The Total War team along with Feral Interactive have confirmed that Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is officially coming to Linux.
Honestly, I don't think this was supposed to be confirmed quite so soon. Especially given that Feral Interactive only teased something big for us next week. This has replaced the "Working with fire and steel" teaser that was on Feral's port radar, with one teaser still not named yet.
I actually follow the official Total War blog, where the developers post all sorts of updates about what's coming. Right down at the bottom of the pre-order FAQ for Total War: THREE KINGDOMS was this:
MacOS/Linux Release
Will the game be released on Mac and Linux?Yes, Feral Interactive is working on macOS & Linux versions that will release shortly after the Windows release. You can expect those to land later on in Spring 2019.
As I was writing this, Feral Interactive then also confirmed it on Twitter and their official site requiring me to hastily re-write this whole thing before publishing, but hey it happens. Feral are saying it will be due "shortly after" the Windows version.
Anyway, here's a little more about the game:
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the multi award-winning strategy series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign game of empire-building, statecraft and conquest with stunning real-time battles, Total War: THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes and legends.
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Feral are saying it will be due "shortly after" the Windows version.Exactly how it should be! Hopefully they can make this happen for other games as well in the future.
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wintermute Sep 27, 2018
Played this at EGX last week.
Also went to a talk about it where they went on about five elements and how these are used throughout the entire game (summary here and immediately thought of the Feral Radar. Too tired and hotel internet too crappy to make a post about it the time.
Anyway the game itself seemed good, a bit different to other Total War games I've tried with the heroes and duels.
Also went to a talk about it where they went on about five elements and how these are used throughout the entire game (summary here and immediately thought of the Feral Radar. Too tired and hotel internet too crappy to make a post about it the time.
Anyway the game itself seemed good, a bit different to other Total War games I've tried with the heroes and duels.
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Guess I have to give the whole Total War saga thing another try as so much content is coming.
I rage-uninstalled "Total War: Warhammer" after losing the Empire campaign several times on normal. :D
Let's hope they changed their DLC policy a bit.
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I rage-uninstalled "Total War: Warhammer" after losing the Empire campaign several times on normal. :D
Let's hope they changed their DLC policy a bit.
Last edited by theghost on 27 September 2018 at 4:00 pm UTC
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So, not Shadow of War then. Dang it. :><: (More because I was wrong than it not being that game, though. This does look more interesting than some TW titles.)
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Oh my god, Feral is releasing a Total War game!
That is totally unexpected!
That is totally unexpected!
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I can't wait for this one, i hope Feral might be able to put the finishing touches on Rome 2 TW one of these days. the steam db shows the data has been there for Linux for a long time without the executable.
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Again a Total War... Well i guess it's good for those who want it...
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At this point I just assume that every single teaser Feral puts up is yet anothet Total War game.
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I saw this on my feed right after a post about the game finally getting a release date and got really hopeful that this time it would be day-1 Linux support. Alas, it was too much to hope for.
Well, considering it will be many years before I get a PC that can run a recent Total War game, I don't really care for the delay.
Well, considering it will be many years before I get a PC that can run a recent Total War game, I don't really care for the delay.
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liberodark Sep 27, 2018
Seriouly for is not hitman 2 or tomb raider :(
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*snaps fingers* Not Skyrim. Maybe next time.
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*snaps fingers* Not Skyrim. Maybe next time.
Who cares - they just have to fix the audio in Proton. Game runs otherwise flawlessly.
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Kimyrielle Sep 27, 2018
I guess for TW games there a bit of a saturation process settling in, but it's still great to see such a commitment to our platform by the TW devs.
It would be awesome if more high-profile studios would be just as committed. Feral isn't porting too many TW games at all, there are just not enough OTHER AAA games getting ported.
It would be awesome if more high-profile studios would be just as committed. Feral isn't porting too many TW games at all, there are just not enough OTHER AAA games getting ported.
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At this point I just assume that every single teaser Feral puts up is yet anothet Total War game.How many of those are there anyway? I'm starting to feel that sports games have fewer iterations than this franchise :P
I guess for TW games there a bit of a saturation process settling in, but it's still great to see such a commitment to our platform by the TW devs.Well said!
It would be awesome if more high-profile studios would be just as committed. Feral isn't porting too many TW games at all, there are just not enough OTHER AAA games getting ported.
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For now lets be glad that there are some gaming studios providing revenue for Feral Interactive to stay in business and keep their skills honed. If in the future gaming on Linux does become a thing and more AAA studios start looking into ports it will greatly ease the transition for there to already be well vetted porters in operation.
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I came in here thinking, "Alright, what's this Total War game. I probably am not going to care this time." And then I watched the trailer. It's a really well-done trailer! A little bit of drama background and then gameplay with explanation. Sounds very cool now.
