This is one of the few things I want to click preorder on, but so many things about it feels off.

• The use of character portraits from a time period that they start off by saying won't be in the game Okay, 20 years before; this might not be an issue, though it still feels a bit cheap
• The interface seemingly not having been influenced by LCARS at all
• The generic music that seems completely off-brand for Star Trek
• The interface sounds and VO that doesn't sound very Star Trek in neither audio style nor script

I really want to like this, but I just can't :cry:

EDIT: Reading a bit more of first [External Link] impressions [External Link] the writing does sound like it'll be enough for this to be entertaining, so, oh well, preordered after all. We'll see how it turns out.

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Also highlighted is the redesigned parks system

I know, I know, this should have been a spelling correction, but I did actually get momentarily excited at the prospect of fancy new cyberpunk parks to spend some time in :grin:
Neon trees, holographic koi ponds, robot dog walking... We need more walking simulation in our action games!

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Oh that is a very, very welcome update! Especially Fixed missing startup script on Linux. has puzzled me several times, leading me to think that I must have borked my install somehow. Really great to see them back on getting VR properly supported again!

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Quoting: mr-victorySony❤️Linux

Well, yes, but also Sony💀Internet [External Link].
They keep alternating between doing things that make me want to give them money and things that make me want to blacklist them 😩

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Quoting: Avikarr[...]Check out BallisticNG on Steam! This game is a passion project, spiritual successor of WipeOut and it definitely slaps! [...] Pure labor of love. Devs like these should be supported. Period.

Can confirm! Whenever I fire up wipEout or wipEout 2097 (wipEout XL in the USA) I usually end up switching to BallisticNG after 10 minutes or so once the nostalgia starts wearing off. BallisticNG is just everything I love about the early wipEout games plus so many more conveniences that it really has become the golden standard for anti-grav racing games at this point :grin:

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Quoting: jams3223I just updated my game, i am gonna have a blast later.
Liam you should do a review on this game, it's so fun and unique.
Thronefall = https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ [External Link]

This seems completely unrelated to the article. I suggest you post it in the forum instead.

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Quoting: denyasis

Quoting: lukas333Steam Deck 64 + NVME is the way to go imo.

Come to think of it, how's the dock? Or is it better to still get a 3rd party one?

I have both the official one and the first of the upgradeded docks from JSAUX and well, both are good! I honestly can't really find much difference between them, except for in the firmware. The official dock can upgrade its firmware directly from the Steam Deck and it happens pretty seamlessly, while the JSAUX one requires plugging it into a Windows PC - which I probably won't ever do, so I'm using the official one. Plus, the official fits the dbrand Killswitch case just slightly more securely (with the dbrand adapter, that is).

The one with an M.2 slot does look pretty inviting though, so if you have a need for that extra storage, I'd recommend it.

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Interesting, especially considering that High On Life [External Link] is still up for sale, despite containing AI generated film posters [External Link]. I'm not saying anything for or against the decision, but I'd like to know what kind of evidence they require to ascertain that the publisher has "adequate rights", especially since High On Life used MidJourney, which - from what I know - doesn't really provide such information.

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Quoting: Cyril

Quoting: slaapliedjeI'm hoping Diablo 2 eventually gets the same treatment. Mainly because playing it on one of my Amigas would just be sweet.

You don't how hard I'm crossing my fingers for this! :grin:
Also... Diablo II would run on Amiga?! :shock:

I think slaapliedje's referring to the modern-day Amiga port of DevilutionX [External Link]. I'm pretty certain it requires a very beefed up Amiga (RTG card + accelerator), not just a stock one. I'm using a Vampire-equipped A500 myself, so I'm never quite sure what that translates to in period-accurate terms.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: CybolicAh, I was hoping they'd have fixed the Store/Web view going black when switching windows, before labelling it as stable. Maybe next update.

I used to get this all the time on Gnome, but now that you mention it, Ive not had it at all since jumping over to KDE, so maybe it a compositor bug.

I've been using the beta of this for a few months now and can't recall seeing anything like that, what exactly did you do to trigger it?

Any time I switch to a different workspace / virtual desktop than the one Steam is on, the Store page contents area is black when I come back. As my workflow is heavily workspace oriented, it's fairly annoying.
It's actually not related to my compositor (picom) as it happens whether it's running or not, so it's something in the way my WM (bspwm) handles switching workspaces, but Steam is also the only application that shows this behaviour.

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