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Is the Linux Community Ungrateful for The Witcher 2 Port?

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The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings was just released for Linux a few days ago, but the community is not happy about the way the port was done. On the other hand, some players have gone the other way and they are calling the Linux users ungrateful.

It's not every day that a major title like The Withcer 2 arrives on Linux and you would imagine that everyone is ecstatic about it. This is just the sort of game that is needed to push the Linux platform forward and to determine more developers to port their titles.

The problem is that the developers didn't actually make a port, they made the version for the Windows platform work on Linux, with the help of a wrapper similar to Wine. This means that even if the game works, some users will have a difficult time playing it due to various problems, but especially because of poor performance.

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Comments (11)

tuxchick ·
"The Linux Community" is not a single-minded hive beast, and what does gratitude have to do with it? Either it works well or it doesn't. Either the devs are committed to a high-quality Linux port or they're not. Users will decide if it's worth paying for. They should be grateful that anyone buys their games. Me, I'd rather have no game than a half-baked kludge. There are a lot of nice cross-platform games that don't treat Linux users as second-class afterthoughts.
notbob ·
@TC

Yer first mistake, reading any article posed as a question. Second, responding to it. ;)
tuxchick ·
lol, good points notbob :)
gary_newell ·
I've read articles saying that using a question with a yes/no answer is a bad idea.

People see the title, make up their own minds what the answer is, then jump straight to the comments section to provide their opinion.

NoDough ·
> gary_newell

I didn't read the article, but I agree with your comment.
gus3 ·
I may not agree with your comment, but I'll defend to the death your right to ignore the article.
BernardSwiss ·
Quoting: I may not agree with your comment, but I'll defend to the death your right to ignore the article.


{applause}

In my notes file, for future use :)

gus3 ·
/me takes a bow
BernardSwiss ·
PS: btw: whose death, exactly?
gus3 ·
Whose-ever comes first.
tmx ·
The Witcher series is plagiarized work and I am not going to support that franchise. Also honestly the game sucks in term of gameplay mechanic which is really clunky for an action rpg.

http://the-rageaholic.tumblr.com/post/39101214411/hi-i-saw-y...

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