Splitgate 2 gets a Beta on Steam, works on Steam Deck but not other Linux systems for now
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Splitgate 2 brings back the free to play FPS with portals from 1047 Games, with a Beta now available. However, it's another game that will not work on Desktop Linux, only the Steam Deck.
  • Sophocles@infosec.pubEnglish
    3·
    22 hours ago

    Splitgate already turned me off in the first one when they nerfed all the weapons into oblivion. Not sure why almost every indie shooter I try eventually nerfs their guns into paintballs. I miss the days of the first call of duty where you could just mow everything down with the PPSh or actually one-shot with a sniper

  • Jode@midwest.socialEnglish
    10·
    1 day ago

    I am very disappointed by this. Splitgate is one of the few games I actually play regularly.

  • slumberlust@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    1 day ago

    Splitgate was fun for a hot minute. Then they would hide bots as humans in matches and that got old quick.

    • shoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 day ago

      Unpopular opinion but the bots were more fun. You could immediately spot human opponents because it devolved into defensive peeking until someone pixel-perfect portals directly behind the other. When 90% of gunfights end with someone getting shot in the back it doesn’t feel like a fun flanking mechanic anymore.

      • slumberlust@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        20 hours ago

        That’s fine, having bots for people that want them is awesome. Hiding the bots as humans was my biggest gripe.

  • thanks AV@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    1 day ago

    Is there any chance some psycho is gonna make a steam deck Linux package to “emulate” on desktop? I feel like that’s probably gonna happen before game devs make their games universally compatible

    • Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      12 hours ago

      They’re rootkits. They have root-level access. You can’t emulate that.

      • thanks AV@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        43 minutes ago

        Fair enough, I cant even pretend to understand how this stuff works lol I figured we would be at least a decade out from “emulating” a steam deck if it even were possible anyway

    • Dragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzOPEnglish
      5·
      1 day ago

      Probably more convenient to download the cracked version without the anticheat. That’ll work on Linux.

      The idea of “voting with your wallet” doesn’t work in most cases, because your only options are to vote in favour, or not vote. Boycotts aren’t votes against a product, because they don’t hurt companies. They just refuse to help them.

      Piracy isn’t stealing, but since companies think it is, piracy is the third option we need - the no vote.

      • thanks AV@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        31 minutes ago

        And considering that people with more money get more votes it kinda doesn’t matter if you support it or not. Somebody will, and somebody with more disposable income than your entire income could decide on a whim to defeat the collective action all by themselves. Same thing as candy crush type stuff, they only need one whale to make all the free players worth it.

        I agree that piracy should become more widespread. It’s the only way for companies to feel the pain of losing customers. Otherwise its an opportunity cost calculation for the corporation: how many players can they afford to lose in order to increase returns from the players they dont lose.

        Make that calculation unbearable and suddenly the math changes – customers are prioritized above further optimizing of profits. That only happens if the cost of not doing right by customers is an outright loss of money. Not lower profits, monetary losses.

        Until these choices stop being profitable it’s literally irrational for them to not abuse their customers.