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I guess for TW games there a bit of a saturation process settling in, but it's still great to see such a commitment to our platform by the TW devs.Thing is the Total War gameplay formula is very peculiar and you won't see yourself enjoying it for every type of war setup that you can come up with.
It would be awesome if more high-profile studios would be just as committed. Feral isn't porting too many TW games at all, there are just not enough OTHER AAA games getting ported.
-For example Atila in a Total War game ? Yes please gimme ! Therefore I bought
-Warhammer Battle in a Total War setup ? Again yes gimme and I bought.
-Total War Shogun 2 again that's a yes ...
But all of the others ? Nah sorry historically speaking that just doesn't add up to the reality of things.
Yes when Atila marched on Rome it was a scary number of nomadic tribes being led by "The Supreme King of all nomadic folk" so their formula work here for me. Because indeed the real life battles where numbered in the mutiple hundred thousands men and women in arms. And I'm not the only Total War fan to think that way.
On the other hand lots of the titles of the franchise that I don't want because the formula doesn't fit others want it.
Total War Empire is a great example whether you like it or not outside of Napoleon Armadas the other forces were not very big contingents. Heck that's even why despite being French I don't value Napoleon's strategical prowess because well let's face it most of the time he was just crushing his opponents under the weight of sheer number of troops pushing in.
Yet others probably enjoyed Empire precisely because it gave them the possibility to oppose great numbers against Napoleon armies.
In other words the fandom is split between "taking revenge on history fantasy" crowd and "It's a gameplay focused on opposing big contingents of troops so let's use historical setups where it actually led to big all out battles like the game offers" , and CA is quite good at alternating the two .
So saturation doesn't really come quick because every title released right after the one you bought generally ends up being a historical setup you either don't care for , or you don't see fitting the formula.
Now with that reply to you out of the way...
Am I a jackass for thinking "The only three kindgdoms that I want in my Linux box is an official translation of the latest Romance of the Three Kingdoms title" or am I not alone in wanting an official english translation AND a linux port ?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/363150/ROMANCE_OF_THE_THREE_KINGDOMS_XIII__13/
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I didn't understand: the "fire and steel" on the radar was this title?
What the chance Feral would be in charge to port other WBgames like Shadow of War? I enjoy shadow of mordor and MadMax
What the chance Feral would be in charge to port other WBgames like Shadow of War? I enjoy shadow of mordor and MadMax
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I guess for TW games there a bit of a saturation process settling in, but it's still great to see such a commitment to our platform by the TW devs.Thing is the Total War gameplay formula is very peculiar and you won't see yourself enjoying it for every type of war setup that you can come up with.
It would be awesome if more high-profile studios would be just as committed. Feral isn't porting too many TW games at all, there are just not enough OTHER AAA games getting ported.
-For example Atila in a Total War game ? Yes please gimme ! Therefore I bought
-Warhammer Battle in a Total War setup ? Again yes gimme and I bought.
-Total War Shogun 2 again that's a yes ...
But all of the others ? Nah sorry historically speaking that just doesn't add up to the reality of things.
Yes when Atila marched on Rome it was a scary number of nomadic tribes being led by "The Supreme King of all nomadic folk" so their formula work here for me. Because indeed the real life battles where numbered in the mutiple hundred thousands men and women in arms. And I'm not the only Total War fan to think that way.
On the other hand lots of the titles of the franchise that I don't want because the formula doesn't fit others want it.
Total War Empire is a great example whether you like it or not outside of Napoleon Armadas the other forces were not very big contingents. Heck that's even why despite being French I don't value Napoleon's strategical prowess because well let's face it most of the time he was just crushing his opponents under the weight of sheer number of troops pushing in.
Yet others probably enjoyed Empire precisely because it gave them the possibility to oppose great numbers against Napoleon armies.
In other words the fandom is split between "taking revenge on history fantasy" crowd and "It's a gameplay focused on opposing big contingents of troops so let's use historical setups where it actually led to big all out battles like the game offers" , and CA is quite good at alternating the two .
So saturation doesn't really come quick because every title released right after the one you bought generally ends up being a historical setup you either don't care for , or you don't see fitting the formula.
Now with that reply to you out of the way...
Am I a jackass for thinking "The only three kindgdoms that I want in my Linux box is an official translation of the latest Romance of the Three Kingdoms title" or am I not alone in wanting an official english translation AND a linux port ?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/363150/ROMANCE_OF_THE_THREE_KINGDOMS_XIII__13/
I was just looking at Three Kingdoms 13 the other day. Will probably be playing 2 and 4 on emulators instead because I doubt that will ever be on Linux in any form.
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