Good news for fans of strategy games, as Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation is currently being ported to Linux.
We've known for a while it was in their plans, especially with Stardock Entertainment's CEO himself putting up a pinned forum thread on Steam asking for Linux requests.
Now, user Swiftpaw posted on Steam asking about Linux support, to which Stardock CEO replied with:
Vulcan support works.
We are working to port the engine to Linux but there’s no ETA.
That's good news, hopefully we will see it within the next 6 months. It's also still amusing the amount of people that spell Vulkan wrong. Can't be helped though, with a name like that.
I'm especially excited, because large scale strategy games like this are my one true love in the gaming world. To have this on Linux, would be a bit of a dream come true for me.
About the game:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.Play as the Post Human Coalition or their eternal foes the Substrate and battle for control of the galaxy. Experience maps of unprecedented size and detail with the unparalleled power of the world’s first native 64-bit RTS engine, Nitrous.
Enjoy the game online with friends in ranked or unranked multiplayer mode or play it by yourself against a powerful non-cheating AI in skirmish or campaign mode. No matter what mode you play, strategy is the key: deciding what technologies to research, where to send your armies, how to manage your economy, and what units to construct are crucial to victory.
Experience a massive-scale real time strategy game where you wage war across worlds with thousands of units. The conflict has escalated, and it’s time to choose a side.
Quoting: BrisseIt ran okay for me back when I had Windows and an FX-8350 paired with 16GiB DDR3-1333 and a R9 290X.
Looks like you don't have a dedicated GPU though, so that's going to be an issue.
Hmm, I do have a dedicated GPU, don't know why it wasn't listed. Fixed that now though. However I still expect my system to struggle, as it does with other strategy games whenever there's alot going on.
Quoting: lvlarkHmm, I do have a dedicated GPU, don't know why it wasn't listed. Fixed that now though. However I still expect my system to struggle, as it does with other strategy games whenever there's alot going on.
A 7850 uh? Should be enough the get the game running and playable I guess, but don't expect to max out the graphics settings. To be honest though, the graphics aren't that great anyway in my opinion, so you might not be missing out on too much by lowering the settings to suit your system.
Doc Angelo Oct 23, 2017
I think I could live with this if the game has something new to add to the genre. But I haven't seen it in this game.
Game: Meh. Performance: Holy shit.
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Quoting: BrisseA 7850 uh? Should be enough the get the game running and playable I guess, but don't expect to max out the graphics settings. To be honest though, the graphics aren't that great anyway in my opinion, so you might not be missing out on too much by lowering the settings to suit your system.May well give it a try then. And still try to save up for an all new system, although I also have my eyes set on a Raven Ridge laptop. (when/if one that suits my preferences comes around)
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTI'm not really a big fan of Total War - so I did not count them in. The paradox titles are more round based strategy, aren't they? Also yes, Warhammer ... the issues I got with it is there's no Linux <-> Windows cross-platform support. Therefor it's kind of dead for me unfortunately. :'(
Not being a fan of Total war does not mean they are not triple A RTS games it just means you don't like them. Sudden Strike 4 very good rts, Company of Heroes 2 now it has had all its patches is a good Triple A RTS and oh and course Total Annihilation which is a triple A rts.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/507490/discussions/0/2549465882917276192/
QuoteWe definitely haven't given up on it at all. In fact, it's a requirement for us because we need to port the engine to other platforms and Linux is a good "clean room" platform.
However, it is a very very time consuming process, especially with so many of us on Star Control right now.
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