There are rumours that I “just checked” if this game works at all and finished it 6.5h later in one sitting. I can neither confirm nor deny that. I’m also very sleepy today.
I got this Telltale-game to my birthday and decided to give it a go yesterday. Didn’t expect much and was already kinda annoyed when the starter suggested it requires a gamepad controller (turns out it doesn’t – it can be played with a mouse too). So I got my good old sturdy Steam Controller from next room, jacked it in and… watched it crash. To be fair: I was starting it on Linux, and this game is not made for this. So I checked briefly with the ProtonDB and switched the version from Experimental back to Proton 8.0.
Smooth sailing from here. Game started without a hitch, the controller was recognized, the provided Steam layout worked perfectly fine and it did not crash once until I finished the game hours later. It would also seamless switch to mouse input when this was touched but I decided to keep playing with the controller.
The graphics are nothing to write home about. Sound and music feel immediately like home though, as my wife put it (we’re both fans of the books and show). There are some puzzles but nothing too complicated and – thankfully – sparse. Same for some quick actions that require to hammer a certain button in time (without penalizing hitting a wrong button too). The Zero-G walks are amazing and gave my brain something to chew on when the ceiling suddenly became the new floor.
I won’t talk about the story itself, but I did like that it shows percentages of how other players decided in key situations after each chapter. Kinda interesting to know that there are other outcomes and that also makes me want to play it again. There are plot twists, backstories that may be uncovered, drama, tension, violence, love and death (yes yes, it is a telltale game :D).
Can recommend. Get it and don’t forget to change the air filters 🤓
Sorry for the very short 1 hour stream tonight guys! But I ran from the hospital after seeing my great uncle after his stroke to start this stream and show off the new puppy at least and wish a happy new year. I would like to stream the puppy on Twitch as well, and I made a list of treats and supplies for the puppy to make a live stream of the puppy relaxing and playing in a playpen as we stream. https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/13HXKTQGLYWLZ?ref_=wl_share#Streamer#Dog#dogsofmastodon#Linux#GamingonLinux
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Thanks to the Steamdeck there is massive development in Proton and everything related to it. So I can play every game I want to play on my Linux machine. Works great, really. Check out #gamingonlinux .
Prepping for my stream shortly on #twitch we are playing The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind as it’s been a few years. I did a quick five minute test to make sure it worked on #Linux and setup Open Morrowind via a flatpak on @system76 Pop!_OS. I’ll be on in about an hour from this post see you there https://twitch.tv/chiefgyk3d#gaming#gamingonlinux#retrogaming#streamer
Mortal Kombat 11 Ultimate is really damn good. Scratches that childhood itch. Works perfectly on #SteamDeck, 60fps without trouble. Exciting story, fun gameplay. It’s just like $6-7 on many game stores.
Don’t forget it’s still Chanukkah, and tradition is important, the tradition that is to kill Nazis on Wolfenstein! Tonight and Thursday we’re going to continue Wolfenstein: The New Order on #Twitch starting around 7-7:30 EST.
My workmate, a long time Windows-only developer and gamer just complained about Windows 11 to me and asked for advice regarding Linux.
With everything I have seen this year, I do believe that there is an increased interest in the Linux desktop and we will see an incresing amount of gaming systems convert to Linux.
But, let's be realistic. I predict that over the course of 2024, the desktop Linux market share will grow from 3% to 4%.