Posted July 13, 2013
Dracula 1 works flawlessly in Wine, no problems/tricks whatsoever.
However Dracula 2 does not - the mouse is killing me, it's SOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOW in the 3D that it is almost unplayable. I need to do 4-5 full sweeps to turn 90 degrees which takes all the fun from general playing but probably good for slow and careful pixel hunting. Embarrasing enough, mouse works fine in the menu and most of the close-up screens.
Dracula 3, on the other hand, does not work at all. All the game shows is the logo videos and then stucks at title screen showing version 1.04 in the lower left and game logo. No menu, errors, no nothing. Tried windowed mode, tried native DirectX - no success.
After this experience I'm a bit afraid to launch Dracula 4 - will it make my computer explode to my face or what?
I used to think "The Bard's Tale" is the only non-Linux-friendly game sold at GOG.com but after my Dracula experience I have to review this. But, well, a discounted pack of 4 games with 1.5 of them actually working was still worth the money spent. The choice is rather hard.
However Dracula 2 does not - the mouse is killing me, it's SOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOW in the 3D that it is almost unplayable. I need to do 4-5 full sweeps to turn 90 degrees which takes all the fun from general playing but probably good for slow and careful pixel hunting. Embarrasing enough, mouse works fine in the menu and most of the close-up screens.
Dracula 3, on the other hand, does not work at all. All the game shows is the logo videos and then stucks at title screen showing version 1.04 in the lower left and game logo. No menu, errors, no nothing. Tried windowed mode, tried native DirectX - no success.
After this experience I'm a bit afraid to launch Dracula 4 - will it make my computer explode to my face or what?
I used to think "The Bard's Tale" is the only non-Linux-friendly game sold at GOG.com but after my Dracula experience I have to review this. But, well, a discounted pack of 4 games with 1.5 of them actually working was still worth the money spent. The choice is rather hard.