Poll: How many Commercial Linux Game do you have?

[Artificial Intelligence]

How many games do you have that runs Linux natively?
Which Commercial Games do you have?
Are you planning in buying a commercial game in the near future?

The poll above contains two questions, so it's possible to select multiply. The 1-5 options are how many linux commercial game you have. Option 6-7 is Do you plan to buy a commercial Linux game in the near future.

[madjinx]

i own about 20 native games, mostly old Loki ones.

I plan on buying Disciples 2: Dark Prophecy,Northland, Payback,X2: The Threat, and NWN2 (if they end up making it linux)

[Snocrash]

Ok......here is my current list.

Native:

NWN
All the Unreal Tournaments
Doom 3
Enemy Teritory
Uplink
RTCW
Rune

Cedega or Wine:

Guild Wars
Dungeon Siege 1 and 2
Evercrack
GTA-VC
GTA-SA
Black and White
Starwars KotOR
Diablo 1 and 2


Think thats about it.

-Sno

[joshuapurcell]

Quake III & IV, Doom III, Neverwinter Nights, Battle for Wesnoth, Unreal Tournament 2004, and SimCity2K (don't play this one though... the old Loki game).

[Artificial Intelligence]

ummm...battle for wesnoth isn't a commercial game ;)

[AthlonMDK]

I myself have a really simple rule: Only buy games that have been ported for linux. Although i have dual boot the non-ported to linux games i just download! Let the bastards die!!!
so i own:
- RTCW + RTCW:ET
- Unreal
- Quake 3
- Unreal Tournament
- Sim city 3K

Planning on buying:
- Doom 3
- Unreal Tournament 2004
- Quake 4

But it really sucks... most linux games have a lot of installing difficulty; like UT / Simcity 3K (read some of the forums and u see why!). But =D> ID Software =D> rules NO installing problems! That is why i will (when i got some more money) to buy all ID Software Linux Games!

Good software developing companies need to get SUPPORT!

[joshuapurcell]

ummm...battle for wesnoth isn't a commercial game ;)
Hmm.. yeah that is right. I wasn't thinking about the commercial part of the poll when I listed that one... just what good Linux games I have up and running. Taking that game out doesn't change my selection on the poll though.

[Artificial Intelligence]

My commercial game list:
Neverwinter Nights Platinum
Postal 2 - Share of Pains
Riotball
Savage - The Battle for Newerth
Dominions 2
DH: Lore Invasion
Devil Whiskey

Then I have ordered UT 2004 DVD ^^

[towsonu2003]

commercial things? for linux?? brrrrrr -> noooooooooooooo

;)

And my ATI card *hates* any type of games too, no discrimination...

[Rinzwind]

Neverwinter Nights and that's it.

But I bought it to play with on a win machine once :)

I tend to only play RPGs. Baldur's Gate, IWD, NWN, Diablo, Might and Magic and those seem to not be so native linux *snif*

[Zeroedout]

Native games: Quake 4, ut 2004.

I refuse to buy or even run games that are not native to linux. I also refuse to buy games from developers that port to linux but treat linux users like 2nd class citizens (releasing 6 months later or expecting all linux users to buy it online [not all of us are comfortable with paypal or credit cards]). Business is about risk, if they are going to take the risk to develop the game, they should do it in a manner that maximizes their audience, if they choose not to, then they will not get my cash. ID can do it, Atari has done it, it's not like thiers a lack of people willing to port the game; the only justifieable excuse I can possibly concieve is that they are a VERY small company, and they have barley enough programers to write a windows game. Moreover, if they are going to port to linux, a mac port is not difficult after that (or vice versa), so they are really covering all thier bases.

[DaMaster_Architect]

I totally agree with zeroedout. I currently don't own any commercial linux games at all.

I think a commercial game for linux is alien to the open source philosophy. If those programmers need money, they can ask for volunteer donations.

[leech]

Honestly I have given a lot of thought about why there are not more native linux games. I have come to several different reasons.

1) The excuse that there isn't enough user base I think is simply that, an excuse. There are probably just as many Mac users now as there are Linux users.

2) Copy protection schemes. There really aren't any. Could you imagine the outcry if starforce was ported to linux? No one would buy the software, the only reason people buy Starforce protected games in the first place is because they don't know that they're protected by Starforce!

3) Publishers. Proof of this is the game Cold War, which has a linux version the company made during the the development, and yet the windows version is out (starforce protected) but the linux version is not out due to problems with the publisher not wanting to release a game without copy protection.

