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Quoting: GuestBuy from Valve, support Valve! They are the ones that deserve our support!

With that as the first comment, I do believe I'm about 2 steps away from leaving the entire community for good.

One of the reasons I barely drop by any more is that there is barely an article without advertising for steam, or plugs for steam. And that's despite using the filter thingy to hide articles about valve and steam. It's preposterous. The site has largely made itself irrelevant, for those of us who don't like DRM and are fed up of having steam shoved down our throats. Not much activity in the forum, but it's the only reason I still drop by once or twice a month.

Anyway, some good deals on GOG, but since I have bought a pack of games already, and now only buy games with native Linux builds, there isn't much tempting. Instead I am currently replaying Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Since Owlcat refused to support Linux this time, on their new "Wrath" game :( That is the reason I didn't pledge in the Kickstarter two years back or whenever it was.

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I'm glad most are opposed to NFTs. Next up: Let's kick out micro-transactions too. And gambling boxes. Get back to actual gameplay in games. That would be nice.

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Need to become a member apparently, which means it isn't free, and they can feck off.

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Update went smooth here. Can't say I've noticed anything particularly different, except there is a notification about changing to usrmerge, which I haven't done yet.

Mint is great.

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As an side, from what was said they were also close to signing a deal with GOG for getting the game there, which is great news for those of us who shy away from steam. They also said the game will get a native Linux release, which I was very pleased about :heart:

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I followed this campaign and backed it, so I'm really looking forward to play the game once it's out in around two years. It became a crazy success, and I too was surprised to see how much they gained towards the end. They ended up getting almost exactly 10x the original funding goal, which is nuts.

None of the developers are from the Hollow Knight crew, but the marketing person Leth is. Team Cherry themselves backed the game, which was cool to see. Obviously there are many similarities, but I think it's sort of silly with all the people saying it's a copy/etc. All metroidvanias have a lot in common, and this game is no different. The 2.5D style works well, and most platformers kinda look the same to an extent.

The gameplay in Crowsworn seems to be faster than Hollow Knight, at least from the little we've seen so far, which is an aspect I'm actually concerned about. Having backed it, I naturally hope I'll actually be able to enjoy it, and not just look at reload screens after dying a thousand times. Hollow Knight was great, but it was also bottomlessly frustrating at times (many, oh so many times), so I hope this won't end up being even more difficult.

Anyway, I'm really glad they got a pile of money and will be able to develop the game the way they want. Hopefully it fulfills people's hopes, and will be able to some extent live up to the hype.

Meanwhile, we'll probably get some news about Silksong at some point, which I hope will live up to the hopes and dreams of people as well :) Hollow Knight will be a very tough act to follow, both for Team Cherry and Mongoose Rodeo.

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This development has been a concern of mine for quite a while, and I'm surprised not more people could anticipate where this was going. Instead of seeing native Linux releases, people are getting locked in to shteam and their DRM instead of enjoying the freedom that Linux USUALLY means. And here we are, seeing the consequences of people blindly supporting shteam, valve, google and proton. Heck, there is barely an article on this very site without a plug about it.

I'm sad to see this happening, also to some games I was genuinely looking forward to. Pathfinder: Kingmaker was released with native Linux support. The sequel, Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous is not. It MAY have something to do with this trend too, where developers can easily ignore Linux support, because somebody else may do the job for them. Well, provided you enjoy those chains of course.

It feels like a lost cause now. I barely bother to visit this place any more, because all you write about is steam, steam, valve, google, valve, google, steam, proton, proton, proton -- on and on and on.

Once again, the last hope is indie games that for some odd reason is perfectly capable of providing native Linux support, where these giants are not. Funny, that.

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Quoting: dpanterLawsuit from Team Cherry incoming? :neutral:

Probably not...

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It looks very difficult! :dizzy:

But also very good. Hollow Knight was my first metroidvania, and that was definitely excellent. I have no problems with this borrowing some elements from that game. Loads of others are different anyway. No guns and different 'tools' in Hollow Knight for example. I'm intrigued and may well back it. Will be the first backed game in a long time. As long as the Linux build isn't locked to Shteam, it's all good.

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Funny old world. I still have an Nvidia GPU, but I just don't care about Nvidia news any more. Next one will be AMD for sure, though I'm not sure exactly when I'll be able to buy one, or when they will be available to buy for that matter. Damn miners :angry:

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