Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Mandrake the Perihelion Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: More Doom (Sigil II) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2025 02:57:03 -0500 Organization: Justification Lines: 45 Message-ID: References: <3prnvjtgn6redmt8d0kat16tbe7805ju48@4ax.com> <94mtvjdteuvitap3g5qv5er8u97k23th4i@4ax.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net Uymq0q25Q4aloZg+pm03Hgj+Z+VtQdCgyI6wjxhpjGRU2jgmK8 Cancel-Lock: sha1:DtHRsT95wcG+g2cFYIMXjx4iAkY= sha256:O1O3STRTfM3hQGCIf5W1WPJY5J07clRegh8SvvgpyXs= User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:128.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/128.0 SeaMonkey/2.53.20 In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2817 Ant wrote: > Spalls Hurgenson wrote: >> On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 19:26:58 -0000 (UTC), ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) >> wrote: >>> Spalls Hurgenson wrote: > >>>> I still play Doom semi-regularly. I almost never fire up Quake. > >>> Classic Doom > Quake for me. I remember my friends and I tried qtestx86 >>> for Linux in the computer lab. The PC didn't have audio card, but it was >>> amazing esp. in Linux. Then, came QuakeWorld with better Internet play. >>> I could play it with my crappy dial-up modems! > >> I'm confused by your use of the > symbol. It implies that Doom is >> better (which it obviously is ;-) but then you rave about Quake. The >> maths don't check out!!!!111!!! > > "Do the math." ;) > > >> Quake was impressive tech for its day, and it featured some many ideas >> that have since become de rigeur for FPS games nowadays, but it was >> too focused on arena-combat gameplay and its lore was a mess. Bleh. >> ;-) > > I only liked Quake for its engine, but not its theme and level designs. > In Raven Shield you could get shot you could aim all over but your guy on their screen never moves his head up or down. I wasted a guy through a door. One shot and he was down. I went up to the door and there was a hole right in the center of it. -- "It will be a long And difficult war It will be conducted On many fronts But as long as it takes We will prevail Across the world governments Have heard this message You're either with us or you're with the terrorists Tyranny Terror & Lawless Violence" -- George W. Bush