Legends of Aethereus the Kickstarted RPG game has been officially release now along with many new versions over the past few months and it's looking good!
You can buy it now from greenmangaming for £19.99.
It was Kickstarted back in July of last year and raised a cool $10K over it's goal!
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To anyone who has played it, what are your thoughts, is it worth it for others to get a copy? I still haven't found the time to give it a proper go.
The developers seem really nice too, they took the the linux_gaming reddit and gave out lots of free copies, they did this more than once too!
They also need help getting onto Steam if you can spare a vote.
You can buy it now from greenmangaming for £19.99.
It was Kickstarted back in July of last year and raised a cool $10K over it's goal!
Trailer
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- High action RPG with up to four player co-op or single player and a variety of PvP and PvE game types.
- Physics-based combat system focused on player control including realistic Shock Force calculations to scatter your enemies. Whether it is from massive explosions or monstrous melee strikes, they are going to fly!
- A wide variety of Officer Skills that allow you to create your own unique strategies from a powerful tank to a stealthy ninja, a few examples of which are: Specialty Melee Attacks, Defensive Emplacements, Carnal Strength, Punji Sticks, Inspiring Chants, Defensive Hymns and Javelins.
- The Inventor Skills include powerful explosives and crafty contraptions such as: Bombards, Sticky Bombs, Sachels, Turrets, Chinese Lanterns and Rockets all of which can be powered by a variety of aethergems altering their effects.
- Create and customize your own character using a dynamic character creator system, then distribute points in a bilaterally balanced attribute system to start down your path to greatness.
- Customize your City using the Statue-Maker, Banner Creator, City Painter and other customization features that allow you to personalize your own city environment as well as your player apartment.
- Master Craftsman: With a massive crafting and materials system you can forge not hundreds, not thousands but literally millions of different combinations of gear and weapons.
- Arena Combat: Invite your friends or enemies to a wide variety of PVP and PVE game types in your own city arena. Unlock new arena maps as well as special features such as: traps, enemy spawners, stationary weapons and cages that you can add to your arena maps or combat training area.
To anyone who has played it, what are your thoughts, is it worth it for others to get a copy? I still haven't found the time to give it a proper go.
The developers seem really nice too, they took the the linux_gaming reddit and gave out lots of free copies, they did this more than once too!
They also need help getting onto Steam if you can spare a vote.
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Hello all,
The Current version of the game does in fact run quite well on Linux, and any keys from GMG work just fine for the linux version of the game. There was a small error with the text so it doesn't show linux comparability, but it is in fact compilable.
As for some of the bugs and issues being reported, please do me a huge favor and drop those bug reports on our official forums located here: http://forum.threegates.se/index.php so we can get them fixed for you asap.
-Anthony
Legends of Aethereus Community Manager
Three Gates Studio
The Current version of the game does in fact run quite well on Linux, and any keys from GMG work just fine for the linux version of the game. There was a small error with the text so it doesn't show linux comparability, but it is in fact compilable.
As for some of the bugs and issues being reported, please do me a huge favor and drop those bug reports on our official forums located here: http://forum.threegates.se/index.php so we can get them fixed for you asap.
-Anthony
Legends of Aethereus Community Manager
Three Gates Studio
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It is worth reporting the bugs on the forum as suggested, since the devs really have been paying attention to bugs encountered on Linux.
When I first started trying the LoA Linux betas they were pretty unplayable on my system. I've seen a lot of important bugs getting fixed between those early betas and the last beta before this official release, including memory optimizations, mouse-grabbing behavior, crashes in game settings, major graphic artifacts on radeons, and the whole multiplayer feature being added. The only reason I'm not jumping on this release yet is that my aging desktop is a little too low spec for multiplayer, which is how I really want to play LoA. I'll get back to LoA in a couple months after getting a new desktop.
When I first started trying the LoA Linux betas they were pretty unplayable on my system. I've seen a lot of important bugs getting fixed between those early betas and the last beta before this official release, including memory optimizations, mouse-grabbing behavior, crashes in game settings, major graphic artifacts on radeons, and the whole multiplayer feature being added. The only reason I'm not jumping on this release yet is that my aging desktop is a little too low spec for multiplayer, which is how I really want to play LoA. I'll get back to LoA in a couple months after getting a new desktop.
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Uhm, I'm a bit puzzled. So I can buy this from GMG, and will get a key(?). But where do I get the game? GMG doesn't mention Linux at all. So will there just be a non-mentioned Linux download in the link location they send? Any info on the requirements (libs etc.)?
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Quoting: GuestUhm, I'm a bit puzzled. So I can buy this from GMG, and will get a key(?). But where do I get the game? GMG doesn't mention Linux at all. So will there just be a non-mentioned Linux download in the link location they send? Any info on the requirements (libs etc.)?
I assume you'll get a link, since kickstarter backers got emailed a link that has Linux download. The same activation key works for any of the platforms.
No special dependencies were needed, at least on Ubuntu 12.04 partitions where I play Unity-based games (being the officially supported distro for Unity 4)
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