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This is a great FREE and open source #RTS available for #Linux, #SteamDeck and even #Windows too. Beyond All Reason is going to destroy all my free time and it will be coming to Steam too when its ready but you can play it right now.I also just spent half my day playing it, woops. Time well spent!00:00 - Game Intro (Desktop Linux)05:23 - Steam Deck FootageBuy games from Humble Store with my partner link to support the channel: https://www.humblebundle.com/store?partner=gamingonlinuxFollow me in these places:Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@gamingonlinuxTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/gamingonlinuxRead news: https://www.gamingonlinux.com  Support me: https://www.patreon.com/liamdawe  Join Discord: https://discord.gg/AghnYbMjYgA reminder: this channel and the content is done entirely by one person. Please be kind and civil in the comments.Game Website: https://www.beyondallreason.info/

[ 2023-01-05 15:35:22Z ]👍 2

Wow, looks interesting

[ 2023-01-05 15:41:25Z ]👍 6

i play this soooo much , the memories , you can just join and spectate games , tower defence chickens and scavengers game , customs maps list goes on very active devs

[ 2023-01-05 16:04:21Z ]👍 39

a free game with instead of 16 types of stupid fake currency you endlessly grind for they just have a donation tab and a merch store? what is this madness!?

[ 2023-01-06 18:56:08Z ] 👍 0

there isn't really a commander upgrade system atm, but there is one currently in experimentation. The commander stops being a viable combat unit pretty quickly, except that it can cloak (pulls a fair bit of energy to do so) and has a "D-gun" that can insta-kill just about any unit, but getting close enough to use it is dangerous. It's always a nice unit to have around, though, since it builds pretty quickly

[ 2023-01-06 07:24:56Z ] 👍 1

This is not new, there are many free RTS games that came from the same ancestor (Total Annihilation) as this one, such as Zero-K. I will be keeping an eye for this, hopefully the Commander system is good. As I am disappointed by Supreme Commander's Commander system. Not as "Supreme" as I thought it was. Zero-K is absurd where you can tech, into a Commander one man army.

[ 2023-01-05 17:36:24Z ] 👍 6

Game industry is a mess.

[ 2023-01-05 17:28:41Z ] 👍 11

I know right 🤣 free here really is free!

[ 2023-01-05 17:15:54Z ]👍 11

Just tried this out!! It's amazing!

[ 2023-01-05 17:28:24Z ] 👍 6

It really is!

[ 2023-01-05 17:19:36Z ]👍 0

Looks like interface works in 50 fps, game in 60 fps

[ 2023-01-06 08:53:28Z ] 👍 0

Simulation runs at 30fps, but drawing is uncapped from it

[ 2023-01-05 20:20:45Z ] 👍 0

@@gamingonlinux Iirc this one is in the top 3 of current potential frameworks. Thanks for sharing. Maybe you have more info, and if so, maybe you'd like to share some more on our Discord Channel? 🤗

[ 2023-01-05 18:46:19Z ] 👍 0

@@BeyondAllReason i hear a lot of good things about imgui https://github.com/ocornut/imgui

[ 2023-01-05 18:42:49Z ] 👍 2

@@gamingonlinux Correct. The UI is also very compute heavy, it has tons of real-time data in there, based on your selection. Though UI work in the Spring Engine is very hard. We've been looking for a LUA framework to be able to rebuild it faster, prettier and fully optimized with GL4 (like many of the new graphics we introduced this year. Still to be decided if and what framework we would want to use... or rebuild everything from scratch for GL4.. both options come with various caveats and a big time investment either way.

[ 2023-01-05 17:44:13Z ] 👍 2

Not quite, the interface is just heavy with all the LUA it uses that needs optimizing properly

[ 2023-01-05 17:34:46Z ]👍 3

Wow this is awesome.

[ 2023-01-05 17:48:37Z ]👍 15

Made by Total Annihilation fans, a true tribute, one of my favorite RTS nowadays :)

[ 2023-01-05 18:05:54Z ]👍 7

Been playing this for a while now and it still amazes me how good it looks (and keeps getting better with every update) All for free, made by enthusiasts for free in their spare time.

[ 2023-01-05 18:18:23Z ]👍 2

Neat. I will have to try this out.

[ 2023-01-05 19:19:14Z ]👍 1

There is another great game for linux and its free called 0AD that still in beta

[ 2023-01-05 19:36:15Z ]👍 1

Thanks for sharing!

[ 2023-01-05 19:46:05Z ]👍 5

Also had another look at BAR recently... Its epic! gives you a good TA nostalgia hit. Had a few head to heads with friends, and the game haunts, you as think about better strategies. Played mostly on windows and even ran on a laptop after complaining about no discrete gfx card - so will definitely be trying on Steam Deck. Another rts to check out is OpenRA!

[ 2023-01-06 08:51:24Z ] 👍 2

Ive played it on my deck, the flatpak works perfectly fine! A few gfx settings are worth reducing, but otherwise its flawless!

[ 2023-01-05 20:01:52Z ]👍 0

How close is the game to Starcraft 2 or War Selection(two other rts games)?

