PFS is great, but not one of the Amiga’s native file systems. The standard file systems OFS and FFS have been available as Linux drivers at least since 2000. I remember rescuing my Amiga hard disk back then. It was still experimental and had to be specially compiled into the kernel, but it was possible.
They were shipped in z-code, but z-code is basically machine code, and indeed, you can patch any game if you want to fiddle with the binary. The source code is human-readable.
If that’s your argument, then why don’t you grow your own audience that loves everything you do?
Thanks for that comment! And it’s always the same: the people with a historical perspective that doesn’t match the popular opinion get downvoted for spreading knowledge.
Yay to speaking up, but for now, let’s just do the two things everybody can do that will not impact any aspect of our lives: remove it from our Steam wishlists right now, and not buy any Early Access version, at least until it has been made clear (credibly so) that no crunch will be expected from anyone at Unknown Worlds.
Just to clarify: Germany is sending 13 people to survey the defensive situation in Greenland.
Edit: Here’s a (German) source.