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DOOM Gameplay Demo (E3 2015)
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Was anyone?
Quite a few people like it, and I don't get why. It's poorly optimized, frustrating to play, and extremely buggy.
Smurfman256
Member
I was. It got MUCH better a few months down the line (when I actually got it...which was when I actually had a good PC).
MiguelItUp
Member
I just appreciated the fact that it attempted to bring back the arena gameplay that I grew up with and missed so much. But it was really messy. I'm just so ready for the FPS genre to go back to a time before ADS, loadouts, and modern settings.
I enjoyed it but it was very buggy at release. It got patched up a lot though and it's much better now, well was last time I played it.
It felt very much like a remake of ROTT rather than a reimagining. I didn't mind the platforming but can understand how for some folks it would be a bit annoying.
Fleshfeast
Member
The RotT remake was obviously not a big budget highly polished product (like the Shadow Warrior remake/reboot), but it was fun and enjoyable from what I played. My problem was that it ran pretty poorly on my system, but somehow looked really bad too. I still haven't played it much, because even on mostly low settings it runs poorly enough that it impacts the gameplay. (talking sub 30fps here)
Quite a few people, actually.
I mean, relative to ROTT, sure, but SW (2013) had a smaller budget than most top-tier Kickstarter campaigns. Flying Wild Hog did an insanely great job considering how little money and time they had to work with.
I had a dreadful experience with ROTT. It wouldn't even launch on my computer! It was an admirable attempt to create a 90's shooter but the team wasn't up to the task of delivering such an ambitious project (just like Interceptor's follow-up Bombshell). Champagne tastes on a beer budget.
It was incredibly terrible. But I don't think most fans of it can even see why it's so bad... So I don't think that negates them seeing what's good in a different game...
There's a lot of good-will for amateurs who give something an earnest try. Interceptor and ROTT were like the game development equivalent of the documentary American Movie, albeit slightly less ambitious since they had to leverage an existing property rather than create their own. They were out of their depth and knew it, but they finished their project despite a lack of resources and trying circumstances. That's pretty cool.
Fleshfeast
Member
Yeah I don't even know what their budget was like, but the SW2013 looks and feels like a polished, big budget game. It's so good. ROTT felt like a fan project.
Smurfman256
Member
If you turned off physx, it gave you a 40% performance boost (lol, I just thought of a really bad Bender joke). And while it DEFIANTLY wasn't as polished as it could've been, I still feel like t was a damn good effort considering that it WAS a fan-project made by a virtual studio (they apparently communicated over Skype).
Well the Flying Wild Hogs folks are incredibly experienced as well and in comparison to Interceptor Entertainment so they've got that under their belt too. Really looking forward to Shadow Warrior 2, looks tremendous.
Smurfman256
Member
That's true. When a good sized portion of your staff worked on Painkiller and Bulletstorm, you've got some pretty experience guys on your hands.
Smurfman256
Member
On a sidenote, I kinda wish that, instead of the description of the chainsaw being a "there are no trees on Mars, therefore there is no reason for these to be here" kind of thing, I wish they went with "specially designed to cut through semi-hard stone structures" to make the chainsaw sound really freaking powerful.
Smurfman256
Member
So thoughts on the alternate covers that are being polled?
Smurfman256
Member
yes, but they were in Hell. I don't remember trees in the Mars levels.
Smurfman256
Member
http://doom.com/en-us/beta BETA STARTS MARCH 31!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFLmkhx9e1I plus new multiplayer trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFLmkhx9e1I plus new multiplayer trailer
Wow those Demons look phenomenal.
Love the Baron. Also guess this confirms co-op on snap map maps
Ixion
Member
We've known about co-op since SnapMap was unveiled at E3 last year. It supports up to four players, either co-operativly or competitively.
potatohead
Member
Got RotT for free and I still think it sucks lol
The players look like spartan clones
Honestly I really love how this looks. Color!
MiguelItUp
Member
Similarities? Sure. But to call them clones is a bit much IMO. I mean, they're futuristic head to toe armored suits that have a variety of bright colors, yeah. But, Halo didn't necessarily invent that.
This is one of the main reasons why I wish they would've stuck to the classic DOOM marine look. Because if it used any kind of futuristic head to toe armor, with multiple color palettes, people are going to automatically compare them to Halo. Can I blame them? Not necessarily per se. I guess they were trying to think of a more "believable" look for the marine(s), so they just went full armor. However the whole color thing is akin to the original DOOMs where you could change the color of your marine, or play on teams that donned the same colors. It would've been really cool to have had them utilize their own look more so so they could stand out a bit more.
I mean, at least the suits in DOOM 3 still had short sleeves like the original DOOM marine.
misses bull
Banned
Yea thats what generic space marines look like.
Smurfman256
Member
Well, judging by the fact that some of the taunts you can do in the beta are a goofy dance and the hail satan horns, I think we've been confirmed that the game is very, very silly.
Killer Queen
Banned
Now all they need to confirm is if they ripped off thrash metal bands for the music and I'll be happy.