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by MrFurious 3146 days ago
I use linux everyday, practically only play football manager,but in steam practically doesn't exists AAA games. Mad Max from 2015?. No fifa, no call of duty, no last AAA games. It's the reality.
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You're simply wrong, there are plenty of AAA games on Steam, GOG and the Humble Bundle for Linux. Plenty. It's just not the case anymore that you cannot game on Linux. Also, we're on 2017, 2015 is not old.

Here are some AAA games that I own, all running great on a Linux laptop:

    - XCOM: Enemy Unknown (the remake)
    - Alien: Isolation (impressive graphics)
    - Insurgency
    - Mad Max
    - Victor Vran
    - Portal 2
    - L4D2
    - Dawn of War 2
    - SOMA
    - Firewatch (awesome graphics)
    - Invisible Inc
    - Transistor
    - Divinity: Original Sin (impressive graphics)
    - Hand of Fate
    - Shadowrun & all expansions.
... and plenty more. I just picked some that I like (you won't see racing or sports games because I'm not into them), I actually own hundreds of games. Some newer, some older, some low spec, some hardware-demanding.

In this day and age, pretending that gaming on Linux is hard is just FUD. You may get the games later than on Windows, and not every game, but still there are plenty.

XCOM: Enemy Unknown - 2012 Alien: Isolation - 2014 Insurgency: 2014 Mad Max: 2015 Victor Vran: 2015 Portal 2: 2011 L4D2: 2009 Dawn of War 2: 2009 SOMA: 2015 Firewatch: 2016 Invisible Inc: 2015 Transistor: 2014 Divinity: Original Sin - 2014 Hand of Fate: 2015 Shadowrun & all expansions: 2013?

Oh, with Linux you can play old games(and indie games) and comfort you thinking that linux is the best platform for a gamer and 2015 is not old in the videogame world, meanwhile, your friends play Horizon Zero Dawn in PS4 or last FIFA 18 in Windows 10.

Really do you think that a gamer will change windows 10 for linux for play ancient games and cannot play the last AAA games?.

Finally, i have games how L4D2 in Linux, but if i want to play games how GTA or Asssasins Creed i need windows.

> Oh, with Linux you can play old games(and indie games) and comfort you thinking that linux is the best platform for a gamer and 2015 is not old in the videogame world

It's 2017 now. These games are not old and certainly not ancient. Most of the games I listed are AAA. You said "you cannot game on Linux" and I've proven you wrong. I just listed some games I like, I'm not about to list my whole collection for you to ridicule it.

I never said Linux was the best platform for a gamer, and certainly not the best platform for playing this year's games, but that was not your initial remark either, was it?

> Really do you think that a gamer will change windows 10 for linux

No, but since nobody was arguing this, it seems you're talking to yourself?

Please try to address the actual point, otherwise I won't bother answering you anymore.