LinuxLookup: Savage: The Battle For Newerth Review
Jan 26, 2004, 08:30 (0 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Matt Wilson)
"As already mentioned, this is the first game which attempts an
amalgamation of two existing game genres - Real Time Strategy &
First Person Shooter - not by 'merging' the two genres into one,
but rather by including both genres in a single game. I was
confused too.
"Prior to obtaining a copy of the complete game I had heard lots
of positive comments regarding the title, so I decided to try out
the demo version. To my dismay the demo refused to start, in fact
it not only refused to start - it screwed up my X server too...
Needless to say, I wasn't holding my breathe as to how many
problems I would experience with the release version.
"Basing a game on a new control system or graphics engine is a
difficult step - basing a game on a new genre is often madness! I
was more than a little interested to see how Savage would work
out..."
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GameSpot:
Savage to Support Linux(Jul 25, 2003)
