Quoting: GuestJust to say that yeah, I can see Debian being a bit slow for necessary driver updates, especially when it's driver, mesa, llvm, xorg, etc, all needing to be updated for that one fix!

(side note: actually I use wine when system libs are updated and a game no longer runs, but thankfully that's quite rare)

And apologies, reply limited because I'm on my phone's keyboard, but some good notes & thoughts, thank you!

Thank you for asking my opinion :)

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Quoting: GuestI think updates aren't the problem so much as updates not breaking things. The situation is better than it was, and hindsight shows better ways than Valve initially tried, but it remains one aspect of GNU/Linux and gaming that is more troublesome than it should be.

Usually I would agree with you, but games usually require fresh updates (specially with graphic drivers),and while I think Debian is a great distro (since I use at work) they have the habit of not update anything that's not a security issue (even minor bugs/glitches) until a major release, and this is bad for our case as we may have some minor performance issue in some specific game with some specific card and drive version, that need a specific fix in the newest drivers release, etc.

Sure they can backport those packages if necessary, but I think mixing old packages with new packages can be more problematic than just downgrade a faulty package if needed.

Also they don't need to be bleeding edge like vanilla Arch, they could've used some approach like Manjaro, but with more time between those versions (maybe an new release every quarter?) where they could just check if those packages didn't break anything essential.

TL;DR: Debian is stable in general, but takes too long to fix minor problems and implement performance features.

Quoting: GuestIf that were solved, drivers in their current shape, and DXVK of course, and then SteamOS (and maybe the machines too) released....well, things might have turned out different.

You may not believe me now, but I did predicted the "fail" of steam machines since day 1 due to they not working the SteamOS before start to release then to the average public (the machines, not the system)

Back to my first comment, If Steam machines/OS was first released today, the results probably would be different, because of a now more mature Vulkan and the game changer DXVK.

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Quoting: GuestWhy arch based?
(no criticism, just curious why that over Debian)

In my point of view would be better for a "Gaming System" due to updated packages and easy to install third party software (AUR packages).

I remember most of the complaints were about outdated MESA/Pulseaudio packages because Valve had to backport then due to the outdated ones Debian use by default, and not having a "Netflix App", Both of the cases I think would be less of a burden for a Arch based system.

But again, just my opinion as a person who uses Linux to play some games.

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Imagine SteamOS being first released today with Proton, remote play and Arch based

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They've done a great deal in a small time... span...

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Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoIs this a VULKAN game?

OpenGL unfortunately, but understandable since it's a project that was started before Vulkan.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: 95ych0I've never played any of Half Life. I hear such acclaim about it. Can I get into the series by playing Black Mesa without playing the original?

Yes, this is the original, just enhanced.

It's actually a fan remake, but they are very faithful to the game's lore (in some points better than the original).

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I see a "tactical" fps game and I dream about something like Swat 4 :/

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Best achievement of the game [External Link]

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I wish FOSS games were more popular, I remember playing assault cube with my friends in the college using the portable version :P

Would be good if it was viable to port this one to Vulkan, as the game could gain some "relevancy", and in my perfect world, projects like this one would be used as a playground to test new Vulkan resources.

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