It seems we're going to get more strategy game goodness, as Feral Interactive have confirmed Total War Saga: Thrones of Britannia [Steam, Feral Store] will release for Linux. This is fantastic, as the Total War games are popular with a lot of people, having more of them on Linux is ideal.
Curiously, this is not a game they previously teased. It's now showing up as a new game on their teaser radar, so we still have the "It's just a shot away" game to be properly announced. This makes three games announced/teased for Linux this year so far from Feral, not a bad start!
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About the game:
Thrones of Britannia is a standalone Total War game which will challenge you to re-write a critical moment in history, one that will come to define the future of modern Britain. With ten playable factions, you must build and defend a kingdom to the glory of Anglo-Saxons, Gaelic clans, Welsh tribes or Viking settlers. Forge alliances, manage burgeoning settlements, raise armies and embark on campaigns of conquest across the most detailed Total War map to date.
It releases for Windows on April 19th, with Feral Interactive saying the Linux version will release "shortly after Windows".
“The choices players make in THRONES OF BRITANNIA’s campaigns have far-reaching consequences,” said David Stephen, Managing Director of Feral Interactive. “As they make decisions in response to a sequence of seismic events, players will forge their own diverging paths through the turbulent years following King Alfred the Great’s initial victory over the Viking invasion.”
Feral aren't giving out many other details yet, with system requirements due closer to release.
It's said that this is the first in "series of standalone games inspired by great turning points of history" so it's likely there's more to come after this as well.
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Honestly I don't get it .
It is clear whatever engine these Total War games use make them easier to port to linux and they clearly have a fanbase in our community.
Yet every time a port is announced i see people groan how they hate them and won't buy them.
What do they expect from Feral ? If something is easy to port and popular and by consequence profitable why are you so surprised they are doing it ?
It is clear whatever engine these Total War games use make them easier to port to linux and they clearly have a fanbase in our community.
Yet every time a port is announced i see people groan how they hate them and won't buy them.
What do they expect from Feral ? If something is easy to port and popular and by consequence profitable why are you so surprised they are doing it ?
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So many strategy games :(So what? It is may favourite genre. So I would like to see more strategy games on Linux. MORE I say! :D
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Yet every time a port is announced i see people groan how they hate them and won't buy them.
Has there been any hate?
If something is easy to port and popular and by consequence profitable why are you so surprised they are doing it ?
Many people like Total War games, many people would prefer something different.
No surprise, I guess?
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Honestly I don't get it .
It is clear whatever engine these Total War games use make them easier to port to linux and they clearly have a fanbase in our community.
Yet every time a port is announced i see people groan how they hate them and won't buy them.
What do they expect from Feral ? If something is easy to port and popular and by consequence profitable why are you so surprised they are doing it ?
People (and most animals) are naturally selfish. It takes a conscious effort to consider the needs and wishes of others. Unfortunately there will always be people that are either incapable or unwilling to do so.
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So many strategy games :(So what? It is may favourite genre. So I would like to see more strategy games on Linux. MORE I say! :D
Ahh! If it's you favorite genre, that changes everything of course...!
No, seriously... As said, I'm happy that Total War seems to be profitable for Feral, as long as they also port something that I enjoy from time to time. But "So what" doesn't help anybody.
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I'd say that they generally have a pretty good and healthy mix of adventures, shooters (with rpg elements), strategy and and racing games they port. We even saw a real AAA Action RPG released with Shadow of Mordor.
I think they're trying hard to give us a variety of games in different genres. And that's nice, so all of us get some :-). As long as they profit on their ports that's good, because they'll survive.
I think they're trying hard to give us a variety of games in different genres. And that's nice, so all of us get some :-). As long as they profit on their ports that's good, because they'll survive.
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People (and most animals) are naturally selfish. It takes a conscious effort to consider the needs and wishes of others. Unfortunately there will always be people that are either incapable or unwilling to do so.
"Considering the needs and wishes of others" includes the needs and whishes of those prefering something else than Total War. Obviously.
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So many strategy games :(So what? It is may favourite genre. So I would like to see more strategy games on Linux. MORE I say! :D
Ahh! If it's you favorite genre, that changes everything of course...!
No, seriously... As said, I'm happy that Total War seems to be profitable for Feral, as long as they also port something that I enjoy from time to time. But "So what" doesn't help anybody.
To be fair, what I said doesn't help anybody either. I would just like to see more non-racing and non-strategy games :P I like racing and strategy but I have more than enough now!
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Mohandevir Feb 20, 2018
Yes! Keep going Feral! Fill that radar signal! More Linux games = More Linux users (I hope). :)
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Would've figured it is not entirely up to feral, guess it also depends on who approaches them and who feral approaches who accepts with reasonable boundaries what gets ported. If Sega is all port this, then its a fair guess to say feral will take the work, why wouldn't they ?
Would assume Feral does not only make money from sales, so they would need to get something from the person they are porting for to make it worth while.
Would assume Feral does not only make money from sales, so they would need to get something from the person they are porting for to make it worth while.
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So many strategy games :(So what? It is may favourite genre. So I would like to see more strategy games on Linux. MORE I say! :D
Ahh! If it's you favorite genre, that changes everything of course...!
No, seriously... As said, I'm happy that Total War seems to be profitable for Feral, as long as they also port something that I enjoy from time to time. But "So what" doesn't help anybody.
Writing how many strategy games we have on linux, doesn't help anybody either. And what kind of help you want from game or these comments?
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Would assume Feral does not only make money from sales, so they would need to get something from the person they are porting for to make it worth while.
