Bang-On Balls: Chronicles 
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Zany sandbox adventure "satire" mix of games like (thematically and gameplay) Crash Tag Team Racing, Worms 4: Mayhem and Ape Escape 3
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Settings to high, resolution scaling to about 85
Proton 8.0-4
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
Proton 8.0-4
Distro:SteamOS Holo
Kernel:5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune
RAM:15 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 (Compatibility Profile) Mesa 22.2.0 (git-17e5312102)
GPU:AMD Custom GPU 0405 (vangogh, LLVM 14.0.6, DRM 3.45, 5.13.0-valve36-1-neptune)
CPU:AMD Custom APU 0405
The eXterminator (9 reports)
2 hours overallAbsolute baller of a game
Played exclusively on Linux. No issues found
Proton 8.0-4
Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Kernel:6.2.0-34-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1 - kisak-mesa PPA
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (navi10, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.2.0-34-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
Proton 8.0-4
Distro:Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS
Kernel:6.2.0-34-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:4.6 Mesa 23.2.1 - kisak-mesa PPA
GPU:AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (navi10, LLVM 15.0.7, DRM 3.49, 6.2.0-34-generic)
CPU:AMD Ryzen 7 3800X 8-Core
merf(10 reports)
Tinker Steps:Other
just tweak in game graphic settings to mostly high but lose things like motion blur, ambient occlusion, then lock at 40fps - gives a nice balance of looking good, fan & battery life.
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
► Multiplayer
Overall (online):Excellent
Proton 8.0-2
merf(10 reports)
Proton 8.0-2
mister_henry(1 report)
mister_henry (1 report)
Battery Performance:Made Changes To Improve
Locked to 40 FPS, refresh rate at 40, all graphics settings on high
Proton 8.0-1
mister_henry(1 report)
Proton 8.0-1
Performance:Slight Performance Problems
► Multiplayer
Overall (online):Excellent
I had to drop graphical settings slightly but aside from that it played exactly as I'd have expected it to.
Proton 7.0-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.4.0-125-generic
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.85.02
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
Proton 7.0-4
Distro:Linux Mint 20.3
Kernel:5.4.0-125-generic
RAM:64 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 510.85.02
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core
Works good
Performance:Slight Performance Problems
There were some lagspikes, but not frequent
Proton 6.3-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.11.16-xanmod1-cacule-1-cacule
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 465.24.02
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz
Proton 6.3-2
Distro:Arch Linux
Kernel:5.11.16-xanmod1-cacule-1-cacule
RAM:16 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 465.24.02
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER
CPU:Intel Core i7-4790K @ 4.00GHz
The major problem are the lag spike that happen randomly. Aside from that, the game run fine.
Performance:Slight Performance Problems
Some spike of really low framerate from time to time. The game usually run fine with those spike of poor performance randomly. Can impact the game if it's in the middle of a battle or in a jump.
► Multiplayer
Overall (online):Good
Proton 5.13-6
Distro:Pop!_OS 20.10
Kernel:5.8.0-7642-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.39
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CPU:Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz
Proton 5.13-6
Distro:Pop!_OS 20.10
Kernel:5.8.0-7642-generic
RAM:32 GB
GPU Driver:NVIDIA 460.39
GPU:NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980
CPU:Intel Core i7-4770K @ 3.50GHz
