Medal of Honor for Linux Released 65
victorvdl writes "Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, the World War II-themed FPS originally developed by 2015 Inc. is now available for Linux and is shipping right now from Tux Games. The incredible Ryan Gordon aka
icculus did the porting. It's nice to see more Linux games being shipped - I'm definitely buying this one."
I can't see this selling well (Score:3, Insightful)
How many die hard Linux users are there who wait until games are ported to Linux before buying them?
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:5, Insightful)
Anyway, I've just got round to ordering it. So that's at least one
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:5, Insightful)
Don't shoot me down, I'm in the same boat really. I have 2 copies of Quake 3 (I bought the windows version, and later bought the Linux collectors edition anyway just to support them... even though I did not even need to)
As for NWN... I just bought my second copy for OS X (I would prefer playing it on OS X), but all my friends have moved onto other games already, so it's a bit lonely now...
It's a different matter if the games get released even just a week after the windows version... I would buy the Linux and OS X versions out of principle.
But 6 months!!! You MUST be kidding... it's not worth-while. (Advice I should follow too...)
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:1)
Not true (Score:4, Insightful)
Then he mentioned that he played it _last night_ online. And that he has no trouble finding people to play against. And that there are plenty of servers.
Maybe the unwashed horde has moved on to other games, but it seems like there's still a thriving community here.
Besides, anytime's a good time to buy, when you're buying something that's worth it to you. Who cares what the other guy is doing, you're not him.
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:2)
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:2)
In my opinion, the reason for Counterstrike's continued success, is that it was one of the first popular on-line tactical shooters, and a lot of the players never moved on to anything else. *
It's just like walking into an arcade with a bunch of 'old people'** and they all say 'oohh, Pac Man!'.
Guys! Give it up! Move on! There is better stuff out there!
But even worse, a lot of these Counterstrike players have machines that won't r
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:2)
Same with Pac-Man, it's a fun game. Just the other day I was in one of those arcades with my 6 year-old daughter, I was playing Pinball (these things are rare and are still the most fun!) and what was my daughter playing?
Pac-Man
I personally have also moved from the CounterStrike thing and like the m
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:2)
the multi-player market is dead
No it isn't. The MoHAA multiplayer market is still very much alive. There are many active servers and there are regularily more players for MoHAA on Gamespy than many of the newer release FPS titles.
I agree that if you release this long after the Windows release then you aren't going to get nearly as many buyers, but playing online would be one reason to buy it.
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:1)
That statement is the fundamental reason why the Linux gaming community has never really happened. Quite frankly, very few people want to play 3 year old FPS ports to an inferior graphics API. There's just simply not a large market for it. Not from a commercial standpo
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:1, Redundant)
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:1)
Game comes out on Xbox in 2000.
Game comes out on PC in 2003.
Game comes out on Linux in 2006.
I don't play a whole lot of video games, but I keep a high-end windows box around just for them. I really don't want to be the last guy on earth to get to play a cool game just because most aren't put out for Linux at the same time (except for UT2K4 and a few others!).
If it weren't for the games, I'd finally rid myself of Windows entirely and I'm sure many others feel the same.
Re:I can't see this selling well (Score:3, Insightful)
TuxGames and Linux Game Publishing are (hopefully) making slow but steady progress. The problem the way I see it is that there really hasn't happened anything significant to attract more (commercial) game developers to Linux. On the other hand Linux distributions are just beginning to standardize thanks to LSB. Guess ther
The original ? (Score:1)
After all, games were held back between 1999 and 2002 because of all the quake 3 based games. Only recently have companies released games that were a real step forward graphically, like NOLF2, Far Cry, UT2003/2004, etc.
I agree (Score:1)
1) No replay value. At all. Quake had replay value because it had secrets, and went so fast you could complete an entire episode in fifteen minutes, and it had that nice "shooting-shooting" game feel to it. AA moves slow enough to be a "thinking-shooting" game, but there is hardly enough s
how much? (Score:2)
How much are they selling?
Re:how much? (Score:2)
5-10 days for US orders...I didn't know that in the UK days means weeks...
Re:how much? (Score:2)
So drop the xenophobia. I'm sorry you had a problem with your order from Tux games but one data point doesn't mean we have a different concept of time.
Re:how much? (Score:2)
I'm just saying I don't think I will order from them again since they are slow getting it to me (It was shipped from them only a couple days after I placed the order, so the problem is not them it's the process of getting overseas which we can blame on customs for)
Why's everyone in a pissy mood today? It's Friday, the weekend is almost here...be happy! =)
Re:how much? (Score:2)
Hmmm, maybe but I'm on 24-hour call out for a week as of now, so I can't enjoy my weekend as much as I'd like!
Yeah, sorry for being ratty! Not enough sleep.
Re:how much? (Score:1)
You bet! Loki [lokigames.com] is just raking in the cash!
More games! (Score:4, Informative)
Stop making up excuses, Linux has the games, the question is, will you play them? My machine is 100% linux, I have all the games I want! Saying "Linux has a lack of games" is NOT and excuse anymore for not using Linux!
Lets not forget WineX [www.transgaming], the tool that lets you play Windows games in Linux! So no more dual booting, delete that partition, TODAY!
Re:More games! (Score:1, Insightful)
Oh well, at least I could play kjumpingcube. Whatever the hell that is.
Saying that "Linux has a lack of games" is not
Re:More games! (Score:1)
No great loss.
