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I probably should have clarified that I just didn't really remember Xen's geography and specific set pieces, and didn't recognize those from that part of the game. On any of my old playthroughs, I think I only bothered going through Xen maybe twice.
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Hell yeah, Xen has badass skybox art. Interested to see what the Black Mesa team does with it.
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I wish Nightdive could get their hands on Blood and the No One Lives Forever series. The latter of which I guess the tracking of who owns the rights for it is so convoluted no one actually knows but when Nightdive tried to do something with it all parties involved threatened a lawsuit because torts are hosed in America You might not know if you even own the rights but you sure as hell can sue like you do anyway! 
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I wish Nightdive could get their hands on Blood and the No One Lives Forever series. The latter of which I guess the tracking of who owns the rights for it is so convoluted no one actually knows but when Nightdive tried to do something with it all parties involved threatened a lawsuit because torts are hosed in America You might not know if you even own the rights but you sure as hell can sue like you do anyway! Wasn't there a similar maze of bureaucracy involved in getting the System Shock license? Wasn't it some insurance company that owned it?
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Rupert Buttermilk posted:Wasn't there a similar maze of bureaucracy involved in getting the System Shock license?
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Thank you nightdive, for going through insane amounts of legal bullshit to give us good old games
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May 2, 2018 19:25
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All the Redneck Rampage games on Steam plus some other crap for $4 Apparently they don't have soundtracks though which were probably the only redeeming feature
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Suckin' Grits is a pretty good time, admittedly.
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Wow Redneck Deer Huntin' is loving weird  I'd forgotten this even existed, it's not in the supposedly complete GOG pack
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site posted:Thank you nightdive, for going through insane amounts of legal bullshit to give us good old games  I'm pretty sure Night Dive are practitioners of dark magic(k)s
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BattleMaster posted:
The NightDive Secret Discord of Secrets posted:[10:02 AM] Kicker: 100% true
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I wish Nightdive could get their hands on Blood and the No One Lives Forever series. The latter of which I guess the tracking of who owns the rights for it is so convoluted no one actually knows but when Nightdive tried to do something with it all parties involved threatened a lawsuit because torts are hosed in America You might not know if you even own the rights but you sure as hell can sue like you do anyway! Just saying you can get NOLF here: http://nolfrevival.tk/
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Count me in as one of those weird Xen likers. I thought it was a great way to cap off Gordon's crazy rear end adventure. I loved exploring the islets and getting weirded out by the infinite void skyboxes. Imo what held it back was the technology at the time, and not really the design. I didn't think the handful of jumping puzzles were all that bad, and didn't seem any more demanding than what we got in research facility up until that point. Definitely looking forward to the Black Mesa team's rendition. Also, that's when the dudes making the Classic Weapons pack are going to finally release the god damned thing after teasing everyone for, what, 4 loving years now?
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I am excited for Ion Maiden! The devs said it would be in early access for about six months, so does that mean we could expect a full release sometime around August/September? And can you use more modern kb+m controls, for those of you who have already bought it?
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exquisite tea posted:I am excited for Ion Maiden! The devs said it would be in early access for about six months, so does that mean we could expect a full release sometime around August/September? And can you use more modern kb+m controls, for those of you who have already bought it? The Kins fucked around with this message at 08:45 on May 3, 2018 |
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May 3, 2018 08:42
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Okay great! I've been kinda unimpressed with other recent takes on the retro-FPS genre but it seems like the dudes at 3D Realms know what they're doing.
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Between Overload, Ion Maiden and the Powerslave news there's some really cool retro FPS stuff to look forward to this year 
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Oh yeah Overload is that new Descent-looking game, right? My friend and I used to play Descent II all the time at his house even though we always got lost on the third level.
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exquisite tea posted:Oh yeah Overload is that new Descent-looking game, right? My friend and I used to play Descent II all the time at his house even though we always got lost on the third level. Yeah by the same developers as the original Descent. There's a demo on Steam, give it a try!
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Ion Maiden is being developed by Voidpoint, not 3DR even though just about every single news outlet seems to gloss over this. I don't normally care about these kind of things but the guys have been working away on Eduke32 for years so I wish more news outlets would actually take the time to give them some more recognition rather than just saying it's by 3DR.
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Just waiting for DUSK Episode 3 at this point. From the screenshots they've shown, it looks like they're getting real weird with it 
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I only really recently got into Dusk and so far my favorite part was finding "DON'T GO IN THE MINES!" scrawled on the wall in a level that so far only had corpses in it and immediately turning to the right and seeing a sign that said "MINES". It got a good belly laugh outta me
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Shoehead posted:I only really recently got into Dusk and so far my favorite part was finding "DON'T GO IN THE MINES!" scrawled on the wall in a level that so far only had corpses in it and immediately turning to the right and seeing a sign that said "MINES". It got a good belly laugh outta me Hahaha, that's great. poo poo, I need to play this.
