Proton
As an effort taken to ditch Windows, I have started looking at the ProtonDB to make sure that any game I purchase in Steam is going to be able to run in Linux.
Just like Wine, each game on the ProtonDB has a "Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum" rating. If the game doesn't run at all, it is considered "Borked." (I love that word, btw.)
Anyway... I will not purchase a game, unless it has at least Silver status. There are unfortunately too many problems with Bronze...
So, some of the games I already own have such statuses, and some that I own, do not... regardless, I get what I get. I will, however, not go forward from here with new purchases that can, or will not, work with Proton. I'm not really interested in running Lutris. Some people claim that it's amazing, I have NEVER been able to get a game to run under Lutris. Not one, ever.
Anyway... What I am asking is: When a game is marked "Silver, Gold, or Platinum" on the ProtonDB, how do you know what kind of little problems there may be with the game, and where do you go to fix them? For Example: Final Fantasy XIII has a "Gold" status, but when you look in the details, there are many people who give it different status levels... I get that. But when I install it, it runs, but freezes at the title screen. I cannot do anything except kill the process. That's not one of the problems anyone has listed in the ProtonDB...
So, how can I purchase a game on Steam, and know it's going to work? Or even, know I will be able to get it to work?
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