action games

Once again our three heroes are thrust into another Frozenbyte adventure with puzzles, enemies and bosses. Play as the knight, mage and bowoman with all of their unique abilities. Overcome physics-based obstacles and take down all the enemies in your way! What could possibly go wrong?

https://www.gog.com/game/trine_3_the_artifacts_of_power

This Trine is a bit different from the other Trine games. Your characters are no longer restricted in 2D space and can move freely in and out of limited 3 dimensional space. Jump tricks, physics and lining up your character is more challenging because depth perception is "off" a bit. There is also an interactive map where you can freely select any level you like, but you have to unlock them with golden triangles. Didn't find enough triangles in the last map? Go back and search again... and again... and again... oh and the mage cannot spawn multiple cubes or planks. He can only spawn a single cube. No wonder he's confused...

Angry?
Wanna kick things?
Wanna break things?
Wanna shoot things?
You are in the right place! Anger Foot is a FPS in the hood where you can do all the kicking and shooting you want... and take down hoodlums as you express your fury!
Play through short levels and break down doors, kick everything and pick up guns to mow down enemies. Can't get any better? How about a thumpin soundtrack? Oh, and its free!

https://squidcor.itch.io/anger-foot


Anger Foot developer provides a native Linux port for us and it runs pretty nice! There are a few areas that may slow down a bit, but other than that... runs perfectly!

Specs:
Mint 20.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460

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I previously posted a video and some pics on Half-Life 2 co-op using the mod Synergy. We continued through Episode 1 and Episode 2. This mod is amazing as you can experience the episodes with a friend or a few friends and save Alyx again and again. Not only that, but Alyx will ride along, fight with us and insurgents as well! There are even some unique scenarios that would never happen playing single-player.... like you can drive a buggy in Episode 2 and your friend can ride along while using the gravity gun and a sticky bomb.

There were a few bugs in Synergy but were not the fault of Linux. Like your character can get stuck between two NCP's who are acting out a scene. Sometimes the hotrod was the only car to drive and the other players had to travel on foot. Sometimes we wouldn't have the gravity gun at all and other times the automated elevators didn't work properly. There were times Alyx wasn't with us and there was a door she needed to open. We would have to just...

With Linux and Chrome, most browser games work great. Even the flash games have ran perfectly as Chrome was supporting it until recently.
If you like snake games like slither.io this is one you have to try:
https://littlebigsnake.com/

Sign up and join your friends in co-op and slither your way around a massive arena with bots and other players. Collect sprites left by dead snakes and try to stay alive! As you level up select new skins and invite friends to your group. But the real challenge is finding the Rebel and rise up the charts to #1


Specs:
Mint 20.1 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460

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Blade Of Agony is a FPS WWII Doom 2 total conversion. Fight against the Nazi regime in a Call-of-Duty style of gameplay in this unique retro WWII themed levels. Upgrade your gear as you find gold and complete a wide variety of levels in this action campaign.


https://boa.realm667.com/

I was able to play Blade Of Agony in the Linux GZDoom using the command line to launch the game. Unfortunately the 2nd level was extremely slow to the point where it was unplayable. I did a bit of research and tried to made some adjustments in the game, but just couldn't play. So of course I gave-it-a-go in PlayOnLinux with Wine and it plays beautifully! The developers admit that there are some features not meant to run in GZDoom which may play a part in the performance loss with OpenGL.... so give it a try with Wine!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
Wine 6.0 64-bit
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Stormrite is an in-development Open World RPG in a fantasy medieval world. Chose a class like archer, knight, assassin, mage and more... then weild realistic weapons and hack down your enemies. This public test version will put you in a small mountain arena where you can practice using the weapons, learn the physics and controls of the characters. The physics are pretty realistic like Chivalry, where each slice or arrow will contact their body and react accordingly. Its fun to watch how they recoil and swing realistically where you open yourself to danger if you are too offensive.


https://kerds78.itch.io/stormrite

Proton handles the demo fairly well in PlayOnLinux and I was able to play indefinitely by reloading the level every time my character died. I can't wait to see more locations and the "open world" the developers are advertising... but the weapons and realistic physics are top-notch and pretty fun. The demo is developed...

