I inherited a "new" (circa 2008 dell precision 690) machine and finally made the switch permanently to linux. I am still able to run windows games REASONABLE stably with VirtualBox, but I want to try and stick to native OpenGL based RPGs.
Can anyone suggest some nice turn based RPGs other than eschalon that will run in linux? I figure this thread can act like a general way to keep track of some good ones.
Well you can play the majority of Windows games through wine, most of them with little or no hiccups, but if you're talking strictly native then:
Neverwinter Nights - It's not turn-based but it's a terrific D&D RPG. I've poured probably in the neighborhood of 700 hours+ into that game, its expansions, and the plethora of terrific community made campaigns and mods.
Exult - A front end for Ultima VII for modern systems, including Linux.
GemRB - An port of Bioware's Infinity Engine that runs on Linux and allows you to play the Infinity engine games (Baldur's Gate, BG II, Planescape: Torment, Icewind Dale, IWD II). Not yet feature complete but I think it will play Baldur's Gate and maybe BG II fairly well for the most part.
Freedroid RPG - Free game, haven't actually played it myself.
Dink Smallwood - Admittedly more Zelda-like than a true RPG, but it's free.
Just about all the games of GOG.com run in WINE without a fuss. Just doublecheck the appdb first. The witcher 1 and 2 are the exceptions I've found so fare.
As to gemRB, it's nice if you have a different pc architecture (powerPC, ARM, Loongsoon) or want the extra UI features it includes for Baldurs Gate 2, otherwise WINE is a lot simpler to get it off and running.
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