Comments on: Savage 2 and Linux

By: salsadoom

salsadoom — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 10:57:36 +0000

Taking a closer look… it looks like S2 is warming up to a linux port. No guarantee’s or anything, but it does appear they like the idea and are willing to at least make a stab at rolling with it.

My homeboy Icculus’s name was uttered by one of the staff at least once, so maybe they aren’t so ham’n'rye after all.

Lets see how it plays out.
–SD

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:51:16 +0000

look at the screenshots of savage 2!! 8D …. Let’t hope they contact Icculus insteed of the cedega people.

By: zborgerd

zborgerd — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 09:49:36 +0000

This is actually a response to a discussion that we’ve been having in the S2 forums. Seems to be similar to a thread I posted in Offset Software’s (a new company started by some of the best brains behind Savage) forums:

http://forums.s2games.com/groupee/forums/a/tpc/f/85010083721/m/41210083721

If you want Savage 2 on Linux, let them personally know. :)

And look at Project Offset as well:

http://forums.projectoffset.com/viewtopic.php?t=309

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:00:42 +0000

I really liked Savage, but by the time I had a GFX-card, that could play it (Had a G550 at the time), there were no-one around to play the Demo with.

IF they release a native Linux version of Savage 2, I’m probably buying it, just for the hell of it (and to play it!) - Heck, I’ll even throw in 100 hours work (~4 weeks), if they need someone to help port it to Linux and OpenGL! DX3D and OGL ain’t _all_ that different (At least they are based on more or less the same rudimentary priciples)…

Ciao,
/G

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Oct 2005 05:02:14 +0000

Savage was one of my favourite games during the past few years. I’d definitely buy Savage II unseen.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 23:34:53 +0000

I wont buy a game that doesnt have a NATIVE Linux port. Money out of their pocket. MS SUCKS and I will not install a bug infested POS just to play games. That is what game consoles are for…

You dont want to port to Linux, Dont… Your loss

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 15:32:59 +0000

Time to wake up guys, linux is not a viable revenue generating platform for game development houses. Rather than dissing the company for not releasing S2 for linux, they should be praised for at least giving it a shot with S1. They tried, it didn’t make them any money, they’re moving along.

I personally could absolutely care less about nwn2 being windows only from the get-go. Anyone who was around at the release of the original NWN would remember how they lied through their teeth about the status of the linux port for six months. I never even played my copy of NWN–sold it on ebay before a linux client was ever released.

By: salsadoom

salsadoom — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:20:29 +0000

Eh, you gotta expect this. After the lousy support they got for part1 — which I bought for the linux port — I’m not surprised to hear that we’ve continued to be dropped.

Oh yeah, and that nice “We’ll help the transgaming guys make it work” well — whoopy-de-fuckin-do. No linux users are gonna play your gaming knowing what a pack of smucks S2 is.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:19:03 +0000

Savage works flawless in Linux with the SEP patch. Install it and continue play this great game! BUY the sequel if S2 release a native client. Not more complicated then that!

By: smtanner

smtanner — Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:22:57 +0000

If the linux support for savage 2 is the same as the original savage, I say don’t bother.