And there are the abandoned games on GOG that lag several years behind the Steam version. And some games have updated Windows and Mac versions, but the Linux version is outdated. Obviously that is not only GOG's fault, but they are a part of that problem.

@Shmerl: According to elcook GOG is doing fine. And you know how accurate and honest he usually is.

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Quoting: Lakorta(…) During the "pay a few bucks and get a random game" they gave refunds to Linux users if they got a Windows game. (…)

Yes, I've read that as well, but that does not have anything to do with Linux. They refund every random game if the user does not want it and it has not been downloaded.

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Is Galaxy ready? Where is the Linux version? Where are the sane choices made during the development that are non-invasive. They've added Galaxy-based telemetry to many of the games (e.g. Witcher 3) that tries to phone home if you do not block it by your firewall.

It's part of many Windows “offline” installers that can only be circumvented by using innoextract which does not work on some installers because GOG choose to use a beta version (5.6.2) of Inno Setup that does not exist anymore, because they've decided to skip ahead to 6.0.0. I've been updating my offline backup this month and I've looked into some of the “internal” changes. It's Galaxy that seems to be run during the normal installation process.

At least the missing Linux version of Galaxy means that there are some clean installers.

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Quoting: rea987If it's solely based on EDuke32, I doubt physics and weapons handling is authentic to original Blood. Therefore, I personally prefer BloodDGX.

Contrary to BloodGDX, it can play the original demos without desyncing. That is a strong indication of authenticity.

It's open source. I've read that BloodGDX's source code should be release some time, but there has not been any sign it.

And it's not written in Java.

IMO the lighting/shading in BloodGDX looks off.

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Quoting: RandomGamerI've just killed my first Bolter, and Doc just got kidnapped after I delivered a tissue sample, so I think I'm about to go somewhere called The Pit.

My advice would be to stall it until you complete all available non-story missions. ;-)

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Quoting: RandomGamerBought Dying Light on the recent Steam sale. Story and characters are a bit meh, but I really do like how the game plays. About 30 hours in and only 28% of the game finished, so can’t complain about content. It is also creepy as hell when night kicks in. Hardly any jump scares, just an eerie atmosphere.

7/10

I don't know at what point of the story you're at exactly, but it will get more meh over time. IMO it's very annoying because the gameplay and the atmosphere are so good.

I'm curious what your opinion of the game's ending (and the ending of the DLC) will be.

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I haven't played anything this weekend, unless you count wrangling Qt as a game.

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Quoting: Code ArtisanThe real problem here is that Easy Anti-Cheat on Windows is working through a kernel module. Kamu can't port that module to Linux because of the GPL license which would force them to provide the source code. As of now, when EAC detects Wine, a stub module is downloaded instead of the normal one.

Like the non-existing NVIDIA binary blob? If anyone is desperate enough to accept kernel level spyware (which any anti-cheat gizmo has to be) to play a game, they are free to taint their kernel.

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Quoting: Tchey(…)Unless i've missed something.

If it was cheaper now the backers that payed more to get earlier testing access during the Kickstarter campaign would feel cheated.

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Quoting: GuestHmmm I bought my key through gmg but have been playing it exclusively on linux so hopefully it got counted... I'm 500+ hrs of playtime so steam has got to know what os I'm on :D

According to @cbones it did not: link

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Quoting: scaineWelcome to GOL! If you liked Dicey Dungeons, you'll absolutely love Slay the Spire. I can tell you that while I played all the characters in Dicey once (and once only) in about 5 or 6 hours (being generous, it was probably less), I'm still playing Slay the Spire after nearly 100 hours. (…)

Thank you. I've been reading articles and comments for a long time, you I'm only new to you, but you aren't new to me.

I've definitely played Dicey Dungeons longer than you. I love Dicey's whimsical tone. It reminds me of Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Obviously there are still some rough edges, but it is still at version 0.15.1.

One thing that I don't like in Slay the Spire is the meta progression.

Quoting: scaine(…)So, I suppose that even at the more expensive price point, I'm getting way more than twice the value for Slay than I got from Dicey.(…)

I'm not questioning the price point in general. For me, Steam is a huge reduction in value, because even if you assume that the service will be available as long as you want to play the game, it still feels like a borrowed game. And I still resent Valve for the shift in game distribution from physical copies of games that you could install at will to empty boxes with a slip of paper. IMO that is highly undesirable and it made me stop buying (and playing) any newly released games for several years.

Releasing the source code (e.g. HyperRogue) increases the value of a game considerably.

As it is, Slay the Spire costs 21 € on Steam and that is almost thrice the amount I would be (reluctantly) willing to pay for a Steam copy.

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