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Who Says You Can’t Play Games On Linux? Caster Is Amazing

15 points by dkd903 16y ago

Qz 16y ago
Game like it's 1999!
- owyn 16y ago
  Yeah, srsly. Decent indie effort but check out the Epic Citadel iphone demo for what can be done on a small scale and ANY pc game made in the last year or so for what can be done by a real game developer for real customers who actually spend money on games (some of the time). Unix is not a gaming platform, and never will be. Ever.
  - pbhjpbhj 16y ago
    GNU
famousactress 16y ago
The enthusiasm of the review is the story here. Read it twice. I just love how stoked this guy is about the game!
- prawn 16y ago
  "Just look at the water. Beautiful." Made me laugh.
daeken 16y ago
I don't get it. I have an insane amount of respect for anyone who manages to get a game of any quality out the door (it's stressful, tedious, repetitive (testing, at least), ...), so I really hope this isn't taken as a slight against the developer(s) -- it's not intended in that way in the least. I think the reviewer is doing a huge disservice to the developer with this review, however pure his intentions may be. He's showing screenshots with insanely low-poly objects, two-color, repetitive textures, and clunky terrain, while raving about the graphical quality. Instead of that, focus on the gameplay, story, anything -- something that indie devs can actually compete on, because graphical quality certainly isn't it.
ajkirwin 16y ago
Wow. Fuck this website. I go to read the article. BAM, a social networking bar. Then actual inline popup bubbles, a-la Microsoft Clippy. "Do you need help reading an article?". I want your content, not your bullshit. Fucking Web 2.0.
planckscnst 16y ago
The most fun I've had in a game on Linux is Warsow ( http://www.warsow.net/?page=media http://www.warsow.net/?page=media ).
- dkersten 16y ago
  For me it was Nexuiz - http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/ http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/ Had a bunch of friends playing with me regularly at one point. Nowadays I game on Windows again - much better choice.
benologist 16y ago
Whenever I see a giant block of ads between the title and the first paragraph and the little bar of ads posing as navigation I just assume it's a spam blog.

15 points by dkd903 16y ago

Qz 16y ago

Game like it's 1999!

owyn 16y ago
Yeah, srsly. Decent indie effort but check out the Epic Citadel iphone demo for what can be done on a small scale and ANY pc game made in the last year or so for what can be done by a real game developer for real customers who actually spend money on games (some of the time). Unix is not a gaming platform, and never will be. Ever.
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago
  GNU

famousactress 16y ago

The enthusiasm of the review is the story here. Read it twice. I just love how stoked this guy is about the game!

prawn 16y ago
"Just look at the water. Beautiful." Made me laugh.

daeken 16y ago

I don't get it. I have an insane amount of respect for anyone who manages to get a game of any quality out the door (it's stressful, tedious, repetitive (testing, at least), ...), so I really hope this isn't taken as a slight against the developer(s) -- it's not intended in that way in the least. I think the reviewer is doing a huge disservice to the developer with this review, however pure his intentions may be. He's showing screenshots with insanely low-poly objects, two-color, repetitive textures, and clunky terrain, while raving about the graphical quality. Instead of that, focus on the gameplay, story, anything -- something that indie devs can actually compete on, because graphical quality certainly isn't it.

ajkirwin 16y ago

Wow. Fuck this website. I go to read the article. BAM, a social networking bar. Then actual inline popup bubbles, a-la Microsoft Clippy. "Do you need help reading an article?". I want your content, not your bullshit. Fucking Web 2.0.

planckscnst 16y ago

The most fun I've had in a game on Linux is Warsow ( http://www.warsow.net/?page=media http://www.warsow.net/?page=media ).

dkersten 16y ago
For me it was Nexuiz - http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/ http://alientrap.org/nexuiz/ Had a bunch of friends playing with me regularly at one point. Nowadays I game on Windows again - much better choice.

benologist 16y ago

Whenever I see a giant block of ads between the title and the first paragraph and the little bar of ads posing as navigation I just assume it's a spam blog.