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Savage Gets Extensive Patch, Publisher Unwell?

Posted by simoniker on from the edging-toward-medieval dept.

0xBulbizarre writes "The long awaited patch to V2.0 for FPS/RTS hybrid Savage is now here, in both Windows and Linux flavors. It's also worth taking the time to read the amazing 2.0 ChangeLog for a list of all the additions, fixes, etc in the new Savage patch, since they've made new units, new visual effects, and plenty of other changes besides - lets support good Linux game makers." We've previously covered this reasonably well-received 'acquired taste' of a title, and elsewhere, HomeLan Fed is reporting on unconfirmed rumors from "highly placed sources" that Savage publisher iGames may be closing its doors, but that "[Savage developer] S2 Games is still in operation and will continue to support and add onto Savage as planned." Update: 01/22 00:15 GMT by S : A follow-up at HomeLan Fed has the CEO claiming "rumor of [iGames'] closing was started by an innocent miscommunication [with the company's] former COO."

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  1. I hear... by lincarnate · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...that the patch is a great improvement over an already great game, although I haven't had a chance to play it yet. The devs work really hard on the game, and it's not all that odd if you can find them online playing. A couple of my friends and I had a nice conversation with one of them while playing the demo version.

    It's sad to hear that iGames might be closing. I had a problem with downloading the full game from their website, and once I emailed them, I got a response very quickly, and eventually got everything I needed fine. I even talked to the same person in game later.

    It's extremely nice to see the devs and publisher online, playing the game, and communicating with the community. It's a nice change from the usual nameless and faceless developers (and publisher) that ignore the community, which is all too common in the gaming industry.

    --
    All generalizations are inaccurate...except that one about gen....fsck it.
    1. Re:I hear... by 13Echo · · Score: 2, Informative

      It is fantastic. I beta tested the patch and I was BLOWN AWAY by the number of improvements. I wish that this had been the game that they originally released. The initial release got good reviews, but this almost seems like an entirely different game in itself. It's just better balanced, and the new units make things more interesting. Rendering improvements have been done to speed up certain video chipsets. It flies on my Radeon 9500 PRO, on Linux, with the details maxed.

      Please support S2Games. They are totally dedicated to their product, and seem to be dedicated to Linux as well. I can't give enough praise to these guys. It's amazing that a team of such few members was able to create such an amazing and fun game. If we want to see efforts like this, it's VERY IMPORTANT that we share a few bucks with these guys to make sure that there is a future for titles like this.

      I played the demo version and was hooked. I got my keycode for a mere $29, online, and was playing within 30 minutes...
      http://orders.igames.com/savage/

      Or, order a boxed version from Tuxgames....
      http://www.tuxgames.com/details.cgi?id=663106&nc=1 074690859&gameref=114

      Bu trust me... The demo version doesn't do the full version justice. The fixes, enhancements, maps, and extra units make it very worthwhile.

  2. Savage by Sparr0 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Savage, and its creators, did everything right. A multiplayer demo, for linux too, with enough of the game to get you hooked and playing, but leave you wanting more. Online CD Key purchase and download. Clients for both windows and linux, servers too. And continuing development that has already improved the gameplay by an order of magnitude. If the big name companies put this much thought into how to make a game right instead of pumping out the next franchise/licensed game as fast as possible us gamers would be in heaven.

  3. Patch Link, Plus Review of pre-patch by linuxkrn · · Score: 2, Informative

    They only list Windows (.exe) patches, so I found the Linux patch (73MB) here http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=4442"

    I also have a review with screenshots I wrote of it (pre-patch) here.

    I think Savage is a great game. Hell, even the game itself aside, I bought it because they put on the requirements "Windows OR Linux" on the box. That's worth my money alone. I support those companies who support Linux.

  4. Some answers by j450n · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm one of the programmers at S2, I can answer some of the questions people have brought up: The 2.00b (most current patch) should improve everyone's framerate significantly over 1.2, optimizations were made to the rendering code, CPU usage, memory usage... pretty much all around. Also, we're pretty sure we've caught all the memory leaks at this point. Sam was working on the Linux patch today, looks like the link is working as of right now. If the auto-updater isn't grabbing it yet, I'm sure it will be soon (the bandwidth of delivering the patch has really been killer, bear with us for a few days). Our official servers are all running on linux, so even if we wanted to, we couldn't really give it up ;) We did recently lose one of programmers (slothy), who happened to be the Linux guru, leaving Sammy and myself who both have only some moderate Linux experience, so don't be too hard on us if we make a few noob mistakes with the linux support, we're both learning, and slothy is still willing to help us out when we get stuck. We're going to release a patch to bring the demo up to date, as well as a full new package of the demo soon, that's the next thing in the pipes at the moment. Lastly, as pointed out in the update, iGames isn't closing up, but not really being a part of them I can't say exactly what's going on. On the other hand though, I can tell you S2 will be around for a while to come, we're gearing up to get started on the next big thing right now :)