Much like Darksiders... Castlevania satisfies our 1990's console action needs with modern graphics, skills, and parkour abilities. The end is near and God has a message through your deceased wife. Complete the prophecy and maybe you can bring her back.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/234080/Castlevania_Lords_of_Shadow__Ultimate_Edition/

A few years back I tried Castlevania with PlayOnLinux and keyboard/mouse combination. It included a bunch of steps setting up Wine and Steam, then the game was barely playable as I didn't have a controller. Today, Proton handles launching the game perfectly and my Xbox controller feels right at home with the controls.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460






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Tiny and Big is one of those game you will never forget!
In a surreal sandbox world where underpants give you super powers... traverse towers and bridges made of stone... which of course, can be cut apart, dragged and pushed anywhere with powerful physics. Nevermind the dude with underpants on his head trying to kill you...


https://www.gog.com/game/tiny_and_big_grandpas_leftovers

The developers of Tiny and Big provided a native version on Steam and GOG. It runs beautifully on my GeForce GTX 1060 without any issues. It is a great sandbox puzzle platformer with some great physics moments. Cut almost any object into huge slices or small pieces. Use these objects to climb around and reach the end of the level.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460

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Trine is a clever physx based fantasy platformer where you can switch between 3 characters in order to progress through the levels. Play as an female archer, wizard or knight and use their skills to traverse through traps, skeletons, dungeons and much more! Also connect a controller and play co-op with a friend! Amazing graphics, animation and effects... what else could anyone want?


https://www.gog.com/game/trine_enchanted_edition

Trine is an older game from 2009 and required a few older libraries, but I found they were already available in the "Lib" directory in the game folder. So I just renamed them to the library the game was expecting and it worked. Here is also a post on GOG about how to install the proper libraries:
https://www.gog.com/forum/trine_series/fix_missing_libraries_for_trine_1_2_on_ubuntu_1804_64_bit

Other than that, I was able to play with Keyboard & mouse and my wife was able to play with Amazon...

Welcome to the strange world of Zenozoik. Meet all kinds of creatures and humanoids, spend a little time punching them in the face... join up with Rimat and save MotherFather... wait... also defeat a Golem, then save the world? I dunno, nothing makes any sense but the fighting is AWESOME!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/215690/Zeno_Clash_2/

Proton handles Zeno Clash 2 without any problems. I can run the game on the highest settings without any issues on my GeForce GTX 1060. This game is beautiful and of course created with Unreal engine. I didn't need any workaround or hacks to run it, just download, change compatibility to Proton 5.13-5 and play.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460
Proton 5.13-5

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Slay the minions of hell and then slay their masters in this 3rd person melee action game! Pick a class and a spiritual gift then explore the hellish lands where only tormented souls exist. Collect these souls and upgrade your weapons, armor and abilities in order to take on huge impossible beasts. You will die, but its not the end... continue with friends in the mysterious co-op summoning and rid this world of demonic presence laying waste to everything we know.


Dark Souls Prepare to Die edition is no longer available on Steam because there is now a Remastered edition. But if you still have the original, implement DSFix and enjoy a pre-remastered edition with all kinds of settings and features to make your experience high quality and detailed.

Honestly, Dark Souls is probably the most difficult game I've ever played! I've never finished it... in fact I've never killed the second boss between the towers. Its too hard and unforgiving...

Play as stealth assassin Corvo in the city of Cornwall, attempting to purge the city of corrupt politicians who murdered the Empress. Save the princess with cold dead assassinations or passively take out each enemy without shedding blood. The choice is yours... as you traverse huge castles and forts with multiple paths to your objective. Use clever skills to sneak and stealth unseen or slay guards with hungry rats or worse...


https://store.steampowered.com/app/205100/Dishonored/

Proton handles Dishonored perfectly without any hacks or workarounds. I was able to play with all settings maxed out on my GeForce GTX 1060. I was able to play through the entire campaign and it was beautiful!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460
Proton 5.13-5

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Just about anyone has played Half-Life 2 at this point and maybe even played Synergy... but did you know there is a native version for Linux?

Play again as Gordon Freeman and escape the city through canals, sewers, beaches, Ravenholm and City17. You aren't alone, not only is the rebellion there to help, but you can bring a few friends along! Enjoy the physics puzzles, jump tricks, hover jet and buggy with a few friends... you never know what is going to happen.


https://store.steampowered.com/app/17520/Synergy/

Synergy installed without issues and I was able to host on a LAN and my other PCs joined easily. You use the classic listenserver interface where you pick a level start the game. There have been a few unexpected bugs which is honestly... expected with mods. You can not save the game either, but Synergy packs an autosave and autospawn feature so you all can play cooperative together without loosing a lot of progress...

The Haunted began as an Unreal Tournament 3 total conversion which one the "Make Something Unreal" competition. The developers used their earnings to develop a full professional release: Hell's Reach
Improving on the original mod you can play co-op with 3 friends online and slay all kinds of new demons in the original maps or a few new maps. New features and weapon upgrades available as well. And to top-it-off... a final boss ending!


https://store.steampowered.com/app/43190/The_Haunted_Hells_Reach/

I originally posted a guide for The Haunted as an Unreal Tournament 3 guide, but later posted Hell's Reach in PlayOnLinux. The game ran fine and Wine handled Unreal engine without any issues. The only problem was installing Windows Steam and configuring everything in PlayOnLinux. Today Proton makes it simple and easy. Download, set compatibility with Proton and play. Nuff Said!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460...

