DBB55
Published
I will recommend it, but WAIT FOR PURCHASE. Unless you have a decent PC and absolutely love the genre which is my case.
On Wayland it would only run absolutely ok when having the game running on a separate desktop with no other windows - Xorg was alright
As of October 2023 the game was relased in a poor state, don't know how much of the experience can be attributed to proton and how much for the state of the game. Doesn't look like I am experiencing any quirkiness with proton though and the game is just like that. Marked the performance problems as slight because it is a universal thing and to be expected currently
This is the future of city building games, period. It already delivers a LOT gameplay-wise but the performance... To people who just do not have that good of a PC, when they get the green light for console release (which implies passing the QA of both Microsoft and Sony) it will mean that the PC version is mature enough. Paradox Interactive, again, rushes another title. So I'd commend you to not buy it unless you really want it and you really can run it. I've made the decision of paying full price, but this is not the state the game should be in to pay 50€ for it (as of late October 2023).
Please DISABLE Ray-tracing otherwise it will crash most PCs when you try to play - do not trust the automatic graphic configuration and disable it manually
You can enjoy the game without tinkering, but the fixes are so easy to do that they are worth looking into them
gamemoderun gamescope -W 1920 -H 1080 -f -F fsr -S stretch -- %command%
Had issues with an nvidia card + 565 drivers + Xorg - worked fine in Wayland (linux mint)
As other users have stated, you've to switch the .exe file to solve lag
In order to force the game to fit into my screen's 16:9 aspect ratio I used gamescope, including parameters to upscale the game a little bit with FSR - You will get the typicial...smooch/blurriness? that it carries but not a deal breaker at all. You can of course play just fine with the default resolution and 4:3 aspect ratio - it's just me that I like to tinker
