Do you adore your classic base-building real-time strategy games? You may want to keep an eye on the in-development Fractured Alliance. I grew up playing the likes of Command & Conquer, Red Alert, Tiberian Sun and all the rest and so this one feels like it's whispering sweet things directly into my ear.
Looks to be something of a spiritual successor to me both in terms of game mechanics and the style of it. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery as they say, and it pleases me to see more game developers attempt to get more into this genre. Seriously, this looks and sounds like what could have been a lost Westwood game if they kept going. I need it.
Check out their new prototype trailer below:
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Lots of different unit types, nice varied map styles, super weapons, weather effects and more — yep I'm sold.
At release they play to offer a full single-player campaign, along with various types of online battles too.
You can follow it on Steam. They also have a Patreon.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
What makes this game special?
* 0 finished games
* 1 unfinished game (early access from 2021)
* 4 announced games for 2024 and 2025
They created separate Patreon site for every game but it doesn't look to be very popular. It will be extremely hard to finish 5 games in reasonable future for small developer/producer...
Quoting: Deleted_UserWhat makes this game special?
Looks like good old Command & Conquer. To me at least, that is more than enough 😁
We'll have to see if the game is actually good tho. Out tne looks and type of gameplay are there and Ilove them.
Quoting: Deleted_UserIs there a reason why this game is covered here, other than it looks nice? I mean as far as i can see there is no native linux version planned, it is not based on an open sourced engine, etc.
What makes this game special?
Liam's taste, I guess?
Quoting: Deleted_UserIs there a reason why this game is covered here, other than it looks nice? I mean as far as i can see there is no native linux version planned, it is not based on an open sourced engine, etc.- Because it's a game, that I want to play on Linux.
What makes this game special?
- I thought it looked cool.
- I explained in the article how I grew up playing such games.
- I write based on my own interests.
- Proton exists and has done for years. Proton runs most things on Linux. It's pretty cool, you should try it.
- It's called GamingOnLinux, not NativeOrOpenSourceGamingOnLinux.
Feel free to use any of those points at any time for anything I cover to answer the question on all future articles ;)
Last edited by Liam Dawe on 15 October 2024 at 11:01 am UTC
Quoting: Deleted_UserIs there a reason why this game is covered here, other than it looks nice? I mean as far as i can see there is no native linux version planned, it is not based on an open sourced engine, etc.
What makes this game special?
Although I buy native first and there should be a good reason for me to buy non-native game usually, I like the broadened coverage here.
There`s a tag for the native games https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/category/Native_Linux and you can filter news by it.
Quoting: Deleted_UserIs there a reason why this game is covered here, other than it looks nice?
I’m not one to post on forums these days. But this post ruffled some feathers.
It’s frustrating to me that people are so heavily opinionated with what they like and don’t like. Or what they think something should or shouldn’t be.
I had a slightly large wall of text typed out, but decided to remove it and just say, thanks for the article Liam, I too grew up playing the games mentioned and this was worth the read.
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