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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Just be aware people that–and this should surprise no one as these features are largely online nowadays (sadly no LAN here :C )—but...

That being said, I personally won't be buying this. Not because the game is poorly made or anything (it's Doom–'nuff said); I'm just not really into the whole glory kill thing. Don't like it.

No shade to anyone who does; that's just my opinion.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just in case you don't already know, but you can ignore the glory kill mechanic.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

makes the game a fair bit harder though

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How much harder?

I just don't like the anxiety that comes with constantly being low health and low ammo that happened the last time I tried Doom Eternal. (Admittedly, I've never played Doom 2016.)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doom 2016 and Doom eternal are actually pretty different, and I preferred 2016 because I didn't constantly run out of ammo. Eternal is more arcade-ish, while 2016 feels more like a classic shooter game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

Oh cool.

Yeah, in Eternal, it seemed that once I got past the first few areas, if I didn't do glory kills, I'd be, within seconds, nearly dead and almost completely out of ammo (if not out of ammo).

You're saying Doom 2016 isn't like that?

Like, don't get me wrong, glory kills are awesome, but I feel they should be optional flairs to spice up gameplay, not a required function just to progress. That's what bothered me. It effectively locked out of the game (a Doom game no less) anyone who didn't like the glory kill mechanic. Personally, as a long-time fan of the franchise, that felt kinda cheap.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah it's not like that. You do have to switch weapons regularly to use different ammo types, but you can definitely get away with no glory kills.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

That I have no problem with. You had to do that in the classic Doom too. After all, certain weapons worked better with certain enemies.

Thanks! I'll buy it and try it out!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I loved 2016, I didn't like Eternal. Just try 2016, it's legendary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago

I will do that. Thank you. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I don't know, I booted into the game clicked SnapMaps and I was able to play some custom made maps. This is the first time I start up the game though, so not sure what it is. Custom maps by the looks of it? Only like 11 maps available though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So, that's cool. In any case, yeah, I was just going by what it said on the page. I don't own the game, so I couldn't check.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

You are right, it does say on the page that it's singleplayer only, I haven't tested if the multiplayer maps work, that might be the restriction to snapmaps.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm getting suck on a black screen. I have tried proton-GE and proton experimental. I have also tried vulkan and without.

What should I try next?

Kernel: Linux 6.14.2-arch1-1
nvidia: 570.133.07
DE: KDE Plasma 6.3.4
WM: KWin (Wayland)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I haven't had any luck getting it to run either, and I've tried quite a few different proton versions, both via heroic games launcher but also via bottles. No luck at all.

EDIT: Asked someone on nobara's discord and they suggested installing "vcrun2022" via winetricks, and sure enough, that made it start. Maybe there's some DLL file that mfc140 and vcrun2022 share that was needed?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Thanks it worked. I installed both mfc140 and vcrun2022, I don't know which one did the trick.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago

Some others on ProtonDB are reporting this. For me switching to an older version (7.0-6) worked fine.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I had the same problem and solved it by installing mfc140 in winetricks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://tosdr.org/en/service/180 After checking out steam on tosdr it seems like the best option for games is piracy unless there available drm free...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, the only way to not get spyware on Linux is either GOG or the high seas. Although pirating on windows can lead to worse situations depending on a number of factors.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

How could pirating on Windows be worse for privacy?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Some cracks have viruses, Trojans, Rootkits and the like. Playing them on Linux via Wine can completely nullify most security and privacy issues caused by these threats.