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Rune for Linux Review
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review of Rune for Linux thats running over at Reactive Linux. Rune is based on an enhanced version of the Unreal engine which has been ported to Linux by Loki. It features a 3rd person perspective and the ability to make other polygons dead.
All I'd say is, why would anyone want to waste precious hd space on rune anyway? Run around in a few hundred different sewers with a dull axe for about 6 hours. That about sums up rune... See oldmanmurray's review here: http://www.oldmanmurray.com/longreviews/runepage1. shtml
a polygon is 2d. It has 3 points, the most complicated object capable of always,only existing in 2d.
The review referred to in the original post seems to be somewhat unreachable (it can't be slashdotted yet, can it?), so you may want to try Loki's page for the game
here.
A polygon, and thus 2d (not three). The previous poster was off base saying a polygon has three points (in the biz, we call those "triangles"; all triangles are polygons, but not all polygons are triangles).
Polygons are by definition two dimensional.
-- MarkusQ
Rune is great, but there are some serious issues with the Linux version. Namely:
Game requires 512M of ram+swap to start. If you dont have that much dedicated for the game itself (dont forget to add on the RAM requirements for Linux itself), it'll kill your system at level transitions/whenever kernel can catch up to the allocations.
It is running piss slow on P3 450M system with 680M of ram (even on the 800x600 res).
These are my two main concerns with it, not to mention the fact that Loki only acknowledged the NEW ram requirements after a bunch of people expressed their concern in the mailing groups.
The 3D engine is ok, but still not bug-free.
Another very extensive site about Rune is here.
I can't agree with your comment. I've played quite a bit of deathmatch with the same core group of guys for a number of years. We've gone through Duke 3D, Hexen, Unreal, Quake, Quake II, Quake II, UT, and now lately Rune. We've all agreed that Rune has been the most fun to play. We all got really tired of long-range rocket launcher battles, or people sniping with the rail gun. The lack of range weapons plus the addition of the Rune powers has really added to our enjoyment of the game.
Now, we always play on a lan, so I can't really speak to the ping issues. However, I can say that I have used a shield effectively many times. You just can't stand there and expect it to protect you forever!
Being the lone linux user of the group, I was greatly looking forward to Rune for Linux. I own the Windows version, but I am ready to pay for the Linux version as well. However, after reading some comments about the poor performance and the high memory requirements, I may have to take a second look.
Loki didn't port the UT engine to Linux, it was someone from Epicgames.
For anyone wanting to buy, Tux Games. Its out of stock but new stock expected tomorrow.
Tux Games. Your complete source for native Linux games.
Drivel. A polygon has as many points as you like. A triangle has 3 points. Just because 3D programmers and artists get lazy and refer to triangles as "poly's" doesn't make it true.
If you're going to be a smart arse, at least have the common courtesy to be a correct one.
If you were blocking sigs, you wouldn't have to read this.
I ordered Rune 2 weeks ago and it arrived a week ago (and since I'm in the UK, that's pretty good!) I have avidly played through it in the past 7 days and here is what I think:
- Initial impression was - sweeet, nice graphics, cool weapons and a decent(ish) plot.
- Unfortunately there is too little variety in the creatures you meet - you spend about 4 hours of it just beheading zombies - and when you can't find a sword - that gets very frustrating.
- Lack of variety of attacks was also a bit dull. Need some special combos or something. However I did like the rune idea to get cool attacks, makes up for the lack of combos.
- Some good puzzles to get round, but not so hard as to bore me, but some were too simple (like being able to strafe round the edge of big swiping blades, instead of the jumping them)
- Expansion pack (same price as game) is a mere 70Meg install, with a bunch of extra maps and a couple of new multiplayer games. Whilst cool, I feel a little conned out of my $30. But I only installed that bit today, so maybe there's some surprises waiting.
Overall a good game, but maybe not worth the cumulative $72 I paid for it. It was my first commercial Linux game, and I'm sure it won't be my last. Thank goodness Loki are still around!
-- aL