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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 [External Link] (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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Quoting: EikeI'm not sure how many people will use the editor, but as an adventure player I'm sure happy seeing such Linux dedication from them.

Me too.

Although I couldn't find anything definite in a quick search, their runtime must have supported Linux for quite a while now. That the editor supports it too is just the icing on the cake :-).

Now, if only someone would make some more good P&C Adventures in the Daedalic style ...

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Even including non-native titles, I'd be hard pressed to assemble a top 5 list of 2019 video games. I guess I could list the 5 least bad, as I did buy eight 2019 releases in total, but I'd really only want to mention games that left me impressed.

So my top 2019 Linux title (#3 overall) is Jenny LeClue! I hope 2020 will be kinder ...

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Quoting: PatolaIt works on my rig absolutely perfect except for the poor performance (specially on the Rattay Tourney). And I've played it for almost 50 h so far.

Yeah. I played it start to finish, 150 hours or so, with minor issues only. Performance was poor, but so is my hardware ;-). Though as there are plenty reports of people with vastly better hardware and same poor performance, a native port would definitely be appreciated. Also, not to forget, during their Kickstarter they listed Linux as a supported platform.

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