Keyrock
Published
Flawless Out Of The Box
The game ran flawlessly out of the box. I haven't tried multiplayer or changing into windowed mode yet.
I have played the game using Proton for 235 hours, it has crashed a grand total of maybe 4 times in that entire time. Everything works out of the box, all graphical options. I have a bunch of mods installed via Steam Workshop and they all work fine. I don't have Windows to compare performance, but it performs plenty well enough for my satisfaction.
Works flawlessly out of the box, no extra or special configuration needed.
Most likely this game will soon have a native Linux client. Dr Dekker and The Shapeshifting Detective both got native Linux ports, plus it's a Unity game. Until then, it works great via Proton, at least on my machine.
Can't proceed past main menu with GE
With 5.0.9 it doesn't even get to the main menu, you get a black screen with the game's cursor. With 5.9-GE-5-ST it plays the intro video and you get to the main menu. The options menu works fine, but when you start a game you just get a black screen.
Ray tracing and the Nvidia-specific options (dlss, reflex) are greyed out and thus not selectable. Everything else seems to work.
PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr11,dxr %command% -dx12
Runs Fine With All Features Working After Applying Launch Options, Some Minor Glitches, Not Sure If Linux Specific
PROTON_HIDE_NVIDIA_GPU=0 PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr VKD3D_FEATURE_LEVEL=12_1 %command%
Initially Nvidia DLSS and Ray Tracing were missing/greyed out, after tinkering with launch options I got those working too. The game runs fine, frame rate is all over the place depending on where in the game world I am, but that seems on par with Windows, from what I've read and not unreasonable for my setup. There is some artifacting in reflections in puddles and such, but I'm not sure if that Linux specific or a product of DLSS or just a general game bug. I've had a CTD, but only 1 in several hours of play and CTDs seem to also occur on Windows, so I think it's a game bug.
PROTON_FORCE_NVAPI=1 DXVK_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json gamemoderun %command%
I tried default Proton, Proton Experimental, and GE-Proton9-16 previously and they all CTD'd when trying to launch. With GE-Proton9-18 the game launches and plays but with massive graphical artifacts everywhere. Without the launch options the game launches but has performance problems and HORRIFIC stutters making it even more unplayable. With the launch options the game stutters for a bit when loading an area or save but the stutters mostly go away and it runs... Okay, but with horrible graphical artifacts everywhere.
Frequent stutters temporarily tank the framerate
The EULA pop-up when first starting the game will crash the game on newer Proton versions, had to temporarily switch to Proton 7.0-6 to get past the pop-up.
Switch to Proton 7.0-6 to get past the EULA pop-up when first starting the game, after that you can continue to use Proton 7.0-6 or switch to a newer version, which is what I did.
The game still has occasional lag spikes even with GE-Proton7-55, but that's not Proton's fault, that happens on Windows too. With Proton 9 the game runs and the most recent Proton Experimental has fixed the issue with the EULA crashing the game, however the game stutters HORRIBLY with Proton 9.
The game turns into a slideshow whenever it loads something, anything. This happens A LOT.
Some textures flash occassionally
Stuttering Hell
About a month ago this game ran wonderfully, then an update broke compatibility with Proton < 9. It's still technically playable but the experience is HORRIFIC right now. You will be playing a slideshow.
gamemoderun DXVK_ASYNC=1 %command%
Heavy stuttering
The game used to work without the HORRIFIC stuttering using Proton 7, but a while back an update broke the game on Proton 7 and unfortunately it has been, for all intents and purposes, unplayable since then because of the stuttering.
The stuttering is bad and having to switch to an ancient Proton version to get past the EULA will be a deterrent to many, but it's playable.
Stuttering
The EULA pop-up will crash the game on anything other than Proton 7.0-6
The game is online multiplayer by default AFAIK. In fact, I think it's ONLY online multiplayer.
You have to switch to Proton 7.0-6 to get past the EULA pop-up when first starting the game, otherwise it will crash. Once you're past that you can switch back to a more current version of Proton. It stutters badly, presumably when it's loading something, but when it's not stuttering it runs fine. Lip-syncing is horribly off, but I don't know if that's a Proton problem or if it happens on Windows too.
Won't Start A Game On Nvidia Driver 535
Same issue as all other Nvidia users. The game installs and launches just fine but it hangs when you try to start a game. Whether I used default Proton, Proton Experimental, or Glorious Eggroll made no difference. I have not tried downgrading the Nvidia driver because that's a can of worms I'd rather not open, plus I didn't buy a $1000 GPU to play this game at 20 FPS. It looks like Nvidia users are SOL until Nvidia fixes their driver.
Requires Glorious Eggroll Proton. Froze twice but ran beautifully besides those 2 freezes.
The game froze twice. Once during the intro cinematic and once during the first (tutorial) boss fight where I suspect it was about to play a cinematic, as a cinematic played at roughly the same remaining health left on the boss the next time I played. After that it ran really well.
This is the free demo available on Steam. I tried Proton 9.0-4, Proton Experimental, Proton 10.0-1 (beta), and GE-Proton10-3. The game would only launch with GE-Proton10-3, the 3 other versions crashed immediately after the splash screen. Performance is great, I had it running mostly at 100+ FPS at 4K max settings with DLSS4 quality and no fake frames (frame generation).
Runs Flawlessly Out Of The Box
I tried Proton 9.0-4, Proton Experimental, and GE-Proton10-3, they all ran without any issues. It's a Unity game, so that comes as no surprise.
Beautiful graphics (in more ways than one), buttery smooth gameplay, all options work except NVIDIA Frame Generation (I'm pretty sure that doesn't work on Linux ANYWHERE). It's about as good an experience out of the box as you could reasonably hope for.