[ 2023-01-05 22:24:03Z ] 👍 0

@@MelKaven Interesting! Thank you for your reply :)

[ 2023-01-05 21:58:06Z ] 👍 1

There is a hugely competitive scene and lots of room for gameplay optimization if you are competitive and looking to become good, that said there is no Supply, you can build units to your hearts content, and you can construct your own economy (which causes you to not invest resources in units so its risk/reward). During the early game micro means everything, you can keep a unit alive for an extreme time to maximize dps, and most economic structures are very fragile so letting one unit through can spell disaster so you have to be really cognisent on positioning. There is an 8v8 lobby that occupied 24/7 that you can join and learn, or you can just live spectate and see what players are doing. There is lots of nuisance strategy that you can do too, and build orders really matter most maps.

[ 2023-01-05 22:14:34Z ]👍 2

Very nicely reviewed, good job! ❤Amazing game indeed 👌

[ 2023-01-05 23:56:52Z ]👍 2

Woah this looks almost identical to total annihilation, but in 3D!

[ 2023-01-09 23:50:28Z ] 👍 0

@@BeyondAllReason I thought it was 2D renders of 3D sprites on a 2D plane?

[ 2023-01-09 20:35:28Z ] 👍 0

Well.. total annihilation also was (almost) fully in 3D.. you could just not tilt your camera :)

[ 2023-01-06 07:31:10Z ]👍 0

hm. my guess is the minimap is some kind of mini version of the real map (looks like it has the mountains and such), and that's why the frame drops when it's visible. i guess it's rendering the same map there, just a smaller version.

[ 2023-01-09 22:05:03Z ] 👍 0

@@BeyondAllReason I see, it was just a guess from what I see in the video.

[ 2023-01-09 20:36:49Z ] 👍 0

Minimap is only a fraction of real map, and does not use multiple layers for normalmap, specular and other optional maps.

[ 2023-01-06 09:17:44Z ]👍 0

It's remind a litte bit of machcommander 2

[ 2023-01-06 11:03:20Z ]👍 4

3:08 Beautiful Basilica artillery air defense. Simulated projectiles being funny as usual.

[ 2023-01-09 20:39:42Z ] 👍 1

Very well spotted. This almost never happens, but cool thing is, that it CAN happen!

[ 2023-01-06 12:58:25Z ]👍 3

oh, this is truly holy! Thank you very much for your hard work devs!

[ 2023-01-09 20:33:55Z ] 👍 0

You're very welcome!

[ 2023-01-07 12:42:08Z ]👍 0

Is there a campaign, or just skirmish?

[ 2023-01-09 20:41:41Z ] 👍 1

We have around 20 scenario's which are relatively simple 'missions'. We are however working (for quite some time) to get a proper setup / API ready to use while building missions with goals, triggers, actions, events, etc. It's a lot of work, so please bear with us.

[ 2023-01-07 15:12:54Z ]👍 0

Really loved this game, sadly my budget laptop with integrated graphics couldn't handle this game, so I switched to Zero-K, which is very similar to BAR but runs pretty fine and has unique mechanics of its own.

[ 2023-02-03 19:06:07Z ] 👍 0

@michasmarzewski3670 graphics yes, interace not really. zero-k depsite having an old school interface everything is easy to read whereas BAR have all its unit control keys looking the same. there is also lots of additional keys on the top left of the screen to show terrain height, energy grid, erasing all pings and drawings at once, setting retreat zones, etc. BAR don't have that. you can even change the distance of which you see the unit icons on the fly.

[ 2023-02-03 13:53:34Z ] 👍 0

@michasmarzewski3670 in what way is it above? while BAR is a perfect total annihilation successor with good visuals/sound design zero-k has some unique features you don't find in any other RTS. unless you like quick spam of tons of units for massive battles i do not see how BAR gameplay is superior to zero-k as they both do things differently despite sharing alot of similar units. even both games eco is different despite having both the same way of generating basic metal and energy.

[ 2023-01-08 01:36:43Z ]👍 0

W game, L planetary annihilation take

[ 2023-01-08 12:31:19Z ]👍 1

Very cool, reminds me of Total Annihilation I binged gamed that back in the days :)

[ 2023-01-09 09:42:56Z ]👍 2

Holy Crap Open Source Total Annihilation fantastic thanks for bringing this to my attention I still play TA from time to time cant wait to try this

[ 2023-01-09 10:12:47Z ] 👍 1

Enjoy! Don’t blame me if it takes over your life 🤘🤣

[ 2023-01-19 13:29:03Z ]👍 0

So came out of the TA games... but looks and plays like Supreme Commander (2)? That sounds awesome (and gives an itch to try it).

[ 2023-02-03 13:46:15Z ]👍 0

have you tried zero-k? it comes from the same base as BAR but with features never seen before in a RTS. it is kind of ugly but the gameplay make it up for that.

[ 2023-02-06 14:03:49Z ]👍 3

Beyond all Reason is basically how I remember Total Annihilation from back in the day. It's a true successor to the series and an absolute blast to play!

[ 2023-03-07 19:51:16Z ]👍 1

I used to love RTS games when I was younger but grew to hate them after SC2 because of the highly competitive nature of the multiplayer environment. I’ve since come full circle and now enjoy just playing against the AI using all sorts of creative builds, without being told I’m a stupid noob for not using the most ‘optimal’ linear play.

[ 2023-07-04 08:40:36Z ] 👍 0

@@Admiralfeb Yeah competitive RTS usually just devolves into the most 'optimal' exploit.

[ 2023-07-04 02:56:51Z ] 👍 0

I played Command and Conquer Red Alert 3. Tried a multiplayer game. Dude moved his MCV over outside my base and built tesla coils. like.. jerk... barely had a chance to get started.