I'd like a key, would play with my german mates.

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My recently played games have been:

• Everspace:
  
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  An all timer, I'm trying to finish a hardcore run (the real rogue-like, perma-death mode) with the Gunship, which is the most difficult ship to steer imho.


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  A really difficult hardcore stealth coop "shooter" (though you mostly melee enemies). The interesting thing about this is, 10chambers is releasing new levels constantly (it's in early access now, and this happened for the first time now), and the previous levels (combined in a "rundown") are gone then. So if you haven't seen the levels, well, you're out of luck. But damn, this game is totally my type of game.


• Half-Life: Alyx:
  
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  Though I'm experiencing some crashes here and there, and performance isn't the best, this is the best triple A story VR game I've played so far (Boneworks and The Solus Project are good too). Haven't finished it yet, because... damn this game gives me the creeps from time to time. I guess I've never screamed (in a game) like this. Enjoy (spoilerfree):
  - https://www.twitch.tv/corben78/clip/TransparentSarcasticKangarooPunchTrees [External Link]
  - https://www.twitch.tv/corben78/clip/CoyProductiveFriseeRedCoat [External Link]
  - https://www.twitch.tv/corben78/clip/DullCautiousArtichokeOSkomodo [External Link]

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPNot really, no.
I've moved on to other games for now. I'll trust that they'll eventually release the linux version for good and then it can be played.

Just wanted to help out with testing, but I guess that is left to others now ;)

Looks there was an issue with the backer beta keys, which just now was found out. Looks like our keys weren't allowed to access anything else than the Windows beta.

Even after the Linux version is now released (unfortunately it seems AMD card users can't play the videos though).

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Allowing updates between two or more PCs on a LAN would be great. So you would not have to setup something like Steam proxy cache and Steam clients could update games that are installed between each other. Would save downloading the same game several times, when installed on more than one PC.

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Oh, thx for this info! I didn't realize if you miss a free game in a certain time period, it's lost for you.
Just tried Thumber which seems to perform well, and also Metro, where I had some hiccups. It also doesn't quit properly for me. Need to test it more thoroughly, first look wasn't bad, but I kinda have the impression I can feel the input latency. Might be just me though.

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Steam VR is still crashing on each level transition in Half Life: Alyx for me with Beta 1.11.1 and latest Steam Beta Client. Other than that it's well playable for me, with some performance drops here and there, but not soo serious.

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Ah, looks like the crashes on level transition in HL:A got fixed in latest SteamVR Beta, which got updated to 1.11.1:
SteamVR Beta Updated - 1.11.1 [External Link]

Compositor:
- Fixed a memory leak in HL:A loading screens
- Fixed a GPU memory leak in HL:A loading screens on Linux based system
Linux:
- Fixed a HL:A crash

Also the game itself got an update, which should fix some crashes:
Half-Life: Alyx Update 1.1 released [External Link]

- Fixed several crashes.

I know what to do this evening :D

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After my concerns have come to pass (very nice having it during the stream... the rule: no stream without technical issues did hit me hard yesterday :D) I was able to play it until the train scene. After some tinkering around, the performance was quite good for me. On the level transition the game crashed, causing a lock up where I had to hard reset the PC (mouse cursor was working, but nothing else, no keyboard etc). After this, I wasn't able to start the game again, it just closes immediately and the play button in Steam becomes green again.

But it was working. And yes, it is awesome. The visuals, the haptics, the animations, the details. Omg, the details! You can open trash cans, find a dead rat in it, pick it up, perfect ragdoll behaviour... you can turn the pedals of bycicles... you can squeeze beverage cans... turn the nob on a radio... paint with pens on glass... the immersion is wicked sick.

Okay, the level of interaction is not new, we've seen this already in Boneworks, but still, the unique Half Life universe art style... it's giving me goose bumps.

Where Beat Saber was the "killer app" for VR before, atm Half Life: Alyx might be the same kind of eye opener. Maybe I'm biased though ;)

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Very cool Valve created a dedicated page for gamers who want to showcase Half Life: Alyx. Be it on stream or on the monitor or TV:

Streaming and Spectating Guide [External Link]

I'm not bold though planning a stream though, there can go so much wrong on Linux still :D
Just lately suddenly Beat Saber didn't start anymore. No logs got created, nothing. Turned out that opting out of SteamVR beta helped, though beta and stable were the same version ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Maybe it was releated to this github issue [External Link], maybe not.

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Quoting: NanobangI just read an interesting article about Denuvo in Doom Eternal. [External Link] the tl,dr is that the Doom Eternal came with it's an additional .exe folder that is Denuvo-free. Yup, someone at Bethesda included a crack for their own game. :D It might be something to check out.

Yeah, I read that as well [External Link], but people tested Doom Eternal with Proton/Wine/Lutris and this denuvo-less exececutable already, but no luck.
After this faux-pas Bethesda could also remove Denuvo already... oh dear, I don't want to be that person who left that file in.

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