cataclysm: The zombie apocalypse starts now

I love it when people suggest console games for Linux are a joke.

I can think of three or four games offhand — crawl is one, taipan and gearhead are others — with more depth and intelligence than a lot of graphical games I’ve seen in the past.

And now I can add Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead to that.

I love a console game that goes into detail about encumbrance, item weights, handedness, thirst and hunger, and so forth.

And given the recent upswing in the popularity of zombies (?!), I daresay this should be quite entertaining for anyone actually planning to live out the invasion.

Be prepared to take some time on this one. It has a lot of intricacies and nuances that you’ll want to investigate.

Best of all, as you can see above, it’s quite quick even on this machine.

I usually expect poor performance from games and whatnot, but not this time.

The zombies will be coming at you, full speed. 😯