Going by the log, I assume Aelita Kernel is a custom kernel relabeled. The second line should be troubleshooted (researched) why it failed to disable DPM (since the kernel wants it disable for some reason). I am not saying it should be disabled, just research to find out more information of what it means, etc.
Start from there and you’ll progress the troubleshoot.
The most logical answer (without being technical) would be the transition between Wayland to XWayland, e.g. Gamescope. The transition has a latency, a small one but it exists.
As /u/VastAd8540 mentions too, Nvidia proprietary drivers doesn’t support XWayland that well, so a native Wayland goes a long way for usable drivers.
The benefits of modern technologies that Wayland is suitable for (and less so for X11 because X11 was created in an era for a different mindset, XWayland is a middle ground for a more secure X11 environment), maybe not implemented yet though…
You are right with Wayland having issues, but that’s not the point (I am making). I am pointing out the direction the developing for Linux Windowing system is going towards (cannot get things without the developers).
Wayland is not perfect and no one will dispute that (only extreme people and idiots), because nothing is absolute. Wayland is old (news) at this point and still has active development (which the only thing matters for the wheel to move forward).
Man the Phoronix forums, always some deluded guy arguing against Wayland. But only time will tell, no manner how many developers jump ship from X.org to maintain (X)Wayland…
The original Cities Skylines shipped with a Linux native version on a time where Proton was in it’s infancy.
The problem now is that it’s just better not to do a Linux native version. Linux native ports have libraries that usually is old and not often backwards comparable. So many native Linux ports that are old just doesn’t work on modern Linux distributions (unless you manually find and add the library version).
The Valve solution removes all headaches from the developer (and make it easier and simpler) to just make a Windows version, plus the added bonus to relay all issues with Proton on the game to Valve support. This is huge for game developers as not all developers are good at giving support on Linux about Linux (most of the ports are made by a third party).
So to answer OP question, if it will get Ported to Linux then I am all for it but I believe it’s just better to use Proton as Gamescope has some features that makes more parity with Windows features.
It should work with Gamescope, or with XWayland just fine. I tested it with XWayland with no complications last week and it worked fine.
I know that AOE2DE has a fix in Proton-GE series
I technically left about 9 years ago, 2014. The problem was, when university started, digital exams could only be provided in Windows or Mac (for the application). Bullshit I know, but that forced me to go back to Windows (and the only reason). Now I have some other courses in University and I switched to Archlinux with this student laptop.
And the difference is night and day, my old laptop ran Linux ok but most functions didn’t work. This laptop (from 2019, Latitude 7390) works better on Linux, the headphone jack can work as both headphones and microphone (at the same time), something the Windows drivers doesn’t let you do.
It’s not Wayland per say, it’s the driver in Wine (winewayland.drv) that isn’t fully developed. Context really matters !