Quoting: mikosenigma

Quoting: DrNickHoly shit it worked!

Does your comment suggest that you were able to run The Crew 2 on Linux?

I think he's talking about the Stop Killing Games initiative having an effect.

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Quoting: chrThank you for that insight! For the record I'm apparently on Mesa 23.2.1.

If you're on Kubuntu like your PC info says (or any Ubuntu derivative) and want the latest stable Mesa from a reliable source, I recommend kisak's Mesa PPA. I've used it for years without any problems on multiple systems.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kisak/kisak-mesa
sudo apt update

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI grew up somewhat poor, inherited clothes from my older brother, father and brother are mentally ill. I still managed to turn my interest in computers into a well paid career. The USA is one of the few places where that is perfectly possible.

Would you believe this is actually even more likely in countries where education is free or at least very affordable? Saying this as a fellow professional nerd who grew up relatively poor.

Statistics on complex issues like this are tricky, but you might consider the social mobility index to be relevant.

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Quoting: KlaasThat's wrong. I enjoyed Quern very much.

And they are re-doing Myst every few years. And they've started to do the same with Riven (2024).

Quern was inspired by Myst based on their Kickstarter blurb.

I get that you're not a Cyan fan, but you'll be happy to learn that based on the first few minutes of gameplay, the puzzles in this game aren't very Myst-like.

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Quoting: Klaas

Quoting: tuubiA Myst-like with Day of the Tentacle style puzzles wouldn't be a Myst-like.

Why? What about Quern? And Obduction? What is a Myst-like?

Spoiler, click me

Does it have to have the exact same puzzles? Is that why Cyan keep remaking all their games all time?

Quern and Obduction are are clearly Myst-likes, and "inspired by Myst". One of them is even made by Cyan. I enjoyed both of them.

Referring to your spoiler, why do you think the puzzles are the same in all Cyan games? Because the mechanics are often similar? Are the puzzles in every classic Lucasfilm/LucasArts adventure the exact same ones as well?


You know what? Don't answer. I don't think this discussion is going anywhere. You don't enjoy games in this particular genre and wish the developer had made a point-and-click adventure instead. I guess that's fair, but not very productive.

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Quoting: KlaasIt's not about the perspective. It's about the puzzles.

I wasn't impressed with the puzzles in Myst.

My point was that you're comparing two very different game genres. A Myst-like with Day of the Tentacle style puzzles wouldn't be a Myst-like.

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Quoting: KlaasIt looks good, but I'm concerned about the Riven/Myst inspired line. I'd prefer something inspired by Fate of Atlantis or Day of the Tentacle.

As an enjoyer of both genres, I'd say you're already pretty well served as a point-and-click adventure fan. New quality releases coming out regularly.

We don't have too many Myst inspired first person narrative puzzle games though, and pretty much none in this particular style.

EDIT: I went to wishlist the game on Steam, but it was already on my wishlist.

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Downloaded the demo. "Missing game executable".

To work around this, open the game install directory (Manage -> Browse local files), create a directory called bin, then symlink or copy SternlyWordedAdventures.AppImage to that directory with the name SternlyWordedAdventures.

EDIT: The dev has fixed the path and the workaround is now unnecessary.

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Quoting: Caldathras

Quoting: hardpenguin

QuoteThis appears to happen across drivers 550, 555 and even the latest 560.

Yet again I am grateful for Debian Sid maintainers keeping me on the 535 line

Ditto for the Linux Mint maintainers. Also on the 535 line (at least, for LM 21 -- haven't upgraded to 22 yet).

Mint 22 inherits 550 from the Ubuntu 24.04 base. But several older driver series are also available in the repositories. 550 isn't forced on you.

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Quoting: rambo919On one hand the brain does not make the same distinctions as we do, on the other hand behaviorally you wont do something either virtually or really unless you are capable of doing both.

No, because I've always understood that games are not real. And so do you, hopefully. They're not even very good simulations of reality. No amount of pseudo-psychology is going to change that.

Your theory echoes the various moral panics in relation to gaming we've seen since the eighties. All of them equally unfounded.

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