11-06-10, 23:40 | #1 |
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The "General DOOM Series" thread
I just got back into playing Doom again, only this time I'm playing "The Ultimate Doom" which available via steam for $9.99. I like the work thats been done with the game over the years in terms of graphics and controllability. I can remember when I first tried DOOM out about 10 years ago that I could only control the game with the keyboard, with minimal mouse control for forward movement. The gzdoom port I'm playing right now has a lot of nice openGL customizations as well as modern control style play so that I can set up my controls for WASD movement and mouse look/firing/weapon switching. It really makes the game seem like a walk in the park as opposed to when I first played it with the awkward keyboard layout.
Here we have a FRAPS recording I made while making a futile attempt to clear the death room:
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11-06-10, 23:57 | #2 |
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Contact me in a few weeks time when I won't be as busy anymore, and we'll play a game of ZDaemon.
I've been extremely busy so I haven't played in months, but DOOM has been the only game I've always come back to. I think I first seriously started in 1998 or 1999, and after some years grew to be the pretty much undefeated champion of the now-dead port csDoom. I still run my own, now six years old DOOM clan which in its glory days was one of the best around. Unfortunately the deathmatch scene has been littered with weapon mods, spammers and spawncampers, and the 1on1 scene has been slowly dying. ZDaemon's awesome CTF mode saves the day though. GZDoom is great for developers, and some have done really nice things, but personally I prefer to stick with the old feeling. I've never played it any other way than software rendered at 640x480. I still feel DOOM has one of the best weapon balances of any game (DOOM II at least - I can't be without my super shotgun), and the speed of the action is great - much faster than FPS games today. The relative simplicity of the game makes it free of unreasonable demands like pinpoint precision aim and therefore great for those who can't practice 24/7 but still like a high-level game every once in a while. Last edited by Punaxe; 11-06-10 at 23:59. |
12-06-10, 00:36 | #3 |
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Nice, I'm assuming you went by punaxe on that server as well? Looks like you have the highest Kill : Death ratio of all, so not sure why they ranked you second when the first place guy died almost as much as he got kills. Looks to me like he just played more than you did? I personally think ranking should be based not just on kill count, but should factor in your kill:death ratio as well. In my books that would make you #1 by a far shot.
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12-06-10, 00:49 | #4 |
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Doom 2 and 3 are awesome as is the original.
I cant wait for Doom 4. Finally a thread about decent classic games. |
12-06-10, 01:10 | #5 |
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so what do you guys think of having a DOOM speed run competition or something like that? We'll set a difficulty level for the competition and we'd post our level stats for each level? Additional options can be chosen like "all secrets" "all kills" etc. (I suck at all secrets though).
q.q i keep getting owned at the end of the first chapter Last edited by spikejones; 12-06-10 at 03:44. |
12-06-10, 12:53 | #6 |
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I've never been a big fan of speedrunning myself, but I'd probably join in if you organized it. Perhaps better to pick just one map at a time though, doing an entire episode would probably be a bit too much.
I'd prefer a multiplayer competition though. There are great 1on1 WADs out there, GothicDM from 1997 for example still being one of my favourites. ZDaemon has a few servers that can be configured freely online, although they are all in Europe. |
12-06-10, 18:25 | #7 |
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Awesome thread this is a great series. We should have a competition and see who can beat the game on ultra violence?.?
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12-06-10, 18:39 | #8 |
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I usually play on "Hurt Me Plenty" but I've been meaning to try "Nightmare" or w/e the highest setting is called.
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12-06-10, 21:28 | #9 |
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Fun fact: I met my previous girlfriend through DOOM. She was in clan OR, and while I was still an einzelgänger, the owner of clan OR was practically begging me to join too. He once added her to a conversation of ours, possibly to convince me, and that's what got the very first ball rolling. Also, her previous boyfriend was a member of OR, and her current boyfriend is in my clan, [dp].
Anyway, another thing we could try is how far we can get with only one life and without saving. Last time I tried that in DOOM II, I died in map08. Last edited by Punaxe; 12-06-10 at 21:30. |
12-06-10, 21:46 | #10 |
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My first death was in episode 2, after reconfiguring the controls of course because I didn't like the keyboard layout. Stupid falling ceiling
anywho.. I've downloaded the Doomsday Engine and it comes with some multiplayer options where you can host your own game instead of using a dedicated server. Good for lan parties or internet parties alike (depending on U/L rate). It has Deathmatch and Co-op settings alike. I'll be testing out the server aspect of it this weekend hopefully by going over to my sisters house and loading it up on his laptop. The Doomsday engine is nice in that all you need to do is load the WAD file into it, and it does the rest. |
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