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Company of Heroes 2 a well loved real time strategy game from Relic Entertainment and SEGA looks like it is heading to Linux thanks to information taking from the excellent SteamDB website.
An 80/100 "metascore" is pretty good isn't it folks? That generally means most people found it to be pretty good.
Steam reviews of it are as usual amusing, as a 400+ hour review of it gave it a "thumbs down". You have to be kidding me right? I wouldn't spend even 10-15 hours in a game I would give a thumbs down. Crazy people are crazy.
Around 15 minutes ago this was added:
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Linux isn't alone in porting it seems, hello Mac version!
Official About
In the world’s darkest hour you are a commander of the Soviet Red Army, entrenched in brutal frontline warfare to free Mother Russia from the Enemy invaders.
It is 1941 and the beginning of what will become the bloodiest conflict of World War II resulting in more than 14 million military casualties.
Witness the struggles of the Red Army from near defeat through their incredible triumph over Germany in the most challenging and costly theatre of the war, the Eastern Front.
Your military tactics hold the power to tip the very balance of this conflict. Engage in tactical combat that will define you as a military leader and wield the might of the Soviet Empire as you smash your way to Berlin.
The Motherland is Calling!
Check out Company of Heroes 2 on Steam now, but remember not to buy it until the Linux version is released!
Thanks for letting us know Berillions Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Company of Heroes 2 a well loved real time strategy game from Relic Entertainment and SEGA looks like it is heading to Linux thanks to information taking from the excellent SteamDB website.
An 80/100 "metascore" is pretty good isn't it folks? That generally means most people found it to be pretty good.
Steam reviews of it are as usual amusing, as a 400+ hour review of it gave it a "thumbs down". You have to be kidding me right? I wouldn't spend even 10-15 hours in a game I would give a thumbs down. Crazy people are crazy.
Around 15 minutes ago this was added:
QuoteChanged App Config
launch/1/config/oslist: macos
launch/1/description: Launch
launch/1/executable: Company Of Heroes 2.app
launch/2/config/oslist: linux
launch/2/description: Launch
launch/2/executable: coh2.sh
Source
Linux isn't alone in porting it seems, hello Mac version!
Official About
In the world’s darkest hour you are a commander of the Soviet Red Army, entrenched in brutal frontline warfare to free Mother Russia from the Enemy invaders.
It is 1941 and the beginning of what will become the bloodiest conflict of World War II resulting in more than 14 million military casualties.
Witness the struggles of the Red Army from near defeat through their incredible triumph over Germany in the most challenging and costly theatre of the war, the Eastern Front.
Your military tactics hold the power to tip the very balance of this conflict. Engage in tactical combat that will define you as a military leader and wield the might of the Soviet Empire as you smash your way to Berlin.
The Motherland is Calling!
Check out Company of Heroes 2 on Steam now, but remember not to buy it until the Linux version is released!
Thanks for letting us know Berillions Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Rattlehead Aug 27, 2014
Awesome news!
Also, seems like the Empire: Total War is coming too:
http://steamdb.info/app/10500/history/
Also, seems like the Empire: Total War is coming too:
http://steamdb.info/app/10500/history/
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Segata Sanshiro Aug 27, 2014
A Sega game on Linux :O. Is it me or is that the first big Japanese publisher/developer on Linux? Either way, it's good news to see a game from a pretty big franchise like this get ported.
OK, two Sega titles then. Big ones :)
QuoteAlso, seems like the Empire: Total War is coming too
OK, two Sega titles then. Big ones :)
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BabaoWhisky Aug 27, 2014
Quoting: Segata SanshiroA Sega game on Linux :O. Is it me or is that the first big Japanese publisher/developer on Linux?
CoH2 is not the first Sega game on Linux. Football Manager is published by Sega too.
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Rattlehead Aug 27, 2014
Quoting: berillionsAnd The CaveQuoting: Segata SanshiroA Sega game on Linux :O. Is it me or is that the first big Japanese publisher/developer on Linux?CoH2 is not the first Sega game on Linux. Football Manager is published by Sega too.
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good news indeed, happy days for the linux gamer :) ( i already own this one by the way, cant wait to start it up on linux....)
