It might not look like the most graphically impressive shooter around, but the WWII shooter Easy Red [Steam] is being reviewed rather well for the gameplay.
Linux support arrived yesterday, although it doesn't yet have a SteamOS icon to indicate Linux support it was announced directly on Steam.
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The graphics really aren't great, but it has gameplay that actually looks decent enough, including vehicles which looks fun.
About the game:
Welcome to the Operation Overlord. Prepare to land on all five Normandy sectors: Omaha, Juno, Sword, Utah and Gold. Fight on the sand, by the forests, parachute on the fields and conquer the hills: Welcome to Easy Red.
In Easy Red you will fight on the most significant battles of the D-Day, from the sea landings to the capture of Caen. You will able to drive vehicles, use many weapons, command your squad as team leader or take cure of it as a medic, refill magazines from your inventory, parachute from the sky, and much more.
Buying Easy Red you will have access to all the future DLCs and updates.
I've reached out to the developer for review keys, so hopefully we will be able to give it some thoughts soon.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: RTherenI wouldn't recommend it right now.
The biggest issue I had is that once you die/win, the cursor disappears, until you restart the whole game.
It's incredibly annoying
Quoting: HadBabitsAlready refunded: As commented above, the mouse cursor will disappear after you get in game. That means you can't even use the inventory unless you blindly 'feel around', and if you die you're gonna have to quit the game, really poor show on the dev's part.A recent patch note says that a mouse issue on Linux has been fixed. Maybe it was this?
Also in a support thread on steam had a funny moment: I pointed out that while the cursor bug is gone, you character doesn't stop moving the camera with the mouse while you mess with your inventory (so as you drag things around in menu your character dutifully swivels their neck about). They said that this was an intended 'effect' for immersion, to 'simulate' someone actually rustling through their bag. Not buying that one, friendo XD
Quoting: HadBabitsCan confirm that the bug's fixed. The game is now playable, but it is pretty rough. Dumb AI and no kind of narrative to be found, other than a sight-seeing tour of WWII. That said, for the price it's not bad for some cheap shooty action.
Also in a support thread on steam had a funny moment: I pointed out that while the cursor bug is gone, you character doesn't stop moving the camera with the mouse while you mess with your inventory (so as you drag things around in menu your character dutifully swivels their neck about). They said that this was an intended 'effect' for immersion, to 'simulate' someone actually rustling through their bag. Not buying that one, friendo XD
What , they didn't teach you in school about the headbang technique soldiers used to avoid enemy sniper fire ? :P
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