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A Tale in the Desert

Posted by michael on from the not-everyone-gets-to-be-a-pharaoh dept.

Sandy99 writes "A Tale in the Desert is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game (mmorpg) that has been in development for 4 1/2 years and goes live tomorrow. There is no killing in this game. It is all about cooperation to unlock the knowledge of Egypt. A basic overview is at the official site. Discussion forums are at atitd.net. Maps of Egypt and construction knowledge are at atitdmaps.com. Everything has been produced by a handful of independent developers and a bunch of volunteers. This is also the first mmorpg to debut with both windows and linux clients."

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  1. Slashdot weenies by aufecht · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    We NEED more games to be developed for Linux. Aren't you tired of rebooting to play a fucking game?? I am. Someone releases a Linux clent of their game along with Winodws and all I hear is a bunch of bitching and whining, no blood, no fun..morons. Write your own fucking Linux game if you want blood and gore. To the people who released this game, thank you for having the courage to release a Linux client along with a Windows client. As you can see, the behavior of some these children is why many companies don't take Linux seriously. We are not all teenage brats.

  2. Requirements too stiff! by NineNine · · Score: 0, Flamebait


    Required:

    Pentium II, 400 mhz

    192Mb Ram

    3D Accelerator

    Recommended:

    Pentium II 700+

    256Mb Ram

    GeForce video card



    A special video card is required to play? That's ridiculous. They're already limiting their userbase to active gamers that follow the daily video card upgrade circus. I was really interested in giving this a whirl until I read this.