Comment on [Discussion] What was first Steam game you ever purchased?
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 15 hours agoHey no shame in paying money for good games! … would I have said if I played it. I assume its good.^^ Usually if a paid game goes free to play, they often give some owners specials. Didn’t they do something? At the very least it was not expensive game, especially if it gone free to play not long after.
For the thing with Linux, there were presets to run Steam through WINE in tools similar to Lutris (not saying Lutris, but some tools making it easier to use WINE).
Buffalox@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
I didn’t play it very much, I suppose it was OK, but I think it was a huge failure for Microsoft. Maybe others did like me, only played it for a few days, and then lost interest.
I think we had Playonlinux back then. Before that I personally only used WineHQ and their recommended tweaks. So 100% manual. Goddam there were some weird settings for graphics that could be crucial. 😋 It was quite a chore to get anything to work back then.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 14 hours ago
Yes, I was thinking of PlayOnLinux, just couldn’t remember. I never got into Steam over WINE, because WINE was always cumbersome to use for me. And I didn’t want bet my money on that. Lot of people did though, with various levels of success. Wish I was more brave!
Buffalox@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
I perfectly understand not caring for the hassle to get games top work back then.
I remember when the humble indie bundles were new, it was absolutely amazing to get a couple of games that were actually playable and fun. World of Goo was by far the best game I had played on Linux when that arrived.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 4 hours ago
That reminds me, my favorite Linux game I played before Steam on Linux was an Open Source game Teeworlds. I don’t remember if I played anything proprietary on Linux at that time (besides emulation off course).