Traverse and assassinate in an epic world created by Cyanide Studios. Play as the mysterious goblin who will unfold his origins in a world of greedy men and elves. Use clever stealth abilities and assassinate with powerful skills. Each massive level consists of multiple routes to your objective making re-play exciting. Level up your skills and meet interesting characters who help you on the way.


https://www.gog.com/game/styx_master_of_shadows

I initially created a guide on Styx years ago and Wine could barely handle the game. Any time I looked up into the distance there was a huge CPU spike and the game slowed to a crawl. Today, Proton handles the game perfectly and I've never experienced a single frame rate drop!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460
Proton 5.13-5

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Symphonia is a clever colorful platformer with interesting and difficult jump tricks. Play your violin in order to activate areas and interact, but your bow can fling you across hard-to-reach areas. Use your bow to traverse the epic mechanical orchestra and begin the symphony.


https://isart-digital.itch.io/symphonia

Symphonia is a 2D platformer with beautiful animation and interactive levels. Watch the backgrounds animated as you move from one area to another. I never had any issues running it with Wine and my GeForce GTX 1060 handled the 2D graphics perfectly. This is a short game, but pretty dang fun and free. It requires a controller and my Amazon Xbox basics controller worked perfectly as long as I didn't click anything with the mouse.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 460
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
Wine 5.0.2
DXVK 1.7.2

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Play as an insurgent fighter and join the Red Faction rebellion against the EDF. Red Faction Guerrilla is a completely physics destructive environments. Use your hammer to break down any wall or structure. Use your mines to blow up any building or vehicle in this open world action game! The remastered version on GOG now supports modern resolutions and enhanced graphics.


https://www.gog.com/game/red_faction_guerrilla_remarstered

I was able to install and run the game with Wine 5.0.2 but upon launching there was no audio in-game. The BIK movies played audio, but not in-game. I still had to install DirectX June 2010 Redistribute for all of the xact, xaudio overrides. It would fail again and again until I manually added all the xaudio2_0 all the way up to xaudio 2_9 and set to (native). Then it installed and now audio works!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 455
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
Wine 5.0.2 64-bit
DXVK 1.7.2...

Play as an Assasin, Paladin, Crusader or Necromancer in an epic tale to defeat Eidolon the Serpent Rider. But he's not alone, slay all kinds of minions with your class's special weapons and inventory items. Made with the Quake engine, enjoy Gothic indoor levels and outdoor areas with maze-like precision.


https://www.gog.com/game/hexen_ii

Never play Hexen in DOSBox or Wine again! Download an OpenGL supported engine on triptohell.info:
https://fte.triptohell.info/downloads

Much like GZDoom, use Wine to install GOG Hexen II in a wineprefix, then simply cut-n-paste the game folder anywhere you want. Drop fteqw64 executable in the game folder and run with Terminal. Now you have a plethora of video options, widescreen settings and even realistic water reflections. Trust me, Hexen has never been so beautiful on modern computers!

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 455
fteqw64

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Agent 47 is sent by the International Contract Agency to assassinate Diana Burnwood and recover a genetically-engineered teenage girl who is meant to be trained as an assassin. Use stealth, force and clever traversing around the level to eliminate mercenaries. Kill the target and save the girl!


https://www.gog.com/game/hitman_absolution

Hitman Absolution ran perfectly in PlayOnLinux with Wine 5.0.2 on my GeForce GTX 1060. I played through th first three levels and never experienced any graphical issues, control issues or save/load issues. It just ran perfectly! I was also able to crank up the graphics as this title was created back in 2012.

Specs:
Mint 19.3 64-bit
GeForce GTX 1060
Nvidia 455
PlayOnLinux 4.3.4
Wine 5.0.2 64-bit
DXVK: 1.7.2

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The zombie apocalypse has arrived and begun a whole new war! World War Z is a co-op third-person shooter very similar to Left4Dead series. Slay countless zombies in an objective based experience in New York, Moscow, Jerusalem, Tokyo and Marseille. With an arsenal of weapons you will try to escape linear levels with your friends (or bots) and survive massive hordes of zombies.

https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/world-war-z/home


World War Z is one of the rare games that actually works in PlayOnLinux with Epic Games Launcher. I had to do a bit of trial-n-error just to get the Launcher working by adding Media Foundation, Visual C++ 2019 and DXVK, but it actually works. The only issues I had playing this game is a bit of stutter at the begging of each level. I'm sure there is some caching going on there and its annoying, but if you are patient, it eventually begins to run well. I also had to crank down the settings as...