I've featured few brain-twisting puzzle games so far, but my CPU is crying for some action, so let's take a break and frag some stinkin' aliens with an assault rifle!
You might have seen Liam's article on Natural Selection 2 coming to Linux, so I won't bother going deep into the details, but a short reminder is always welcome, right?
Natural Selection 2 is a mix of tactical FPS and real-time strategy. You can be a soldier and try to destroy the enemies or you can be the commander and build structures and coordinate the team. If you take the commander aspect out you are left with a game pretty similar to the old Tremulous or its fork Unvanquished.
The graphics are stunning and the gameplay works really well. This game requires quite high specs however, so you might have trouble running it with Intel HD Graphics or older discrete graphics cards, but it ran with 40-60 frames per second on my rig with GTX 550 and i5.
The current version of the game also has a bug, which makes the screen go black and thus makes the game unplayable, but there is a simple fix. Just run Steam with "LANG=en_US steam" command and you should be able to enter a game. The developers have noted the glitch and they will hopefully release a fix for it in the near future.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
You might have seen Liam's article on Natural Selection 2 coming to Linux, so I won't bother going deep into the details, but a short reminder is always welcome, right?
Natural Selection 2 is a mix of tactical FPS and real-time strategy. You can be a soldier and try to destroy the enemies or you can be the commander and build structures and coordinate the team. If you take the commander aspect out you are left with a game pretty similar to the old Tremulous or its fork Unvanquished.
YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view. View cookie preferences.
Direct Link
Direct Link
The graphics are stunning and the gameplay works really well. This game requires quite high specs however, so you might have trouble running it with Intel HD Graphics or older discrete graphics cards, but it ran with 40-60 frames per second on my rig with GTX 550 and i5.
The current version of the game also has a bug, which makes the screen go black and thus makes the game unplayable, but there is a simple fix. Just run Steam with "LANG=en_US steam" command and you should be able to enter a game. The developers have noted the glitch and they will hopefully release a fix for it in the near future.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
0 Likes
Some you may have missed, popular articles from the last month:
The comments on this article are closed.
10 comments
I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? Thanks
0 Likes
Quoting: owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
0 Likes
0 Likes
FutureSuture Aug 29, 2013
Quoting: SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
0 Likes
Quoting: FutureSutureThere isn't Linux versionQuoting: Quote from SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
0 Likes
FutureSuture Aug 30, 2013
Quoting: owen123What? I swear a friend told me it had one...or maybe he said that it will come later. Checking the website, it seems like the latter. Sorry about that!Quoting: Quote from FutureSutureThere isn't Linux versionQuoting: Quote from Quote from SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
0 Likes
Quoting: FutureSutureDon't worry it fine :)Quoting: Quote from owen123What? I swear a friend told me it had one...or maybe he said that it will come later. Checking the website, it seems like the latter. Sorry about that!Quoting: Quote from Quote from FutureSutureThere isn't Linux versionQuoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
I checked their F.A.Q and it seems that it is planned.
Mac and Linux are planned in the future once OBS has reached a more finalised state feature wise.
0 Likes
FutureSuture Sep 1, 2013
Quoting: owen123Take a look at what I found!Quoting: Quote from FutureSutureDon't worry it fine :)Quoting: Quote from Quote from owen123What? I swear a friend told me it had one...or maybe he said that it will come later. Checking the website, it seems like the latter. Sorry about that!Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from FutureSutureThere isn't Linux versionQuoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
I checked their F.A.Q and it seems that it is planned.
Mac and Linux are planned in the future once OBS has reached a more finalised state feature wise.
0 Likes
Quoting: FutureSutureQuoting: Quote from owen123Take a look at what I found!Quoting: Quote from Quote from FutureSutureDon't worry it fine :)Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from owen123What? I swear a friend told me it had one...or maybe he said that it will come later. Checking the website, it seems like the latter. Sorry about that!Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from FutureSutureThere isn't Linux versionQuoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from SamsaiHave you heard of Open Broadcaster Software?Quoting: Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from Quote from owen123I guessing you playing that on linux. If so what recorder program are you using? ThanksI am using SimpleScreenRecorder to record the game and Audacity to record the commentary. Then I just sync the tracks in OpenShot so that the video has both the audio from the game and the audio from my mic.
I checked their F.A.Q and it seems that it is planned.
Mac and Linux are planned in the future once OBS has reached a more finalised state feature wise.
You sir are awesome for finding that! I am hoping he's able to port that thing and if I ever use it I will let you guys know!
0 Likes
Patreon
PayPal
See more from me