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Bethesda To Unleash the Hounds of Hell On May 13th: Doom Release Date Confirmed (hothardware.com)
MojoKid writes: Bethesda and id Software are in the process rebooting the Doom franchise and it seems like it's been in development for ages. When we last visited the upcoming Doom remake, Bethesda had posted a giblet-filled trailer which showed some pretty impressive gameplay visuals, killer hand-to-hand combat and plenty of head stomping. However, Bethesda just clued gamers in on something that Doom fans have been anticipating for years, an actual release date. Mark your calendars for May 13th, because that's when Doom will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and of course, the PC platform. Bethesda also dropped a new campaign trailer for you to ogle.
I'm expecting this to be showcase for VR (and VR sickness?)
When it came out, it could get away with its completely unremarkable setting because it was technologically unique. But now that there are shooters aplenty, many of which have something to set them apart from the competition beyond technology, what's the point of doing a reboot of what by now has become a completely unremarkable franchise? If you want to release a new game, why not think up something new and fresh?
> those that pre-order ... will receive the Demon Multiplayer pack ... includes exclusive multiplayer goodies ... including a set of six Hack Modules – consumable items that will give you an edge in a multiplayer match.
So if you want to play multiplayer without being rekt, remember to PREORDER!!
Doomed, I say.
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Still remember.
All along I thought that was real human blood and gore; now you're saying it is faked with turkey organs?
Yes. When a game is listed as for PC, it means Windows. Apple has never referred to its computers as PCs.
By PC do you mean Windows? or can we expect something more useful?
Linux --- all flavors --- represents 1.7% of the desktop market. Win 7, alone, 53%, Win 10. 12%. Desktop Operating System Market Share The PC gamer who has the hardware needed to run the latest AAA titles is almost certainly running Windows.
I wouldn't phrase it quite like that, but you're absolutely right that PC gamers should wait for a bit. I picked up Rage for the PC right when it came out, and it was a complete mess. Carmack even apologized for it. He's not at id Software anymore, but hopefully the folks who are remember that lesson.
The original Doom games were noteworthy for having big levels that contained lots and lots of enemies. I haven't played Doom 3, but I've heard that it has much more beautiful 3D graphics, and as a result you would be attacked by only a few monsters at a time (because too many would overwhelm the graphics adapters that were current when that game came out).
My favorite thing in the the original Doom games was getting the monsters to fight each other. If you could get an Imp so hit a Cacodemon with a fireball, for example, the two would get into a fight. Frequently I would lure some monster into the line of fire and as soon as it was hit, it would forget about me and go kill whatever monster hit it. This is more fun to me than just shooting everything. I hope the new game has this.
The specific rules: monster special attacks don't hurt other monsters of the exact same type... for example, Imp fireballs don't hurt Imps. But the zombie soldiers shoot bullets and bullets hurt anything, so you could get soldiers to fight each other. And anytime a monster hit a different kind of monster it would do damage.
P.S. Doom modified as a way to control processses on a system. Kill a process with a shotgun! https://www.cs.unm.edu/~dlchao/flake/doom/chi/chi.html
One side-effect of this is that processes on a system can get into a fight with each other. Two processes enter, one leaves. Not recommended for critical systems.
lf(1): it's like ls(1) but sorts filenames by extension, tersely
I'm not sure what relevance that has, because John Romero hasn't been involved with id since 1996. You are (likely accidentally) correct that Romero's gone back to nostalgia games, but that involves mobile sequels to the Dangerous Dave series, not Doom or Quake. Mostly because Zenimax owns id Software, which owns the trademarks to Doom, Quake and Wolfenstein.
Actually, none of the original id gang was involved with the Doom Reboot. Romero is off doing his thing, Carmack is at Oculus doing VR coding, Tom Hall is failing to get Kickstarted on new games, and Adrian is apparently running a resort, of all things.
Here, just download this:
http://www.moddb.com/mods/brut...
I've been playing Brutal Doom with its "Hell on Earth starter pack" and it's turning out to be a better reboot than any of the official games. Strong weapons, insane quantities of enemies, fun tricks with the Doom engine, and, believe it or not, a strong story supported directly by the level design.
I enjoyed Doom 3 and will likely get this new Doom, but I still think this free game is the best "story of Doom" out there.
Not that this wasn't entirely predictable.
Apple's ENTIRE early marketing years were about teaching everyone what a personal computer could do for the average person who had a need or interest in computing. Take a look at this..
http://www.printmag.com/wp-con...
Some of us remember a time before PC meant Wintel.
Good-bye
This angry word salad has been brought to you by the letter D.
D for dumbshit.
Yes, well, even those of us who remember it realize it's long past, and that there's no point in trying to change the meaning of a phrase probably 99% of people agree on.
http://twitter.com/romero/stat... for his tweet and a download link. I played it at the end of my long Martin Luther King Jr., weekend, and it was fun.
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So if I'm reading this correctly, you're saying that Doom is no longer owned by ID4?
I disagree.
Doom was pretty much the only shooter that actually sucked me in all three times.The way the game was handled made people playing doom 3 for the first time in the dark scream. Portal 1 and 2 and mel are also a good indicator of a departure from the online player madness that is ruling the development of games.
Some of us don't like what you like.And that's why I look forward to the new game that will be what I like. Don't know why I have to be called an idiot because I like them, but in all fairness that's what I do call people playing gears of war or warcruft, or whatever the crap is called.
_ _ _ Go for the eyes Boo! GO FOR THE EYES!
Or Linux. Doom 3 actually had an official 'nix binary.
Many people mention a lot of the features of the classic Doom with great nostalgia, but I think one thing that was often overlooked were the modkits and customizations. Yes, building a fully functional multiplayer WAD could be infuriating, but it was fun as hell (no pun intended) to play in a homebuilt map full of tricks and traps with buddies while "dance of the sugarplum fairly" played in all of it's MIDI glory.
As an aside, the coolest "oddly fitting" game music mod experience goes to my buddy, who commented on the "creepy but f***ed up music" when he borrowed my copy of AvP. Apparently the game disc was part audio CD, and his young kids had left some of their music in the drive which it played selected tracks from.
I used to be a generic shooter. Then I took an arrow to the knee...
As someone who lives near Bethesda -- the city in Maryland and suburb of Washington, DC -- I'll admit, this headline caught my attention. I mean, DC is already filled with a large variety of miscreants, why anyone would want to unleash even more Hounds of Hell in this region was beyond my tiny, uncaffeinated brain. Big sigh of relief when I figured out it was a video game. Though maybe if you named some of the creatures for certain personalities in the city, Bethesda and id could double down on their marketing.
Can't wait for the sequel!
They've already released the hounds of hell in Bethesda. It's called the Beltway and the 270 corridor. I hate driving in that area.
You might want to tell the average american that - it seems if it has a keyboard and a monitor with a box, it's a PC
The cesspool just got a check and balance.
Anyone else afraid the kill animations will break the flow of the action? I mean, the game looks like it's supposed to be fast-paced action, so it seems like having to sit through multi-second kill animations, especially if they happen a lot, seems like it'd be eye-candy over gameplay.
I may be missing a joke here, but are you referering to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... or yet another Duke Nukem reboot?
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