They suck our time mercilessly and destroy our productivity without looking at each other in the face, but we always come back to them. The RTS genre has given us incredible works in which to play for hours and hours without stopping, so betting on them is a sure value.
One of the most interesting is Widelands , a free software title published in 2002 and compatible with Linux, MacOS, and Windows. Inspired by the first two installments of The Settlers, now this game has managed to publish its first stable version, at 1.0.
The truth is that we are facing a very complete option , with a single player mode, online and online, as well as translation into multiple languages. We can choose between three types of tribes, among which we find barbarians, empire and Atlanteans. It also has a map editor, beyond the fact that they can be imported and played in those that we have created in The Settlers 2 .
Among the novelties that we find in this version 1.0 we have the optimization of PNG images, the inclusion of the Amazon tribe, support for the mouse wheel and improvements for the keyboard, among many others. As you can see, visually it is a modest game, since it has the SDL graphics engine, which is nothing but a virtue, since it can be run on most systems.
Do you want to play a game in Widelands ? You can do it through this link and there you will have all the necessary steps to complete the installation. It is completely free, although perhaps what takes its toll on you is going to be all the time spent playing. You are warned.