Quoting: linuxvangogThis could be of course re-evaluated, if there was a huge demand for Wine-wrapped titles.

Though I agree with adamhm above as well, that when some game requires a lot of effort to run in Wine (too many tweaks), easy wrapper can be really welcome, especially by Linux newcomers.

Speaking of such wrapping. May be you can ponder this idea, or circulate it around. GOG team can help Wine developers with some remaining issues in The Witcher 3 (graphics and performance), and then wrap TW3 in Wine to make an official release, or may be even use Winelib (since you have access to the sources)? It wouldn't be any worse than how Feral are wrapping games. I'd consider it even better since you'll help a FOSS project in the process. And in addition it will redeem CDPR from the failure of TW3 Linux release and will uphold the failed promise.

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Quoting: linuxvangog

they meet, sadly, with poor reception, aka "meh, I could easily just run it with Wine myself"

This could be of course re-evaluated, if there was a huge demand for Wine-wrapped titles.

The upside can be convenience, but downside of Wine wrappers is that it would take you effort to keep Wine updated in it, since otherwise it will be fixed to certain version which you picked to wrap with. The benefit of decoupling Wine from the game are improvements in the Wine itself which will appear over time. Of course regressions can appear too, so it's a trade-off.

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Quoting: RafiLinuxLooks like a Steam only game :(

That's why I almost don't use HB at all these days. To save the frustration of Steam only releases there :)

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https://oriefalconer.bandcamp.com/album/way-of-the-passive-fist-official-sampler [External Link]

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Cyberpunk styled fighting game? Not a very common combination so it's already original. Humble release is Steam only though.

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Quoting: ArehandoroNot fully related to Wine 2.22 but I updated yesterday to Staging 2.21 and since then Origin does not work for me and The Witcher 3 doesn't even start.

Are you trying to play TW3 through Origin??? Don't. DRM-free version works and starts without any issues.

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The Witcher 3 had an issue with intro videos, which has been fixed

That's actually the same fix as:

Float audio formats with more than 2 channels in XAudio.

It was already in Wine staging, just made its way in Wine proper now.

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The painted art looks good indeed. Hopefully it will come out DRM-free.

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GOG just released the Linux version too. Good for Aspyr to do it after all.

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Quoting: ageresLinux and Mac versions on GOG and Windows only on Steam? That's very unusual.

Not really. It's a common case for DOSbox games that GOG package for Linux. Steam mostly don't bother to do it.

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