by siyb
And here we are again with our Linux Games Series. This time we are going to cover a realtime strategy game which is based on the ‘conquer and defend’ principle. NetPanzer is a multiplayer-only game. Players can join or part a server at any point, even if the game is already running. The primary goal of NetPanzer is to capture and hold a certain percentage of bases on the map, capturing a base is the only way to be able to produce more units, so it’s vital to defend captured bases.

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There are ten different tank types in NetPanzer, each of them has its specialties and flaws, the easiest way to find out what the individual tank might be good for is checking its attributes. The fife attributes are: hit points, attack power, attack range, defend range and reload time. Personally, I like the titan tanks. They are slow but heavily armored and bring a lot of firepower. As said before, you will need to conquer a base in order to be able to build you units. Capturing a base is simple, but if held by another player it’s not a piece of cake. All you got to do is drive a tank to the circle on the right hand side of the base. After capturing a base use your left mouse button to give building orders.

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Another important part of NetPanzer are the powerup pickups which are randomly placed on the map for you to find. In order to pickup a powerup you have to drive the tank right over it. Powerups come in form of a lightning and contain different goodies like additional units, unit repairs and unit enhancements.

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The game is released under the terms of the GPL. If you wish to acquire more information about NetPanzer or if you want to download the current version for your operating system (Linux, Windows, Mac OSX), visit the official website.

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