Looks like the 4X turn-based strategy game 'Warhammer 40,000: Gladius - Relics of War' will come to Linux

I was waiting a long time for any W40k game that will have Necrons. Last one was DoW 1. And its 4X turn-based game, even better for me.

YAY
Can't wait. I love TBS and Warhammer 40k
I really hope they add all the races in as DLC at a later date (or that fans mod them in)

I was very happy at the release of Pandora, because I love turn based strategy games, especially 4x games. However it felt... incomplete, not so good. I want to go back to it now, to see if this impression was right.
I also just discovered that they published another game that was also on Linux : [Conquest](http://www.conquest-game.com/). I'll probably give it a try too, this one is a turn based tactics game, and the engine seems pretty much the sime, possibly an even older version.

<insert Fry take my money meme>

Update: As promised, it's confirmed for Linux.

Do we know if it will have cross platform multiplayer?

I love Linux, I love W40k and I love 4X games so will definitely be keeping an eye on this.

I was very happy at the release of Pandora, because I love turn based strategy games, especially 4x games. However it felt... incomplete, not so good.

Well, like the few other games in Pandora's particular sub-sub-sub-genre, it suffered from not being Alpha Centauri. Alpha Centauri was the greatest Civ-like game ever released, and head, shoulders and upper torso above any other Civ-like SF game. I would pay hard cash on barrelhead in an instant if someone were to take Alpha C, change nothing substantive about it, but give it modern UI controls and make it run on modern computers/OSes (including Linux of course). If I do the right fiddling I can still get my old Loki copy to work, sort of, but it's tricky, and while it's still marvellous it does suffer from being made before mouse wheels were a thing.

But that's not really fair competition. Once I accepted that Pandora wasn't Alpha C (just as Civ: Beyond Earth also failed to be Alpha C), I was able to appreciate it for itself and it's a pretty decent game, with some interesting key differences (global rather than city-based resources, for instance). There are two keys to doing decently at it IMO: The AI smells blood; keep a big armed force because if you're weak everyone will attack you even if you had friendly dealings (plus there are bugs and aliens to crush). And, micromanage your tiles; citizens doing unproductive work kills.

Anyway, I can see them doing a good job at this.


Last edited by Purple Library Guy on 24 Nov 2017 at 11:38 pm UTC

Do we know if it will have cross platform multiplayer?

I asked, here's the reply:

Yes it should be cross platform but the beta will help test that.

I asked, here's the [reply](https://twitter.com/Iain_Slitherine/status/934204320358322176):

Yes it should be cross platform but the beta will help test that.

Excellent. Thanks!

It says "Coming soon!" on their Steam page now, unless I missed that previously. WOOHOO! I pre-Xmas launch would be especially fantastic! :3

http://store.steampowered.com/app/489630/Warhammer_40000_Gladius__Relics_of_War/

Already added to my wishlist.

[They've posted a link](http://steamcommunity.com/app/489630/discussions/0/1489992080509635378/#c1489992080523817027) to apply for the beta. You'll need to sign an NDA (in electronic form so basically just click a button). There's an interesting field: About Yourself: *Why do you think you will make a good beta tester?

I think for us, Linux gamers, this is an easy one (I'm not saying you should just copypaste the following sentences into that box of course!). We're well known as the best bug reporters among casual gamers (not professional QA staff I mean) so the developers might expect stacktraces, syscall logs and even GPU profiling. Tell them about your own skills in this field, whether you're familiar with gdb and such tools, locating/reading/analyzing/sending logs, reproducing and localizing issues (both gamebreaking like crashes or freezes and logical like gameplay mechanics not working as expected) etc.

Sometimes making the game run is a so fun challenge that it's a game itself. The devs also seem to highly appreciate this, look at [this thread](http://steamcommunity.com/app/396750/discussions/0/1473096694440345684/?ctp=2#c1473096694443901680) for a good example. But of course, the respect has to be mutual, if the dev doesn't care about us and don't even reply to bug reports, well, expect the same from the players.

Proxy Studios has an exceptionally good record in my book, they absolutely do care about the Linux gamers and they do fix the Linux-specific bugs reported. So if you want to make the upcoming game better, wait no more and apply for the test!

Sometimes making the game run is a so fun challenge that it's a game itself.

Yes, when I have time I sometimes having fun with this.


Last edited by Zlopez on 29 Nov 2017 at 6:42 am UTC