10 Games That Will Turn your Linux into a WarMachine
Stumble it!Games, one of my favorite time pass. I’m always out for nifty gaming sessions when I’m bored, posted lots of stuff on it in the past and still going to. Loads of my friends use linux and “some” complain that there aren’t much games for the OS out there.. well they are wrong, I’ve posted about Linux games in the past and going to write / update more on it in this post. Stuff I’ve missed out in the past and games which were released earlier.
Do you love WoW (World of Warcraft)? – ever wondered if there’s going to be a game like that, specially on Linux? Check out Savage 2 – A Tortured Soul. This game will rock your gaming senses. Perfect graphics, fantastic playability, a RTS combined with FPS gameplay, what else do we need more? – The objective of the game is quite simple: Each side has a main base, your job is to destroy the other team’s main base at all costs. I would recommend this review of Savage 2 if you’re looking for full depth analysis.
A RTS (Real time Strategy) game created by Pumpkin Studios & published by Eidos Interactive where you command the forces of “The Project” in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles. The game offers over 400 different technologies, different play modes & loads of units / buildings to keep you going.
3- Alien Arena
Love FPS? (First person shooters), Alien Arena is for you. The developers tried to match the graphics/engine with popular games like Quake3 and Unreal Tournament & threw in stuff of their own. Featuring team based modes, death matches, CTF (Capture the flag), death ball, all out assault mode, duel mode, this freeware basically rocks!
4- Nexuiz
Nexuiz is another awesome FPS which has been around for over 4 years. A 3d deathmatch game, built on OpenGL technology, created on Quake engine, available for all platforms including Linux. It features the most excessive possible speeds and weapons, giving incredibly intense fast paced action.
World of Padman (WoP) is an open source first-person shooter computer game available in both English and German. Originally it was a modification for the game Quake III Arena titled PadMod created in the year 2004. A gorgeous game which gives you a feeling like you’re in an animated 3d movie, while playing. Custom maps coming in often, ability to play with bots and much more. You got to try this one. Also available on Windows, Mac.
6- Warsow
Warsow, something I missed in my previous showcase of linux games and I regret it. It’s, no doubt, a fast based FPS (First person shooter) game which can take hours of your time. It’s based on the Qfusion 3D engine (a modification of the Quake 2 GPL engine), gameplay is focussed around the art of movement, meaning moving, speed and tricks play a big part in the gameplay.Warsow’s weapon system is also a bit unique, you are equipped with weak and strong ammo. Strong ammo requires an ammo pack and of course does more damage. Also, Weapons may have different damage or slightly different behaviour depending on what ammo you use. Playabilty and graphic wise, it’s a job well done. Check it out, free for windows / Linux.
7- Urbon Terror
Urbon terror is a 100% free, realism based game for linux. It’s totally based on Quake3 (like most of the FPS out there), runs on a stand-alone, ioquake3 modified engine. The interface is very well designed and makes it simple to both get into and manage your setup and in-game actions. It offers different gameplay modes like Free-For-All, Team Deathmatch, Team Survivor, Capture The Flag, Capture & Hold, as well as Follow the Leader, which involves having a player that is designated as the leader and a scoring system based around keeping your leader alive.
8- FreeDroid
FreeDroid is a Diablo look alike. May be not the same but it has that RPG (role playing game) element. It comes with refined graphics, music tracks and features a complete real time combat system with melee and ranged weapons, fairly similar to the proprietary game Diablo. It also gives you the ability to use as much as 20 spells, magic, over 50 items and endless fights with countless enemies on your way to your destiny.
9- Teeworlds
Teeworlds is a fast-paced 2d sidescrolling, free online multiplayer shooter game. Graphics are based on cartoons and relies heavily on classic shooter weaponry and gameplay. In the game, you roleplay a Tee, a cute ball who carries around various weaponry and a hook, allowing some Spiderman like movement. You can Battle with up to 16 players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag and the best thing about this one is that it’s open source and runs on all major operating systems.
Extreme Tux Racer (ETRacer for short) is a downhill racing game (free & open source) featuring Tux, the Linux Penguin. Steeping down the snow covered mountains, winning courses (leading to new ones), with loads of gameplay options, it’s a must try for racing fans who wanna have some fun =).
That’s it for now, if you think I missed anything (which I’m hoping I haven’t) – check out my previous post on Linux Games, if it’s still not there, do mention it here so everyone else can give your favorite game a try. Till then, happy fragging.
Its a great games for my linux, Man!
Especialy, War games…
good.
I’ve never heard about Savage 2 (and it actually implies that there was a Savage 1 as well).
Just to bring some variety, my favourites are S.C.O.U.R.G.E., UFO: Alien Invasion, Battle for Wesnoth and finally, the most mass-efficient time waster: Formido.
I don’t see Open Arena anywhere, and I find it the most enjoyable of the Quake-derived shooters. Nexuiz is too UT-like, Urban Terror is too CS-like, World of Padman reminds me of that UT-based cartoonish shooter, maybe someone else remembers the name, Warsow reminds of that Cube-based comic-book like shooter, and so on – but the main point is, none of these provide the same kind of adrenaline rush as does OA. Not to say these other games aren’t quality stuff, Nexuiz and Urban Terror are quite polished and, supposedly, enjoyable for many people. Of the strategies, I’ve never liked RTS, so it’s a good thing Battle for Wesnoth exists
And finally, RPG games – I just wish I could find one I could contribute to, you know, make more content, make it a larger world and so on, but I kind of dislike all of them. Dammit, how hard is it to make a Fallout-ish/Arcanum-ish RPG? Lots of detail, huge world, lots of characters, and it all runs on computers older than your girlfriend (if you have such leanings :p), easily expandable, etc. – any suggestions?
Nexuiz is hilarious. The animation is so bad the players legs don’t move while the are firing. It looks like the enemies are performing in “Disney on Ice”.
Art is beautiful much different
Well, that arent the best games Ive ever seen in my life. All are crappy games, If someone could build an engine like the Unreal engine but Open Source or another engine for games, not the shitty engines all ready messing around I mean a quality engine, and all the linux community could develops awesome games and gain more users.
And for the people that says “But it will looks like Windows”, go and F**uck yourself, It doesn’t matter if look like windows the quality could be better.