Prey
All the others games are great too

I'll say Quake 4 as well. I played the Hell out of that in 2005, I loved those linear campaigns back then (Doom 3 as well)

I STILL play Quake 4 occasionally, though the old Linux port is no longer viable. I rebought it on Steam, and it was one of the first games I tried with Proton.

Prey for sure
DOOM 3 is decent also and Enemy Territory Quake Wars was pretty decent when it had playerbase.
I didnt really like Quake 4 tbh, It was quite dull and never played the expansion of DOOM 3

Quoting: GroganI STILL play Quake 4 occasionally, though the old Linux port is no longer viable. I rebought it on Steam, and it was one of the first games I tried with Proton.

I don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

I know that the biggest problem with Quake 4 for Linux is the fact that requires a key. Weirdly, digital versions of games create new issues for Linux users.

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Quoting: XpanderI didnt really like Quake 4 tbh, It was quite dull

I was excited when I ran Quake 4 for the first time in 2005. It wasn't the another FPS game where you only see enemies that you had to kill to get to the next level.
You almost constantly cooperate with different squads and their members, which was rare in FPS games for Linux. That was the main reason why I voted for Quake 4.

It's such a shame that they didn't release any official expansions for Quake 4.

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Quoting: gbudnyYou almost constantly cooperate with different squads and their members, which was rare in FPS games for Linux. That was the main reason why I voted for Quake 4.

It's such a shame that they didn't release any official expansions for Quake 4.

Yes, I'd have bought an expansion for that game (like Doom 3 Resurrection of Evil) if there was one.

I didn't play any multiplayer, and I tried that Enemy Territory Quake Wars thing (which really had very little to do with Quake 4... just the same engine), but couldn't get into it. It's just not my kind of game. Again, I didn't play it with actual people though. I never much cared for playing video games with other people (did it for a few years running various Call of Duty server binaries on my web server for some friends, but that was a long time ago)

Quoting: gbudnyI don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

A few years old now but I imagine it all still applies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/01/playing-quake-4-on-linux-in-2018/

Doom 3 death match for a win. Some of the most stupidest matches I ever had that had me dying from laughter were on there. This was voice chat was sort of new and my family was all over this game. Not sure why but the darkness of the maps made from some great surprise & frag sections.

Quoting: GroganI STILL play Quake 4 occasionally, though the old Linux port is no longer viable. I rebought it on Steam

Wait, how did I never notice it was on Steam? On GoG too.. for some reason I had it in my mind that it wasn't sold anymore (kinda like Prey). I haven't touched it in so many years and have no idea where my disks are now, but this changes things.

Quoting: Hamish

Quoting: gbudnyI don't run this game on modern Linux distributions, but I know that are some workarounds.

A few years old now but I imagine it all still applies:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/01/playing-quake-4-on-linux-in-2018/

Thanks.

I forgot that you wrote the article about it.

I see that Lutris and Luxtorpeda allow you to install the native version of Quake 4 for Linux.

https://lutris.net/games/quake-4/
https://luxtorpeda-dev.github.io/

Can someone confirm that the issue with the key is solved with these two versions?

I still use the DVD version of Quake 4.

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