Super Rad Raygun, A Mega-Man Style Platformer Game For Linux

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Super Rad Raygun, A Mega-Man Style Platformer Game For Linux

Welcome to the year 198X-- America is in turmoil following a Soviet invasion, there’s Lava People in Mount Saint Helen, a robot protect us from communist robots, and Reagen still won the presidency...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Super-Rad-Raygun-Linux

[ElectricPrism]

I love seeing game news on Phoronix very cool gotta install

[M@yeulC]

Hi Eric,

A bit of feedback:

I appreciate the review, but to me, it comes a bit out of the blue
Let me explain here: I am not really used to see phoronix publish game reviews, even though I was expecting to see you as the author. That's why I was expecting a bit of background information on the game: why choose to review it, what attracted you to it (nostalgia, popped-up on the steam store, that's a must-try AAA game, a random indie title you've heard of, etc.).
Such information is generally nice to have, instead of jumping straight into the review.

Then, it's just my two cents -- my very personal opinion. You might or might not agree with me, and it also stems from my personal experience and how I am used to see those review presented.

Other than that... thank you for the great review

P.S: I also thought about something: I know that nVidia's marketshare is dominant in the gaming ecosystem, but I think it also makes sense to at least try the game on Intel/AMD once in a while, at least to ensure that the devs don't primarily target these nVidia-only game reviewers And of course, properly (constructively if possible) trash/praise both the game and driver developers accordingly :P

[bug77]

Hi Eric,

A bit of feedback:

I appreciate the review, but to me, it comes a bit out of the blue
Let me explain here: I am not really used to see phoronix publish game reviews, even though I was expecting to see you as the author. That's why I was expecting a bit of background information on the game: why choose to review it, what attracted you to it (nostalgia, popped-up on the steam store, that's a must-try AAA game, a random indie title you've heard of, etc.).
Such information is generally nice to have, instead of jumping straight into the review.

He gave you the backstory: he got a free code

[oooverclocker]

Welcome to the year 198X

Oh, I actually thought the same

[stqn]

In contrast with M@yeulC’s opinion, I appreciate that the article doesn’t bore me with the reviewer’s life . A few more details about the gameplay would be nice (is it hard, are there difficulty levels, is it fast-paced, are there weapons, puzzles?). Thanks for the information about keyboard usage. Most games have poor keyboard support, especially on non-qwerty keyboards (sadly very few reviewers use something else than qwerty). It seems incredible that there is no key to access the menu ingame.

[GreatEmerald]

Figuring out what buttons to press requires trial and error, because while on an Xbox 360 controller you can press “start” to pull up the game’s menu, I couldn’t get any keyboard button to pull up the menu.

Just a wild guess, but did you try the "Pause" key?