Steam machines issues is that because of Valve Time the hype about it has come and has gone, it will be pretty hard to get people rallied up about it again in say 2017... wasn't that the thing that failed 2014 ? In that sense I feel Steam Machine or Steam OS does more damage then good at the moment.

OpenGL next will be a big key part to success or failure, if the big developers jump directx 12 and leave OpenGL next where it is then thing will remain like they are now (at a max) and go towards how they where 2 years ago

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954 DRM free games is says in GoG's page of which there are 200 Linux (of you set the filter you get 4 pages of 50 games), it 1/5th of your games linux compatible its pretty good for a company that did not join till late last year.

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impressive stuff, I can imagine the time flies one you dig into it.

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Liam, I am a funder of this one, but you got to sort of get the facts right.

Linux and Mac was always on the list, only if they reached 100.000 it would be really close to the windows release, if not reached it would be several months later.

All in all still a good thing, they been 2 years later then planned though but who cares, they doing their best and it looks good :)

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Liam

that same team does the mac port also, this was from a kickstarter update:

Development is continuing with things like the Linux version and the hardcore mode still on our lists, but as we want to do this thoroughly, it will still take some time before we’re ready.

The Linux version especially suffered an extra delay as a result of our porting team having to fix a number of compatibility issues that popped up with the release of Yosemite. Whereas we initially hoped to get the Linux version done this year, it looks like it’ll be the beginning of next year now.

We know that’ll disappoint a few among you but bear in mind that we’re doing a real port just like we did with the Mac version.

So its nice they have guys working on it full time, but how many guys might that be and how skilled ?

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroSeems like the logical thing to do would be to wait until the last 48 hours and see if it's close to the stretch goal or has already made it

not really, reaching it and delivering it are 2 different things.

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I do understand they put linux as a stretch goal, it requires more testing and probably some unknown issues for them, I can live with that.

I would back it in a heartbeat as UO 1+2 where big favourites of mine... the only reason I am NOT backing it is because there is no time table for the Linux version and reaching the linux stretch goal like others did does not mean we get anything in a timely fashion:

10 months and waiting for Moebius
8 months and waiting for Divinity: Original Sin
13 Months and waiting for Banner Saga (single player)
<and prob several more like that>

sorry but that irritates me to no end

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Liam

might be a dutch thing, but when somebody says "we give it a go and tell you what we think" but is talking about himself... its something royalty does, they talk about themselves as we :) but maybe its normal in English, I just notice it a lot and wonder about it

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add the good story mode please, don't care about the rest

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I enjoyed this one big time under windows way back, from somewhere I also got the epic edition but never done that one. Anyways, that windows has the DRM does not mean Linux has it.

Reality Pump [External Link] is listen under the Hardware Based DRM's [External Link] with an unknown number of activations for Two Worlds.

At GOG [External Link] two worlds is also listen so there are DRM free versions of the game, so if you don't like Steam including that DRM (although think about the fact the Steam is a sort of DRM) then you can always go to GOG.

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