friggin wesnoth

[benjamin20]

i keep playing it and i dont know why. i hate tbs's. but they always get me. same thing happened with alpha centauri and advanced wars. they did do a good job with it and maked it work well and all, but i just hate these types of games. i always liked rts's but they never get me like tbs's do.

[jens]

i keep playing it and i dont know why. i hate tbs's. but they always get me. same thing happened with alpha centauri and advanced wars. they did do a good job with it and maked it work well and all, but i just hate these types of games. i always liked rts's but they never get me like tbs's do.

Wesnoth is IMO the best Free Software game ever.
Did you know it's partly build by the Linux kernel team...

I'm no gamer though.

[techieMoe]

i keep playing it and i dont know why. i hate tbs's.

I hear you man. All they play is reruns of Law & Order! Oh.. you meant "turn-based strategy games?" Nevermind.

[fingal]

Hmm yeah. I keep playing Vulture's Claw (and I know it's not a strategy game) but it's the same syndrome. I don't like it that much, I'm hopeless at it but I play anyway. It can be amusing though when - as a Flame Mage - you get followed around by a large orange poodle.

Wesnoth is okay, but I swear that some of it can't be completed once you reach a certain point. Then you need to start a level over again. It looks okay, but I don't think it's all that great. Must admit that I managed to successfully complete part of it, and that felt pretty good!

<surreal part>
For some reason the world 'Wesnoth' makes me think of Wensleydale, which over here is a type of cheese. If anyone wants to write a satirical version of Wesnoth, please call it 'The Battle for Wensleydale.'
</surreal part>

[smolloy]

<surreal part>
For some reason the world 'Wesnoth' makes me think of Wensleydale, which over here is a type of cheese. If anyone wants to write a satirical version of Wesnoth, please call it 'The Battle for Wensleydale.'
</surreal part>

Sounds like you've been watching too much Wallace and Gromit!

[benjamin20]

he's brittish, everything sounds like cheese.

...... that doesnt make any sense, nevermind that.

wesnoth isnt like the cutting edge or anything, but it does go to show that loose knit open source open standard can actualy make something more than a collage project that got dropped after graduation.

its this and scorched3d that are keeping me busy. scorched 3d is another very good game and it reminds me of when i was 7.

[fingal]

Sounds like you've been watching too much Wallace and Gromit!

Yes I think so!

he's brittish, everything sounds like cheese.

...... that doesnt make any sense, nevermind that.

It makes sense to me ... but then I'm British! Linky.

[LinuxAddict101]

i have always played the battle for Wesnoth since i first loaded OpenSuse onto my computer...i just keep on downloading more and more campaigns until after an hour or two i get ired of it. then i would probably either pop onto the 360 and play Oblivion or WoW.

[benjamin20]

i just hate how you loose your high level characters. its so hard to get them up there and then like 3 orc things surround him and beat the hell out of him untill hes dead. wow, thanks for screwing up like 3 maps worh of crap just to get him killed.

im currently doing the dessert elf campaign and they keep doing these levels where its you versus three other guys where three of your guys are worth one of theres. it realy sucks becase you get a bunch of upper levels and then you have to use them all just to keep from barely loosing the game.

[fingal]

i just hate how you loose your high level characters.

That's the trouble with these turn based games. I've lost so many high level characters ... Sometimes in just one move when something really nasty zaps you with something; like a wand of death in my case. But it's just a game (he said through gritted teeth).

It's more like playing chess than anything else, but I think a lot of open source games are too challenging. I don't mind a learning curve, but I want to be entertained as well ... I haven't got months to spare to work out that I should have done this or that to finish a game.