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The Dwarves [GOG, Steam, Official Site] is the fancy looking fantasy RPG from KING Art that arrived on Linux with a day-1 release today.

I have requested a review key, so we will see what happens.
Update: My key was approved in record time, nice. Will post thoughts after I've put some time into it.

I think it looks and sounds fantastic, so I am looking forward to giving it a really good go! Tyranny has given me an appetite for RPG games once again.

About the game
The Dwarves is a fantasy role-playing game with a strong story and tactically challenging real-time battles. 15 playable heroes, each with individual skills, are to be deployed cleverly. Take on superior numbers of orcs, ogres, älfs, bögnilim, zombies, dark mages and many more foes, to give them the low-down.

Based on the bestselling novel “The Dwarves” by Markus Heitz you’ll experience a fascinating tale revolving around the coolest fantasy race ever: The Dwarves! Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: RPG, Steam, Strategy | Apps: The Dwarves
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tuubi Dec 1, 2016
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The battles seem messy. They might break the experience for me. I hope you get that review key and prove me wrong. Everything else looks drool-inducingly good.
iskaputt Dec 1, 2016
I'm definitely pumped for the game, but still waiting for reviews, of course especially on Linux. Hope you get a key!

Also looking forward to Mesa performance numbers.
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
I'm going to buy it. Does it work with Mesa / radeonsi? I decided that waiting for Vega is taking too long, and bought an RX 480 on sale which should be coming soon.
Liam Dawe Dec 1, 2016
QuoteRequest for The Dwarves approved!
Well, well.
Xpander Dec 1, 2016
you can play just dwarves? :(

i dont like dwarves.. i would like to play as an orc and eliminate dwarves :D
PublicNuisance Dec 1, 2016
Been waiting for this to come out. Onto the wishlist it goes.
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
Blind Guardian are great. Nightfall in Middle Earth is my favorite album from them.


Last edited by Shmerl on 1 December 2016 at 9:47 pm UTC
leillo1975 Dec 1, 2016
"Imaginations from the other side" and "Somewhere far Beyond" are also a great albums from this german band.

Ahhh, The Darwes looks very good. It seems the kind of role game that I like


Last edited by leillo1975 on 1 December 2016 at 10:02 pm UTC
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
I discovered one composition from Nightfall in Middle Earth recently, which wasn't originally included. It came out later:

View video on youtube.com

It's about Túrin Turambar.
Liam Dawe Dec 1, 2016
I can confirm it installs and works, performance seems reasonable but not amazing. Bigger article on it likely up tomorrow as it's late now and I need to rest at some-point.
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
Quoting: liamdaweI can confirm it installs and works, performance seems reasonable but not amazing. Bigger article on it likely up tomorrow as it's late now and I need to rest at some-point.

You didn't it test it on Mesa though?
iskaputt Dec 1, 2016
He's usually running nvidia, so I doubt it.
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
You can also try contacting developers. May be they tested it on Mesa and can confirm. They also have Kickstarter contact.

I just sent them a message about it.


Last edited by Shmerl on 1 December 2016 at 11:02 pm UTC
cRaZy-bisCuiT Dec 1, 2016
Go, Go, Go Linux folks! Get it while it's hot! Most of the time publishers take a close look at the first week in terms of selling statistics - we need to push Linux sales on this incredible looking game! :)
Shmerl Dec 1, 2016
It's not funded by the publisher. It was crowdfunded: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/kingartgames/the-dwarves-a-new-storydriven-fantasy-rpg

QuoteKING Art Games is an award-winning independent game developer founded in 2000 in Bremen, Germany with a subsidiary in Boston, MA, USA

We already delivered two Kickstarter funded games: Battle Worlds: Kronos & The Book of Unwritten Tales 2


Last edited by Shmerl on 1 December 2016 at 10:57 pm UTC
archmage24601 Dec 1, 2016
For any who have played Dragon Age: Origins, how similair is it? I've been looking for a good RPG like that for a while.
Avehicle7887 Dec 1, 2016
Amazing song by Blind Guardian, one of my favorite bands (it's my kind of music).

Liam if you can make a performance comparison with Windows that would be great, not a problem if you can't though, just curious.
inlinuxdude Dec 2, 2016
I kickstarted it.... I just got my Steam key and am downloading.... Very excited!
Shmerl Dec 2, 2016
The game is using Unity 5.3.4f1, so I'd say it should work with Mesa as well as Unity in general does.
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