best linux game and why?

krakerjack · 06-24-2006, 11:41 AM

what's the best linux game in each category, and of course, why?
puzzle
strategy
rpg
learning
arcade
3d
and where to get it?

ethics · 06-24-2006, 01:04 PM

you havent said what games you have tried, which types you do and don't like.

Infact you haven't provided ANYTHING to show that you have done some research yourself, people are not here to cover others laziness

w3bd3vil · 06-24-2006, 01:08 PM

damn...I didnt know there were so many types of games in linux!

Quote:

you havent said what games you

you(krakerjack) should do that and maybe I will download one of them and give it a try.

krakerjack · 06-24-2006, 01:43 PM

sorry to make people here upset....

my familiarity are with dos games. I'm rather new to linux, and just wondered what people thought about the games around here.

ingvildr · 06-24-2006, 01:49 PM

for 3d it has to be the fps warsow

XavierP · 06-24-2006, 03:02 PM

Moved: This thread is more suitable in <Linux-Games> and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

There are a few threads there with lists of games to try.

cs-cam · 06-24-2006, 06:34 PM

NEXUIZ!!!!

3D FPS, awesome fun and a great quality, open source game. Anyone else developing a FPS game for linux would be wise to use the Dark Places engine the Nexuiz team have done so much work on.

ingvildr · 06-24-2006, 06:39 PM

not a big fan of nexuiz but cs-cam is right the dark places engine rocks, cant wait for Zymotic

cs-cam · 06-24-2006, 08:38 PM

Yeah that looks cool too. Those guys are doing a great job on open source gaming!

Oxagast · 07-04-2006, 03:04 AM

Enigma (aka Oxyd) is probably my favorite linux puzzle type game. I think it's actually a very well done port of an old dos game with suped up graphics and stuff. Basically you roll a little marble around looking for these colored nodes, and you have to hit them in order, but theres all kinds of obsticals, etc. Sounds very simple, and in theory it is, but man, it gets terrible hard after a while.

mattLSO · 07-10-2006, 08:56 PM

I love tetrinet!!!!

http://www.tetrinet.org

alienmagic · 07-10-2006, 10:15 PM

Are we talking only open source games, or commercial, too?

If commercial, I would have to say that the Quake series are just about the best available, but then again, I've been a fan since Quake I (and yes, I played that on Windows 95 when it came out).

If open source, I'd say that even though I'm not a big RPG player, The Battle for Wesnoth can be pretty fun.

nonades · 07-11-2006, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by ingvildr

for 3d it has to be the fps warsow

Warsow > Nexuiz, sorry it just is. I like being able to see my opponents and Cel-Shading is just pimp

Although I play it on windows (stupid ATI crappy drivers), it does run on Linux.

#warsow on irc.enterthegame.com for a good time

goranov · 07-11-2006, 08:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by krakerjack

what's the best linux game in each category, and of course, why?
puzzle
strategy
rpg
learning
arcade
3d
and where to get it?

I am new in Linux and i cant answer you !Sorry!

JaseP · 07-11-2006, 09:30 AM

If you are familiar with DOS games, and want to run them in Linux,... you might want to try DOSbox. It emulates a DOS system very well on modern hardware and many of the old favorite DOS games will run, as well as many of the old DOS programs...

Just an FYI...