| ▲ | shevy-java 4 days ago |
| When I was younger I also was like that. As I got older, my interests in games decreased. That and also because I am too dumb to make wine work with games nowadays; it was easier in the 32bit era. :\ But the real problem is lack of time. There are so many things to do and so little time. Today's games are also not as interesting IMO. Most of them are just "who has the better 3D engine". |
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| ▲ | Novosell 4 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Games these days, just as before, are fantastic. Outer Wilds, Disco Elysium, Expedition 33, Baldur's Gate 3, Elden Ring(Nightreign), etc. And I've not even listed quite a few of my favorites cause they're not popular enough for most people to have heard of them. Weird to say you don't game these days but also make blanket statements about games these days :p |
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| ▲ | tommica 4 days ago | parent | next [-] | | > And I've not even listed quite a few of my favorites cause they're not popular enough for most people to have heard of them. And you choose then to NOT give those games you love more exposure and share them with the rest of the world?! I'll start: windows version of Uplink game works great in proton, and if you install uplinkos mod on it, it's a super fun Hollywood-style hacking game: https://www.moddb.com/mods/uplink-os | | |
| ▲ | Novosell 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Heh, sorry. Someone else asked for a list so I made a short one, figured I'll send it here as well :) They range in obscurity, but I'd not rate any of them as "mainstream". In no particular order and in no way an exhaustive list: Lies of P. Baba Is You. Ender Lilies/Magnolia. Rain World. Pillars of Eternity 1/2. Return of the Obra Dinn. What Remains of Edith Finch. the "We Were Here" series. 1000xResist (played this one just a month ago, what a game). Katana Zero. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Sayonara Wild hearts. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark. AER Memories of Old. | | |
| ▲ | tommica 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Thanks for sharing - I love bloodstained, such a good game! |
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| ▲ | tmtvl 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Uplink's not really a 'game these days', though, it's been around for a while. Better examples may be Digimon Story Time Stranger or Le Mans Ultimate. |
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| ▲ | SV_BubbleTime 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Outer Wilds… man, what an experience. | | |
| ▲ | Novosell 3 days ago | parent [-] | | If I could choose a single game to experience again, it would be Outer Wilds. I played it with my partner, streaming it over Discord, and it was a truly amazing ride, start to finish. Loved the DLC as well. Hearing the theme still gets me emotional and very sentimental. | | |
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| ▲ | WD-42 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | BG3 runs natively on Linux (sorta, the proton Linux runtime) now! Not sure Larion can do wrong at this point. | |
| ▲ | p1necone 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Please tell me your more obscure favourites :) | | |
| ▲ | Novosell 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Hmmmm, sure. I'm not sure if I'd label them "obscure", they've all got a couple 1000 reviews on Steam. But they're certainly not mainstream to the level of my previously listed games(, with Disco Elysium not really being mainstream either tbh, but people know of it to some degree). In no particular order and in no way an exhaustive list: Lies of P. Baba Is You. Ender Lilies/Magnolia. Rain World. Pillars of Eternity 1/2. Return of the Obra Dinn. What Remains of Edith Finch. the "We Were Here" series. 1000xResist (played this one just a month ago, what a game). Katana Zero. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Sayonara Wild hearts. Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark. AER Memories of Old. | | |
| ▲ | p1necone 3 days ago | parent [-] | | If you liked Obra Dinn you should try out 'The Roottrees are Dead'. Very similar 'fill in the gaps via investigation' core gameplay loop, but I found it more engaging/less repetitive. | | |
| ▲ | Novosell 3 days ago | parent [-] | | Oh I've got my sights on it alright. Looks really interesting but just not been in the mood for such a game as of late :) |
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| ▲ | mort96 4 days ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| For 90+ percent of Windows-only games I wanna play, the process for getting them to work on Linux is the following: 1. Hit the download button in Steam 2. Wait for it to download 3. Hit the play button Granted, my taste in games doesn't include things like generic AAA first person military shooters, which are the ones which tend to be the most difficult to get to work due to stuff like anti cheat. But it sounds like your taste doesn't include those either, |
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| ▲ | maples37 4 days ago | parent [-] | | and for me, the one (rather niche, I might add) game that didn't "just work" was working just fine after trying a different Proton version - which is literally as simple as opening the "Properties" page and using a drop-down menu. |
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| ▲ | MiddleEndian 4 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There are a lot of indie or other types of games that escape this. I mostly play games with local multiplayer, so I'm hanging out with people and playing at the same time. Recently got into Brotato, which has no 3d engine at all lol |
