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on from the sounds-like-an-rpg dept.
LinuxPR is reporting that Loki is working with 3DO to develop a version of Heroes of Might and Magic: III. The game should be available in December. What does this bring the tally up to now?
Um, Heroes III doesn't need 3D. However, it is a really cool game, but I've kind of played it do death under Windows. Unless Loki add something new, I probably won't buy it, but I would recommend others to. --
My killer apps (games) and other thoughts
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Ledge+Kindred
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Dungeon Keeper (1|2) - I can't play them enough. "Evil is Good". I think DK2 might be my favorite game ever.
Simcity (1|2|3000) - I just love those Maxis games. I heard at one point that SC3K was supposed to be ported to BeOS but I've yet to actually see it.
Diablo - It's just a simple click-n-shoot but so danged addictive! I'd really love to see Diablo II come out on Linux when it's released, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it.
What I *am* holding by breath for is Neverwinter Nights. Pardon me while I wipe the drool off my chin from thinking about this game. I just hope they can pull it off.
Anyone know if there is a site anywhere that has some sort of "Nominate and vote for your favorite game that you'd like to see ported to Linux" type poll? I'd be willing to set something like this up if there isn't one someplace already.
It would also be really nice if some of these game companies would follow ID's lead and a couple/few years after the games are released (like about the time you start seeing the boxes in the "Bargain bin" at your local software store for $4.99) they would release the source code under some kind of relatively non-restrictive license. (doesn't have to be GPL, but it should be enough that someone else could take the code and work on ports to other platforms and redistribute at least as patches.) I still play the original Dungeon Keeper occasionally; I'd love to be able to play it on Linux.
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Yeah, what is the tally now?
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47Ronin
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Just curious.. what is the estimated number of commercially-produced games that have been ported to Linux? I'm talking about games like Tomb Raider, Falcon, Quake, etc.. it'd be nice to know what the trend is.
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Re:boring...we need better games
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My benchmark for the day when Linux is regarded as having won the OS war against Microsoft is when a majority of major games are produced for Linux first.
As well as better games, we need up to date games. Unfortunately in the majority of cases we're still getting 'hand me downs' from Windows. i.e. games which Windows first ran 2-3 years ago.
On the bright side, the situation does seem to be improving rapidly; a few years ago most games producers [ID perhaps excepted] wouldn't even have considered producing a Linux/Unix version.
Linux really needs a 'killer app' game - something which is new, different and everyone wants to play.
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Has Loki started porting games of different genres yet? So far it seems like the only ones that they've done are of a strategic bent (Don't get me wrong, strategy games are quite nice), but it seems to me that they are missing out on some of the other genres...
I personally wouldn't call Heretic II a strategy game, and I doubt anyone would call Soldier of Fortune a strategy game - apparently it is a Quake II-engine first person shoot-em-up with more and/or better gore than any other game ever. Or something like that. And of course there's Eric's Ultimate Solitare which is (according to reviews) pretty good, the kind of thing to get your Mum using Linux.
Meanwhile I want, make that need, a copy of RRTII - the number of hours I lost to Transport Tycoon when I should have been writing up my degree project is quite disgusting - but fun:-)
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Re:Is there gold in the hills?
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tweek
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errrr I find it odd that I can play Civ:CTP full screen on my 8th desktop at the office and hit ESC to pause it and alt 1/2/3/4 or whatnot to go to my other desktops and actually work. You can't do that? "We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
-- "Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!"
"Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
Re:Is there gold in the hills?
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Black+Parrot
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> But, is anyone buying them?
They seem to disappear off the shelves of the stores around here that carry it.
> I'm assuming... that the original developers... simply threw money at Loki and said, "make it run on Linux."
My counterassumption is that Loki approached them for permission, and pays them a license fee per copy. Zero investment risk for the original developers; Loki goes bang or bust depending on how avidly the Linux market absorbs games.
But that is just an assumption. Does anyone know for sure?
-- It's October 6th. Where's W2K? Over the horizon again, eh?
-- Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Re:Is there gold in the hills?
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tweek
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Window Maker at work and E at home "We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
-- "Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!"
"Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
Some other games I'd like to see
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tweek
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This is far from a graipe. I think Lokisoft kicks much ass but since everyone has been posting what they find to be the reasons they occasionally boot to windows, I'll list mine:
C&C: Tiberian Sun - nuff said Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire - Okay I admit I'm a Sid Meier whore. Starcraft/Brood war - Yep..i STILL play these on occasion.
You notice my theme is all stategy games. I find these to have the highest replay value of any games out there. I love a good FPS but they get redundant after a while, eve playing online. I think the big key is going to be Q3 getting released on Linux/Mac/Win32 at about the same time. Depending on how that goes, many companies are going to take note of iD's success and possibly pass off the linux coding to Loki to work in parallel with thier own win32 projects.
