On Thursday, February 21, 2013 13:28:16 DANIEL DAVID EGLI wrote: > *I'm getting ready to go back to Linux after a long hiatus (don't ask, it's > a long story that I REALLY don't want to get into!) and I have some > questions that I'm hoping to get answered. Please bear with me if this is > something that most of you already know. I assure I would not ask you if I > had other avenues to get this information (again, don't ask. Please!).* > > * * > > *I have been hearing a lot lately about how Wine can supposedly run various > Windows games. I admit it's been a few years since I looked at it, but > doesn't stock Wine have a hard time on games? You'd actually be surprised. I played Diablo 3 weeks after it came out with good results with just the stock Wine. There were a couple of bugs, but overall life was good. Wine has improved immensely over the past three to four years, especially for gaming.
> How well would the > latest sock version of Wine handle something like Spore, Oblivion, Diablo > III, BioShock, Deus Ex (any of them) or Skyrim, or even a simple, non-DX > game like one of the Virtual Villager games from Last Day at Work (ldw.com)? For any and all of your "Will X run on Wine" questions, I will refer you to the AppDB: http://appdb.winehq.org/ >From what I see, Skyrim gets a gold rating,Starcraft gets a gold rating, Deus >Ex: Human Revolution (patches) are Bronze if not Gold. Basically, most modern >games work. Also, be sure to take a look at PlayOnLinux. It's a nice little app that sets up a Wine Prefix for each of your games so you don't get conflicts. It makes installing things much more simple. -- Jessie A. Morris 801-210-1526 [email protected] /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
