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Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Geppeto35, 16 May 2017 at 1:35 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: AimHereAlso, Rome is still one of the more popular games in the series, between the nostalgia factor (it was the first proper 3D Total War, and for many gamers, it was their first game in the series), and the relative simplicity of the gameplay. I wouldn't be surprised if it sells more than some of the later TW games.

Do you have a recommendation for a Total War to try for modern graphics and "relatively simplistic" gameplay?

yeah and a tutorial to understand what happens on screen XD
In my Total War, I see soldiers killed and map with stuffs happening. No idea how I can act on the game, like in Crusader king 2 of Paradox. I would have love to play it but I don't have 3 weeks to understand the mechanism of a game. :'-(
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Eike, 16 May 2017 at 1:20 pm UTC
Quoting: AimHereAlso, Rome is still one of the more popular games in the series, between the nostalgia factor (it was the first proper 3D Total War, and for many gamers, it was their first game in the series), and the relative simplicity of the gameplay. I wouldn't be surprised if it sells more than some of the later TW games.

Do you have a recommendation for a Total War to try for modern graphics and "relatively simplistic" gameplay?
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Tchey, 16 May 2017 at 1:15 pm UTC Likes: 2
Totally don't care, but still good to have more games on Feral's Store, it means more money so more future ports. I want Grim Dawn and Blood Bowl 2.
Scanner Sombre, a stunning exploration & horror game from Introversion looks like it's heading to Linux
By Hedaja, 16 May 2017 at 1:13 pm UTC Likes: 1
Damn now I'm sad. I watched a complete play through because I didn't think it would come for Linux oO
Unfortunately this kind of game doesn't have a high replay factor
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By AimHere, 16 May 2017 at 1:12 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: GuppyI get that the porting effort is properly much lower after having done a few of the games already ( if it's made by the same people they properly made it the same way.. ) but I can't help but question the ROI here - it's a 13 year old game being released hot on the heels of a pile of "identical" but newer games in the same series.

But then presumably Feral knows what they are doing :P

Since Feral have been porting the game to iOS already (where there's likely more demand since it's the first TW game on the platform) and since Feral has the infrastructure in place for porting the whole series to Linux already in place, I suspect the 'I' in the 'RoI' is relatively small. Having already moved M2:TW to Linux, Rome would probably be a repeat of the exercise with many of the problems already solved and having already made the code go in iOS probably stamped on a handful of bugs that didn't show up on Windows, but showed up on other platforms. Also the admin/bureaucratic overhead in porting more TW games is probably nonexistent.

Also, Rome is still one of the more popular games in the series, between the nostalgia factor (it was the first proper 3D Total War, and for many gamers, it was their first game in the series), and the relative simplicity of the gameplay. I wouldn't be surprised if it sells more than some of the later TW games.
Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more
By drvictor666, 16 May 2017 at 12:38 pm UTC
If they were able to fix the lags somehow, I'd be more excited. The game can be very frustrating if you get get shot through walls or by player who's not even facing you. Other than that, I already had almost 60hrs of fun with this game, much to my own surprise :)

I wonder though if there's anyone else with bumblebee for whom the game would become almost unplaybale due to FPS drop since v378 of nvidia driver. I was only able to resume playing by disabling bumblebee and the integrated graphics :/
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Guppy, 16 May 2017 at 12:27 pm UTC Likes: 2
I get that the porting effort is properly much lower after having done a few of the games already ( if it's made by the same people they properly made it the same way.. ) but I can't help but question the ROI here - it's a 13 year old game being released hot on the heels of a pile of "identical" but newer games in the same series.

But then presumably Feral knows what they are doing :P
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By manero666, 16 May 2017 at 12:15 pm UTC
Fantastic news!
I saw that this game had a Linux icon together with an ios one for some time but I thought it was a mistake..
This is a great because the game doesn't run great on Wine and I can't wait to play it!

Keep it up!
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By razing32, 16 May 2017 at 12:06 pm UTC Likes: 1
Would be cool to have another Total War game.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By x_wing, 16 May 2017 at 11:56 am UTC Likes: 2
Instabuy! I don't have the time for TW games nowdays but... I can't go against my childhood with this game. I'm so nostalgic right now.

I didn't play the latest Total Wars but, IMHO Rome TW was the BEST total war so far. I appreciate a lot that Feral's brings this game to Linux! The ones that don't like Total Wars should really consider give a try to this one, it's not as complex as new ones and it's a lot of fun.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Eike, 16 May 2017 at 11:26 am UTC Likes: 5
I don't care for Total War, but I'm happy it seems to bring money for Feral.
Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more
By skinnyraf, 16 May 2017 at 11:12 am UTC
I wonder if it will work under SteamOS, as the Nvidia driver in SteamOS is the ancient 367.27.

