Quoting: TheRiddickThe only thing that bothers me is the cheap ass asset flip games that have no enjoyable characteristics or game-play at all. I guess its not terrible if they sell them for $1, but they are kinda deceiving.

Quoting: BeamboomThat store needs more curation, not less. And I don't give a flying F if I miss out on one speculative piece of junk in that process. Let the junk be published in shacks outside the main stores.

I don't get this problem.
Whenever I go to Steam, I simply don't see any of these shovelware games outside of the "new releases" tab. I rarely to never have them suggested to me in the queue, they do not appear in my front page suggestions and they certainly aren't recommended by curators I follow.

Even if Valve WOULD control what goes to the store, my experience would be pretty much identical.

If you're browsing deals of <5$, you obviously get what you asked for.

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Quoting: GuestThe other Linux compatible games added to the June bundle are :
- Bear with me collector edition
- Yooka Layle

I'd consider paying 10 euros for a package deal with just these two games, but the monthly subscription format just rubs me the wrong way.

You can just get the monthly, get the games, and immediately cancel it. And then activate it later if another deal you like appears. It's really simple, I did that a few times already.

I know. I just prefer paying for games I actually want instead of buying bundles that may or may not contain nice games. I guess I'm not a gambler?

Games in a bundle are revealed as time goes by.
If you buy very early, then yes, it is kind of a gamble.
But simply wait until the timer runs out and you know what's inside.
Nobody forces you to get a bundle early before everything is revealed.

Don't ask me why they do that late reveal stuff, though. I also find it weird.

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Quoting: GuestThe other Linux compatible games added to the June bundle are :
- Bear with me collector edition
- Yooka Layle

I'd consider paying 10 euros for a package deal with just these two games, but the monthly subscription format just rubs me the wrong way.

You can just get the monthly, get the games, and immediately cancel it. And then activate it later if another deal you like appears. It's really simple, I did that a few times already.

Oh, about HoI 4, if you plan to get it because you expect something similar to Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis, don't.
Every single thing in HoI is about war, there really is nothing to do in the game besides that. Research for war, tech for war, build facilities for war, trade for war, choose war politics ...
Which is fine if you like that, but I was pretty disappointed that the game was so... single minded.
I prefer if war is just one of many aspects in such games.

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I just wish there was Total War: Warhammer 2 on Linux. Still don't quite understand how the first game is on Linux, the new TW:Britannia is, but TW:W 2 still isn't.
Puzzling.

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I didn't expect this to have a full-blown campaign.
Well, it's in my wishlist now. We'll see when I get around to it!

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"Sign this petition or I'll follow you home and kill your dog!"
Ah... Postal. It warms my heart.

I really wish Postal 3 wasn't so terrible. It is more a "Postal wannabe" game, no wonder since it wasn't even developed by RWS:

RWS explained the situation by stating that Postal III "was licensed to a Russian publisher and developer who were supposed produce the game to our design, with a much bigger team and budget than we had for POSTAL 2. Even taking those facts into account, it didn't work out very well. It was a mistake and one we will not repeat". They also added that "after the disaster that was PIII due to the mistake of outsourcing it, we have decided to make the next game 100% in house."

A later interview with Running With Scissors employee Jon Merchant further clarified the situation, with him stating that "Akella had vastly more resources than we had for POSTAL 2, so it seemed reasonable at the time they could produce a game that was at least equal to the game we made inhouse. Things started out well but I think they got hit pretty hard by the economic problems of 2007-8, and it all started to go downhill from there. The final product was very far removed from our original design, and horribly broken." He also commented that "the game is a broken mess and should not be sold. We stopped selling the game ourselves some time ago when it became apparent that neither us or the community would get the SDK tools. We don't regard it as the third POSTAL game, just a dodgy spin off that should never have happened."

Vince Desi summarized the situation in a 2013 interview by saying that "some deals work, some don’t, PIII failed for many reasons. Worst of all we lost control of the project and that was the beginning of the poofest. Historically we had a great relationship with Akella, our Russian publisher, and for the record the folks there were good people and I consider them my friends regardless of the fiasco PIII ... Again, it is a testimony to POSTAL fans around the world who have shown their loyal support beyond all odds and hurdles that allows us to keep on going."

Ouch, what a troubled development that must have been.

But hey, RWS are working on a new, "secret" game.

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Quoting: BeamboomOk so this is kind of a stupid question I guess, but can you make/recruit female soldiers in this game? I want to make "Charlie's Angels" type teams in these kind of games. Xcom is excellent in these regards :-)

I have no doubt there will be female soldiers in the game.
If there are only males currently the reason is no doubt that it isn't a high priority right now in the development cycle.

Seriously, though, imagine the shitstorm that would happen if there were no female soldiers.
No way any dev would allow that to happen.

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Quoting: GuestAlso the UI will probably be something to get used to again, as we get spoiled these days with great UI :)

UI of ye olde titles is a problem, no doubt.
I'm currently playing Wizardry 7 and man did it cost me some effort to not give up 1 hour in.

However, I invested that effort and am now rewarded with a great game - which sometimes annoys me with UI bollocks.
Bottom line being that a great game is worth the effort.

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Quoting: 14Thanks for trying it out and writing about it. I'm pretty interested in getting it when it's done.

Quoting: GuestContrary to mainstream opinion i don't believe the Firaxis Xcoms were any good. I did get them obviously for lack of too many options but i vastly prefered the earlier Xcoms, with Apocalypse being my absolute favourite and a damn masterpiece of a game.

I looked up Apocalypse on GOG due to your strong words, and I just can't play a game with graphics like that anymore.

You are ripping yourself of the ability to play the most promising game in the series.
It has serious problems and flaws (development time was at least a year too short), but as was said, it showed like no other what could have been.
You should question your priorities. Do you want to look at pretty things or experience great gameplay?

If it is just the first, isn't that what movies are for?
Or modern games that often omit gameplay for the sake of being extra pretty?

Besides, ignoring the old-games-UI-issues, the graphics themselves are mostly well drawn 2D.
Those look just as fine now as they did all those years ago.
In contrast to 3D, which does not age well at all - which admittedly includes some parts of the "drawn" large images in Apocalypse.

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Quoting: DuncHaving followed Julian Gollop's career since the days of Chaos* and Rebelstar, I have to say it sounds a lot more “Gollop-ey”

I think the proper term is Gollopesque ;)

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