Normal. IMO this Doom is best played at Ultra-Violence or higher.
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DOOM |OT| Rip and tear, until it's done
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Normal. IMO this Doom is best played at Ultra-Violence or higher.
Ozzy Onya A2Z
Member
On the flip side the X1 controller on default (inverted) settings is smooth and accurate. No complaints about movement with a controller from me
At least you know it's a hardware issue that can be replaced mate.
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Hey quick question regarding the levers that activate classic levels:
Are they always in eyesight of the door they open? I'm finding the doors pretty consistently, but having trouble with the levers.
Are they always in eyesight of the door they open? I'm finding the doors pretty consistently, but having trouble with the levers.
I started a thread appreciating the rune challenges, if anyone wants to discuss them in detail: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1223925
Such a great addition to a great game. Really tactical and skill-driven stuff.
Such a great addition to a great game. Really tactical and skill-driven stuff.
No, not always. They're always in the same "room" but some of them are crazy hard to find. Also some of the classic doors won't stand out.
Sure, but they require the same skills you need to play through Nightmare so I didn't get to find them challenge. They were fun though.
However there are some silly bugs here too. The Rocket Launcher one, if you run out of ammo you switch to your fists, and there is no way to switch back after picking up ammo. There are a lot of these small issues I don't understand what the QA testers were doing.
They're all within a fairly short radius of the door, but not necessarily in sight of it.
NullPointer
Member
Fuck the shielded soldiers though. They don't belong in this game.
You can't dodge their projectiles which will tear you to shreds if you're anywhere close to them in the close quarters you're most likely to run into them in the campaign, and landing your grenades to kill them or stagger them to expose themselves is too finicky. They're OK when you've got several maxed out weapons, but they're deadly early on, in snapmap especially, ad just feel completely out of place.
Those guys I'd toss in the bin, along with that one boss
with the shield. Its an easy fight, but a slow and repetitive one.
Chainsaw them. I still do even with max upgrades.
Yeah, the shield enemies are the closest thing this game has to a hitscan enemy. They can be very annoying, and I only like them in small dose, but taken individually, they're rewarding to overcome (especially when you get the Gauss Cannon and can just one-shot them — payback for all their bullshit)!
No, but most of the time they are. They aren't like across the map either, they're generally in the same area. They can be really had to see. I've literally walked next to them in full view and not noticed them because of how well they blend in to the environment. Happened in the first level.
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/17900406
So it turns out this game can get pretty fast. Gives me memories of Quake 2.
EDIT:
lol Classic map for
. what.
So it turns out this game can get pretty fast. Gives me memories of Quake 2.
EDIT:
lol Classic map for
Tower of Babel
NullPointer
Member
Seems like they could wear you down to bits before you got within chainsaw range. Is the chainsaw range that far out?
Every time I've tried to manuever around or over them in close quarters I always end up losing all of my armor, at the very least.
Try a SnapMap with Survival mode AI without super weapons or modded weapons. The AI composer will start drowning you in those shield enemies and the game turns south. Every other enemy in the game is fun compared to those guys.
Haha, you kept shooting at the Hell Razer but hitting everything -but- the Hell Razer. Slow down there, Eager McBeaver!
But yeah, the game is so fun to play fast. First-person Sonic the Hedgehog simulator. GOTTA DOOM FAST!
Chain saw range is pretty insane, but for the most part you can also use it while in the air. Just take a B-line to using it on them. Otherwise if you have the sort of open space issue of getting hit in all directions, you won't need to fight them with any close range weapon at all. That doesn't happen until you get at least the Rocket Launcher though.
Haha yeah, I wasn't used to Haste, let alone Haste + speed boost from the rune. I was like... what the hell is going on...
... armour?
Unlike other id games, armour in this literally goes down before your health.
TheFuzz
Member
Of course, that makes sense now. Thanks!
Oh, SnapMap doesn't let you choose which enemies appear and in what quantities?
In the main campaign, shield enemies work fine since they're presented in the right numbers. They're balanced.
Can't speak to the level editor, where anyone can make a level.
NullPointer
Member
You can hand place enemies and choose some specific enemy groupings for specific events, but if you use the AI composer that autopopulates the map with enemies over time and as players progress through the level, thats how it goes.
I imagine there are all kinds of balance issues in SnapMap then. More a case of fixing the level editor rather than fixing an enemy that otherwise works fine in Campaign.
NullPointer
Member
I look at it as SnapMap making it apparent how messed up an enemy type they are. There's no issues with littering levels with the other enemy types, outside of overkill from a dozen Barons or the like.
Lionheart1827
Member
Hah, just found
Super Turbo Turkey Puncher 3
Probably to do with memory, try lowering your texture quality.
I'll give it a shot, thanks for the tip.
plagiarize
Banned
They should have made number 4.
