I'm a bit behind due to all the fun tonight, but Insurgency is now fully available on Linux with a big update. It's also available dirt cheap in the latest Humble Bundle offering.
I seriously can't wait to pump a ton of hours into it, has some serious fun on the beta the other night. The community so far seems quite nice and helpful, which is a change!
The new update which includes official SteamOS/Linux support is named the "Conquer Update". It includes new weapons, maps, new game modes and a ton more. Pretty big update really, and I hope it keeps the game alive for all of us.
About the game
Take to the streets for intense close quarters combat, where a team's survival depends upon securing crucial strongholds and destroying enemy supply in this multiplayer and cooperative Source Engine based experience. The follow-up game to the award-winning Source mod, Insurgency is highly competitive and unforgivingly lethal, striking a balance between one-life gameplay and prolonged action.
How have you been finding it? Let us know! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Been running the beta too, Working damn well for me. The amount of updates/fixes they have done in the past few days is remarkable.
The game it's self is damn fun, frustrating at times but very rewarding so to speak.
Nice that going solo/rambo just ends in almost insta-death too, Makes team work / communication key !
It's funny that I like this as I never got into CS:go
The game it's self is damn fun, frustrating at times but very rewarding so to speak.
Nice that going solo/rambo just ends in almost insta-death too, Makes team work / communication key !
It's funny that I like this as I never got into CS:go
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Dang. And I thought I was being really damn clever buying Insurgency last night on G*&$2%^A for $8 but then there's a Humble Bundle the next day. Maybe I'll buy the bundle and gift it to my brother.
And the game works well but I'm super rusty with these kinds of games. In solo mode I was getting my butt handed to me.
Last edited by Madeanaccounttocomment on 28 October 2015 at 1:31 am UTC
And the game works well but I'm super rusty with these kinds of games. In solo mode I was getting my butt handed to me.
Last edited by Madeanaccounttocomment on 28 October 2015 at 1:31 am UTC
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Segata Sanshiro Oct 28, 2015
It's sad it's the only Linux game in that Humble Bundle and that this is increasingly becoming the case.
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Trailer has penguins. I have waited a year for this. My body is ready but not my GPA with exams coming up.
Psyched to do some shooting, looks more BF/ARMA than CS with good gameplay in my books.
EDIT: procrastinated, so can say: good replay value, feels more forgiving than CS (in CS I just keep getting 1-hit), especially with the interesting loadout system so it's not dependent on who's winning but rather your class. Definitely good gameplay for using teamwork and tactics, otherwise you can get destroyed - especially checking lines of fire and covering all sides. It's realistic in that if you just run around like UT/Quake style, you'll die when someone sees you in the open, and you'll never even know who hit you from where. Lots of game modes and nice coop. Good aim down sights system with lean too. Quite addictive actually, fun gameplay!
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Psyched to do some shooting, looks more BF/ARMA than CS with good gameplay in my books.
EDIT: procrastinated, so can say: good replay value, feels more forgiving than CS (in CS I just keep getting 1-hit), especially with the interesting loadout system so it's not dependent on who's winning but rather your class. Definitely good gameplay for using teamwork and tactics, otherwise you can get destroyed - especially checking lines of fire and covering all sides. It's realistic in that if you just run around like UT/Quake style, you'll die when someone sees you in the open, and you'll never even know who hit you from where. Lots of game modes and nice coop. Good aim down sights system with lean too. Quite addictive actually, fun gameplay!
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It feels like arma in a more cs:go feel, slightly bigger maps.
Game runs like a charm and I am loving it. Together with the penguin release we also get the co-op maps which is really great fun
Game runs like a charm and I am loving it. Together with the penguin release we also get the co-op maps which is really great fun
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Great, have been waiting for this. The only thing that really hurts with the humble bundle is Contagion... *sighs* 4 more keys, and only viable on that other, proprietary OS :(
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hardpenguin Oct 28, 2015
My favourite FPS game ever, worth every money. Just get it, considered it is a part of bundle now!
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Gets harder and harder not to use my creditcard until the christmas sales :D.
