The game being banned for a misunderstood piece of placeholder concept art in a Steam approval preview build, which was both removed, and explained. Then Valve refusing to reconsider it and rejecting all attempts to clarify their objections.
Looks like it has triggered someone’s “we can’t be seen backing down!” reflex at Valve
Yes.
Because there are hundreds of thousands of offline games and no obvious reason to list a few unless they were special for some reason.
Doom, Maniac Mansion, Satisfactory, Nethack, Space War, Castles II, Lemmings, Red Faction, Red Alert 2, Max Payne, Pong, Super Mario 3D World, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Dance Dance Revolution, Duck Hunt
Are you listing games of a specific type or for a specific system?
Well, it’s primarily my coding laptop, so I prioritize the OS that has the best tooling for my needs there. Gaming is just a happy secondary option on the machine. :)
Take your aggressively rude snobbish attitude elsewhere.
I run Windows normally.
How long does your Window box function without updates? How long does it remain safe? Historically, a few months at best until they bundle telemetry in a new way. Then you need to find another rando dude’s github for workarounds.
Anyway what you are describing is literally a hassle that for me is just not worth it. I can do all that and set up and update group policies for updates over and over oooooor I can literally spend less mental energy figuring out how to configure my drivers on Linux.
What you do works for you and you feel it is convenient. That is fine.
I have a Windows laptop specifically for gaming, but I end up using my Linux coding laptop for games in the end.
It’s less hassle figuring out how to enable nvidia drivers on xorg in GNU linux so that I csn use Proton emulation than to deal with this weeks clusterfuck of windows update trying to make me turn on ads and spying and trick me into using a microsoft.com account to log in.
I am not joking.
The windows still has some dust on it from when I did some house renovations months ago, because I haven’t been bothered to use it.
It’s not about consistency. It’s about “I want therefore it is my divine right and other people aren’t valid”
Nethack
Tetris
OpenTTD
If you first hack off the fun, then sure. Buying the fun back in tiny pieces is technically adding fun?
Never have I felt so annoyed that my country isn’t part of EU. Wish I could give a vote.
Sorry if I missed it, but did he have any thoughts on the 40th anniversary edition?
The Steam trailers don’t make it look good. High-fidelity models with low-fidelity movement kida graphics that feels off-putting and disconnected. Like the HoMM HD remake or the hi-res Minecraft graphics mods.
Muh business model :'(
Oh this game is FUCKED
Thanks! I am starting to think a steamdeck is going to be my solution. SteamOS on my tiny nongaming Linux laptop works perfectly for 2D or light 3D games, so I expext it to be fine.
How’s the deck for mouse-heavy strategy games like Stellaris, Civ, etc?
Thanks. Does it work well with controllers, or do people mostly play with the on-screen joysticks?
Was considering a new switch, but may hold off now.
Which tablets do you have in mind? I could not find any suitable for anything but phone games via touch screen and unimpressive battery, but I don’t really know this market
The devs were not told what needed to change even after asking, so they tried to remove anything that they suspected could be taken the wrong way, asked for reconsideration or clarification, but receive no response.