actual father is in fact a very close relative of her. And that in a good Catholic family!

I'm still a bit torn between continuing the tutorial character or starting over as someone that suits me better, but I guess for the time being I might as well continue and see where all this will lead. And I'm really eager to take over as son and kick out the wife ;-).

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Lenovo laptops have always been quite Linux friendly. Just this week I've bought an Ideapad 5 for my mom's birthday (which does come with Windows, but will get a Linux makeover before I hand it to her). It's actually a bit overkill for what she needs, but compared to other offerings in that price region it seemed to be the best overall package (AMD Ryzen 5 4500U, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD).

Looks like that specific model does require a bit of tinkering to get the touchpad working properly, so I'm wondering if that's something they will address as part of their program.

Her previous machines were also from Lenovo and worked well with Linux. The first one I managed to get without Windows preinstalled, but not the one she currently uses. This time there were some models without Windows too, but they all came with some sort of disadvantage compared to the one I ended up buying.

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Played the demo of Paradise Killer with Proton. I have been curious about that for a while, but I'd never imagined how wonderfully weird or weirdly wonderful this was going to be. It's Windows only, but didn't notice any issues playing. And best of all, it'll be out by the end of next week.

Also started playing Beautiful Desolation. That must be the prettiest isometric game I've seen so far. Although it does indeed feel a bit desolate, with some of these large environments having little more to offer than an item or two. So apparently the name says it all.

Gameplay wise it's not quite a true P&C adventure, with actual puzzles being few and far between. Instead it's more a series of fetch or delivery quests, which will open up new locations with new characters that will want another favor before showing the way forward. And while it's got quite the interesting background, there's actually little incentive to go through all that hassle. No big mystery, nothing really at stake, so not sure if I'll make it to the end. Especially with so many games I'm eagerly awaiting right around the corner.

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Quoting: fagnerlnSome Linux games on GoG can't run anymore as it uses outdated libs

Actually just experienced that with The Journey Down, which I started playing this weekend. Luckily there was a workaround, but for a minute or two I was reminded of the fact how frail (closed source) software actually is. Often we don't notice because software we use on a regular basis also gets regular updates and we never feel the need to go back to a version from 10 years ago. In other cases there is emulation for OSes or platforms that no longer exist. But I guess there might be a whole bunch of fairly new 32bit Linux games out there that will be completely unplayable on modern distros in the not so distant future.

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Quoting: PatolaSpeaking of drivers, the 450.57 drivers got to the graphics-drivers PPA for Ubuntu 20.04 [External Link]

So much for Ubuntu LTS releases to get updated NVIDIA drivers without PPAs. :-(

As for Proton/DX12/VKD3D I'm still waiting for Delores: A Thimbleweed Park Mini-Adventure [External Link] to get into a working state. With such a low profile title, there seems to be little incentive, despite it being free (as in beer) and in parts even open source [External Link].

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Quoting: DuncThe Settlers, Dune 2, Civilization, A-Train

All games I played on the Amiga :-).

For some reason, I never liked Settlers II as much as the first. I think the original required a bit more care in organizing transport of wares, while the production chains were fairly simple to keep going as long as wares were flowing. With the second part, transport stopped being the bottleneck and I never really figured out the ratio of materials required for smooth operation. It must also have lacked the split-screen multiplayer of part 1. I bought a second mouse just so that friends could come over and play against me :-).

So with my preference for the first, I'm not that interested in Widelands, unfortunately. But I absolutely appreciate the effort put into the project!

Quoting: GuestCiv: Call to Power (for Linux) CD from Loki is in the bookshelf next to me, and was (IIRC) the first commercial linux game I fully played through :D

Here in Germany it was distributed by SuSE, and through some logistics mishap I ended up with 2 copies (both paid for, eventually). So it was both my first and second commercial Linux game :-D.

Sam Lantinga even made changes to SDL for me, so video and audio would run in sync with my cheap Soundblaster knockoff. Good memories!

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Quoting: Liam Dawethe games are popular sure but Wheels I think are still a niche.

Given how pricey they can be that is certainly true. Though from my own experience of playing F1 2017 with a gamepad (and having played various racing games with a wheel back when I didn't have to justify the expense), I would say a wheel makes a hell of a difference. There are some courses where I feel the gamepad is working fairly well, but even then remaining consistent is quite the challenge when the analogue sticks and triggers have such a short travel distance and you're not really in full control when cornering, accelerating or breaking. But then there are courses where there are easily 2 to 3 seconds between a good lap and a bad, and the only consistency is that most laps are bad.

Plus, I don't even want to think about turning off most of the driving aids while on a gamepad. With a wheel and pedals that was a no brainer.

Quoting: leillo1975We hope that Feral Interactive makes an announce

Me too, but I guess if there's no announcement by now, chances are slim :-(.

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Not sure if it's even mentioned in there, but I really was looking forward to In The Valley of Gods, which more or less was abandoned after the devs got absorbed by other, possibly more exciting Valve projects. I'd rather have that than any Half-Life, though :-).

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