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And now it works on Debian Testing. No more problems with shared lib loading. Yay!
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It's addictive, specially if you play the coops and in a good funny team for the PvP.
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was anybody else experiencing problems with a minimalistic WM? (I'm running DWM)
I had to refresh the graphics everytime I loaded a map / got flashed because the FPS would drop from ~130 to ~20.
Downloading the stable build now, hope it got fixed..
I had to refresh the graphics everytime I loaded a map / got flashed because the FPS would drop from ~130 to ~20.
Downloading the stable build now, hope it got fixed..
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BlackBloodRum Oct 28, 2015
Looks nice, I got it to run for about half hour or so on solo mode. However it completely locked up on one of the equip screens. As in, my entire machine dead-locked. Couldn't SSH in, couldn't move mouse, no keyboard response etc. Had to force power off by holding power button (I hate doing that..) :-(
My computer didn't seem to like it either, didn't power on after force off when pressing power button haha. Had to flick the PSU switch off, wait for power to drain, then turn it back on in order for my computer to respond to its power button again.
Aside from that minor issue the game runs okay on my NV GTX 650 (Yes I know I need to upgrade...), temperatures were fine, below 50C for cpu, and ~45-50C for GPU so not a heat-related issue.
But overall seemed like a good game :-). I was doing quite bad though I had super delayed reactions to those target pop ups.. I haven't played FPS games in a really really long time... I'd have been dead in a real combat situation no doubt.
On the plus side, I did get alien isolation on high graphics settings running well at around 70-80FPS after a lot of graphics setting fine-tuning. Not bad considering it defaulted to "Very Low" settings.
My computer didn't seem to like it either, didn't power on after force off when pressing power button haha. Had to flick the PSU switch off, wait for power to drain, then turn it back on in order for my computer to respond to its power button again.
Aside from that minor issue the game runs okay on my NV GTX 650 (Yes I know I need to upgrade...), temperatures were fine, below 50C for cpu, and ~45-50C for GPU so not a heat-related issue.
But overall seemed like a good game :-). I was doing quite bad though I had super delayed reactions to those target pop ups.. I haven't played FPS games in a really really long time... I'd have been dead in a real combat situation no doubt.
On the plus side, I did get alien isolation on high graphics settings running well at around 70-80FPS after a lot of graphics setting fine-tuning. Not bad considering it defaulted to "Very Low" settings.
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Is crossplatform enabled in the final release?
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Yes it is.
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Plintslîcho Nov 5, 2015
Great game! It's exactly what I've wished for and very rewarding when playing together with a good team.
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oldrocker99 Nov 10, 2015
Exactly three Linux games in this Bundle: Euro Truck Sim 2 (have it already), Teslagrad, and Insurgency (I totally suck at FPS. How much do I suck? I haven't even been able to take down the very first boss in Borderlands 2, that's how much :'( ). It's over to the Humble Store; much as I love getting games for charity, why buy 8 of 11 games for Windows? Hmmm, not much there, either... 
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Feh.
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.Feh.
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oldrocker99 Nov 10, 2015
Quoting: BlackBloodRumAside from that minor issue the game runs okay on my NV GTX 650 (Yes I know I need to upgrade...), temperatures were fine, below 50C for cpu, and ~45-50C for GPU so not a heat-related issue.
The 750ti, which draws all its power from the PCI-E slot, is now around $120, which is probably less than you paid for the 650. There's also the 950, which is in the $150 sweet spot, and is the new nVidia entry-level card. It got a good and extensive review in Maximum PC, comparing it directly to the 650:http://www.maximumpc.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-950-review/. Note that the 950 is pretty darn close to the 960, which I have.
Yes, I know that money is probably tight for you, but it's something to keep in mind.
Last edited by oldrocker99 on 10 November 2015 at 3:42 pm UTC
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I put it on my steam wishlist in case there was a sale. 85% off this weekend so picked it up and can't stop playing it. First Linux game that respects my 120hz monitor. Most cut the frame rate to 60 or less with vsync turned on. I can't stand screen tearing! Plays extremely smooth and the sound effects really draw you into the experience. Thanks for this article and all of GOL!
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