Which native Linux games are you planning to buy this holiday season?

dugan · 12-06-2010, 01:07 PM

Which native Linux games are you planning to buy this holiday season? I'm planning to buy:

Osmos
Machinarium
Amnesia

sycamorex · 12-06-2010, 01:26 PM

I'm waiting for the release of OilRush. They are going to release native linux versions for both i386 and x86_64 architectures.
http://oilrush-game.com/

mlangdn · 12-06-2010, 02:34 PM

OilRush looks pretty good!

D1ver · 12-06-2010, 03:15 PM

Definitely Amnesia. That games supposed to be very very good, and also an excellent laxative. There's a good review here (warning: language). I'll probably buy the 2nd and 3rd of the penumbra series.

I ordered my gaming computer parts today

Intel i5 + nvidia gtx460

disturbed1 · 12-09-2010, 12:33 AM

Oil Rush for sure.

Besides any LGP title, and a handful of other native Linux games, our collection is a decent size. Though I am quite tempted by Bandits if LGP ever gets it finished. I may pick up a couple of the new Hidden Object games that were recently released on Linux for our room mate. She and my Girlfriend both like that genre of games.

sycamorex · 12-09-2010, 01:58 AM

FYI, The Oil Rush release has been postponed till March 2011.

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-09-2010, 04:31 AM

I might get Oil Rush because it supports x86_64 ... but most other commercial Linux games don't.

I was thinking of buying Savage2, but unfortunately, it sucks compared to savage1, so it's not worth it.

the trooper · 12-09-2010, 08:14 AM

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I might get Oil Rush because it supports x86_64 ... but most other commercial Linux games don't.

Can't say that has stopped me playing x86 games on an x86_64 machine.
And yes,Oil Rush does look interesting.

rizzy · 12-09-2010, 02:46 PM

Oil rush looks good, i'm also waiting for these

http://www.wolfire.com/overgrowth

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rage_%28video_game%29

http://www.steel-storm.com/content/

H_TeXMeX_H · 12-10-2010, 01:02 AM

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Originally Posted by the trooper

Can't say that has stopped me playing x86 games on an x86_64 machine.
And yes,Oil Rush does look interesting.

I think if they're not gonna be open-source, and I have to pay for it, at least they should make it easier on me and make it work on 64-bit. It is an extra hassle to maintain 32-bit libs, so unless I really need it, I don't install them.

dugan · 12-10-2010, 10:22 AM

LXer: Another Humble Indie Bundle Is Coming

This just changed my answer.

D1ver · 12-15-2010, 04:19 AM

The second humble indie bundle is live

http://www.humblebundle.com/

sycamorex · 12-15-2010, 04:45 AM

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Originally Posted by D1ver

The second humble indie bundle is live

http://www.humblebundle.com/

Does anyone know if all the games in the bundle work in x86_64? I've stopped using multilib and really don't want to go back there.

disturbed1 · 12-15-2010, 01:37 PM

Revenge of the Titans is dual ARCH - it's a java application. Machinarium's site states 32bit Linux. Not too sure about the others. It's not even clear from the other's sites if there's a native Linux version. I do recall reading about the native Linux versions on various gaming sites. Wish the actual game site would advertise/promote the Linux version too.

D1ver · 12-15-2010, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by disturbed1

Revenge of the Titans is dual ARCH - it's a java application. Machinarium's site states 32bit Linux. Not too sure about the others. It's not even clear from the other's sites if there's a native Linux version. I do recall reading about the native Linux versions on various gaming sites. Wish the actual game site would advertise/promote the Linux version too.

From the little youtube video included on the bundle site, it seems that a lot of the games have had their Linux versions developed specifically for this bundle. The narrator says things like "Making its debut on the Linux platform" and such.