You can sign up to get a daily email of our articles, see the Mailing List page.
We do often include affiliate links to earn us some pennies. See more here.

Ballistic Overkill FPS updated, lots of changes and still works great

By - | Views: 12,288
tagline-image
Ballistic Overkill is the fast paced FPS game I have fallen in love with and it just gained a tasty update.

The game has down away with a single health station on the map, to now have health packs spread throughout the map. An interesting and needed change, but I feel they respawn far too quickly.

The map voting system is much better. Instead of always being on a single mode, you pick a single map and each map comes with a different game mode. That makes the game feel a lot fresher in my opinion and helps stop me getting bored in longer sessions.

They developer implemented two of my own requests, which was nice to see:
- Mouse wheel now changes weapons
- Pressing the sprint button will immediately end crouch when using crouch on toggle

Lots of re-balancing on top of all of that.

See the full patch notes here.

Reminder, the game is in Early Access so it will continue to evolve as time goes on, but it's very enjoyable.

Be sure to grab a copy and come join the fun!
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
0 Likes
About the author -
author picture
I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. Find me on Mastodon.
See more from me
The comments on this article are closed.
14 comments
Page: 1/2»
  Go to:

ElectricPrism Jul 18, 2016
I held off buying this because of the Early Access after Storm United going dark :(

On a scale of 1 to 10 for FPS players who like Halo, etc... how good is this?
Linas Jul 18, 2016
View PC info
  • Supporter Plus
That's weird... I cannot see the store page for the game.
hardpenguin Jul 18, 2016
Quoting: ElectricPrismI held off buying this because of the Early Access after Storm United going dark :(

On a scale of 1 to 10 for FPS players who like Halo, etc... how good is this?
Pretty good. Personally it reminds me a bit of Team Fortress 2 and maybe Urban Terror. Fast, but not too fast paced shooter with fun classes. It's only 7 euro and definitely worth the price!
ElectricPrism Jul 18, 2016
Quoting: hardpenguin
Quoting: ElectricPrismI held off buying this because of the Early Access after Storm United going dark :(

On a scale of 1 to 10 for FPS players who like Halo, etc... how good is this?
Pretty good. Personally it reminds me a bit of Team Fortress 2 and maybe Urban Terror. Fast, but not too fast paced shooter with fun classes. It's only 7 euro and definitely worth the price!

Thats sorta of the problem, I agree its worth it yet I would rather shell out $60 and have one FPS to play and get good at instead of 5.

I really wish Halo Online would work on wine it's a great play.
DamonLinuxPL Jul 18, 2016
How it perform on AMD GPU? I mean open source driver or old fglrx? Anyone testing it on this both driver? Is playable?
pete910 Jul 18, 2016
View PC info
  • Supporter Plus
It runs outstanding on AMD with fglrx for me on a 290 @ 1440p all high.
ysblokje Jul 18, 2016
Quoting: DamonLinuxPLHow it perform on AMD GPU? I mean open source driver or old fglrx? Anyone testing it on this both driver? Is playable?

I tested this game on an 1st gen. i5 with an HD6870 with the (opensource) r600 driver. That's a 7 year old CPU with a 4 or 5 year old GPU.

And it runs just fine with 70+ fps
pete910 Jul 18, 2016
View PC info
  • Supporter Plus
The update has spoiled the game play though :(

Back to insurgency...
Beamboom Jul 18, 2016
The only thing that really matters in these games though: Are there any players?
Liam Dawe Jul 18, 2016
Quoting: BeamboomThe only thing that really matters in these games though: Are there any players?
Never had an issue finding a game :)
While you're here, please consider supporting GamingOnLinux on:

Reward Tiers: Patreon. Plain Donations: PayPal.

This ensures all of our main content remains totally free for everyone! Patreon supporters can also remove all adverts and sponsors! Supporting us helps bring good, fresh content. Without your continued support, we simply could not continue!

You can find even more ways to support us on this dedicated page any time. If you already are, thank you!
The comments on this article are closed.