Topware Interactive are continuing their promise of putting their older titles on Linux and Two Worlds Epic Edition is now available on Steam. It uses Wine, but that's not as bad as you may think.
From the release notes:
QuoteThe port is based on Wine with CSMT and PhysX hardware support patches enabled.
They also removed the more restrictive DRM it had. It has been replaced by what they call "DLM V2":
QuoteThird party Serial Codes are only required to access the Multiplayer Server and create an account. Activation is optional and grants live time support and updates, restore of the game in case it is lost and change of the platform or content provider.
A step in the right direction, I think that alone is worthy of a little praise.
As for the use of Wine: It's an amazing bit of software, and while I shunned it in the past I decided to look past my own self-righteousness about it and learnt to appreciate it all over again. I think it's a cracking tool for developers to bring older titles over to Linux where performance and stability are good. It also means you are essentially buying a Linux game, and it counts as a Linux sale for future reference.
With that said, the Wine port does seem buggy for me. My first launch didn't work, as I could hear the game but not actually bring up the game window.
After that I was able to launch the game, but changing resolution seems to make it crash. I refuse to play it at 1024x768, but any attempt to change it results in the game minimising and I can't seem to bring it back.
I thought that it was due to me using two monitors, so I disabled one and it still has the same issue.
Overall, not impressed with this one.
It also has a massive discount:
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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OLucasZanella May 29, 2016
Quoting: GuestGreat to have another MMO on Linux, as we need a lot more of those!
Serious question though, how does, or how much does a "WINE-based port" like this differ from running the native Windows version in WINE?
I suppose would mean that it doesn't need configuring. It's just click to download instead of Google and correct to make it work better.
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Quoting: GuestGreat to have another MMO on Linux, as we need a lot more of those!
Serious question though, how does, or how much does a "WINE-based port" like this differ from running the native Windows version in WINE?
From what I gather, "ports" such as this come pre-packaged with a version of WINE that has been tested against the game (or is that visa versa?), and is known to run well. It also counts as a Linux sale.
I think.
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rustybroomhandle May 29, 2016
Quoting: GuestGreat to have another MMO on Linux, as we need a lot more of those!
This is not an MMO.
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Quoting: rustybroomhandleNo, but multiplayer looks similar to MMO gamesQuoting: GuestGreat to have another MMO on Linux, as we need a lot more of those!
This is not an MMO.
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Quoting: rustybroomhandleIt was a joke, a dig at the game's generic quests and grindy gameplay.Quoting: GuestGreat to have another MMO on Linux, as we need a lot more of those!
This is not an MMO.
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Why would they need Steam runtime for Wine though? If the game is playable in Wine, just get the GOG version and run it.
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coryrj19951 May 30, 2016
It runs decently for me, ~30fps. And oddly enough I didn't have that resolution problem, it worked like it was supposed to for me.
Anyone else notice that this is the GOG version wrapped in WINE (second time I seen this done :P ). Completely DRM free and can be ran with the .SH script without steam open.
Anyone else notice that this is the GOG version wrapped in WINE (second time I seen this done :P ). Completely DRM free and can be ran with the .SH script without steam open.
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Quoting: coryrj19951Anyone else notice that this is the GOG version wrapped in WINE (second time I seen this done :P ). Completely DRM free and can be ran with the .SH script without steam open.
Why can't they release it on GOG then?
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Quoting: ShmerlWhy can't they release it on GOG then?I don't know. TopWare Interactive already released Gorky 17 and Earth 2160 as a wine port on Steam few months ago. And both never appeared on GOG.
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coryrj19951 Jun 22, 2016
Just so everyone knows, the Linux version was just added on GOG today.
Last edited by coryrj19951 on 22 June 2016 at 1:14 pm UTC
Last edited by coryrj19951 on 22 June 2016 at 1:14 pm UTC
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