Subj : Re: Retro shooters
To   : Arelor
From : boraxman
Date : Thu Mar 24 2022 22:01:06

 Ar>  >  Ar> Did you beat the Hexen expansion too? I am still to beat that one.
 Ar>  >  Ar> expansion was
 Ar>  >  Ar> brutal since it was not only Ettings which respawned, but more pow
 Ar>  >  Ar> monsters too.
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > 
 Ar>  > No, I don't have the expansion, am tempted to get it.  I'm not sure whe
 Ar>  > I liked Hexen or not.  It was often frustrating, tedious, at other time
 Ar>  > was quite good. I found it a very unev
 Ar>  > playing experience.
 Ar> 
 Ar> Hahaha, it is certainly like graphic adventures, in which if you got
 Ar> stuck it sucked and it all became a bit tedious.
 Ar> 
 Ar> Then there is also the preasure that enemies keep respawning, but ammo
 Ar> and powerups are finite, so you know there is a soft time limit clocking
 Ar> away. I don't really like to play under preasure
 Ar> but in Hexen it worked somehow. Probably because most respawned enemies
 Ar> you could crush by depleting little or no resources.
 Ar> 

If you want to play under pressure, try Doom on Nightmare mode.  Enemies always respawn 30 seconds after being killed.  I did complete Episode 1 on nightmare back in 1994 or 1995, and on keyboard with a slow computer.  It was hectic from start to finish.

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