Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 31, 2006 06:19 PM
Two very enjoyable open source games spring to mind that weren't mentioned in the article:
Battle for Wesnoth: <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/" title="wesnoth.org">http://www.wesnoth.org/</a wesnoth.org> I play this occasionally (usually on my laptop when travelling) and really enjoy it.
Planeshift: <a href="http://www.planeshift.it/" title="planeshift.it">http://www.planeshift.it/</a planeshift.it> While still under development, this game boasts some stunning graphics in my opinion. Lacking somewhat in gameplay though.
There's a few other games I've tried that run natively on Linux but aren't strictly open source, such as Simutrans.
But generally, I would agree with the author's statement that Linux games have nowhere near the relative quality that most other apps do compared to counterparts on other OS's. Games are big business these days and require massive budgets (read cutting edge hardware) and manpower.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 31, 2006 06:19 PMBattle for Wesnoth: <a href="http://www.wesnoth.org/" title="wesnoth.org">http://www.wesnoth.org/</a wesnoth.org>
I play this occasionally (usually on my laptop when travelling) and really enjoy it.
Planeshift: <a href="http://www.planeshift.it/" title="planeshift.it">http://www.planeshift.it/</a planeshift.it>
While still under development, this game boasts some stunning graphics in my opinion. Lacking somewhat in gameplay though.
There's a few other games I've tried that run natively on Linux but aren't strictly open source, such as Simutrans.
But generally, I would agree with the author's statement that Linux games have nowhere near the relative quality that most other apps do compared to counterparts on other OS's. Games are big business these days and require massive budgets (read cutting edge hardware) and manpower.
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