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Ubuntu games: 0 A.D. Alpha 8



    0 AD is one of the games I am most excited about.  It is a real time stratagy game set (you guessed it) around 0 AD.  It features several civilizations Greeks, Romans, etc. and with the alpha 8 release they just added the Persians.  Along with the Persians comes the ability to save single player games, which in my opinion  is a must for even giving a game a try.


    I loved playing real time strategy games for a long time.  Starting with Red Alert and Age of Empires I had just about every RTS I could get my hands on while I was growing up.  Eventually however these games started to wear on me.  Every one seemed the same.  Sure there is a pretty big difference between Age of Mythology, Empire Earth and Star Craft.  But is there really?  You have some kind of citizen units.  They build things and collect resources.  You have military units.  They kill and destroy whatever you tell them to.  Same old game different look and maybe better graphics.


    0 AD promises to be different.  Just taking a look the list of features 0 AD has or plans to have, you can see that it is more than just a free version of the same old RTS.  Plus 0 AD just looks amazing!  It is a step forward for the genre as a whole in my opinion.


    Now I haven't had a chance to actually play it yet...  Like I've said earlier I am a very casual gamer.  But just the fact that This game has me excited to play a real time strategy game again is a good sign in my opinion.
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