Subj : Re: Retro shooters
To   : bbsing
From : Arelor
Date : Mon Mar 21 2022 20:21:58

  Re: Re: Retro shooters
  By: bbsing to boraxman on Mon Mar 21 2022 08:45 pm

 >  bo> Just wondering here if anyone has played "retro shooters".  These are
 >  bo> ones which are made now, but are done in the style of 90's shooters,
 >  bo> with limited graphics, only style gameplay and classic level design.
 > 
 > Hi boraxman,
 > 
 > For the olden days Heretic is one I liked. It is a doom like game but as a
 > magic user/wizard. Its levels are very nice looking. I think its free for th
 > shareware. I have the shareware WAD file. I typically run it with
 > chocolate-heretic for linux.

Heretic is quite nice. I like it lots because it improves upon Doom without
breaking havoc with the engine.

The weapons feel a bit samey to me, which is a bit anti-thematic. In Doom, you
could feel the difference between a shotgun, a machinegun and a rocketlauncher.
In Heretic most weapons just feel like they are just another wand that zaps.
However, the mechanics with the powerups were AMAZING since you could
supercharge your weapon and THEN it would feel it was its own thing.

The exception was the Gauntlet. The Gaunlet was also unique, but with a powerup
it became a beast. You could defeat a freaking minotaur with that, without
bodering to evade his beating.

Heretic's expansion was great too.

The only downside to Heretic is that its storyline does not end unti Heretic 2,
which is a 3D game with not much in common with either Heretic or Hexen.

Hexen is probably a better game, with its puzzles and survival horror theme,
but Heretic always was nicer if you wanted brainless, crazy fun.

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