As far as I know (I really need to store such statements somewhere...) they are paying to get the right and source of the game are solely earning from the sales.
One reason for the many Total War ports for sure is that it gets easier when you've already done it several times. (And I would hope the original developers might take some care, but who knows...)
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And what kind of help you want from game or these comments?
"So what" sounds destructive to me.
I want comments to be non-destructive.
Shouldn't be too high a bar.
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I agree, I really want to see more games in general on Linux, but as a TW fan we're missing some of the best ones (Rome 2 and TW2). The comments dissing each of these releases are really annoying and destructive. I won't go into the Tomb Raider announcement and say bad things about it, even if I am not as interested, rather I will simply not comment at all.
Well, half of their ports are strategy games. I wonder what like "So many strategy games" you might say about Tomb Raider.
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slaapliedje Feb 21, 2018
I just thought of something. You know how we generally get the port months or years after the original release? This used to be a bad thing, but now with the somehow accepted practice of releasing unfinished games then filling in the gaps with DLC, this is a good thing and maybe the porting houses should just wait for game of the year editions...
Pretty sure one of the Total War games were like that, bought a bunch of DLC to fill in blanks...
Pretty sure one of the Total War games were like that, bought a bunch of DLC to fill in blanks...
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slaapliedje Feb 21, 2018
I am torn on seeing yet another TW game being ported. On one hand, strategy is hands down my favorite singleplayer genre (second only to MMOs), and it's a blessing to have such a great selection of strategy games available on my OS of choice. On the other hand, we have some glaring gaps elsewhere that still needed filling. Such as aforementioned MMOs, but also RPGs in general. If I knew that Feral can and will churn out another dozen AAA games this games, I'd still welcome this release - but if this is going to be one of three high-profile ports we will be getting in all of 2018 (like 2017 felt to me), I'd have opted for something else, given the choice.
Not sure why you say there is a lack of RPGs, there are tons that run native on Linux, and many more on the way! I actually am okay with few MMOs, though not really an MMO, I would love to see Elite: Dangerous ported.
In case you missed these RPGs; Wasteland 2, Shadow Run, Bard's Tale (4 is coming!), Pillars of Eternity, Tyrant, Neverwinter Nights:Enhanced Edition, plus all the other EE games. Of course if you do like old school RPGs, GOG has all the gold box ones wrapped up for Linux too.
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In case you missed these RPGs; Wasteland 2, Shadow Run, Bard's Tale (4 is coming!), Pillars of Eternity, Tyrant, Neverwinter Nights:Enhanced Edition, plus all the other EE games. Of course if you do like old school RPGs, GOG has all the gold box ones wrapped up for Linux too.
They are all old school /sometric RPG (i.e. Baldur's gate style). That's nice, but we have zero first person RPG with a non linear story and/or open world. Maybe Dying light (rpg/action) but that's all. One game.
Some games like Skyrim, Gothic 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance etc. are really missing on Linux.
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We've got good old Witcher 2.In case you missed these RPGs; Wasteland 2, Shadow Run, Bard's Tale (4 is coming!), Pillars of Eternity, Tyrant, Neverwinter Nights:Enhanced Edition, plus all the other EE games. Of course if you do like old school RPGs, GOG has all the gold box ones wrapped up for Linux too.
They are all old school /sometric RPG (i.e. Baldur's gate style). That's nice, but we have zero first person RPG with a non linear story and/or open world. Maybe Dying light (rpg/action) but that's all. One game.
Some games like Skyrim, Gothic 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance etc. are really missing on Linux.
I guess your definition of rpg/action should cover Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor as well. And Tomb Raider? Personally I wouldn't call these RPGs though. I like open world action games with plenty of exploration, but their stories don't leave much room for role-playing.
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slaapliedje Feb 23, 2018
We've got good old Witcher 2.In case you missed these RPGs; Wasteland 2, Shadow Run, Bard's Tale (4 is coming!), Pillars of Eternity, Tyrant, Neverwinter Nights:Enhanced Edition, plus all the other EE games. Of course if you do like old school RPGs, GOG has all the gold box ones wrapped up for Linux too.
They are all old school /sometric RPG (i.e. Baldur's gate style). That's nice, but we have zero first person RPG with a non linear story and/or open world. Maybe Dying light (rpg/action) but that's all. One game.
Some games like Skyrim, Gothic 3, Kingdom Come: Deliverance etc. are really missing on Linux.
I guess your definition of rpg/action should cover Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor as well. And Tomb Raider? Personally I wouldn't call these RPGs though. I like open world action games with plenty of exploration, but their stories don't leave much room for role-playing.
Ha, not many crpgs actually allow for much roleplaying, usually their rpg-ness comes from being able to customise your character, in which case Mad Max and Shadow of Mordor qualify. Tomb Raider less so.
Also, and maybe this is just me, but the party based isometric RPGs are the best ones. The Skyrims of the world are like graphical errand runners. :P. Well, less so than say WoW, but there are still plenty of quests of gather this, steal that, etc.
To be fair, I have been playing a lot of Horizon: Zero Dawn lately and it has a few rare choices to make, and really is just a game with a decent plot, but a huge amount of eye candy. Very often though I feel like I am doing quests just for the xp, or to get a trophy. A really good RPG doesn't need a particular style, it just needs a good story, a rewarding ending and some opportunities for making a difference within the game. Too many of the ones with fancy graphics fail at that. (Skyrim is good though, just trying to be a completionist gets tiring....)
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