I have Radeon 6900 rx and it games sweet on Linux. I’ve played games on Windows with it too without issue (dual boot).

Generally, AMD is king on Linux, Nvidia is suffering (had drivers updates break OS installs). Nvidia is only really if you want ray tracing or Cuda, and I’ve never needed to.

OpenSuse Tumbleweed is my distro of choice. Up to date kernel. Rolling distro. Stable.

You’re in the UK? Lol

Someone got on with Skate? I loved THPS but when I tried Skate it was dull and boring. Probably managed 10 mins then never played again.

I tend to use less powerful bows or weaker pals to weaken, call back your pal when most work has been done and use better balls for stronger pals.

Looks good.

I really like OpenSuse, but the setup and configuration wasn’t easy or straightforward. Manjaro had a superior way to setup partition for example. If they make this process smooth, it would really help folk experience a great OS that just works and is up to date.

<mint just works, y’all jokes>

No chance. Games will only grow. With so many good free engines, I cannot see people stopping making games.

I think with hardware, people bought PCs during the pandemic, and after (when GPU’s became available), and after that, they had done their hardware refresh. Some of the bump from the year 2022 was likely because of people finally being able to get hold of their hardware. Because of the backlog catch up, 2023 would inevitably be a drop. Now they have a PC, the only question is whether you need a better monitor to support the hardware, and that would explain the growth of it now.

The only thing happening in the games industry is layoffs due to high interest rates. If interest rates are 2% and you make a 5% ROI, you make a profit. If interest rates are 8%, you’re making a loss, so investment in games or any software ain’t great at times of high interest. It’ll likely bounce back as interest rates drop. I just hope more jobs are built within the indie sector rather than AAA.

Thanks for this, Arthur. This is likely fine. :).

I have no idea. It’s quite subjective.

You can install packages and remove them and it resolves dependencies, just using different commands…

It’s a strategy, it requires planning and thinking. Comparing to FPS is crazy. Pick up gun and shoot.

HoMM3 is quite simple. Get towns and upgrade them. Make monsters. Kill. Most stuff you can learn and figure out as you play. It was the first game of that type I played. I’m not great at it, but that’s more because it’s hard to master, but you can still play a reasonable game.

It’s worth persisting as its one of the best games made and people still play it decades later.

I think WINE recommend an up to date distro due to rapidly changing stuff needing up to date software and kernel. I think Debian wouldn’t be great for that. I’d personally recommend OpenSuse. Rolling, up to date and great with KDE. Good luck.

I would second up to date distros for the same reasons. I think the WINE guys suggested as much. I’d personally go OpenSuse as it’s rolling, up to date, solid and great for KDE.

Thanks for the heads up. Done. :)