I don't really see any reason to not just throw on a good megawad with a gameplay wad I like in Doom instead. Not too interested in even more all style and little to no substance "retro" shit like this, last year was filled to the brim with it.
This is no cheap retro shit, this is a proper Build game.
Yeah, so is Doom. So I repeat my point, why should I pay 20 euros for a game that may or may not get finished when
1. Doom and a source port is free
2. Doom has 20 years worth of mods, levelpacks, megawads and TCs
3. Doom is the same thing at it's core gameplay.
So I can buy it just for the gimmick that it's a Build engine game in 2018? Sorry, but I am not a retard.
Build engine shooters were an evolution of the Doom design formula in many ways:
-Extended interactivity with the environment, and how this plays into gameplay e.g blasting cracked walls, breaking hydrants for a drink, browsing security cameras to get a heads up of what lies in wait.
-Basic inventory system.
-Vertical usage in level design, and notable emphasis on platforming gameplay. Doom had these things in VERY limited form and it extends to the mod community too.
-Swimming.
-Full mouselook support.
-More elaborate (yet still non-intrusive) scripted events.
-More personality via Duke talk and more detailed art direction. Even minor environmental storytelling e.g from the environment we can piece together that Duke is something of a celebrity. And that the Aliens like to do something...alieny to human women, god knows what but it involves imprisonment in biomass/tentacles and is most likely of a sexual nature. :D
However, they devolved slightly in one key way: combat and enemy design. Too much hitscan goddamn it, and the combat was just not quite the polished and clever state Doom was in general (e.g projectiles are hard to see in the build games).
Ion Maiden is likely to have unique key traits and style of its own too, that make it worth exploring instead of playing Nukem 3D mods.
Furthermore, old school incline should always be supported with few exceptions.
But really, why not play both? I've played a shitload of Doom wads, kinda sick of it of late, but I'll be returning to the game at some point.
That's a point, does Ion Maiden have swimming? Seems like it has some optional platforming at least, but I bet they won't have the balls to make in mandatory, such as the spinning cogs in Duke Nukem 3D Episode 1 level 3: Death Row. Also why no inventory system? Jetpacking in Nukem 3D was so badass.
, then all we'll get is 
. Another thing you are overlooking is that the Doom and Build families of games actually offer very different approaches to design and gameplay. It might seem gratuitous to pay for a Doom TC when the Doom community is still alive and kicking and continues to produce high-quality content for free, but on the Build side of things, there hasn't been much activity since the end of the 90s. A new Build game therefore is a very welcome contribution and, to me, certainly worth my money.
