Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: stuff

Quoting: Mountain ManMeanwhile, Valve is giving us some gimmicky VR bullshit...

Meanwhile Valve is making a potentially revolutionary new game...
Others studios would be fine making something like Black Mesa and selling it as an HD remake. Don't tell me you would prefer an "official" Black Mesa (=remake) over a totally new Half Life experience. I'd rather see 10 failed games that a least try something new then the 100th remake or reboot. I hope you are not one of those people who complains about Call of Duty being the same game over and over again.

A totally new Half-Life experience, yes; a totally new Half-Life experience exclusively for a niche audience that has bought an overpriced hardware gimmick, no.

And Black Mesa is more than just an HD remaster. There are some similarities to the original Half-Life but a lot of differences, too, enough to make it feel like a new experience.

Why do you keep saying that it's a gimmick? And at the moment it has a limited audience, but to get out of that niche you need games like HL:A.

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Quoting: 14Did this come with the Orange Box many years ago? I was surprised to see that I already owned it.

No. It was in a Humble Bundle a while ago, though. Maybe you got it there?

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Quoting: Mountain ManMeanwhile, Valve is giving us some gimmicky VR bullshit...

It's neither gimmicky, nor bullshit.

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Quoting: 1xokI wonder if this is really the 20-year-old source engine.

Almost sure it's the 2013 version.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: kuhpunktIf you don't buy it, the publisher will see it and think that Linux ports aren't worth doing, because they don't sell.

If you buy it, the publisher will see that it sells on Steam and that this is where the money is. It's one unit sold less on the Epic Store.

Think about the signals you're sending.

You could also say: If you buy it, the publisher will see that the exclusivity deal did pay, and that the rest stills buys it a year later on Steam.

It's not my standpoint, but it's not invalid either.

Yes, but not buying it now on Steam (for Linux) would make the situation worse, wouldn't it?

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Quoting: celphy

Quoting: Lolo01Clearly a purchase for me when it comes out on Linux.
Apart from the Feral ports, we don't have too many AAA's lately.

Quoting: celphyPretty torn over here. EGS's exclusivity is a no-go for me.
But I'd like to support a Linux version ASAP.

Well, Exodus is no more an exclusivity.

Let me clarify that:

A developer that has decided to enter into an exclusivity deal with Epic is not someone I want to support.
In the end they are placing money over consumer interests and hoping it works out in their favour.
I personally don't want it to pay off so I'd rather not buy those games.

If you don't buy it, the publisher will see it and think that Linux ports aren't worth doing, because they don't sell.

If you buy it, the publisher will see that it sells on Steam and that this is where the money is. It's one unit sold less on the Epic Store.

Think about the signals you're sending.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: kuhpunktSpitlings might be the most fun game ever, but you can easily do this on a phone and download it there in a few moments - so why is this on Stadia?

Well, not everyone wants to game on a phone and this game specifically is currently only on Stadia.

Yes, but it's possible on a phone. It can be run locally on pretty much every kind of platform and doesn't require the huge processing power of Google. The game would be how big? 50MB? Stadia claims that they can do things no other system can do with more players than ever. But this is a tiny game. Playing this on Stadia causes more traffic in a few minutes than just downloading the game. It's just a waste.

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Spitlings might be the most fun game ever, but you can easily do this on a phone and download it there in a few moments - so why is this on Stadia?

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Quoting: lelorrainAS other users, I bought Windows games on Steam since Proton came out and I am disappointed to learn that that never counted as Linux play! I'll stop buying this type of games from steam and go to GOG instead ... although I will still buy and play Linux games from steam ...

LL

That's not what the article said. It might be buggy in some instances, but saying that they never counted has never been said.

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Quoting: mphuZ

Quoting: GuestAs in?

Something revolutionary.. For example, Proton works on Windows. Work in games with anti-cheat systems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0d6yBHDvKUw [External Link]

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