TheFuzz
Member
Thanks to all who recommended this game. The gameplay is sooooo good. Played for 3 straight hours tonight and cannot wait to jump back in.
The amount of platforming and backtracking is a welcome surprise. I've been missing games like this. This will definitely be in my GOTY discussion I feel.
The amount of platforming and backtracking is a welcome surprise. I've been missing games like this. This will definitely be in my GOTY discussion I feel.
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JeremyEtcetera
Unconfirmed Member
Most of the secrets in this game are about verticality. They want you to get used to looking up and down a lot(since most people didn't in older Dooms), so they put a lot of things in vents above you and nooks below you.
Not half as bad as me, I imagine. I made it through my first playthrough without even unlocking a 2nd rune slot.
Which is making my 2nd Nightmare play-through all the more fun.
It's because of tech.
The consoles of today don't even come close to having the ram to load in the entire levels. On PC you can pretty accurately predicted when a pnr is going to happen because your memory usage is hitting around 7.2 GBs.
Sub_Level
wants to fuck an Asian grill.
Just use your map. It makes finding secrets easy mode.
Since you're expecting it to be hard, I'm sure it'll be easy. Caught me off-guard, though, compared to what came before.
I recommend running laps around the high ground, and keep your BFG handy.
oh shit, here it is!
Will try with my normal runes, no second life. I want this to be hard af
EDIT:
First try. TBH I did play more careful because I was expecting it to be hard. There really was a ton of BFG ammo. I see what you mean by it taking people by surprise. It's a shame it wasn't full of Cacodemons, I think they're the hardest enemy in the game when mixed with others. Pinkie demons still haven't killed me once outside of Classic Levels, but I guess that's Air Control for you.
Video will probably take forever to upload, I'll post when done.
I was expecting some BS moving train battle haha
TBH this is proof that this game is basically full on Classic. If you are good at Quake 1 or 2, you can play this very well. I compare this game to Quake 1 because of the air control especially.
Reagan's BR
Banned
Finally beat it. Great game. Will definitely replay it. The multiplayer is a ton of fun too. I think too many people expected Quake. I'm sure that the rumored upcoming Quake game will scratch that itch for Quake fans.
I also decided to take a break from UC4 when I started DOOM.
Haven't gone back to UC4 since.
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
I liked the game more than I thought I would. The first hour it felt like a culture shock with old school feel with only hip fire aiming(for the most part) and chaotic gameplay, but once I settled in, I enjoyed it. I liked finding secrets, actually thought the story was pretty cool, and liked how you needed to use a bunch of the weapons(especially on bosses and large hoards of enemies) and such.
Train Section Fight (Mission 12 - Nightmare) Xbox One
First Attempt
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/17907015
Runes:
Blood Fueled II
Armored Offensive II
In-Flight Mobility II
Notes:
... you can see me trying to fix the weapon switching every time I go from the BFG
Dear id, please fix it so that pressing Y from the BFG doesn't replace one of the quick select weapons.
IMO, the In-Flight Mobility II Rune has trivialised any difficult fights there could be in this game. At least in Quake to have this sort of air control you had to change the direction you were facing.
First Attempt
http://xboxdvr.com/gamer/Cobalt Izuna/video/17907015
Runes:
Blood Fueled II
Armored Offensive II
In-Flight Mobility II
Notes:
... you can see me trying to fix the weapon switching every time I go from the BFG
Dear id, please fix it so that pressing Y from the BFG doesn't replace one of the quick select weapons.
IMO, the In-Flight Mobility II Rune has trivialised any difficult fights there could be in this game. At least in Quake to have this sort of air control you had to change the direction you were facing.
Your style is really similar to mine, but what's that thing where you're making a teammate appear to distract your enemies??
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Deleted member 1235
Unconfirmed Member
god damn got dicked over with a corrupted save, managed to recover it but now my whole game is locked in developer mode, no achievements will pop as its marked as cheating. shitty. hardware locked up while playing. not starting over though, will beat the game then go back for a nightmare run.
apparently the only way to fix it is to delete saves
apparently the only way to fix it is to delete saves
Hologram?
Oh I wonder if you knew you could change your equipment with the d-pad. It's broken as f...
Oh! I've only used frag grenades so far. But I would've thought the hologram would look like the ones in the UAC base (shimmering bald white men). I haven't used that or the other one that sounds like a sphere sapping enemy HP. I need to try those.
The Steam versions are just the original games run through DOSBox. Not that you can't just throw the wads into Chocolate Doom, or bind the controls to whatever in ZDoom.
Siphon 'nades are worthless, you get barely anything back and they stun the enemies less than a long-range shot with the Double Shotty. Hologram however (and I should admit) is actually kinda broken. It has like a 90 success rate of getting all enemies to be distracted and enemies that are far away lose aggro. You can even use it for bosses...