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LGP Announces Two More Titles
dolson writes "Earlier today Linux Game Publishing announced the next two titles that they will be porting to Linux. They are both made by Grim, a Swedish development company, and they are called Ballistics and Bandits: Phoenix Rising. One is a high-speed racing game, and the other is a driving/action game."
On one hand yes. I wish these developers every possible success.
On the other hand. Well, I haven't heard of Grin, or it's games. Sorry. I can't recall seeing anything in a PC Gamer, or a box in a software shop.
There's no planetbandits.
Oh well. I wish everyone involved the best.
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Huh?
I know many people will bemoan the fact that they cannot get some brand new highly known game to run on Linux. The reason why is simple: Economics.
:). And also lets the customer actually have more of a voice...
OTH, having LGP port lesser known games has opened up a whole new world to games I would never have known about, because they don't have the publisher to spam all the well known gaming magazines with reviews etc. Also, not having the huge publisher gives the smaller developer a chance to release the game they want
I'll be getting these games for sure, a little more expensive than the Windows versions, but thats a small price to pay in terms of having to run on an OS I don't like to use.
StarTux
Problem with Loki is they were run by fuckwits.
The fact is, if anyone wants games, they use Windows. What do they expect with Linux? People use it because it's free, and they wonder why people don't pay for software? Any gamer worth their salt knows XP is where it's at for games, and Linux is, and will always be, a pretender to the throne when it comes to being an OS that runs games well.
You can use XP and have a vast library of games, or you can use Linux, and get a few titles, but none of the big ones (like Warcraft 3, Championship Manager, the biggest selling game in Europe).
I haven't been playing games since I switched to Linux several years ago. But looking at the screenshots of these games, that may change. It might be hard to resist that kind of virtual world.
When it comes to games, I urge you all to ditch your "only Open-Souce" principles.
The goal of gaming is to have fun. Stop worrying about device drivers, monitor drivers, serial numbers, low ping connectivity, mouse drivers, keyboard configurations, etc. and just play fun, easy-to-use games on a traditional console gaming system.
Gamecube and X-box are the two best choices these days. You can get a Gamecube for $139 (half of a day's salary) and all you do then is simply chuck one of the many amazingly fun games into the device, turn on your TV, and start smiling.
An X-box is as low as $199 and now includes special new controllers and two great games in this starter package. It's a great bargain, and with their new online play, it's better than ever. You can turn everything on and be playing HALO against someone in China and someone in France in less than 15 seconds.
Really cool!
When it comes to games, I don't care if it's Linux or Microsoft or whatever, I just stick to the proven console games that always work since all the hardware's the same. It makes life so much easier.
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I keep hearing "oh, these games aren't AAA titles, they must suck. Well, some of the most pure fun games I've played are obscure titles like these. They have nice graphics (not bleeding edge, but pretty) and fun gameplay. They not be the deep, sweeping experience of something like HalfLife, but they're still good entertainment. If the price is right, this games might be a good buy.
A deep unwavering belief is a sure sign you're missing something...
Ballistics and Bandits are games that take a unique spin to current games. Ballistics could be called the first supersonic racing game, where your insane speed turns a game of reaction into more of a game of pattern. The developers at E3 2001 were able to complete most of the courses at full supersonic speed, where we could barely make it at subsonic speed.
The game is one of the first to introduce pixel shading and other features of the GeForce 3.
Bandits I know less about, sadly. I've been sitting around waiting for word of Grin's ever-in-development game, Vultures. The guys at Grin were nice enough at E3 2001 to give me their concept-art posters they had posted in their booth (Kentia Hall). From what I remember the game has gone under a couple design revisions, but the detail they paid in the rendered weapons and the concept art I have is amazing. It should be a game I wont be able to miss. That is, if it ever does get released.
So what if these arent Popular games? They use cutting edge technology and were probably easy to get a hold of (Grin is full of nice guys), so maybe the lessons learned from porting these games will enable LGP to publish those games you are clamoring for?
Again I'm taken back to my argument that people shouldnt purely deride games. If they are supported through either fans or at least constructive criticism, the whole industry benifits.
--onyx--
Problem with Loki is they were run by fuckwits.
Well, no one who thinks you can make money selling GNU/Linux games is a genius. But in this case you can probably blame idealism more than lack of intellect.
Well some of us don't even bother to get Win98 or any other bad operating system...
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Just saying it like it are.
I'd be interested in learning the opinions and observations of others. Meanwhile, I shall continue to support the developers of Linux products, as opposed to megacorporate closed-source proprietary/predatory fat cats.
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