[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: Games on Linux (was: Wine presentation)

[Steve Baker]

krannen at gte.net wrote:

> While I like computer games, many times I just don't find anything good enough
> that I'm willing to pay for.  Even perusing the Loki site, I just don't find
> that much of any interest.  Maybe that's (c), unappealing games.  Or did I
> just give an example of (a)? :-)

I think Loki focussed a little too heavily on first-person shooters - I would
have *thought* that Linux users would tend to be more 'cerebral' than most
computer game players...but it's a really hard call.

I loved Railroad Tycoon and Civilisation - Heroes III was OK - but Heretic,
Heavy Gear and the two Quakes are all so similar.
 
> Now, to Loki's credit, they do put demo versions out there, so a quick demo
> will many times confirm that I don't want something.  Then again, a few demos
> (of PC games) have convinced me that I want to pay $40 for a game.  And I
> recognize this as being a personal subjective thing, hence the need to make
> the target audience as big as possible to get enough of a percentage of
> interested people.

Yep.

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