Will skate. be available for Mac OS, Steam OS, Proton/Linux systems (handle held PCs like the Steam Deck) for Early Access?

• We want to bring skate. to as many platforms as possible and will continue to listen to feedback and look at the feasibility of adding new platforms in the future, but for Early Access launch, Mac OS, Steam OS, Proton/Linux will not be supported.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3354750/view/636812613495292422?l=english

  • LuhimeWired@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    3 days ago

    Oh nooo, not the crappy revival that desperately wants to be the next fortnite! I’ll surely miss not being able to play this.

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      Not only that but it also intentionally starts with a lower case s. It’s almost like it’s purposefully engineered to be as irritating a title as possible.

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      3 days ago

      It’s a micro-transactions store with a game built around it. Knowing EA they’ll probably throw their rootkit anti-cheat in to assure investors that “hackers” won’t get anything for free.

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        I curious why it need anti cheat for single player game. This not single player?

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          I dunno if it has a single player mode but everything we’ve seen of the game so far shows it heavily multiplayer focused.

          Also if the names the part confusing you. This isn’t a port of the original Skate game, it’s a reboot.

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      The Skate franchise started on PS3 (don’t remember if it was on other platforms) and was basically a more “realistic” skateboard game where instead of just using button combos, you were able to do tricks with the analog controls of the DualShock3 controllers. People really enjoyed the first 3 games. This is a reboot, but with the severe downturn EA has taken over the last 10+ years, I wouldn’t really bother putting too much hope in it being good.

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      Yeah, at this point I assume they just want to choose awful names to garner attention, but damn, this just makes me think someone typoed.

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        I want to think that they were gonna name it something like “skate!”, but then it was really shitty or something, so someone sneakily renamed it “skate.” at the last second

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    No worries, they’ll eventually launch it and it’ll run at a piss-poor 1 decade per frame on even the highest end hardware for the gameplay, but the microtransaction storefront will run at 3000000000000000FPS with zero bugs whatsoever.

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      Remember all the trailers for Battlefield V, and that got support for I think 2 years. This has even less trailers, so my bets are less than 2 years of support.

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        I played the original Skate via a 360 emulator on the steam deck and it ran perfectly fine so I don’t think you even really need a mad PC setup. It did push the deck to its Max though!

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    Was it supposed to be? I just assume by default a lot of games don’t officially support Linux.

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      Linux? No. Proton, yes, unless they are using kernel-level anticheat like Apex

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    As underpowered as the Steam Deck is, it’s a miracle to me that it can even run modern AAA titles at all.

    Wake me up when they release a 1440p OLED model that can handle Ray Tracing @ 60 FPS minimum.

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      You seem like the kinda guy who could see someone invent a machine that cures cancer, but you’d still complain because it can’t suck your dick

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        its worse than that: i once build just such a contraption, and you know what this gentleman said after being sufficiently cured and sucked off?

        "not sloppy enough, 3/10“ and flossed away

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      Wait, you forgot to mention the price, because if they do it for $1399 you’ll complain about it

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        That is an incredibly fair price for what I want. I would absolutely love to give Valve $1400 if the performance justifies the price.

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      I feel like I am the opposite. The steam deck changed my entire opinion of what I need to enjoy a gaming session. Previously I bought high end hardware, and high refresh rate screens, but after playing through several games on my steam deck, I am realizing I spent way too much money on my gaming computers over the years.