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A Compilation of the Games I've Found

Tremulous (and forks)
An asymmetric multiplayer game where you can either play as an alien or a soldier hunting the alien. Forks are Tremfusion and Unvanquished, with unvanquished being the most modern of the three. Tactical but not quite in the way I'm looking for
Wolfenstein:Enemy Territory and ET:Legacy
ET Legacy is a client for ET, and it brings modern features to it. Both are pretty fast paced and not very tactical.
Übergame
It looks pretty good for a libre game, and looks to play good too. About as tactical as ET.

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

A while back I put together a pretty big list of free Linux games, along with their license info. A good amount of them are FPS games, hopefully one of them interests you 🙂

I guess for tactical shooters, Urban Terror might qualify?

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago

Thanks for the list! Urban Terror is a lot like Counter-strike but on steroids, bhopping is unbelievably buff, and it's a bit faster paced than ideal. I'm ready to accept that there might not be the right game out there for me yet, but I appreciate the suggestions you've provided.

[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 months ago

There is https://hypersomnia.xyz/ but it is 2D top down. Pretty tactical though.

[–] s12@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I’ve heard of something called “Red Eclipse”, which seems to be under CC-BY-SA.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 points 2 months ago

This looks really good.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Update: I found out that wolfenstein ET was released under the gplv3, so I'll check that out. not quite tactical but I like the game

[–] nightm4re@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Search for ET Legacy, which is what the project continuing development on the ET codebase is called, optimizing it for modern systems and sporting a sizeable community.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago

Yes, I've played it before. Real fun game but not quite tactical.

[–] vortexal@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I'm not sure what you mean by tactical shooter but flathub has a subcategory for shooters in the games category. While half of them are source ports of Doom, Quake and some other games, there are a few games I've looked into that seem interesting. So far I've only played Empty Clip and that's a pretty good top down shooter with rpg elements but games like Red Eclipse and Tremulous look pretty interesting as well.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 3 points 2 months ago

Tactical as in slower paced, more strategic. SWAT4, Ready or Not, Arma, and R6 Siege come to mind.

[–] cizra@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

What's a tactical shooter anyway? Here's a shooter, tactical or not: https://flathub.org/apps/com.realm667.Wolfenstein_Blade_of_Agony ... oops, it's "source available", but not libre.

[–] potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id 2 points 2 months ago

By tactical, I mean slower paced, usually with a lower time-to-kill and a higher emphasis on strategy.

[–] deathmetal27@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Urban Terror perhaps.