Robocraft Royale [Steam], a new Battle Royale game from Freejam (the makers of Robocraft) may see Linux support if all goes well.
Firstly to get this out of the way: I know some of you dislike articles about games that "may" get Linux support. I totally understand concerns about that! However, I personally feel that it's pretty important for developers to know there's some sort of interest in their games. You could argue that "of course there will be interest!", sure, but how much interest? The Steam wishlist feature only works to show Linux users wishlisting it if they know about it and only tick Linux as the single platform, so this is the next best thing. It also does no harm and costs nothing to try.
Considering their previous game supports Linux and works rather well, it's not a stretch for Freejam to get this one on Linux too. This is why I consider it one of the more likely titles for us.
Here's what they said when I asked about it:
Hey there. We would love to get the game going on Linux but we need to be sure it works on PC 1st. If it's successful we'll start thinking about how best to get it on other platforms :)
Yes—I fixed their spelling errors to make it look a bit nicer.
If you would like to see it on Linux as much as me, do let them know in this linked forum post.
Here's what it will feature:
- 100 players battle for survival in a wide variety of robots created by Robocraft players.
- Pilot a wide variety of vehicles including tanks, dragons, dinosaurs, mecha, cars, helicopters, jet fighters. There's no limit to what you might find.
- Robocraft's unique, location-based damage system allows you to take apart an enemy robot piece by piece for maximum tactical advantage.
- Battle for survival on an 8 x 8 kilometer map.
- All vehicles in the game are designed by the Robocraft Community
Doc Angelo Mar 28, 2018
Quoting: TheSHEEEPI've seen all battle royale movies. They rock.Quoting: ArdjeIf Battle Royale is the same as Last-Man-Standing, can we please call it LMS? I am too old for hypes.Last Man Standing is too sexist, I guess.
Battle Royale certainly isn't new, though.
The movie came out in 2000, and that is where the name comes from. At least that is what I assumed and what Wikipedia seems to confirm: Wikipedia link
QuoteVideo game adaptations of the battle royale survival concept became popular in the mid-2010s, with games such as Day Z, H1Z1: King of the Kill, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds and Fortnite.
Then again, I don't know just how old you are ;)
The term LMS predates the movie a lot though, as it was already a standard gameplay feature in unreal tournament... I reckon quake2 and quakeworld (the quake1 version) already featured it as a mod. And it took a long time before the movie became a cult hit.
So yes, LMS has been the long time term for LMS style games until PUBG called LMS battle royale as if it is a completely new gametype.
And yes, I am old. I am not be really lying if I put in 0 as my birth time(2), it would only be 32Ms off. That's way less than the average uptime of my systems.
Quoting: ArdjeI've seen all battle royale movies. They rock.The thing is that LMS typically stands for small maps and Unreal Tournament style fast-paced gameplay.
The term LMS predates the movie a lot though, as it was already a standard gameplay feature in unreal tournament... I reckon quake2 and quakeworld (the quake1 version) already featured it as a mod. And it took a long time before the movie became a cult hit.
So yes, LMS has been the long time term for LMS style games until PUBG called LMS battle royale as if it is a completely new gametype.
Battle Royale goes far beyond that, with certain survival elements, a large area, the distinctive narrowing of the survivable area, etc. It is also pretty slow as far as gameplay goes (honestly, 70% of the time you typically spend waiting around for something to happen, and then it all goes very quickly).
I mean, you still shoot the other guys and in the end there is just one (team) left standing, but I'd say it does deserve its own name for all the differences.
I'm actually kinda happy it has its own name. Otherwise, LMS would end up taking on a new meaning in the public eye and people would be surprised and angry if a new LMS came that was "only" like Unreal Tournament.
Last edited by TheSHEEEP on 4 April 2018 at 1:06 pm UTC
Doc Angelo Apr 4, 2018
Quoting: ArdjeLMS has been the long time term for LMS style games until PUBG called LMS battle royale as if it is a completely new gametype.
Last Man Standing is a game on a small map, with fixed weapons or loot, without any timeout or moving zones. Battle Royale is a game on a large map, with random weapons or loot and a moving zone that gets smaller all the time.
It's not a "completely" new genre, but it is definitely a new sub-genre. The play is quite different.
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