Leech

[Madstone]

The Native commercial games I own are

Unreal Tournament 2004 DVD edition
Doom 3
Quake 4 DVD Edition

I also play America's Army the linux version and World of Warcraft with the help of Cedega

Personally I think when one of the big game publishers decide to port to Linux then some of the smaller publishers will follow suit. If Blizzard decided to port World of Warcraft or EA ports some of their titles then that would really open new oppurtunities for Linux gamers.

[Lord Illidan]

I haven't bought anything, my dad won't let me use his credit card to buy games, hehe.

Still, I have the demo of UT 2004, pretty good, installation was a breeze and the demo of Robin Hood - Legend of Sherwood, same thing, very nice game.

Planning to get demo of Quake 4, when the servers have cooled down. Anyone knows of a good site to get the Linux demo from?

In the future, when I get my credit card, oh yes.... definitely. In the meantime, opensourced games..

[Rinzwind]

Hey, all we need is to have some cool on-line games.
I don't mind gaming for a yearly fee. Man, I played Ragnarok Online for about 4 years with 2 accounts :D

It's just that I started playing with Ubuntu :)

[AllanP]

One of the main reasons I dual boot to Windows XP is my Chessmaster game. It would be nice if there were an equivalent in Linux.

[alinuxfan]

hey i have that robinhood game somewhere...on the cd is there a linux client?

[mcmuffy]

Uplink
Darwinia
Neverwinter Nights

[slux]

hey i have that robinhood game somewhere...on the cd is there a linux client?

I don't think so, it's a separate port by a separate publisher as is the case with many Linux and Mac ports.

It can be hard to justify the cost when the Linux version often is still near full-price while the Windows one sits in the bargain bin, but independent work has gone into that one and there isn't enough of a market for Linux games to push out cheap versions of games after the full-priced one has been for sale a while.

[qalimas]

The oly commercial game I'm running is NWN, I bought it a long time ago to play when I still ran Windows. I got their patch and it works ok in Linux.

The only other games I play on Linux are Enemy-Territory and Wesnoth.

[stoffe]

Recently bought Uplink (http://www.uplink.co.uk/) which works very well, and I'm thinking about buying Gish (http://www.chroniclogic.com/index.htm?gish.htm), but the demo freezes ever so slightly now and then, which it doesn't on Windows, so I'm not entirely sure yet.

I'm definitely gonna buy more native Linux games if they are good and, in relevant cases, if I can get drivers to perform well enough (not always the case at the moment). I'm not buying anything just because it runs on Linux, it still has to be quality - a good demo helps. :)

[joshuapurcell]

Planning to get demo of Quake 4, when the servers have cooled down. Anyone knows of a good site to get the Linux demo from?
I would use iD's bittorrent tracker server to get the torrent:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com:6969/

If not there, then you can get it from any gaiming download site. Here's a Linux Quake4 FAQ:
http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/quake4/

[handy]

Commercial games:

Unreal, UT GOTY, UT2K4.

I only play UT2K4 though.

I'm thinking that we need a MMORPG of high quality built for *nix, from the ground up. I'll happily pay when it is produced.

I'm trying to resist the Wine routine, especially being on 64bit, I have the impression that the chroot & wine combo will turn my beautiful Ubuntu system into a patched up mess.

I like it how it is... :KS

Cheers,

handy

[Omnios]

I have Never WinterNights which is both win and Linux which I feel is the way to go.

[stoffe]

Chalk up another one, just bought Tribal Trouble (http://tribaltrouble.com/) (though I bought it from Garagegames (http://www.garagegames.com/products/77) because I like them ;-))

I haven't played that much yet, but it seems a refreshing take on the RTS genre, simplified and streamlined compared to many others which seems to make it more suitable for casual play. And the simple and logical build-up of how things are produced really made me smile... peasants are made by putting some people in a house, those people can then go get trees, build an armory, then get rocks, build weapons and become soldiers... and so on. :)

[Ubuntuud]

Tribal Trouble is a great game indeed, but it isn't from garage games, it's from the Danish Oddlabs. And you say that peasants are created by putting people in a house... There aren't any peasants. Just 3 types of soldiers and peons. Are we talking about the same tribal trouble?

[nkhansen]

Now, I voted one, because that is what was meant, although the term is proprietary, not commercial. GNOME-games is a part of GNOME (surprise!), which is definately a commercial platform, though free.

I run Neverwinter Nights. A great game. But I kinda miss the movies.

[stoffe]

Tribal Trouble is a great game indeed, but it isn't from garage games, it's from the Danish Oddlabs. And you say that peasants are created by putting people in a house... There aren't any peasants. Just 3 types of soldiers and peons. Are we talking about the same tribal trouble?
Yes we do - peasants (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=peasant), peons (http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=peon), whatever, they are almost synonyms as words and both are common basic workers/units of many RTS:s. No need to be anal about it. As for the Garagegames remark, just read my post once again, would you? I linked to the original and correct site site and then said that I bought the game from another place for my own reasons. I really don't get what you are trying to accomplish with that post.

