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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> Do yourself a favor and go buy civilization III. Try
> the no one lives for ever demo to see what a good
> looking game is: http://nolf2.sierra.com/site.html
I think you're missing the point. The earlier post wasn't talking about "good looking" but rather about underlying engines. I think it stated that the front-end for the current open-source offerings is still somewhat lacking, but that the underlying engines aren't bad.