STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl Enhanced Edition has recently been release and if you already own the original game in Steam or GOG, you will get it for free!
After some research of reviews it appears there are some serious bugs and performance issues that make the enhancements unappealing... but I'm here to tell you that Shadow of Chernobyl ran GREAT in Linux with Proton!
First and foremost, the graphical enhancements make Shadow of Chernobyl absolutely beautiful! High quality textures, HD clouds, bump-mapping, lighting and focus make this game more gorgeous and interactive than ever! I was able to use Heroic Launcher to sign into my GOG account and download the entire game. Set it to Proton Experimental and was able to play once I used the -nointro launch command. The only unfortunate issue I experienced was the cut-scene videos were completely un-viewable. They just appeared as white stripes duplicated across the screen horizontally. No problem, just skipped them and continued playing. I was able to finish the entire game without any game-breaking experiences. Yes the lighting was buggy here and there, yes there were some minor issues, but what a fun time re-living Shadow of Chernobyl after so many years.
Mint 21.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 550
Proton Experimental
Heroic Launcher
After some research of reviews it appears there are some serious bugs and performance issues that make the enhancements unappealing... but I'm here to tell you that Shadow of Chernobyl ran GREAT in Linux with Proton!
First and foremost, the graphical enhancements make Shadow of Chernobyl absolutely beautiful! High quality textures, HD clouds, bump-mapping, lighting and focus make this game more gorgeous and interactive than ever! I was able to use Heroic Launcher to sign into my GOG account and download the entire game. Set it to Proton Experimental and was able to play once I used the -nointro launch command. The only unfortunate issue I experienced was the cut-scene videos were completely un-viewable. They just appeared as white stripes duplicated across the screen horizontally. No problem, just skipped them and continued playing. I was able to finish the entire game without any game-breaking experiences. Yes the lighting was buggy here and there, yes there were some minor issues, but what a fun time re-living Shadow of Chernobyl after so many years.
Mint 21.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1650
Nvidia 550
Proton Experimental
Heroic Launcher