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exquisite tea posted:Oh yeah Overload is that new Descent-looking game, right? My friend and I used to play Descent II all the time at his house even though we always got lost on the third level. Convex posted:Yeah by the same developers as the original Descent. There's a demo on Steam, give it a try!
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Dusk is fantastic and if episode 3 is as good as the first two then it'll be one of my favorite shooters ever.
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Shoehead posted:I only really recently got into Dusk and so far my favorite part was finding "DON'T GO IN THE MINES!" scrawled on the wall in a level that so far only had corpses in it and immediately turning to the right and seeing a sign that said "MINES". It got a good belly laugh outta me The part where they build up a very tense and creepy atmosphere complete with ascending stringy chords only to jump scare you with a 2D literal jpeg of a bedsheet ghost that slowly strolls past you made me pause because I was chuckling so hard.
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What's the lay of the land for Doom source ports and front ends? I recently reformatted my computer so I've been reinstalling a bunch of classic staples, and updating their environments in the process. I found Simple Quake Launcher for Quake, which works fantastically to load any sort of mod and map for either Darkplaces or Quakespasm, but I can't seem to find a similarly elegant solution for Doom. I've always just manually messed with launch parameters for Zandronum/Skulltag/Zdoom in the past, but I'm now starting to want a more elegant solution to mirror my new Quake setup. Everything I see points to ZDL being the front end of choice for most, but as far as I can tell you have to manually define the paths of all your PWADs and IWADs before you can use them, which is far from elegant in comparison to SQL. I would also like to try out another source port to break out of my Zdoom comfort zone. So, two questions:
EDIT: Maybe I should read the OP before I post.  Looks like the launcher by SavageMessiah fits my bill for a bit more elegant launcher, although still seems to lack PWAD detection. Question of what's the better "vanilla doom port" is still open, seems like it's either Chocolate Doom or PrBoom+.
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Chocolate Doom is the most accurate to vanilla port by a long shot. PrBoom+ just has better compatibility with everything else short of ZDoom maps and mods, which makes it a better choice for exploring the wide world of the idgames archive (and friends).
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Jehde posted:EDIT: Maybe I should read the OP before I post. You've got at least 4 options, each filling a different purpose. Getting all 4 might even be desired.
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If you want a more up-to-date launcher, you may want to try this one. https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/69346-doom-launcher-doom-frontend-database-v261-22018/
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the blood rights are owned by atari i think who will not let them go for less than millions and millions because they are hella bankrupt flying wild hog tried to get the blood rights a while back and that was the problem they ran into.
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I also love QLZD, it's exactly the launcher that I want. IWAD selection looks pre-programmed in so I have to use the main GZDoom launcher to play, say, Adventures of Square or Strife: Veteran Edition, but it's such a minor complaint, and it's not like Adventures of Square has any mods yet. I keep on being torn between Dusk and Ion Maiden, they both look so good but I can only choose one (unless I keep hemming and hawing until the summer sale hits maybe).
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Dusk's Dark Forces' Mines reference is fantastic. (And yes, I'm choosing that to be a Dark Forces reference) But goddamn, Dusk just feels RIGHT. I was honestly a bit concerned because I have no love for Quake whatsoever, and Dusk appeared to adopt the art style. Instead, Dusk just has a good innate sense of level design and flow, in a way I haven't seen in a good long while
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Narcissus1916 posted:Dusk's Dark Forces' Mines reference is fantastic. (And yes, I'm choosing that to be a Dark Forces reference) It's probably been 15-18 years since I played Dark Forces--what does the whole "mines" thing reference, exactly?
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catlord posted:I keep on being torn between Dusk and Ion Maiden, they both look so good but I can only choose one (unless I keep hemming and hawing until the summer sale hits maybe). Ion Maiden is pretty fun but Dusk is on a whole 'nother level. There's also 2 episodes of Dusk out while Ion Maiden has what feels like just one particularly long level at the moment.
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Midair, the latest spiritual successor to Tribes launched on Steam today. It's developed by Archetype Studios, comprised of some former Garage Games developers who worked on Legions: Overdrive, another spiritual successor to Tribes. Garage Games also originally developed the Torque engine, which Tribes 2 was built on, and were a large part of the post-release updates that arguably saved the game. These guys probably have a longer history with the franchise than any developer of the actual Tribes IP since Dynamix folded. Anyway, it's F2P, which is probably quite necessary for a Tribes game in 2018, I imagine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvDU5Sj8de4
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not sure what to think of midair yet but it seems alright? definitely solid for its first actual day. the f2p leveling and unlock model is, as always, kind of bleh, but at least someone can spend 20 bucks or so to permanently unlock everything forever and when they release new stuff.
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