I know, lame post, but I wanted to say that Linux gaming has gotten soooo much better, to the point that I honestly think my games are running better than on Windows. I’ve played so many games, but notable ones are Halo: MCC, MS Flight Sim 2020, Satisfactory, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, and right now I’m starting a full playthrough of Dragon Age.

Dragon Age is notorious even on Windows for being a pain because it’s such an old game. You have to install the 4gb patch, and even then it’s a bit rocky. Not on Linux though! I did have to install PhysX but I googled it and saw it was 2 buttons to install on Linux! Now it’s been rock solid and stable, with no crashes.

Linux gaming may have a high bar to learn, but that bar is constantly getting lower! Exciting times!

  • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOP
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    4 months ago

    I think it depends, you’re right, but if anything goes wrong there’s a large cliff.

    Happy path is exactly right, click “compatibility” and then run.

    If anything goes wrong it’s incredibly hard to figure out why. protondb is pretty good, but a lot of times it’s like mystical “set SOMEENVVARIABLE=someweirdthing %command%” and you’re like "Uh… okay… sure…

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      4 months ago

      when you Google an error message and the search engine tells you to unleash demons, start a church for Satan, and to kill your mom.
      After hours of hair pulling frustration you give up, only to eventually come back and realize you pressed the wrong button