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As has already been said this isn't an issue these days. Pretty much the only games which don't work these days are games that require anti cheat software (thou
by deadbunny 6y ago
As has already been said this isn't an issue these days. Pretty much the only games which don't work these days are games that require anti cheat software (though some progress is being made on this) or games with really bad DRM which are few and far between the days.
This week alone I've managed to play Titanfall 2, Doom Eternal, Elite Dangerous (with full HOTAS and VR support), and Some sniper game I picked up for a couple of quid. All Windows titles with no Linux support. I only needed to "fix" one (TF2) to get working but that was a weird tiling window manager and Origin bug which was fixed with 2 minutes of Gooling and a single line of config for my WM.
Valve have knocked it out if the park with Proton (as well as the community of course) and 99% of things "just work". If you're unsure if your favourite games will work check protondb.com and have a search.
- Wowfunhappy 6y agoMy issue is this: I still have weird issues in some games on Windows. For instance, I really enjoyed episode 1 of Life Is Strange 2, but when the second episode came out, I just could not get the game to start—I would launch it, and then nothing would happen. After about half an hour of this, I gave up; I didn't want to play the game that badly. Yes, this type of thing is not the general case, but it happens, and the last thing I want to do is introduce yet another layer of tech weirdness that could potentially cause problems.
- deadbunny 6y agoGoing by ptotondb Life is Strange 2 has a native Linux build. Who knows, maybe it's a Windows bug and it'll work on Linux? :) If you have the time/hardware (a spare HDD/SSD) I would heartily recommend giving Pop OS a go, it's geared towards running games out if the box (without being at all GAMER!!!1) and is very pleasant to use IMO.