Quoting: LungDragoThis really gives off a Europa 1400: The Guild vibe. From what I've been able to find though, the developer doesn't put multiplayer as a priority (there will be none at launch). Which is a shame, the biggest reason I'm not playing The Guild right now is because of that game's horrible out of sync issues in multiplayer. Since this game isn't developed with MP from the ground up, it gives me little hope for a good MP experience.

Yeah... but at least the dev does have it on the roadmap, even if under the "later" category. If the game turns out to be a success, it seems at least possible that it gets MP.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeKind of sounds like Europa 1400: The Guild, which was a great game. May have to pick this one up if that is the case!

Indeed. As The Guild 3 is continuing to turn out to be a total trainwreck, this could definitely fill the void!
And for linux, too!

Too bad it is just single player, though. Some friends and I always like to play The Guild 2 in multiplayer.

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Quoting: Patola

Quoting: liamdaweThis exactly, while it is a BR game, it's quite different to what's already on offer. Not only is it a battle against players, you're battling the environment as well.

If that is so, I would think that is not a good contender for "the year of battle royale on Linux", since it's so different. A better wall-breaker would be a game pretty much like PUBG or Fortnite.

Not really, because who would play that? There's only so much room for games that are exactly like PUBG or Fortnite - and now Radical Heights and Paladins Battle Royale, too.

Any competition has to make itself differ if they want to have at least a small piece of the cake.
And releasing on linux is unfortunately not going to make much of a difference in earnings for anyone on its own.

I'm certainly way more likely to play Darwin Project than any of the others.

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Quoting: Patola...finally?
Anyway, 10 players isn't a small amount for a Battle-Royale type game?

If it was the same as PUBG or Fortnite, yes.

But this one seems to be far more focused on actual survival. As in, the environment itself is also your enemy.
I'd expect to see people die from environmental hazards just as often as from other players - of course, I might just be overly optimistic.

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I've been following this for a while (probably GOL brought it my attention?), and also just waited for it to be done to dive in.

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Quoting: GuestHope it comes with a sale. Didn't pick it up last time on a steam sale.
Then again, it's worth them oney either way I guess :)

For that game? Yeah, one of the few games that is actually worth full price.

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This will be the perfect game to play when GF+me are looking for something relaxing to play.
Right now our go-to game is Vermintide 2, but a) Windows :/ and b) not exactly relaxing ;)

Edit:
Does anyone know how MP will actually be working?
Will it be a dedicated server structure, or will the host basically simulate the entire game on his machine for everyone?
Or does everyone have a copy of the game state?

I'm not worried about cheaters (this is a game you'll likely play with friends, not some random people).

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: TheSHEEEPThere has been such a crazy number of 2D action RPGs like this in the last months, it really feels like this specific niche is completely oversaturated.

Maybe it feels like that to someone who's not fond of the genre? I for one can't think of that many good 2D ARPGs on or coming to Linux.

Well, with any wave of a genre, you have the good ones and the bad ones.
Just look at the current Battle Royale stuff ;)

The problem is that even the bad ones add to the saturation.

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Don't think I can play this game.

Wouldn't want my employer to think I'm moonlighting.

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Ahem...
One thing bothers me about this, though.
There has been such a crazy number of 2D action RPGs like this in the last months, it really feels like this specific niche is completely oversaturated.
And yet they keep on coming!

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Quoting: stretch611Well, technically,someone who is having problems buying food could have had a good paying job in the past and a steam account with a bunch of games in it. They may not being able to afford new games but they should be allowed to access their existing games. (and actually having older games would be a reason why they need 32 bit support.)

And nobody is denying that. Old versions should continue to work - and why won't they? E.g. Steam, other than possible changes to server APIs for newer versions, but even those could be backported to 32bit versions or the API could have two versions available.
This is about upgrading for the new stuff that requires it.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPAnyone who can regularly afford to buy a game can afford 64bit hardware.

