Gratuitous Space Battles 2 has finally been announced officially, and the good news is that it will officially support Linux.
On the official website that has been quickly whipped up for it you can see this:
QuoteGratuitous Space Battles 2 is the sequel to GSB 1, developed by Positech games. it is currently in development and targeted for an initial release in late 2014 on the PC/OSX/Linux platforms.
Hopefully this one will see Linux getting the same treatment, as the first one didn't see Linux getting updates that other platforms did.
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GSB2 will retain the same hands-off gameplay of the original title, with players designing fleets of ships to battle it out against vast alien fleets. The game will support the same challenge-based asynchronous online combat of the original. Like GSB1, the new game will be a 2D experience, but with a substantially improved engine that gives a much-more 3D and immersive feel.
The new game adds 3 new classes of ship. The early screenshot above shows the biggest of the three: The dreadnought, even bigger than cruisers, and fairly rare. In addition, a class of destroyers, which act as support vessels for cruisers, and also a class of gunships (larger, more capable fighters) have been added to the game.
Be sure to see the full websitep for it to see all the info. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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will buy on launch, i played the hell out of the first one. i hope they (he) uses a new game engine. another game i'm waiting for is space pirates and zombies 2, really cant wait to get my hands on that one :)
as for now i'm playing dota 2, which is hard but that only adds to its awesomeness :)
as for now i'm playing dota 2, which is hard but that only adds to its awesomeness :)
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Considering Linux support for the first was so poor I don't see why I should get the second and get burned again.
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First game become boring very fast. I thing I played it about 1h and it was enough for me.
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I found the first one good but had many flaws that it felt distant to me. First off, it was waaay to hard to mod your ships. You had to go through lots of menus, load and save ships, rebuilt your fleet if you battle goes badly.
I see the need to make a game like this detailed but it was cumbersome to make changes. The battles themselves were quite good.
For the second I want LOTS of parts for each ship, and possibly the ability to design your own.
P.S: I found the Linux version quite good.
I see the need to make a game like this detailed but it was cumbersome to make changes. The battles themselves were quite good.
For the second I want LOTS of parts for each ship, and possibly the ability to design your own.
P.S: I found the Linux version quite good.
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