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Rune for Linux Review

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the games-people-play dept.

Woody Hughes sent a 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.

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  1. Rune is cool, but.. by Xzzy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ..ultimately I found it frustrating.

    Sure the whole swinging swords around and lopping heads off is a fun idea, but the combat is so basic and ping based that you never really have any fun.

    Basically the guy with the lower ping will swing before you do and kill you before you kill him. In the event that two peoples' ping is the same, it's just a matter of jousting around each other until someone gets a lucky strike in. Shields? Forget it. Even the best shield won't stop a killing blow if you just stand there defensively.

    Again, a nice diversion, but it has the staying power of wet toilet paper. Liken it to a game of quake where everyone comes equipped with a BFG and unlimited ammo.

    Now if someone incorporated the combat lessons taught in Oni and made it multiplayer, THEN you'd have a close combat game worth getting excited over. ;)

  2. Rune is pretty fun, but the reviewer has issues. by iCEBaLM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Many comments made this reviewer look really stupid in my eyes, these comments were:

    Sound: The SoundBlaster Live! is the soundcard of choice. And it's cheap too.

    There are many soundcards better than the SB Live which have solid Linux support.

    That's pretty much it. If you don't own an NVIDIA-based card, then I can't help you out since I don't own anything else.

    This from a review site? What really do they review?

    Heavy Metal: FAKK 2 was the first game I ever picked up that was in third-person, with Rune being the second. So, you can no doubt believe me when I say that my eyes actually hurt a bit until I got used to the gameplay.

    Are you 15 years old? Never played Tomb Raider, Diablo, (War|Star)craft, any EA sports games, Oni, Shadows of the Empire, MDK, Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat, Armagetron, Tuxracer etc? Exactly why should I trust the opinion of someone who DOESN'T PLAY MANY GAMES?

    Mod me as flamebait, but it's true.

    -- iCEBaLM