Re:More games! (Score:1)
There's something seriously wrong with WineX. I've been playing Civilization III on it (which is now officially supported) and the sound effects and music get stuck like a scratched CD. I hear the same half-second over and over until I shut off all sounds. Of course, that doesn't actually get rid of all the sound; a few random sound effects still get through (might be a bug in the game, though).
Of course, that's just a minor annoyance I can put up with. The real problem is performance. I know everyone says
Re:More games! (Score:1)
Re:More games! (Score:2)
"Anagramarama?" That'll pull in the crowds.
For some reason, Return To Castle Wolfenstein is listed while the stand-alone expansion Enemy Territory is not. Both are stand-alone games, right? Why one and not the other?
"Troubles (or Tales) of Middle Earth"... they don't know the name of their
Re:More games! (Score:1)
Enjoy.
Re:More games! (Score:2)
The Real Question is... (Score:2)
Re:The Real Question is... (Score:1)
Great, but too late. (Score:2, Insightful)
But now it's a classic normal game at a special-edition price. It should be $5 in shops by now for win32.
My, my... it seems to be expensive being a Linux gamer... not to mention late.
If games were released MUCH sooner for Linux/OS X I would buy those out of principle! But this has been released MUCH too late.
Still a bit of
Re:Great, but too late. (Score:3, Insightful)
You know, the two games that I've been playing most at the moment are Homeworld (on a Windows box, and yes, I know that there's a Linux port), which was released five years ago and bzflag, which was originally released about twelve years ago.
My, my... it seems to be expensive being a Linux gamer... not to mention late.
Perhaps we'll fund this "expensive" habit with some of the hundreds or thousands of dollars we saved b
Re:Great, but too late. (Score:2)
The problem is that these Linux games only get released in the U.S. Whereas all the other games are adapted for local currencies, I have to pay the exorbitant prices in US$ to get the Linux version.
To do a bit of math... Amazon.com lists the win32 versio
Re:Great, but too late. (Score:2)
You complain about spending too much money on Linux games now, when you admit to buying 30 games in the last year... 30 x $40 = $1,200
You spent over a grand on games you probably don't play more then a couple weeks, and you say that Linux gaming is too expensive?
Please say you bought budget games at $10 each...
Re:Great, but too late. (Score:1)
Well, I have to add that I just recently got Neverwinter Nights like 2 months ago off Ebay, finished the original campaign, bought the regular Hordes of the Underdark, which is quite new (even on Windows), and started playing multiplayer just a week ago. And I plan on staying with this game for a while (at least until Guild Wars is out).
Why? Because right now, there are (basically) only mature gamers around, and that is quite fun for me. Last night, some asked me how old I was, I replied with "27" and was
Re:Great, but too late. (Score:2)
My 3 top games:
1. Quake3 (+Team Arena)
2. Warcraft 3 (+ expansions)
3. NWN (+ both expansions)
I own 2 win32 (1 of which came with Mac binaries)copies and 1 Linux special edition of Quake3, Warcraft 3 works on my mac and win32 and I bought all the windows versions of NWN as well as a Mac version now.
Insofar gaming age goes, I'll be 32 this Sunday, and can kick Anarki's butt on Nightmare usually 40 to -5, and beat Normal diffic
Sorry guys Lpong doesnt count (Score:3, Insightful)
K, L, Tux, or X used generically in the title
doesnt really count for linux anymore than solitaire or minesweeeper counts for windows.
Do you want to know when Linux games will finally
breakout...its when
A) 3d Video and sound works as reliably on Linux as it does on Mac or Windows
b) When the installation process for installing a linux game involves sticking in a cd and clicking I-agree-next--typical install-next-next-finished
c) When Linux has a unified installation interface for programs regardless of extension.
bullcrap...this is not FUD (Score:2)
18 of them are the Kde games
7 of them are the L games
4 of them are tux games
1 of them is Penguin command
32 of 118 games listed are not shrinkwrap
they are just freebie games.
Here are the facts...linux has a long way to go before it can be a serious game platform. It needs a fully supported 3d engine and a unifed installer/uninstaller for all extensions supported.
This is not fud, I have a Fedora core 2 box at home.
Re:bullcrap...this is not FUD (Score:2)
You mean like OpenGL and RPM? Seriously though, if UT2K4, RTCW-ET, MOHAA, NWN, and Doom3 can all run on Linux, it's sheer unwillingness on the part of game publishers, not the lack of a viable platform.
Re:Mod parent down! He is spreading FUD and misinf (Score:2)
Re:Sorry guys Lpong doesnt count (Score:2)
Time to feed the Trolls
Here's a small list of games that are available for Linux [icculus.org]
Take not that these do not include the L, G or K games that are usually bundled with a desktop manager
Once you have played every game on that list, come back and then say that Linux games suck...until then, keep your head buried up your ass or you may see the sun sometime
Re:Sorry guys Lpong doesnt count (Score:1)
A clueless non-developer asks a question... (Score:1)
However, seeing that Medal of Honor has been out for years now, and is most likely rea
Linux game market is smaller than advocates claim (Score:2)
You do not understand the industry. The industry does not care about OS market share. The industry cares about return on investment and profits. If Linux was a lucrative market developers would be there. Even premier Linux developers
$45?!? (Score:2, Funny)
Torrent, FTP, download site ... anything? (Score:2)