Forum Overview :: Sigil

I like them! Not as much as Doom, but still. by Dream Cast 12/17/2018, 2:56pm PST I'm fascinated by FPS levels from the time when scripting was primitive to nonexistant. Designers were trying to create cutting edge, immersive, realistic or even cinematic experiences, and the only way they could do it was by shaping the physical space the player inhabits. Levels became so magnificently intricate, so full of creativity and absurdity, that it's hard not to feel like you're peering inside the designer's skull every time you load one up. That's the other thing old FPS levels have going for them: you can load them up and start playing immediately, without even a tram ride to sit through, and spend your entire session engaged with gameplay instead of narrative spectacle or elaborate incremental reward systems. It's unfortunate, then, that the gameplay is so often the weakest link! And I mean even the gunplay, not just the parts where you're walking around in circles grunting at walls, trying in vain to reveal some hidden alcove with the gold keycard in it. I don't want to go too far down that road, though. I'm not nearly as confident that Duke Nukem 3D isn't actually all that much fun as I am that Doom is close to perfect. I'm also a sucker for the '90s computer game aesthetic, essentially the form and content of '80s genre movies regurgitated by the geeks who loved them (guilty as charged). Remember when Jim Lee got on X-Men, and suddenly all the Kirby tech became gear lifted straight from freeze frames of Appleseed? I didn't even mind, I could look at that shit all day. Shamelessly enthusiastic copyright infringement plus gratuitous french cut bikinis. It's the recipe for Duke Nukem! Which is your favourite '90s FPS, and why is it Doom?

Here is a video of Sigil by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/11/2018, 7:22am PST     I never had a 486 growing up. by Mischief Maker 12/11/2018, 5:54pm PST         Re: I never had a 486 growing up. by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/11/2018, 6:54pm PST         It's not the 2D graphics that make Doom great, it's the 2D gameplay. by Dream Cast 12/12/2018, 3:01am PST             Street Fighter vs. Virtua Fighter by Dream Cast 12/12/2018, 4:32am PST                 Re: Street Fighter vs. Virtua Fighter by Entropy Stew 12/16/2018, 11:02am PST                     Sure! It applies to every competitive game, to one extent or another. by Dream Cast 12/16/2018, 1:13pm PST                         Re: Sure! It applies to every competitive game, to one extent or another. by Entropy Stew 12/16/2018, 9:24pm PST                             I think we've both been making too many assumptions about each other. by Dream Cast 12/17/2018, 2:59am PST                                 Yeah, I was definitely generalizing by Entropy Stew 12/18/2018, 9:05pm PST                                     Oh, I forgot one by Entropy Stew 12/18/2018, 10:23pm PST                                         I'll defer to your expertise when it comes to Street Fighter. by Dream Cast 12/19/2018, 2:15am PST             An example of Doom exploiting its two-dimensionality: by Dream Cast 12/12/2018, 7:20am PST             Christ, those Quake screenshots look great. NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/12/2018, 11:36am PST                 I bought the Sigil box by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/15/2018, 3:41pm PST                     Showed up! by Ice Cream Jonsey 05/28/2019, 6:10pm PDT             How can I make my Quake look like that? NT by Ichabod 12/15/2018, 7:15pm PST                 I stole those screenshots from Quaddicted.com by Dream Cast 12/16/2018, 1:46am PST             I may come off as indignant in this post. I'm just really passionate about Doom. by Dream Cast 12/17/2018, 7:41am PST                 How do you feel about others of that time? Blood, Heretic, Duke 3d? NT by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/17/2018, 1:22pm PST                     I like them! Not as much as Doom, but still. by Dream Cast 12/17/2018, 2:56pm PST                         Forever in its thrall by DooM Floppy #3 12/17/2018, 8:37pm PST                         I'll have my 90s shooter list for you soon. But yes, Doom was #1. by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/18/2018, 6:51am PST                             Re: I'll have my 90s shooter list for you soon. But yes, Doom was #1. by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/18/2018, 1:25pm PST                                 He must've seen the ram signal in the sky because he just started rambling. by Dream Cast 12/18/2018, 5:56pm PST                                 Is Magic Carpet a shooter? by Entropy Stew 12/18/2018, 10:33pm PST                                     Re: Is Magic Carpet a shooter? by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/19/2018, 5:13am PST                                         Re: Is Magic Carpet a shooter? by Roop 12/19/2018, 7:25am PST                                         I don't recall liking Hexen very much, either. by Dream Cast 12/21/2018, 4:04am PST                                             My memory of Hexen: "This is too dreary and ugly to be a wizard battle game." NT by Fullofkittens 12/21/2018, 6:45am PST                 Is there any modern FPS with Doom’s gameplay? by Blackwater 12/19/2018, 12:46am PST                     There are some! by Ice Cream Jonsey 12/19/2018, 5:21am PST                         Cool. That is very Doomy. by blackwater 12/19/2018, 4:24pm PST                     Does Doom (2016) count? by Entropy Stew 12/20/2018, 6:25pm PST                         If nuDOOM counts, then so does Shadow Warrior 2, give that a looksee. NT by Mischief Maker 12/20/2018, 7:20pm PST                 Re hitscan: THIS IS HOW YOU END UP WITH COVER SHOOTERS NT by Entropy Stew 12/20/2018, 6:16pm PST         I've been enjoying this thread so much I hate to clarify... by Mischief Maker 12/17/2018, 8:57pm PST     I like this video too. 25 years of Doom by Ichabod 12/11/2018, 8:54pm PST