Valve announced a change for Steam today that will make things a lot clearer for everyone, as developers will now need to clearly list the kernel-level anti-cheat used on Steam store pages.
I didnt buy Helldivers 2 because of it. Explained why to all my friends who kept trying to convince me to buy it. I didn’t convince them, they didn’t convince me… but hey I appreciate the warning in the future.
Hopefully this encourages developers and publishers to re-evaluate kernel level anything.
Sadly i don’t think it has any impact. For example, for Riot games no one complained about Vanguard except Linux gamers.
Plenty of others complained, the difference was just that they could swallow the pill and keep playing. Linux players were just fucked.
I didnt buy Helldivers 2 because of it. Explained why to all my friends who kept trying to convince me to buy it. I didn’t convince them, they didn’t convince me… but hey I appreciate the warning in the future.
Meanwhile hd2 runs just fine under Linux, without kernel fuckery.