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I didn't know New Blood's plan was to be a creator of amazing 90's-style FPS games but damned if I'm not 100% on board with it.
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I really like that aliased/voxel-like art style. I'm weird and really like late 90s early 00's 3D with aliased edges for some reason. Maybe because I had to settle for no AA almost my entire life playing games.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:11
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Yeah that game looks pretty fun! I think my only aesthetic gripe is that I tend to strongly favor "conventional" weapons--shotguns and rocket launchers--over magical/mystical things like tridents and scepters. Maybe I just had a bad experience with Hexen and Heretic growing up. Seems like they're doing a pretty good job conveying a sense of power and punch in those weapons, nonetheless.
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Oct 26, 2017 01:18
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I love it too but I don't like it when it gets combined with a ton of graphical effects that weren't possible back in the 90s, like when the creator applies every type of decal and shader and HDR and depth of field and dynamic lighting effect that their engine supports to the otherwise chunky graphics. I watched Vinny stream 3D Dot Game Heroes and it was a pretty egregious example of that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfTLtMmcFbc edit: I guess it wasn't exactly going for a pure retro look, what with the objects and environments supposed to look like 3D-ified sprites and tiles which are already out of period, but I think it could have looked a lot better if they didn't just check every single special effects box in their engine's editor edit 2: I would really like it if someone took like the Quake 2 source release (original, not an updated modernized version) and made a game that could pass for a long lost never released game from 98 or 99 BattleMaster fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Oct 26, 2017 |
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Oct 26, 2017 01:18
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I kinda like how the level geometry looks late 90s/early 00s but with some shaders on the textures. They don't look low-res either so it's not a completely retro look
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Oct 26, 2017 07:33
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Pope Guilty posted:I didn't know New Blood's plan was to be a creator of amazing 90's-style FPS games but damned if I'm not 100% on board with it. For sure, if they keep publishing games like these we'll have quite a library in 10 years. We can hope! And of course pumped for Ion Maiden.
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Oct 26, 2017 07:36
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I think the best part is not a single mention of 'procedural generation' on the store page.
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Oct 26, 2017 15:34
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Saw this in an RPS article on Amid Evil's announcement, hope it's true:quote:Publisher New Blood Interactive (also releasing the pleasingly Quake’y Dusk this Halloween)
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Oct 26, 2017 15:41
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Amid Evil looks pretty good, but then again so did RoTT when it was first shown off. I really hope it doesn't turn out as disappointing as RoTT.
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Oct 26, 2017 15:58
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BlueberryCanary posted:Amid Evil looks pretty good, but then again so did RoTT when it was first shown off. I really hope it doesn't turn out as disappointing as RoTT. I was confused at first too, but the makers of Amid Evil aren't the same people behind the Rise of the Triad remake, they're the ones who made the Return of the Triad mod for Doom.
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Oct 26, 2017 16:00
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Please give me more DUSK. I need it.
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Oct 26, 2017 16:30
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The architecture looks rad as hell for this game! Dusk is going to be Trenchbroom compatible, fingers crossed than Amid Evil will be too.
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Oct 26, 2017 16:33
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GuyonthecoucH posted:The architecture looks rad as hell for this game! Dusk is going to be Trenchbroom compatible, fingers crossed than Amid Evil will be too. It’s in UE according to the trailer
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Oct 26, 2017 16:59
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Interesting they advertising "did Return of the Triad" rather than "did New Rise of the Triad" given I thought the Return guys (guy?) also worked on Rise. I got my monies worth of Rise, personally, but thought Return was better.
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Oct 26, 2017 17:17
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The Dooms and Quakes and Wolfensteins are 66% off on GOG right now; among other Halloween discounts.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:44
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Cat Mattress posted:The Dooms and Quakes and Wolfensteins are 66% off on GOG right now; among other Halloween discounts. Missed chance 66.6% off.
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Oct 26, 2017 20:48
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chocolateTHUNDER posted:Please give me more DUSK. I'm so buying it and I know it's getting a sale on release.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:08
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BattleMaster posted:edit 2: I would really like it if someone took like the Quake 2 source release (original, not an updated modernized version) and made a game that could pass for a long lost never released game from 98 or 99 It'd make more sense to use something like Yamagi Quake 2. It's basically Quake 2 but with a bunch of bugs fixed and handling modern environments less brokenly. For instance, it can play music without a CD-ROM drive that has a direct audio link to the sound card. Though I'd rather work with Quake 1 or Quake 3, dropping support for any form of not-platform-bound gamecode was dumb.
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Oct 26, 2017 21:57
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I am an idiot, as demonstrated below.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:07
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Tippis posted:I have run across that neat little problem where Time Machine silently fails half-way through its backup because it (apparently) encounters something it cannot handle, and also have no way of explaining. Try a rocket launcher, or if that fails the BFG.
