Quoting: uzaySteam and Epic? So no GOG release this time I guess

Wondering the same. Though if I remember correctly, the GOG release of HZD followed a couple months after it came out on Steam. So I guess there's still hope.

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Quoting: syxbitI just can't get into point and click games without voice acting. Good voice acting is vital IMHO.

There actually was a successful Kickstarter to add voice acting, so the release should be fully voiced. If it will be good remains to be seen (or heard), of course ... but I'd expect another trailer to showcase that.

That said, a lot of the truly classic P&C games did not have voice acting (originally), so I personally do not miss it if it's not there. But I do remember the wow factor when the first "talkie" versions released, even when the audio quality was miserable at the time.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI really should try the Tutorial

Honestly, I think the tutorial is pretty bare-bones, but it provides fairly easy start conditions and a rudimentary explanation of the most important systems.

OTOH, given that CK3 is the first grand strategy game I played, it all went smooth enough. Getting into it will probably grow harder over time, as they're piling additional features on top. So I guess starting early is key.

Even then there's still a lot of room for trial and error, to see what effect certain actions would have. But it's actually part of the fun to discover those. One time I ended up as a 6 year old and everyone in the realm seemed to think it was time for independence (as usual when that short reign penalty kicks in). As an adult, I'd throw a couple feasts and befriend the major parties to get things under control, but those weren't options available to a child. Luckily, I had a few infidels rotting away in the dungeon, and after some exemplary executions everyone felt it was probably for the best to fall back in line. Problem solved!

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Own up, how many hours do you have in Crusader Kings III on Linux? What's your wildest story from it so far?

Might as well go first. 504.1 hours, says Steam. That's from playing the "tutorial" campaign, an early start in India, and halfway through an early start in Germany. And a weekend of multiplayer.

Not sure I've any wild stories to share, but that's not to say all those hours were uneventful. It's actually one of the few games I find more fun to play on ironman mode, as it's not so unforgiving as to become frustrating, but having to roll with whatever happens certainly enhances the experience. The best-laid plans ...

I've got some funny bugs to show, however:



And a bit of a love-hate relationship.

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I'm not rushing my playthrough either, so that the later acts receive a bit more polish by the time I arrive. Not that it's hard to linger in Act 1, as there is so much to do and discover. Even when I think I've already turned every stone twice, there surely is another hidden area somewhere that I missed before.

And there's still some patches of black left on the map, too ...

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Unforeseen Incidents was nice, so I had this wishlisted for quite a while. However,

Enjoy a puzzle-free experience in a beautiful, stylized 3D environment.

seems to imply that it's more of a walking sim. While those can be nice (I tremendously enjoyed Firewatch, for instance), they really have to hit the nail in the story department to keep my interest up. But add in a set of quality puzzles and the story doesn't matter that much, anymore.

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Quoting: ArehandoroPretty much my experience, too. Also with the traps xD

Same here. Ditto. Though I did have an autosave that was only minutes old :-).

Still, saving often is certainly advisable.

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Quoting: soulsourceBe as it may, I might buy the game today and try it myself. If it doesn't work with good performance on my AMD GPU I'm going to be sad.

I've bought it on GOG and both the Vulkan and DX11 versions are running fine on my RX 6600. The only thing I did was setting a custom executable instead of the launcher. Played a bit with both versions but didn't spot major differences.

The only bad thing I noticed so far is that it will not work unless Galaxy is also running. Kinda defeats the purpose of buying from GOG in the first place.

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I await the day when AIs write articles based on articles written by AIs. Right now, the whole scheme only works moderately well because there is comparatively more human-written content to "borrow" from. Once the scales tip, one can only hope that this causes the whole fad to collapse on itself.

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support for EE-style saves

I'd rather the EE editions would have offered support for non-EE-style saves :-). But maybe here's a potential conversion utility in the making ...

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