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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Stray is Steam only on PC?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think so, but why would that be an issue?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (5 children)
  • Shitty Linux client with unfixed usability bugs for years.
  • Can't play games without that shit client and the built-in webbrowser running, even over Lutris (because DRM).
  • Forced updates.
  • And near monopoly.
[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)
  • It's the best game store for the paying customer on Linux by a long shot
  • True
  • You can roll back to previous versions
  • See #1
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

It's the best game store for the paying customer on Linux by a long shot

Store: that's a strawman argument; depends on what you prioritize.

Launcher: not by a long shot. And it's ugly too and themes are mostly broken now.

You can roll back to previous versions

Sometimes. For a while. Which doesn't help, if the major modder has given up, because of weekly forced breaking updates of the game. Can't just keep the version that works, even though games are one kind of software where updates are not critical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

1 would be true if the store didn’t include the launcher

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And near monopoly.

Can you really call it a monopoly when the competition keeps shooting itself in the foot?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

My problem is more with their workshop mods. If you own the game elsewhere, you can only download them with their own proprietary and shitty cli tool and sometimes not even that. Yet most mods are there. I mean, just provide a API man.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes, you will find plenty of people that refuse to use anything other than steam

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

Did they do something bad? I don't mind them making money so long as they are ethical.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago

Has fanboys ≠ is a monopoly

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t refuse to use other clients, if said clients are usable

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Then do you think you are included in the valve fanboy group?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I've played stray on both a pop!os desktop and a steamdeck and it ran wonderfully?

Doesnt even apply to other games either, just about every game ive attempted to run on steam has worked brilliantly, only issues being games with certain anticheats. Whereas other launchers like epic take 5 years to load and I couldn't get the games to even run. Gog doesnt have Linux support, however has worked somewhat well for me in the past once lutris got it working.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

Read again. My issue with Steam is with the client, not with Proton.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

All moot points to me personally

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Loonix users when games designed for windows don’t run on their OS held with duct tape and bubble gum: 😤

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

The Linux Steam client is built for Linux. Yet the clicking-through of some workshop popup-menues still happens.

Yet with Lutris and GoG, it's a seamless experience.