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I heard this game was difficult to port due it use direct 11, is this a wine-wrapper/eON?
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I wouldn't give Metacritic much weight especially what comes to critics' points.
The game got lots of crap because how they presented "history" in Russia point of view.
Good to have some RTS games for Linux. I hope it will be OpenGL 4.x version and not nerfed OpenGL 3.x
The game got lots of crap because how they presented "history" in Russia point of view.
Good to have some RTS games for Linux. I hope it will be OpenGL 4.x version and not nerfed OpenGL 3.x
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Quoting: edoI heard this game was difficult to port due it use direct 11, is this a wine-wrapper/eON?
I don´t think so.. There is no wrapper with Dx10/11 Support, so its pretty sure an Native Port.
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yep Linux version is an insta buy. Although I held back so far as people told me it's not nearly as good as the first part (which I enjoyed a lot on Windows).
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Quoting: Segata SanshiroA Sega game on Linux :O. Is it me or is that the first big Japanese publisher/developer on Linux? Either way, it's good news to see a game from a pretty big franchise like this get ported.
QuoteAlso, seems like the Empire: Total War is coming tooOK, two Sega titles then. Big ones :)
Empire is coming over? Hehe LOOOVING Feral Interactive =D
A Total War game and Company of Heroes, thats about a couple of months worth of my time with AAA gaming on my linux. Happy dance! xD
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Wow did you guys notice that this game has 10% thumbs up and 90% thumbs down. Reading one of the posts mentions it has lots of bugs and under / overpowered units in multiplayer. Too bad.
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If coh2 is coming to linux, I can finally get rid of my Windows partition. :)
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That one I'd love. Was looking for a long time for a real time strategy game to be played on Linux.
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Hehe - the difference between user rating and critics rating on this game is just ridiulous and works as the perfect example of what I try to say regarding the reliability on user reviews: 82 critics gave it an average of 80/100 while the user rating is 1.9/10 from 5807 users. Look for yourself by following the link in the article. It comes to a point when one must ask, why bother collecting user ratings at all?
This really is the perfect example of how the average user simply are completely unable to nuance their ratings: They either love something, thus giving it top score and totally overlook anything negative, or if they find something negative they totally hate it and throw a one star at it. There's just no middle ground in the mindset of the average user.
Without having played this game I am sure it's the critics rating that gives the correct picture in this case (as in my experience most often is the case) in that this is very likely a solid game, but not without flaws and minor (with emphasis on "minor" ) issues. The devs probably tries something new with this game with mixed results, but overall an enjoyable game if the drawbacks of this game sounds bearable for you (ergo, read the reviews before deciding on purchase).
Another metascore site, one that saves you all from user ratings, is www.gamerankings.com. Also I like their interface better, probably cause it's focused on game rankings only.
This really is the perfect example of how the average user simply are completely unable to nuance their ratings: They either love something, thus giving it top score and totally overlook anything negative, or if they find something negative they totally hate it and throw a one star at it. There's just no middle ground in the mindset of the average user.
Without having played this game I am sure it's the critics rating that gives the correct picture in this case (as in my experience most often is the case) in that this is very likely a solid game, but not without flaws and minor (with emphasis on "minor" ) issues. The devs probably tries something new with this game with mixed results, but overall an enjoyable game if the drawbacks of this game sounds bearable for you (ergo, read the reviews before deciding on purchase).
Another metascore site, one that saves you all from user ratings, is www.gamerankings.com. Also I like their interface better, probably cause it's focused on game rankings only.
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Quoting: GreyArienEmpire is coming over? Hehe LOOOVING Feral Interactive =DAmen to that, bro'!
There simply is nothing to not love about Feral. Even the community guy over at their Facebook page is totally awesome with his replies.
And after the *excellent* port of Xcom, anything from Feral is an instabuy for me.
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leillo1975 Aug 28, 2014
I played the first part of this game and is great. I suppose that the second are equal or best than the first. If this game is ported to linux is very probable that I buy it.
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I would have preferred a port of the first part (since it seems to be more popular), but good news nonetheless.
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nattydread Aug 28, 2014
unfortunately COH 2 isn't nearly as good as COH 1.
Still its good news
Still its good news
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