I'd be upset if there weren't dozens of other VERY similar (if not better, at least I liked 7 Days To Die a lot more) games that run perfectly fine on Linux.

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Quoting: CorbenI don't know how they count the Steam Decks into this, my turn each year is August and though I had my Steam Deck by then, I didn't see a popup, neither in gaming mode nor in desktop mode. I guess they do it under the hood and you can't opt out?

I don't think they need to ask anything for the Steam Decks.
They should be pretty certain what kind of system & hardware is in those things :wink:

And once you log in using a Steam Deck, they get another +1 on their wall-mounted counter*.

*I don't actually know if they have a wall-mounted counter, but... wouldn't you if you were them?

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With these, I always wish Valve would give out absolute numbers instead of percentages.

It's a bit like that "PC gaming is dead! Mobile is the future" nonsense that crops up every now and again - with PC gaming being in better shape than ever and with more games than ever.
Just because some share shrinks (or grows), doesn't mean there are actually less (or more) absolute users.

You only get this "very rough ballpark" number when Valve shares some actual user numbers once in a blue moon.

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Quoting: scaineI've never once, ever, in over 1100 games, experienced a launcher which improved a game experience.

Total War: Warhammer games
Minecraft
Most Paradox games
Xenonauts

I'm sure there are many more, but the condition for a game benefiting from a launcher is that it needs to provide some kind of service:

Mod / DLC management - not all games can do that in-game due to the technologies used and external mod managers are usually Windows only

Version management - Minecraft and Xenonauts did that. Pretty nice, especially since not all storefronts offer Steam's version management

News / Patch notes / etc. - Again, Steam provides that, but not all games are on Steam

And also, it should of course never get in the way like this 2K launcher does.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismYou got it all wrong, "Quality of Life" in this future context means to improve the life of 2K Games, and not you the product.

We might also be getting this all wrong.

"Quality of life" update doesn't mean that the QoL will be improved. It will just be updated.

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So, how many docks can you chain together?
Asking for a friend.

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Oof.
Well, they can't all be winners.

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The thing I'm mostly worried about is the state the game will release in.

Paradox has a certain way of releasing games* in a state that will generally make you want to wait about half a year before playing...

*Games they develop themselves, that is. Not necessarily true for games where they "just" serve as publisher.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI always love the look of the Hearts of Iron games.... But I dont have a spare 87 years to learn how to play these games.....

Eh, it just took me about 10-20 hours to get the basics.

I mean... "just".
Definitely worth the time investment, though, as you can then get hundreds of hours more out of these games, especially with mods.

Honestly, it's not really more complex than something like Rimworld.
The difference is that all of the complexity is front-loaded, because you get all the systems to deal with from the get-go.
You also really don't need to understand everything.
For example, I have hundreds of hours in the game and still no clue how naval stuff really works. I just build two types of ships doing two types of things (minelayers and general purpose destroyers) and that seems to always do the trick. If I bother with navy at all to begin with.

My suggestion would be to NOT start with a large nation, but a small one that sits in relative safety.
That way, you can focus on only a few things to begin with (you won't have the resources for more, anyway).
Easier to learn, that way.

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Italy getting a real focus tree?
What?!

Definitely an out of season april fools joke.

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