"Retro" PC Games Megathread v9 - From Dusk Till Doom
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stupid fucking playermodels are unironically an incredible thing that deserve preservation
I miss the days when people would make anything and everything.
Now it just feels like it's 90-95% popular stuff.
Not only that, but games weren't forcing this competitive style down your throat. So now they pretty much restrict modding almost everything to forbid cheating, especially skins and models (plus they gotta sell them too).
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/224464/7d58f48e-ade6-4a50-90fe-6d32e30d14cc/btsxe3_4.png
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/224464/fd80a677-1d83-4b72-bd45-cee7f0fbb5eb/btsxe3_3.png
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/224464/01f44d7a-59b4-4f73-9836-1649ab3c1ae1/btsxe3_2.png
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/224464/5a5b18b8-e3ca-483d-adee-2df11d7c7f30/btsxe3_1.png
Back to Saturn X Episode 3 has been announced!
Not only that, but Deus Vult II and Sunder have resumed development:
Deus Vult II: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/45774-dvii-second-edition-underway-its-time/?page=12&tab=comments#comment-1960915
https://static.doomworld.com/monthly_2019_02/doom04.png.06fa65bff3167878cf8cf33a46d8cceb.png
Sunder: https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/46002-sunder/?page=24&tab=comments#comment-1961207
https://static.doomworld.com/monthly_2019_02/SunderMap15-1.png.c1e43a6c15c2656f86442e1a70fb04fe.png
don't much care for sunder, too hardcore for me
but DV2, for being a slaughter wad, has good pacing
I've been slacking and forgot to post some other updates:
Avactor: Aztec-themed 12 map episode for Doom 2 with lots of cool sprite replacements, updated recently:
https://www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/101647-avactor-last-update-is-out/
Duke Nukem: Alien Armageddon 2.0
Update releases on February 16th : Duke Nukem
Includes new weapons, enemies, bug fixes, as well as an overhauled version of the classic "Duke it Out in DC" expansion.
Trailer/Showcase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THPFSeMzmnI
WGRealms 2 - 2.0:
William Gee has returned and development of the TC has resumed: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/8115-back/page__view__findpost__p__312725
(Unfortunately, most of the development is discussed in a private subforum)
Oblivion TC HRP:
Zaxtor is working on an update to the original TC for Duke Nukem 3D: Working on Oblivion TC HRP
He also recently released a map called Dark Temple: https://forums.duke4.net/topic/10176-dark-temple/
Fair Warning: Zaxtor's maps are usually brutal as hell, with some... interesting design decisions.
I've already started going back and playing through a bunch of Half-Life mods that I've missed, and with the piling up of mods on this page, I think that 2019 will become my year for retro first person shooters.
There's yet another thing that went past the radar:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AA1wCOhgDFc
Episode 6 came out 3 days ago. Only 1 episode left until the game leaves Early Access.
@BloodShot12 does your employment mean you're halting development on quake 1.5? I was holding out until it went out of beta
I've been busy too, I'm working on a proper Knightmare mode for GMOTA that turns the enemies into souped up palette swaps that have new attacks and other surprises. No respawning enemies though.
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/217364/ba20a5e4-4adb-4470-b9d6-904018ccaf3b/Local skeleton too angry to die.webm
Don't forget me also, I've been working on a fucking kick ass mod, check out this actual in-engine screenshot
https://i.imgur.com/99zHxU7.png
You get to ride bikes through the countryside, catch fish, pepper spray the US Military, dodge artillery fire, and sample fine cuisine like poutine and hotdogs.
I finally bought AMID EVIL since it's only one episode left until it's done and holy shit I didn't think I'd say this, but it might be better than DUSK which saying a lot. Then again I love Heretic/Hexen so that might have more to do with it.
Not halting, I've got a bigger patch that fixes a lot of under the hood stuff + rebalances gameplay + adds proper rt lights coming (as well as FTE which is almost fully supported now thanks to Spike)
It'll slower going, but my separate QS release and MP version are still on the horizon
Amid Evil is fantastic. I can't wait till it's finished.
as far as i know the final episode is a bit more straightforward than the others (likely a boss gauntlet of a sort) so it shouldn't be too terribly long.
Apparently Amid Evil is too cool for my laptop; after playing around 20 minutes my laptop powers off.
That's obviously just an Unreal Engine 4 feature.
The first open beta of NBlood, a new source port for Blood that aims for high gameplay, visual, and audio accuracy running natively in EDuke32, has been released:
https://forums.duke4.net/topic/10456-release-nblood-blood-port-based-on-eduke32/
Some (now slightly old) videos of the port in action:
https://youtu.be/xB7zdEepi1A
https://youtu.be/Ocs-UDivylA
I hope these newfangled Blood sourceports outpace BloodGDX. The policy around keeping the source code under wraps makes me suspicious that it may never actually be released.
https://youtu.be/_74SJ8HcSlg
NBlood's source code is on Github:
https://github.com/nukeykt/NBlood
So a source release for the original may not be necessary anymore.
The latest Quake modding jam has just been released
Func_Msgboard
http://www.quaketastic.com/files/single_player/mods/modding_jam/modjam_2019.zip
https://files.facepunch.com/forum/upload/208668/2bccb543-2846-405b-a919-36a818132804/GoldenSouls2End.jpg
That was a nice trip. It was a really fun experience from beginning to end. Except for the water parts, nobody likes those.
Is it me or is AMID EVIL like stupid easy? I'm playing on hard and aside from some bosses I haven't died much since the later episodes seem to only throw 4-5 enemies at you at once.
"Retro" PC Games Megathread v9 - From Dusk Till Doom
