Ion Fury (previously Ion Maiden) from Voidpoint and 3D Realms has been officially released, this retro inspired FPS looks fantastic and it comes with full Linux support.
While Shelly “Bombshell” Harrison earned her codename defusing bombs for the Global Defense Force, when evil transhumanist mastermind Dr. Jadus Heskel unleashes the members of his cybernetic cult onto the streets of Neo DC, she knows it’s time to start causing explosions instead of preventing them.
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Feature Highlight:
- The true successor to classic shooters such as Duke Nukem 3D, Shadow Warrior, and Blood.
- Experience the original BUILD engine on steroids, pumped up and ready to rock again after 20 years!
- Duck, jump, climb, swim, and blast your way through 7 exciting zones packed with multiple levels of mayhem!
- A beautiful game world assembled from thousands of hand-crafted textures and sprites
- An awe-inspiring arsenal of devastating weapons, including multiple ammo types and alternate fire modes. Tri-barreled revolvers, grenade launchers, and heat-seeking smart bombs are your best friends!
- The classic '90s FPS action you love, meshed with modern inventions like locational damage and seamless level transitions
- ZERO PROCEDURAL GENERATION. All levels are hand made and full of multiple paths, cool effects, and complex set pieces!
- Thumping soundtrack comprised of true tracked module music, in authentic FastTracker 2 format
- Easy access on to level editor and other development tools on day one, plus Steam Workshop support
A review with some actual proper thoughts may come later, as sadly the pre-release build did not include a Linux version.
I've given it a quick blast now that it's out and as expected, it does seem to run very nicely. Love the one-liners, "I spray, you pray!"—hah brings back some memories of ol' Duke that's for sure. Awesome weapons too, a sub-machine gun that sets people on fire, yeah sure why not!
Even in the short time I've had with the full version today, it's been a blast. I really didn't want to put it down to even write this little bit on it, I'm enjoying it that much. It's also managed to freak me out a little already with some of the enemy designs. Those god damn spider faces—not what I want to see in a dark alleyway. Whoever put that in is a devil!
If fast-paced retro-looking shooters and hunting for keys to open doors sounds like your thing, you can find Ion Fury on GOG and Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Quoting: ShmerlLot's of small hidden interactions. Trying to interact with a power socket gives an electric shock :)
Now the new activity would be making Shelly running around and pressing hidden buttons everywhere :)
That is a thing I miss on modern games. The scenery is very static, sterile. Most games you shoot a lamp and nothing happens. Objects cannot be interacted with. And this is a shame because, with so much CPU power nowadays, you wold think interactivity and NPC AI would be through the roof, but the opposite is true. Is like games had regressed on these regards on the last generation.
Last edited by M@GOid on 15 August 2019 at 8:08 pm UTC
Quoting: JolltAlso the amazing filezise. 88mb for the full game? Damm.
88 megabytes? Those guys do not think of us folks still using floppy disks? Not everyone can afford CD-ROMs man.
It has controller support and the menu says auto-aim enabled, but playing with a regular gamepad having to mangle a mouse like look with the right thumbstick is no fun at all.
But why? :)
When using eDuke32 I get "Player Setup" instead of "Save Setup" :D
It's awesome!
Didn't expect it that well done.
But hell is it fast.
After playing for half an hour I need a rest. :D
Telling you I bought the boxed Duke 3D when it came out,
roughly tells you how old I am. ;)
Quoting: MblackwellQuoteWHAT. AN. INCREDIBLE MESS.
Wait until you see my complex fever dream scripts for the game...
Having a dev here.
Does this game support Steam cloud saves (across platforms)?
Mountain Man Aug 16, 2019
Quoting: ShmerlLot's of small hidden interactions. Trying to interact with a power socket gives an electric shock :)Pretty sure that was in Duke Nukem 3D, too.
But, yeah, this game is definitely a labor of love.
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