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After 24 Years Doom 2's Last Secret Has Finally Been Discovered (polygon.com)
"Almost 25 years after it was released, Doom 2 has finally given up its last secret..." writes Polygon. An anonymous reader quotes their report:
It's secret No. 4 on Map 15 (Industrial Zone). Now, the area in question has been known, seen and accessed by other means (usually a noclip cheat code). Getting to it without a cheat appears to be deliberately impossible, according to Doom co-creator John Romero. Romero tweeted out congratulations to the solution's discoverer, Zero Master. Zero Master figured out that the way to trigger the secret was to be pushed into the secret area by an enemy (in this case, a Pain Elemental).
Apparently the secret sector was an area just below the floor of a teleporter -- but entering that teleporter meant players rose up to the level of the teleporter's floor, according to Romero, so "you never enter the sector... you would never get inside the teleporter sector to trigger the secret."
One Reddit user notes Zero Master "has the first legit Doom 2 100% save file on earth, after 24 years."
Apparently the secret sector was an area just below the floor of a teleporter -- but entering that teleporter meant players rose up to the level of the teleporter's floor, according to Romero, so "you never enter the sector... you would never get inside the teleporter sector to trigger the secret."
One Reddit user notes Zero Master "has the first legit Doom 2 100% save file on earth, after 24 years."
I think the most recent Doom recaptured a lot of what made the originals enjoyable. Rather than loading the game with cut scenes and spending large chunks of time spouting exposition at the player (for a plot that's probably nowhere near as clever or engaging as the developers imagine) Doom cuts that to a minimum to allow people to actually play the game.
People might like to complain about how everything these days is about graphics over substance or other arguments that are a little lazier than they should be, while forgetting that Doom (and later the Quake series) were at the time major drivers of graphical improvement themselves.
I don't think that every game needs to be like Doom in order to be enjoyable. Sometimes a good narrative is exactly what a game needs, but by the same token their also need to be games like Doom where your just fighting hordes of demons and enjoying the visceral experience of tearing through the legions of hell-spawn. For a long time there was an absence of that as the FPS genre had evolved away from the type of game. However, I'm glad that it's back now.
would anyone be sure this is the first? Its not like Doom 2 has required an active internet connection for the past 24-years.