GOG are adding more Linux games to their collections, and this time we have been graced with Star Wars: Rebel Assault 1 + 2.
As a Star Wars fan it's great to be able to play a ton of games I missed, and on my operating system of choice of course. It doesn't bother me if games use DOSBox, as we are counted as a Linux sale (the most important thing!), and it works great.
Admittedly we don't cover GOG releases enough here, so be sure to give them enough love.
Star Wars™: Rebel Assault
Rebel Forces have won their first battle against the dark side... But the war has only just begun!
As Rookie One, you are thrust into a 3D galaxy far, far away to crush the evil Empire, once and for all. Take your T16 Skyhopper on a training run through Beggar's Canyon... Then dodge asteroids and blast TIE fighters in a deep space rumble... tackle a fleet of menacing AT-ATs on the icy tundra of Hoth... and ultimately annihilate Vader and the evil Empire with a kamikaze trench run on the infamous Death Star.
Star Wars™: Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire
The story opens in the vicinity of the Dreighton Nebula, where Rookie One is part of a Rebel scouting patrol. He's investigating disappearances of Rebel spacecraft near Dreighton, a region rich with mythology about vanishing spacecraft. Legends of the region go back to the days when early hyperspace travelers lost their bearings and disappeared in the currents, eddies, and storms of the nebula. during the Clone Wars, two opposing combat fleets, at the height of battle, were swallowed up by the Dreighton Nebula, leaving it as the battle's only true victor.
Featuring original, live-action Star Wars footage, Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire hosts a multitude of ground-breaking improvements, including intuitive and challenging arcade game play; fifteen land, sky and space missions; an original Star Wars story; full-Screen high-quality video; four skill levels from easy to hard; a digital John Williams Star Wars soundtrack; and authentic sound effects by Skywalker Sound.
- Pilot X-wings, B-wings, speeder bikes and the legendary Millenium Falcon.
- Battle stormtroopers, TIE fighters and a Super Star-Destroyer.
- Digitized cinematic sequences from the Star Wars trilogy with additional footage created exclusively for the game.
Check them both out together on GOG.com.
How has everyone been finding GOG releases and their support? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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I have found gog linux releases to be excellent. So far I have not used the money back guarantee on my ubuntu 14.04 system, not even for the wine releases (in my case planescape torment).
They also don't go out of their way to break unofficial ways of installing a game on your linux system. If linux is not supported by gog for the game in question, it is very easy to extract the required data from the installation files to install your games in your linux install of dosbox/scummvm.
They also don't go out of their way to break unofficial ways of installing a game on your linux system. If linux is not supported by gog for the game in question, it is very easy to extract the required data from the installation files to install your games in your linux install of dosbox/scummvm.
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Support is great, but one problem is that developers often treat GOG as an afterthought. Shadow Warrior and Banner Saga appeared on Steam a while ago, and they still didn't come out on GOG (though they are in QA already according to GOG support).
Others, like Age Of Wonders 3 developers, don't want to release Linux versions on GOG altogether, claiming some nonsense reasons like hardships of bundling needed libraries (which shows simply that they have no clue what they are doing).
See more info here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/age_of_wonders_iii_mac_and_linux_users_read
https://steamcommunity.com/app/226840/discussions/0/540736965894462634/#c611703999967821455
http://ageofwonders.com/forums/topic/age-of-wonders-iii-v1-5-is-now-live-on-steam/page/2/#post-181197
I lost respect for Triumph after this.
So in result, some Linux games come out on GOG with major delays. But at least I'm glad they are coming out at all.
Others, like Age Of Wonders 3 developers, don't want to release Linux versions on GOG altogether, claiming some nonsense reasons like hardships of bundling needed libraries (which shows simply that they have no clue what they are doing).
See more info here:
https://www.gog.com/forum/general/age_of_wonders_iii_mac_and_linux_users_read
https://steamcommunity.com/app/226840/discussions/0/540736965894462634/#c611703999967821455
http://ageofwonders.com/forums/topic/age-of-wonders-iii-v1-5-is-now-live-on-steam/page/2/#post-181197
I lost respect for Triumph after this.
So in result, some Linux games come out on GOG with major delays. But at least I'm glad they are coming out at all.
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@Shmerl: There are more missing. Also Strife: Veteran Edition should be released on GOG.com and Trine: Enchanted Edition. The problem is: DRM-free is treated like never really wanted even from some indie-developers at all. I've also lost my respect for Triumph and I won't buy a product bound to a platform, No release without DRM, no money from my side for their addon.
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