Ride your music. Use your own music to create your own experience on a roller-coaster-like track. The shape, the speed, and the mood of each ride is determined by the song you choose. We take a look at the new Linux release.
It just went live for Linux today, and we had the chance to take a look thanks to a key from the developer. Remember though, it is in early access!
About the game (From Steam)
Audiosurf 2 is not yet finished, but if you get it during Early Access you can play right away, you’ll get every update, and you’ll get the finished game. Watch here to see what’s new with each update, and watch Steam Workshop to see what new gameplay (mods) and graphic styles (skins) others in the community are inventing.
You’ll also get to help shape the future of Audiosurf, and you’ll get to try out all the experimental new modes before anybody else does. Which ones are too wacky to go into the final product? Which are jaw-droppingly amazing? Which have potential but need more work before they’re released? You get to help decide.
Initial Thoughts
We have been waiting on this for a while, and I really enjoyed the original, so I go in it with great expectations, and it does not disappoint when it works.
Sadly one bug I have come across is that after I alt+tab, the game on every run (even after closing) stuttered, really badly. It kept doing it until I re-loaded Steam. Apart from that, the game seems great. I have reported that to the developer.
I ran it at 720p on High settings, as sadly my PC couldn't handle 1080p as it only gave me around 20FPS, and for a game this quick you need at least the 40FPS I was getting at 720p for a good experience.
See a video of me doing terrible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNptE1Fl_Ys
You can also see the new Steam FPS counter in action. Also I had real trouble recording it, as google calendar decided to do a pop-up notification (HI LIAM YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW) minimizing the game, so I had to cut the end off. Highly annoying, remember to close stuff you don't need when making a video folks.
Also, the first video got a copyright claim the moment I put it up because of the song, so it is blocked in some places I've never heard of. Whatever happened to fair use eh (I disagree with the current rules), so a new video was put up and it replaced the original.
I tested it using the "song of the day" originally which is currently quite a good tune, so that helps. That's the great thing with games like this, you can discover new music you like. Sadly though, it does get iffy with putting up pure game-play videos unless you find free music.
I couldn't find much wrong with it other than general rough edges, and that is to be expected. This is an essential game for music lovers like me.
It doesn't show as a Linux game on the store right now, but it is downloadable, so it's safe to buy it.
Find Audiosurf 2 on Steam now. I recommend this one!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
It just went live for Linux today, and we had the chance to take a look thanks to a key from the developer. Remember though, it is in early access!
About the game (From Steam)
Audiosurf 2 is not yet finished, but if you get it during Early Access you can play right away, you’ll get every update, and you’ll get the finished game. Watch here to see what’s new with each update, and watch Steam Workshop to see what new gameplay (mods) and graphic styles (skins) others in the community are inventing.
You’ll also get to help shape the future of Audiosurf, and you’ll get to try out all the experimental new modes before anybody else does. Which ones are too wacky to go into the final product? Which are jaw-droppingly amazing? Which have potential but need more work before they’re released? You get to help decide.
Initial Thoughts
We have been waiting on this for a while, and I really enjoyed the original, so I go in it with great expectations, and it does not disappoint when it works.
Sadly one bug I have come across is that after I alt+tab, the game on every run (even after closing) stuttered, really badly. It kept doing it until I re-loaded Steam. Apart from that, the game seems great. I have reported that to the developer.
I ran it at 720p on High settings, as sadly my PC couldn't handle 1080p as it only gave me around 20FPS, and for a game this quick you need at least the 40FPS I was getting at 720p for a good experience.
See a video of me doing terrible:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNptE1Fl_Ys
You can also see the new Steam FPS counter in action. Also I had real trouble recording it, as google calendar decided to do a pop-up notification (HI LIAM YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING THIS RIGHT NOW) minimizing the game, so I had to cut the end off. Highly annoying, remember to close stuff you don't need when making a video folks.
Also, the first video got a copyright claim the moment I put it up because of the song, so it is blocked in some places I've never heard of. Whatever happened to fair use eh (I disagree with the current rules), so a new video was put up and it replaced the original.
I tested it using the "song of the day" originally which is currently quite a good tune, so that helps. That's the great thing with games like this, you can discover new music you like. Sadly though, it does get iffy with putting up pure game-play videos unless you find free music.
I couldn't find much wrong with it other than general rough edges, and that is to be expected. This is an essential game for music lovers like me.
It doesn't show as a Linux game on the store right now, but it is downloadable, so it's safe to buy it.
Find Audiosurf 2 on Steam now. I recommend this one!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I bought it and it works great. Runs at 1920x1080 60 FPS on highest settings when playing the "classic" skin. GTX 560 with binary blob. I didn't encounter the alt-tab problem described above.
I had one issue where the song list was always empty on Fedora. The developer understands the problem and I'm sure it will be fixed soon.
I had one issue where the song list was always empty on Fedora. The developer understands the problem and I'm sure it will be fixed soon.
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ElectricPrism Jan 16, 2015
Been waiting for this to launch Linux before I threw in my cash. Since I waited nearly 8 months I guess I can wait till it goes on sale a little bit before adding it to my collection.
Good deal.
Good deal.
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