- cross-posted to:
- games@sh.itjust.works
- cross-posted to:
- games@sh.itjust.works
Announcement: https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/3286930/view/530980289128694204
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34108138
It’s a free update
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.
less grindy
When would you have ever needed to grind in Heretic? 🤨
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.
I remember getting hold of this game and the typing in the Doom cheat code for invulnerability. it kills you instantly! 😂
And IDKFA takes away all of your weapons except for the staff, declaring thou art a dirty cheater.
What does it do in doom?
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.
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?
Looks like it’s drawn by the same guy who did Heretic maybe? The guy who painted the buff book covers. Bjorn… something maybe?
Anyone else ever play Blood?
“I want Jojo, Jojo, JOJO!!!”
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
Fuck. Yes. Finally.
I spent some good time with these two!
Likewise!!