Valve should stop using the SteamOS icon, as more and more games require newer Nvidia drivers than available in SteamOS.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By GustyGhost, 16 May 2017 at 11:09 am UTC Likes: 2
It is clear by now that Feral have some sort of cookie cutter framework in place for Total War titles.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By gojul, 16 May 2017 at 11:06 am UTC Likes: 2
Then we're missing Napoleon TW and Rome 2, and that's it. Great news !
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By sigmich, 16 May 2017 at 11:06 am UTC Likes: 1
I like Total War series very much. I have heard many good things about Rome. I wish to be true so I can finally play it on my PC.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By jasondaigo, 16 May 2017 at 11:04 am UTC Likes: 4
to bad they focus so much on this genre. i dont play it at all; bought CoH regardless; 0 minutes played still :-(
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By leillo1975, 16 May 2017 at 10:57 am UTC Likes: 1
I think that Rome II is a better election than the first one, but is also welcome. I have been dreaming with it since it was announced that it would come to Linux/SteamOS
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By themixturemedia, 16 May 2017 at 10:53 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: berillionsFuck fuck fuck fuck ... again a total car game. Stop with these games please !!!!
Dude, shutup.

Yeah comments like that should not be on forums like this. If you do not like the game then say so there swearing on here is actually pretty crude.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By ellie_feral, 16 May 2017 at 10:49 am UTC Likes: 5
Downing that pinch of salt is a good strategy here. The Feral Radar is all sorts of silly this morning.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By DamonLinuxPL, 16 May 2017 at 10:43 am UTC Likes: 4
I prefer Rome II - but looks like CA abandon porting process without any word...
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By MayeulC, 16 May 2017 at 10:35 am UTC Likes: 2
Yay, with Rome II (that is, if they port it), that's almost the whole collection we will have. (Maybe not the first Shogun, though).

Looking forward to support them in any way I can (though I already have these games).

It looks like these ports were worth it for Creative Assembly, unless they have some ideological motivation behind it (which I wouldn't mind, to be fair :)).
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2017 at 10:30 am UTC Likes: 19
Quoting: berillionsFuck fuck fuck fuck ... again a total car game. Stop with these games please !!!!
Dude, shutup.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By BabaoWhisky, 16 May 2017 at 10:29 am UTC Likes: 4
Fuck fuck fuck fuck ... again a total car game. Stop with these games please !!!!
Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more
By Liam Dawe, 16 May 2017 at 10:26 am UTC
Quoting: AzP
Quoting: iskaputtCan this be bought on steam and then played without the steam client? Nothing 32-bits to ever touch my system.

Why would you then buy it on Steam? The Humble Bundle Store has the game, and I assume it is downloadable without Steam (it usually is).
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ballistic-overkill

Otherwise you can use alternatives to Steam, like itch or Lutris or some other that supports 64-bit natively.
No, Humble only has Steam keys for this game, you can see this clearly by the Steam logo with the platform icons inside the badge.

Ballistic Overkill is Steam-only game.
Looks like Rome: Total War might be coming to Linux, according to Feral's port radar
By Teodosio, 16 May 2017 at 10:22 am UTC Likes: 5
Ouch, it looks like they are leaving my favourite (Rome 2) for last! :P
Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more
By razing32, 16 May 2017 at 9:43 am UTC
Quoting: sasann
Quoting: HoriIs this game something like OpenArena / Quake ?
I've got it in my wishlist and the Summer Sales are approaching... and I see that people in this community are quite excited about this game so I feel like I have to have it too. :D
It is not quite as fast as Quake. Think Black Ops multiplayer with classes thrown in.
Quoting: razing32Hmm , if the summer sale is coming I might just buy it.

Does cross platform multiplayer work ?
Works perfectly

Cool.
Thanks mate.
Will keep an eye on it when it goes on sale. Want to get it for my mates.
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By Alm888, 16 May 2017 at 9:30 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: InnerVoicesDevOh but its not just steam. Very soon we are entering Greenman Gaming, Itch.io and maybe GOG…)

OK, I'll give it a try. To be honest, I did not even hear about your game till yesterday, let alone saw it (and I am not keen on buying a cat in a sack). And currently Metacritic is not helpful at all… So, I need some time to evaluate the game properly (should probably watch some video on YouYube, read Steamcommunity etc.).

Hope your survey has reasonable life span (and will not expire, say, tomorrow). ;-)
The developer of 'Inner Voices' will seriously consider a Linux version with enough interest
By lucifertdark, 16 May 2017 at 9:04 am UTC Likes: 2
This looks like my sort of game, I have all the Penumbra & Amnesia games, as well as Soma, Layers of Fear & Outlast, another game that's designed to give me nightmares? count me in. :D

ps I forgot to add White Noise 2 as well, I love good scary games. :D
Earthlock: Festival of Magic is still heading to Linux
By lucifertdark, 16 May 2017 at 8:57 am UTC
Quoting: skinnyraf
Quoting: Crazy PenguinWiiU has a bigger market share then Linux :(

WiiU has sold ~14 Million Units and at the moment we have currently only ~2 Million Linux Players on Steam.

Puts things into perspective, doesn't it? :(
Sure does.
Ballistic Overkill to get Vulkan support tomorrow and lots more
By AzP, 16 May 2017 at 8:17 am UTC
Quoting: iskaputtCan this be bought on steam and then played without the steam client? Nothing 32-bits to ever touch my system.

Why would you then buy it on Steam? The Humble Bundle Store has the game, and I assume it is downloadable without Steam (it usually is).
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/ballistic-overkill

Otherwise you can use alternatives to Steam, like itch or Lutris or some other that supports 64-bit natively.
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