Seems like with a newer version of the nvidia driver and bumblebee it is working for some. See the bug-report in the steam Aow3 beta1.5 forums. But 331.113 is the latest easily available on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

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Well maybe it is just me, but I have huge rendering issues both on my intel-GPU (sandy-bridge, with mesa drivers out of Kubuntu 14.04 64bit) and also, but less so, on my Nvidia optimus card running through bumblebee.
Seem like the developers are looking into these issues though.

Performance wise it seems equally bad as on Windows ;) Quite playable though.

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Quoting: codyaj1995My ps3 controller works out of the box, with no need to install a driver! I have tried a xbox controller with no luck...

I have a unofficial PS3 pad (usb), and while there is support for it out of the box technically, it really isn't a smooth experience at all. There is no working standard config and most games do not work properly with it unless you spend a lot of time fiddling with the configuration.

The best experience I had was with the "xboxdrv", which basically fools the system into thinking the PS3 pad is a xbox360 pad. But if you buy a new pad get a xbox360 pad or something really compatible for sure!

Oh, btw. support for PS3 pads under Windows is even worse, so I guess one can say it works "well" under Linux ;)

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More votes for x-com needed ;)

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Ok DG2 has a bit of an odd control scheme and it doesn't seem better than part one, but not really worse either. I guess a solid 70% title to rate it from the hour or so I have played so far. Runs on my Nvidia Optimus system with Kubuntu 14.04 really well also, so get it if you like tower defence games (at least at the discounted price).

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Defense Grid 2 is also 50% off and the first part (no Linux port) was great. Will check it out later once the download has finished.

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Oh and Warlock2 is really much more like Civ5 and barely resembles a game like HOMM :p

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Quoting: omer666

Quoting: antarcticianI think I'll go with:

• Warlock 2: The Exiled

I'm really enjoying Warlock 2 despite encountering some bugs. The game play is really well thought out and the universe is entertaining. That's a good HoMM-like if you ask me.

Warlock2 looks very promising, but is still *WARNING* unplayable on Linux at the moment (it runs, but sooner or later you will encounter a bug that makes progressing impossible). Even the latest beta has some game breaking quest bugs but at least it doesn't segfault all the time. They seem to be working on it, so if you are optimistic pick it up now, just don't expect to be able to really play it right now.

Planetary Annihilation is also riddled with bugs and the single-player part is really unpolished and feels half-assed. Besides that read this first: http://www.quartertothree.com/fp/2014/09/12/wont-live-happily-ever-planetary-annihilation/
It has a lot of potential, but me personally has stopped playing it as it really isn't much fun right now.

From my side a big recommendation for Crypt of the Necromancer. Super fun game (!), although it still lacks a bit of polish here and there and further development (for an early access game) seems rather slow.

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pro tip: get an axe to convert unused furniture in your house into wood and fuel. No way to scavenge all the wood you need in 2x inventory slots. Also upgrade your cooking stove or you will not have sufficient fuel when winter set in.

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This one seems cool too and has reached their rather unambitious goal several time over already:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hydezeke/flamberge

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