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Posted July 10, 2023
On Steam DOW2 has a native linux version, too.

Will it also be released on GOG?
Posted July 10, 2023
No because Feral.
Posted July 10, 2023
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ssling: No because Feral.
what is Feral?
Posted July 10, 2023
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ssling: No because Feral.
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AlpakaDream: what is Feral?
Publisher responsible for the Linux version of the game. Afaik they don't have any releases on GOG, presumably due to DRM-free and not wanting to bother with GOG's small market share.
Posted July 10, 2023
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AlpakaDream: what is Feral?
Company making ports of AAA games for Mac and Linux. For some reason they're blatantly anti DRM-free.
Posted July 10, 2023
If it's any consolation, people are getting far greater performance running the Windows version via Wine, to the extent that all the comments on protondb are to do just that.
Posted July 10, 2023
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maxpoweruser: If it's any consolation, people are getting far greater performance running the Windows version via Wine, to the extent that all the comments on protondb are to do just that.
That's true for majority of Feral's ports. In fact they stopped porting to Linux some time ago, because even they admitted Proton/Wine gives better results.
Posted August 02, 2023
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maxpoweruser: If it's any consolation, people are getting far greater performance running the Windows version via Wine, to the extent that all the comments on protondb are to do just that.
I also tried DOW2 with Wine, but the native Linux version (on Steam) runs way better (at least for me)
Posted August 02, 2023
You can vote here: https://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/bring_feral_interactive_and_aspyr_to_gog if you think it'll help.
It's not just DOW2 that's missing linux version.
Posted August 02, 2023
Unless Linux was a target platform, I would prefer to run the Windows version with WINE.

I think it might be better for the preservation of older games too because when the game expects to link with a system library and then your OS updates/deprecates that library the game will stop working.
Post edited August 02, 2023 by EverNightX
Posted August 03, 2023
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EverNightX: Unless Linux was a target platform, I would prefer to run the Windows version with WINE.

I think it might be better for the preservation of older games too because when the game expects to link with a system library and then your OS updates/deprecates that library the game will stop working.
you usually can get it to work by downloading those libraries.
Posted August 03, 2023
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LU2004: you usually can get it to work by downloading those libraries.
And who wants to hunt out old deprecated libraries to make their games work?
Post edited August 03, 2023 by EverNightX
Posted August 03, 2023
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AlpakaDream: what is Feral?
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ssling: Company making ports of AAA games for Mac and Linux. For some reason they're blatantly anti DRM-free.
Hmm....
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ssling: Company making ports of AAA games for Mac and Linux...
Both Unix based... ok.
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ssling: ...they're blatantly anti DRM-free.
...anti drm-free... unix based systems... foss mentality... wha..?

...There is something really wrong with those sentences put together in an unique phrase.
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ssling: Company making ports of AAA games for Mac and Linux. For some reason they're blatantly anti DRM-free.
Post edited August 03, 2023 by .Keys
Posted August 03, 2023
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.Keys: Hmm.... Both Unix based... ok. ...anti drm-free... unix based systems... foss mentality... wha..?

...There is something really wrong with those sentences put together in an unique phrase.
Just think of them as Apple. Apple has taken something equally baffling and completely bastardized it. ARM, BSD, POSIX, CUPS...
Posted August 03, 2023
Feral interactive do have a online shop with direct download option, maybe they see GOG as a competitior?

And of course, all the Codemasters (Dirt Rally and Grid franchising) games ported by Feral to Linux and MacOS were pulled from the store since the EA acquisition.
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