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Comment by aaomidi

Another Linux gamer. I seriously don't miss windows anymore.

At this point I'm not worried about compatibility, but rather shitty game companies banning you the second they figure out you're playing on linux.

This is especially an issue in PvE heavy games that have only small PvP elements. Looking at you Destiny 2.

I really wish companies stopped their draconian policies about Linux gaming. Or at the very least just restricted PvP game play when Linux was detected. Heck I'd manually go in and press a button certifying that I'm a Linux player and I understand that I won't have access to every portion of the game if that's what they need me to do.

But these limitations have also pushed me to explore more indie, or small publishing games that are multi-player. Shout out to Northgard and Deep Rock Galactic (even though it doesn't support Linux natively) for making an awesome cooperative experience that I can have with my friends on Linux.

Also, for developers making games out there. PLEASE test your game with the steam runtime OS thing, not with Ubuntu or a specific distro. The steam runtime is open source and can easily be bootstrspped for any game, even outside of steam. It also ensures optimal compatibility with every distro out there.

parent aaomidi 6 years ago

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