Linked by Adam Geitgey on Tue 31st Aug 2004 20:12 UTC
Despite the impressive list of achievements of open source software, it can be argued that there have not been any world-class games created under the open source banner. Sure, several old games like Doom and Quake have been gifted to the open source community, but there are no comparable original creations in this area. One should not expect this situation to change anytime soon, because the open source development model does not make sense for game development.
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All the games you are mentioning, look SO 1995!
None of you understand the author I am afraid. We are talking about MODERN games, that if there was a kind of contest, these games would be able to compete at ALL levels of design to their commercial counterparts. There is NOT ONE OSS game today that can compete straight head to head with a commercial counterpart!
Is Simutrans good enough? Yes.
Is BzFlag good enough? Yes.
Is Frozen Bubble good enough? Yes.
But when you compare them with their commercial counterparts for consoles or Windows, these OSS games are so mid-nineties that it isn't funny anymore.