Very informative. I have a personal policy of not scouring the net for statements like this because life is short and I would end up angry at everybody. But if it does cross my desk, I can't unsee it or forget it. And in cases like this, I do regret my aforementioned policy because I would have hit the blacklist button sooner.
I'm dragging my heels on Master Levels because I keep getting annoyed and just playing another wad. I think I'm on the fourth map, but I really got hot under the collar when I was at the end of the third map. I flipped a switch, so decided to see what was on the other side. Then the block that the switch lowers reset for some reason, which blocks the teleporter that you're supposed to take before you hit the switch. So, I got to enjoy re-navigating through everything I just did to go back to that teleporter. You know, if you've just finished an area of a map, why the Hell would you ever block that section off from the way you went out?
GZDoom is cross-platform multiplayer.
I love their willingness to prove what the original person was saying about them.
If you get a chance and haven't played it, Tim Willits released a map series for Doom 2 before he worked at id Software. I mentioned it with a link in this thread. It might just be me, but I like those maps better than Sigil and Sigil 2. They're somewhat challenging at times, but they're very non-linear.
Sadly Sigil 2 is more of the same as Sigil 1, I was hoping that Romero could grow beyond whatever place he finds himself in now, but he seems to have developed it into a rut. It's not a bad place, it's just Sigil is all about lining up shots so you can take potshots at eyeballs, know what I'm saying?
Don't these companies care that they lose business by having their people in charge be loose cannons? Or do they believe any publicity is good long-term?
Plutonia and either Plutonia 2 or the first Plutonia Revisited Community Projects has an invisible bridge, IIRC. It's part of the map, so you have to cross it in order to finish it. I could understand an invisible bridge on the way to a secret, but I'd still consider it "cheap". In the defense of Plutonia and whichever continuation of it that has that invisible bridge, you can figure it out because the demons will walk out on it.
I honestly don't think these people have the ability to think rationally anymore. I remember Michael Jordan being asked why he never discussed politics, and his answer was, "Because the other side buys shoes too." The problem is that social media exists now, and these people are so addicted to the dopamine hits they get from likes and shares that they lose sight of why people follow them in the first place. No one follows Stephen Kick to hear about how insane his politics are. They're following him to hear about the games he's wanting to sell. So, he ends up pissing off at least half of his consumer base chasing those likes and shares.
Yeah, i remember either the second or third map of Plutonia having an invisible bridge, but it wasn't the kind of cryptic bullshit like that example in master levels.
It says lots of shit I would not want to agree to because either how it is too open for interpretation at times (they will of course lay that out to their advantage when push comes to shove) or already quite clear that it would not sit well with me
I play Doom on my Retroid Pocket 4 Pro, which has a standard XBox Style controller built in, and it's way harder with a controller. Same thing when I'm playing Doom on my TV with an 8BitDo controller. A mouse and keyboard is honestly how Doom should be played if you want the best possible translation of your skill.
Yeah, like I said, it's not hard to figure out because the monsters will walk out on that invisible bridge. They were also nice enough to put two markers at the beginning and end of the bridge to let you know where it is once you realize there IS an invisible bridge. And the bridge is a straight run. I guess they wanted an invisible bridge for aesthetic, I blame Indiana Jones for this, but they went out of their way to make it incredibly fair for the player. It's kind of hard to call it "bullshit" given they put monsters on the far side which will definitely just walk out on it and those markers.
I recently watched MtPain27's "Dean of Doom" series that covered the first one. I snagged it the second I watched his review. I have yet to have seen his review of the second one, though.
People are buying this shit? Aren't we all legacy customers who get it free because we bought it for less than a dollar 10 years ago?
Not really, but you might like these:
I snagged it for the Switch. I wouldn't have had I known about the whole Stephen Kick thing.
The only first person shooter I think I've ever played that was better on a controller was Borderlands, but I just really couldn't get in to that game at all. Doom 2016 isn't bad with a controller either, but I prefer OG Doom to NuDoom.
My girlfriend commented on how twitchy I am in games because I play a lot of FPS. She was watching me play Elden Ring and noticed I never stopped strafing ever. It's a habit from old FPS games where you have to move constantly or get fucked.
The campaign included with Brutal Doom comes close to this, though it skips Ep 4.
