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[โ€“] Doorknob@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've had a quick play of it but first impressions are pretty obvious: They've done a magnificent job. So many tiny little improvements all over the place, many very subtle.

For Heretic, many of the gameplay tweaks seem to be informed very much by the Heretic mod "The Wayfarer's Tome" which rebalances the game in many subtle ways to make it much more fun and less grindy.

And for Hexen, you can just look at your map to see where you need to go next and the main hubs are given more visual clues as to how you're progressing and what is still outstanding. And little things that'd shit you to tears - the mage's ice shards can pass through frozen enemies so their statues don't bog down the fights anymore and centaurs/slaughtaurs no longer are guaranteed to turn into invincible turtles every time you hit them - they don't raise their shields as often and when they do, you can get around from behind!!

It's quite evident they've paid great attention and have had a finger on the community pulse for a while to smooth over some of the welts in the original games that they were criticised for, even when they first came out.

[โ€“] Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

less grindy

When would you have ever needed to grind in Heretic? ๐Ÿคจ

[โ€“] Doorknob@lemmy.world 2 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Grindy was a bad choice of words, I meant just how strong enemies would soak up weak weapons and take ages to kill, making the game feel like a bit of a slog.

[โ€“] umbraroze@slrpnk.net 2 points 23 hours ago

I have no recollection when I bought the original big bundle of id Software stuff, but looks like this got dropped to my Steam library anyway. Wait, what, I got the Doom 1/2 remake too? Very nice. See this is what we should encourage

[โ€“] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I remember getting hold of this game and the typing in the Doom cheat code for invulnerability. it kills you instantly! ๐Ÿ˜‚

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And IDKFA takes away all of your weapons except for the staff, declaring thou art a dirty cheater.

[โ€“] steal_your_face@lemmy.ml 1 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] woelkchen@lemmy.world 4 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

What does it do in doom?

  • K: Keys
  • F: Firearms
  • A: Ammunition/Armor

or Keys, Full Ammo.

IDFA is the same but without the keys, so you still get to go keyhunting.

[โ€“] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 13 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm all about it, but what the fuck is up with that cover art for Hexen? It's awful. Here's the original:

It's correct on the select screen shown in the trailer, too. Teh fook?

[โ€“] thedaemon@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

Looks like it's drawn by the same guy who did Heretic maybe? The guy who painted the buff book covers. Bjorn.. something maybe?

[โ€“] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago

Anyone else ever play Blood?

โ€œI want Jojo, Jojo, JOJO!!!โ€

Fuck. Yes. Finally.

[โ€“] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I spent some good time with these two!

[โ€“] AndrewZabar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago