Quoting: TcheyI really liked Pandora, and if it has obviously lots of similarities, Gladius plays differently. A guy wrote a large list of comparisons on Steam, quite accurate according to me : https://steamcommunity.com/app/489630/discussions/0/1727575977578265427/ [External Link]

Thanks for pointing out. I was afraid that this is 'just' an asset flip but it looks like they really made their homework. I really tried to like Pandora but it drove me nuts on occasion. Especially the diplomacy, the way population grew without control, "just another tier" tech, the upgrade orgy, the late "money is all" game and even the victory conditions (just bunk some bucks and you win??). "Story" is always the same and get's tiresome fast. A lot of wasted potential. IMHO. I played Pandora some time again lately for another chance and it's simply missing the "One more turn..." effect that CIV [and CIV:BE] have in for me. Technical no issues tho. Runs and did always run smooth, zero crashes and light on the resources.

This comparison reads really well for me. So this just ranked a lot higher on my wishlist :D

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As a reminder, the updated release from THQ Nordic doesn't just add Linux support. It also adds language support for French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian and English to the main game. It also adds in the lost demo level, with more limited language support.

@Liam: That's not all. I dunno what the original used but the Linux build (and probably other systems as well) links to SDL2. I *assume* it used SDL and I gathered that it was tricky to get it to work on anything over WinXP.

SDL was released 1998.
Desperados was released 2001.
SDL2 was released 2013.

Even when this started out as SDL project porting it to SDL2 was probably quite a task for such an old game. Even to still have the source around is something other companies don't manage (Looking at you here, Interplay!). I remember that the switch from SDL to SDL2 was really something.

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Quoting: GuestAre there difficulty levels so I can play on easy?

Nope. It has a nice learning curve tho. Just the DEMO is really hard.

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Quoting: mylkai just bought desperados, but i will buy commandos too if its for linux
only Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood left i guess and we have all realtime tactics like this on linux

Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood landed on Linux before Linux Gaming was a thing ;)

I've the CD-ROM sitting on my shelf.

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Quoting: kurpI own the game on GOG and I think it will be great opportunity to play it eventually! ;)

I own this game on GOG as well but I didn't bother and bought it again. Just because I can :) 5 bucks on this classic is a no brainer and I add another Linux sale this way.

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Oh.. I'd buy that again :D

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What gave me away? ?

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Ah yeah.. the classics :) I still remember my first encounter in Fallout. Some rat? Took some shots at it, missed every time and got eventually killed by a critical bite while running out of ammo. The dices were against me ??

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Oooooh :)))

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…and before people start to ask: _That_ song is Mogwai - Glasgow Mega-Snake ;)

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