This is obviously not the case. First, I am a counterexample, as I had mentioned to MIRV pages above. Therefore you are empirically wrong. Second, a game on sale on Steam costs $10-20 (Cdn) or less per game. A new game computer to replace my old one costs $1500-2000 (Cdn). It is very easy to be in a situation in which one can afford the occasional $10 but not $1000+; what on earth is odd about this concept? Note that a thousand dollars is a hundred times as big as ten dollars. Two thousand dollars is two hundred times as big as ten dollars. Often, people who can afford x cannot afford 200x. Now you know; if you have been having problems with budgeting, perhaps this news may help you in the future.
Apologies for the sarcasm, but I think people leading with big posters of "Won't somebody please think of the children" (without a question mark, for some reason) while talking obvious nonsense are kind of asking for a bit, eh?

First of all, who the hell needs to spend ~1000€ to upgrade their years old 32bit piece to support 64bit?!
For 1000€ at this day, you get a PC that is capable of running all the latest games (except maybe unoptimized stuff like Kingdom Come or Star Citizen...) on high settings. And you can get that for much cheaper by assembling it yourself and/or using used parts and/or sales, etc. With some time investment, one can cut the cost of a whole PC in half. But that is something you don't even need.
I said "64bit hardware", not "64bit machine beasts" or even whole PCs.
What determines the 32bit or 64bit support? For those who don't know, it is the CPU. Only the CPU. Well, and if you want the motherboard by extension, as the CPU has to fit there. I'm sure there are ancient motherboards that could not fit a many years old 64bit CPU. But if your rig is that ancient, even a $300 rig from ebay will be a significant upgrade.
Anyway, at the very maximum you'd need a CPU, a motherboard and 2-4GB of RAM (if you were below 8 before). And none of that has to be the newest stuff. 5-10 years old pieces of those already support 64bit. We're talking flea market territory here. No way you couldn't find something like that for under $300.
The way you made it sound, you got one hell of a rig that only supports 32bit, though. That is definitely a big WTF?!, but it also means it cannot be that old and you only need a new CPU.

And all you have to do for $300 is not buy a game on sale for up to 30 times. I'm sure there are enough games in your library to keep spirits up during that harsh time.
If you cannot do that, I am fairly sure it is you who has problems with budgeting, not me - I happen to have a job that teaches me to be rather good with it as well as paying my bills. You should try it one of these days - or maybe you are a student. Depending on the country, those can be way more poor than just unemployed people. Ask me about Finland :whistle: - but even here, there are student loans.

It is definitely news to me that poverty makes you blind to logic, knowledge about hardware or reading comprehension. Or maybe you are just angry at people who can afford things? Or you just wanted to get that elitist prick off his high horse? Sorry to tell you, but I bought the horse armor DLC. You gotta try harder.

Quoting: Eike

Quoting: TheSHEEEPSorry, I had to do that ;)

It's good that you haven't been in the situation. I don't wish it to anybody. But I wish enough phantasy and empathy to everybody to imagine it, and, as a result, not making jokes about it. To be clear: not funny.

I haven't been in the situation of living on a shoestring budget? Weird, I seem to remember doing that for 2,5 years while learning to become a programmer... I have been, and I was able to afford something after months of saving up for it (I remember buying a Wii).
I'm thankful for the experience, as it made me stronger. It also gave me a strong dislike of cheap spaghetti...

I'm also living with my GF who has to do that RIGHT NOW (students in Finland, oh dear...) - and she would NOT accept my help, she's paying her part of everything. And she has already grown stronger from the experience.

You only seem to use poverty as an excuse.
It is not.
And by reassuring someone in that situation that it is an excuse, you aren't helping them, you just strengthen the excuse.

To be clear: I don't give a rat's *** what you find funny or not. I despise "nice" people who make themselves feel better by being "oh so supportive" and "oh so empathic" towards people in a bad spot, not realizing they only do it to make themselves feel good about it.
I may not be a nice person, but at least I don't pretend.

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