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It has been a bumpy ride, and that's putting it nicely, but 7 Days To Die is finally on Linux for us to enjoy some zombie smashing.
From the developers ignoring our requests of information, to community moderators temporarily banning me from the forums with a message of "stink on this" and many other annoyances. It is just good to see them finally deliver on the promise of a Linux version.
Originally the Kickstarter listed the Linux version (along with Mac) to be available around two months after the Windows version; that was a very long two months!
The game does seem to work reasonably well though, and even works on an Intel HD4000 if you turn the settings down quite a bit.
About the game
Building on survivalist and horror themes, players in 7 Days to Die can scavenge the abandoned cities of the build-able and destructible voxel world for supplies or explore the wilderness to gather raw materials to build their own tools, weapons, traps, fortifications and shelters. In coming updates these features will be expanded upon with even more depth and a wider variety of choices to survive the increasing dangers of the world. Play alone or with friends, run your own server or join others.
7 Days to Die development was launched following a successful Kickstarter campaign in August 2013, demonstrating the initial prototype. Joining us in early access now will help support the cause and ensure continued expansion of the development team, their efforts and the planning and addition of even more features and depth eagerly awaited by fans.
Check out 7 Days To Die on Steam, or 7 Days To Die on Humble Store where it is on sale.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
People even PAY to beta test and have their moment of first impressions from a finished game taken from them? Have the world gone completely mad, or is it me there is something wrong with?
Now I have to dig around in my old emails for the activation code ;-)
Some people say its slow on linux, what gfx are you using and is it related ?
Do people with low fps use AMD or Nvidia or is it mixed ?
Quoting: BeamboomBut Early Access is big part of problem here. It enabled The Fun Pimps to cash-in continuous income not only without fulfilling any Kickstarter promises, but even without releasing anything usable.Quoting: kozecBS. 7dtd was supposed to be released for linux ~year ago and there were nothing said about early access. They joined it long after kickstarter and basicaly took dump on heads of their suppporters.Correct me if I'm wrong, but it's not even out for Windows yet? There's not a single review on either gamerankings nor metacritic, and it's only on "Early Access" on Steam.
I mean, sure, so they promised to be done with the game a year ago (or whatever) but you guys make it sound like it's just the Linux version we talk about here, when in fact no version for any platform is properly released yet.
It's really not fair to use Early Access as excuse. Should they announce their plan spending rest of ages there, I wouldn't pledge cent to them :P
I have so little respect for this studio, by now, that I don't think I would buy their game even if it were the next Dark Souls.
Quoting: valczirJust out of curiosity, am I wrong for reacting to this news with, "Do we care? A-Are we caring about that?"Well, not really. My initial reaction to this was "That's not possible." which then turned into "Meh. No more 7DTD jokes on the IRC then, I guess.".
I have so little respect for this studio, by now, that I don't think I would buy their game even if it were the next Dark Souls.
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