Funnily enough the one exception to this rule that I probably would have made was BF6 but they forced me to sit this one out by barring Linux users 🤷‍♂️ So I'm playing Outer Worlds 2 instead rn.

For some good battlefield alternatives that run great on Linux check out ->

Easy Red 2

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1324780/Easy_Red_2/

Operation Harsh Doorstop

https://store.steampowered.com/app/736590/Operation_Harsh_Doorstop/

and Angels Fall First

https://store.steampowered.com/app/367270/Angels_Fall_First/

I tried downloading the BF6 free demo and I had to jump through a bunch of hoops trying to get it to run just to find that because the last time I used my EA account was a decade ago, my Steam account is banned from their servers until I go through customer support to unlock it.

And that last bit is wild because the one that doesn't require Windows for PC gamers is the one owned by Microsoft.

I'm the same way. I might have got BF6, I played the beta and fell in love cause it felt like BC2 which was my favorite BF game.

Sadly the hoops I had to jump through to even get it to work on a windows system, let alone getting it to work on my Debian system, combined with the price tag was enough to hard push me away from buying it.

It's a shame because the game was stupid levels of fun, and felt organic. They just are out-casting their userbase by their decisions to block Non-Windows systems.

... (checks what comm I'm in) ..Acquiring it.

most relatable thing I've heard all day 😂

Outer Worlds 2

I'm pretty sure Obsidian Entertainment qualifies as AAA.

Wait, why that comment?

Did the USA invade the UK last night and I didn't notice?

Now, to be fair I got an early night, it was Halloween and the nutters were out in force so I popped the ol' sleeping plugs in and nodded off, but I think I'd notice when I got up for brekkie and the yanks were marching down the road xD

Play it so much that you don't notice your crew set your beard on fire and left without you?

look up the life and times of Edward Teach.

yay, we almost have competition now

Hold your horses, Intel is going through some stuff, and I hope the GPU division survives.

Motor Town is a behemoth, I have driven so many urgent taxi jobs I put myself on the taxi leaderboard for a hot minute without intending too... with pretty much all the driving manual not autopilot which I am not sure many of the other drivers higher taxi level than me do... lol

Yeah, Motor Town is GOOD.

If you like the old-school top-down GTA feel

You also HAVE to check out the quick multiplayer match topdown GTA-like Skillshot City. The gameplay feels super tight.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/308600/Skillshot_City/

Maniac is a singleplayer police escape arcade mayhem game with locked in topdown GTA-like gameplay.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1482380/Maniac/

In a different genre but still worth mentioning for having cool topdown arcade multiplayer & singleplayer combat is Running With Rifles

https://store.steampowered.com/app/270150/RUNNING_WITH_RIFLES

Some companies are wealthier than most countries.

Is that allowed in the UK and Canada? As an American, I'm not familiar with the law there.

It's interesting how Discord absolutely nukes its own trust by pretending to be more than it is. I loathe discord, to the point I'd use a competitor (not teams) just to evade it. I'm sick of finding a hobby group using it as a Frankenstein forum / chat / info hub when it's only built for chat.

Discord is fine for this use, but I'm getting used to the distrusting it so often that it blends into reasonable use.