telemachuszero

telemachuszero , 6 months ago to gaming in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Is Getting an Offline Mode After Release, Rocksteady Confirms - IGN

Shadow of War from ages ago with now-removed singleplayer loot boxes.

Ha, I forgot about that one! Same as will likely happen with this game, I ended up skipping Shadow of War until it released on GOG with rubbish + Denuvo removed.

telemachuszero , 6 months ago to gaming in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League Is Getting an Offline Mode After Release, Rocksteady Confirms - IGN

I love the Arkham series, but there is so much else to play it's not hard to wait 3-5 years after for it to be released on GOG with all the unnecessary live service features removed.

telemachuszero , 7 months ago to gaming in Amazon Prime Gaming titles released for Dec 2023

Wish they'd do more GOG keys.

telemachuszero , 7 months ago to gaming in What game company from your childhood do you remember with fondness?

Hard to pick but early to mid 90s era Maxis, Bullfrog, Bungie (Pathways/Marathon/Myth era), Blizzard, and SEGA all come to mind. All either gone or changed.

telemachuszero , 9 months ago to linux_gaming in Steam won't run The Sims 4 [Linux Mint]

You might have just had bad timing - the release notes for Proton 8.0-4 mention

Fixed EA Desktop having a blank log-in window after its recent update.

It's currently a test release so should be out shortly, but if you want to use it immediately there's some info on enabling it early at https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/proton-80-4-is-now-in-testing-with-a-release-candidate/

telemachuszero , 10 months ago to gaming in I tried playing the two original Baldur's Gate games on Ubuntu. It's hell.

GOG's Linux support doesn't extend much beyond providing you with the binaries that the developers supplied. You're left to figure out running the games yourself and hoping the developer didn't make too many assumptions about system libraries.

Valve provides Linux runtime environments for native Linux games to target and run in, plus tools for developers to use to build for that environment. It's not perfect but you'll generally have a much easier time with Linux native games from Steam.

I'm sympathetic to GOG's goals, but generally stick with Steam because of Valve's level of support and commitment.

If you want to keep using the GOG version, you could try running the Windows build in Heroic Games Launcher + Wine-GE or Proton-GE (they're available as runners within Heroic, it works pretty seamlessly). You'll also get Cloud Saves which GOG doesn't support for native Linux builds.

The native Linux version of Baldur's Gate II Enhanced is running fine for me from Steam (on Fedora 38 Silverblue + Steam installed as a Flatpak). It also features cloud saves (and achievements if you care about those), if you're set on playing the native build and willing to switch to Steam.