[stoffe]

Now, I voted one, because that is what was meant, although the term is proprietary, not commercial. GNOME-games is a part of GNOME (surprise!), which is definately a commercial platform, though free.

Commercial usually means "for profit", so when I answered I meant the games I've paid for, one way or the other. That would have included any open source products, if there was one on the list. Proprietary means (in this sense) closed and non-free, which sadly also applies to the same games, but is not necessarily what is meant by the original question. Gnome in itself is neither proprietary nor commercial in those senses, although it is of course possible to make a profit thanks to Gnome.

[Seq]

- NWN + The (First?) two addons (I saw a new box in EB during christmas, but it might have been the community addons)
- Unreal Tournament, UT2003, and UT2004
- Doom 3
- Alpha Centauri
- Ultimate Doom (Doom 1 + extra content), Doom 2, Quake, Quake3 + Team Arena (Though the engines for all of these are open now, the content is not)

I almost bought Quake 4, but I played it at a friends for a few minutes first. Nothing amazing.

[MethodOne]

I bought DOOM Collector's Edition (Ultimate DOOM, DOOM 2, Final DOOM) for $10 US at Wal-Mart and I use the prboom source port (in universe).

I also ordered UT2004 from Newegg to play it in Windows, but will use it in GNU/Linux when I have the cash to buy a new system or parts to build my own.

The system that I have Ubuntu on has a 800 MHz AMD Duron, 192MB RAM, and a 8MB NVIDIA Vanta LT card (eVGA).

[keldo]

I would really like to have a commercial game for mine linux.
Sim City 3000k is classic but I found that game to expensive.
Wesnoth is glorious and I would happily pay for it.

If there is any game similarly to settlers II or Anno 1503 for Linux please let me know.

[Artificial Intelligence]

Settler2 clone: http://doc.gwos.org/index.php/Widelands

[Mr_Grieves]

Doom 3

[TechSonic]

I have Graal... That would be it. Although many servers have banned me because they are MS Windows snobs. Every ban reason listed is "Using an operating system that could possibly make it easier to cheat via hex editing programs". "MS Windows or Mac users only." "Stop using such a worthless system and get a real one." "Linux Blows." "Linux Should be Illegal." The last 3 I wont list cause they contain language that small ones should not be reading.

That covers all my ban reasons.

Although I've only been banned from an America's Army server once for using Linux. They said my OS was a pile of crap built Linux that was making PB not send in screen shots. hmmm it sends them in all the other servers I've played. o.o



Jerks...



Oh btw, jerks wasn't directed toward any of you, to the people who hate me for the OS I use.

[ahood]

Commercial Games
UT
UT2003
Heretic II (Loki Games)
Doom3

Great Non-Commercial Games
Americas Army
Nexius
Battle for Wesnoth
BZFlag
Pingus


Need more linux games!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dr. Hood

[leech]

Native linux games I have bought;

Neverwinter Nights
Savage
Unreal Tournament (All of them, including Unreal)
Postal 2
Terminus


I think that's all.... can't think of anymore at the moment. Of course this isn't counting the huge plethora of free Linux games!

Leech

[stoffe]

Bought another, DROD: Journey to Rooted Hold (http://caravelgames.com/Articles/Games_2/JtRH.html). It's an excellent quest-puzzler of some sort. Not really like anything I've played before, but I played through the whole demo in a few hours and then there was no turning back. Luckily it was also cheap. :) Recommended.

[skirkpatrick]

I have absolutely no problems paying for some software. It's the being reamed for updates and software that everybody ought to be able to have that gets me.

Anyway:
Doom 3
Quake 4
Enemy Territory
NWN

[der_joachim]

I do not own any native commercial games. I would like to see them (Guild Wars springs to mind), but I do not care much for ID games. If there are any native Linux games out there that I would like to play, I would buy them.

I did buy the Windows versions for some games, and used the Loki installers though. I am particularly grateful for Planescape:Torment. If only I would still have the CDs.

[Jedeye]

Neverwinter Nights
Quake III(but my cd cracked while I was keeping it on a spindel?!?!)

I think I may get Quake 4 once the price goes down, or maby once I sell some of my windows games...

and thats it for commercial... but I also really enjoy Tux Racer

[RavenOfOdin]

One, if you count a burned Win32 Doom 3 CD set with multiplayer key, and no current install download.

It can be done, though. I think. . .? :p

For the purposes of this poll though, I voted "planning on buying in near future."