First time playing through since my cousin showed me the noclip cheat on the N64 port and made me think my console was gonna go on fire. Beat the DOS version with no mouse (inspired by reading about Carmack's no-mouse preference in Masters of Doom last year) and the Quakespasm source port with all the mod-cons. It's a pretty short game!
The spongey enemies and awkward my-first-3D layouts give this a clunkier feel than Doom, but it's still satisfying to strafejump around at top speed and pump anything and everything full of nails and grenades. The array of weapons feels a lot less distinct than Doom, but the rocket and grenade launchers are still some of the most iconic members of any FPS arsenal.
Reznor's sounds and soundtrack are operating on the level of the John Williams Star Wars scores here, imbuing something inherently ridiculous with far more gravitas and atmosphere than it probably deserves. The ranger's HUP never gets old, but his lava screams get pretty annoying when you're trying to take shortcuts!
Surprisingly easy outside of a few slogs against the meatier enemies (shambler whats up) - might come back for another playthrough on Nightmare.
The spongey enemies and awkward my-first-3D layouts give this a clunkier feel than Doom, but it's still satisfying to strafejump around at top speed and pump anything and everything full of nails and grenades. The array of weapons feels a lot less distinct than Doom, but the rocket and grenade launchers are still some of the most iconic members of any FPS arsenal.
Reznor's sounds and soundtrack are operating on the level of the John Williams Star Wars scores here, imbuing something inherently ridiculous with far more gravitas and atmosphere than it probably deserves. The ranger's HUP never gets old, but his lava screams get pretty annoying when you're trying to take shortcuts!
Surprisingly easy outside of a few slogs against the meatier enemies (shambler whats up) - might come back for another playthrough on Nightmare.