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Oct 26, 2017 22:13
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Have you tried using a newer beta build of gzdoom
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Oct 26, 2017 22:14
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Keiya posted:Try a rocket launcher, or if that fails the BFG. I'll certainly apply it to Safari. It was obviously its fault — definitely not mine — that I was in the wrong tab. So there. 
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Oct 26, 2017 22:57
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Mordja posted:Saw this in an RPS article on Amid Evil's announcement, hope it's true: The official date on Steam is incorrect. They're still promising it later this year. As Shigeru Miyamoto is said to have remarked, a game is late once, but it's bad forever!
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Oct 27, 2017 03:25
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Sale on Steam puts Strafe down to $14. I think I'm gonna grab that now and it will satisfy me until Christmas sale when I'll have more money to buy Dusk.
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Oct 27, 2017 03:44
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So, I gave Amid Evil a spin at PAX Aus. It's great! It's basically Medieval Fantasy Quake, with a mechanic I didn't quite understand at the time where picking up souls dropped by enemies (and I guess in hidden areas etc. too?) can supercharge your weapons for a bit. Level design felt really nice.
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Oh so you get to play Reaper in Amid Evil.  Would you be able to compare it to Hexen/Heretic at all? What makes it quake like as opposed to Hexen/Heretic-like?
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Ularg posted:Would you be able to compare it to Hexen/Heretic at all? Ularg posted:What makes it quake like as opposed to Hexen/Heretic-like?
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Oct 27, 2017 10:54
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Just paste the Hexen fighter muscle arm in the game.
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Oct 27, 2017 12:03
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The way the PC moves in the trailer is also very Quake and not Heretic/Hexen at all, which makes me a little sad. I'd love for them to do a take on Heretic/Hexen that actually has the right feel to the movement.
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Speaking of, I need to play Heretic/Hexen more. If I'm using Gzdoom to play those, are there any gameplay/graphical mods that would be cool to use? For gameplay mods I'd probably try to keep the same weapons and balance, but want something like how Smooth Doom adds a bunch of visual elements like shell casings and blood and gibs.
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Oct 27, 2017 12:14
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Jesus  Yeah, if you can consider Quake as 'Doom, but actually 3D and pumped up', then I'd say Amid Evil is the same thing, but switch out Doom for Heretic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrcW0Cl_vAQ Very nice.
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For Hexen a load of weapons look weird in widescreen as they were only drawn for 4:3 resolutions. Try using the file here which fixes that along with the gargoyles on the HUD etc. Beyond that, make sure you patch Deathkings of the Dark Citadel as the Steam version doesn't have any music (this was the case with the original retail release but Raven released a patch for it)
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Oct 27, 2017 13:43
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Ularg posted:I need to play Hexen more. You really, really don't.
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Oct 27, 2017 14:52
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I'm sorry, but am I the only one who remembers a game called Heretic II?
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Lemon-Lime posted:The way the PC moves in the trailer is also very Quake and not Heretic/Hexen at all, which makes me a little sad. I'd love for them to do a take on Heretic/Hexen that actually has the right feel to the movement. Yeah it's a shame so many of these retro games go for the permanent bunny hopping because that poo poo sucks - they might as well force you to run diagonally at all times or grind against walls at an angle to move faster. Give me movement that feels good and fast without constant bouncing or engine exploits, like Doom and Hexen. Dusk at least is actually balanced for non-bunnyhopping so that's something I guess. DatonKallandor fucked around with this message at 17:27 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Oct 27, 2017 16:56
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Speaking of Amid Evil and Dusk, they're apparently gonna be showcasing the former and Episode two of the latter sometime Friday night (America Time)/Saturday afternoon (Aussie Time): https://twitter.com/DaveOshry/status/923721792191172609
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Uncle Kitchener posted:I'm sorry, but am I the only one who remembers a game called Heretic II? You're not alone. I really liked Heretic II, not an early FPS but was drat fun.
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Oct 27, 2017 18:33
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Is heretic 2 available somewhere and playable on modern machines? I’d love to revisit it - I remember it being a lot of fun
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Edit: Exodus from the Earth is 90% off. Grab it and experience what classic gameplay and story from the mid-00s.Guillermus posted:You're not alone. I really liked Heretic II, not an early FPS but was drat fun. I was wondering why no one compared HII to Amid Evil since it's the closest thing I can think of other than the Greek chapter in Daikatana. Uncle Kitchener fucked around with this message at 22:13 on Oct 27, 2017 |
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Some weird Russian FPS from 1995 got a 'remastered' edition on Steam. http://store.steampowered.com/app/708800/Dungeons_Of_Kremlin_Remastered/ quote:Dungeons Of Kremlin: Remastered is a throwback classic first person shooter game like Wolfenstein 3D, Doom or Hexen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXErKk1mpRQ You appear to be a man stuck in a basement who kills homeless people and weird green ghosts with a knife. Also bats are there
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