Most impressive Linux game so far?

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I have now got Steam plonked onto my Lappy, I am also using PlayonLinux and Im getting some success, some failures there.

But, what is the most impressivle Linux game you know of... Or indeed, if a Windows game can be installed through the various means, what is that?

My own personal favourite is the WarHammer 40K Dawn of War however, I have not had much success the last time I tried it.

Similarly, UT 2004 and thats even got a Linux SH file on it for flips sake.
 
Most impressive native linux game I would say Serious Sam 3. Its proof that you could have a AAA game native on linux. Metro Last Light is again very good but I am getting a lot of CTDs with it but that maybe because of the rubbish AMD drivers.
 
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Serious Sam ?
You know... Thats one game I have never even considered having a play with!
I might give it a peek

L4D2?
Again, not played, but seen others play it.
I got No more room in hell... Any similarities or..?

AMD Drivers.
They have come a hell of a long way for sure, but are still I agree lacking.
The 2 laptops I gave capable of playing games has Intel on one ( so forget serious gaming ) and ATI 6570 I think? Its good enough at basic gaming etc, but not for serious stuff. Luckily it seems to be fairly automatic at this time, however every time I try manually installing the ATI Cats, the rigmarole I have to go through is not funny. nVidia are incredibly simple in comparison.

Again, my Linux Desktop PC is sporting a 250GT so thats fine, but its the Laptops I want to do the messing about on. They are stuck on ATI or Intel.

Can anyone tell me what differences there are between playonlinux and crossover?
Apart from one is free and the other isnt
Is crossover worth the money ?
 
Hopefully in a few months Elite: Dangerous will be released. A Linux port is promised as it was one of the stretch targets reached on Kickstarter.

But as above, SS and L4D for now. I think some of the Doom and Quake games had a Linux version too.
 
I'm pleasantly surprised by the number and the variety of Linux games on Steam now (100 of them). I'm quite tempted to get Metro Last Light simply to support Linux gaming and show that the demand is there. I spend most of my time in Linux now and only switch to Windows for gaming so it may not be long before I move over full time - but I think that the graphics card drivers need to improve too.
 
I picked up Metro Last Light to test out a new 780Ti, and can report no crash to desktops yet after several hours of play on maxed out settings at 2560x1600. However the water in the loop gets pretty warm (up to around 50 degrees C) - the nVidia drivers seem to overclock the cards by default much more than the Windows ones, unless I'm misunderstanding what the tool is telling me (it states its running at 1200Mhz).
 
FatRakoon said:
My own personal favourite is the WarHammer 40K Dawn of War however, I have not had much success the last time I tried it.
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I used to have WH40K: DOW Dark Crusade + Soulstorm running on wine ok

I think the best native linux games I have atm:

DOTA2
X3 Albion Prelude
Portal

I get framerate drops on DOTA2 but I think that's mainly down to having a AMD HD5770

I don't have metro last light but would imagine that is a good representation of good graphics on linux
 
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