Subj : Re: Retro shooters
To   : bbsing
From : boraxman
Date : Tue Mar 22 2022 22:44:05

 bb> Hi boraxman,
 bb> 
 bb> For the olden days Heretic is one I liked. It is a doom like game but as
 bb> a magic user/wizard. Its levels are very nice looking. I think its free
 bb> for the shareware. I have the shareware WAD file. I typically run it with
 bb> chocolate-heretic for linux. 
 bb> 

It is very much Doom reskinned, I do mean to play it one day but the dark, gritty demonic Doom appealed more than Heretic, which appeared a bit colourful and the magic/wizard theme wasn't as appealing.  Dooms guns boom, whereas with Heretic they go "pew pew pew".

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