My only other concern is for the *BSD users. how well does the freeBSD linux emulator handle Civ:CTP? I hate to leave the other brethren of opensource out in the cold. "We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
-- "Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!"
"Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
Slashdot Mirror
lokisoft just leads to a teaser page, with a broken link on it (connection refused), but www.lokigames.com seems to be working now.
Go here.
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Um, Heroes III doesn't need 3D. However, it is a really cool game, but I've kind of played it do death under Windows. Unless Loki add something new, I probably won't buy it, but I would recommend others to.
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Simcity (1|2|3000) - I just love those Maxis games. I heard at one point that SC3K was supposed to be ported to BeOS but I've yet to actually see it.
Diablo - It's just a simple click-n-shoot but so danged addictive! I'd really love to see Diablo II come out on Linux when it's released, but I'm not going to hold my breath for it.
What I *am* holding by breath for is Neverwinter Nights. Pardon me while I wipe the drool off my chin from thinking about this game. I just hope they can pull it off.
Anyone know if there is a site anywhere that has some sort of "Nominate and vote for your favorite game that you'd like to see ported to Linux" type poll? I'd be willing to set something like this up if there isn't one someplace already.
It would also be really nice if some of these game companies would follow ID's lead and a couple/few years after the games are released (like about the time you start seeing the boxes in the "Bargain bin" at your local software store for $4.99) they would release the source code under some kind of relatively non-restrictive license. (doesn't have to be GPL, but it should be enough that someone else could take the code and work on ports to other platforms and redistribute at least as patches.) I still play the original Dungeon Keeper occasionally; I'd love to be able to play it on Linux.
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My mom's going to kick you in the face!
Just curious.. what is the estimated number of commercially-produced games that have been ported to Linux? I'm talking about games like Tomb Raider, Falcon, Quake, etc.. it'd be nice to know what the trend is.
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Linux user: if (nt == unstable) { switchTo.linux() }
Those who laugh at you for you having a Mac.. are the people who constantly call you to fix their PC.
My benchmark for the day when Linux is regarded as having won the OS war against Microsoft is when a majority of major games are produced for Linux first.
As well as better games, we need up to date games. Unfortunately in the majority of cases we're still getting 'hand me downs' from Windows. i.e. games which Windows first ran 2-3 years ago.
On the bright side, the situation does seem to be improving rapidly; a few years ago most games producers [ID perhaps excepted] wouldn't even have considered producing a Linux/Unix version.
Linux really needs a 'killer app' game - something which is new, different and everyone wants to play.
Donte Alistair Anderson Roberts - hi son!
Karma: Chameleon
I personally wouldn't call Heretic II a strategy game, and I doubt anyone would call Soldier of Fortune a strategy game - apparently it is a Quake II-engine first person shoot-em-up with more and/or better gore than any other game ever. Or something like that. And of course there's Eric's Ultimate Solitare which is (according to reviews) pretty good, the kind of thing to get your Mum using Linux.
Meanwhile I want, make that need, a copy of RRTII - the number of hours I lost to Transport Tycoon when I should have been writing up my degree project is quite disgusting - but fun :-)
Paranoia isn't an infectious condition, it's a way of life
errrr I find it odd that I can play Civ:CTP full screen on my 8th desktop at the office and hit ESC to pause it and alt 1/2/3/4 or whatnot to go to my other desktops and actually work. You can't do that?
"We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
"Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!" "Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
> But, is anyone buying them?
... that the original developers ... simply threw money at Loki and said, "make it run on Linux."
They seem to disappear off the shelves of the stores around here that carry it.
> I'm assuming
My counterassumption is that Loki approached them for permission, and pays them a license fee per copy. Zero investment risk for the original developers; Loki goes bang or bust depending on how avidly the Linux market absorbs games.
But that is just an assumption. Does anyone know for sure?
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It's October 6th. Where's W2K? Over the horizon again, eh?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Window Maker at work and E at home
"We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
"Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!" "Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"
This is far from a graipe. I think Lokisoft kicks much ass but since everyone has been posting what they find to be the reasons they occasionally boot to windows, I'll list mine:
C&C: Tiberian Sun - nuff said
Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire - Okay I admit I'm a Sid Meier whore.
Starcraft/Brood war - Yep..i STILL play these on occasion.
You notice my theme is all stategy games. I find these to have the highest replay value of any games out there. I love a good FPS but they get redundant after a while, eve playing online. I think the big key is going to be Q3 getting released on Linux/Mac/Win32 at about the same time. Depending on how that goes, many companies are going to take note of iD's success and possibly pass off the linux coding to Loki to work in parallel with thier own win32 projects.
My only other concern is for the *BSD users. how well does the freeBSD linux emulator handle Civ:CTP? I hate to leave the other brethren of opensource out in the cold.
"We hope you find fun and laughter in the new millenium" - Top half of fastfood gamepiece
"Fighting the underpants gnomes since 1998!" "Bruce Schneier knows the state of schroedinger's cat"