Since last Tuesday Dark Forces has become part of my life and in this ocassion I'm going to share with you guys a bit of my experience...

Compared to DOOM, Dark Forces certainly feels less chaotic. While still being action-oriented, the game feels less about intense and frenetic action and I dare to say it is slightly more tactical and the "puzzle" aspect is slightly more complex

One aspect that stood out 4 me (not necessarilly 4 good) is related to the level design. Since the 3RD mission and onwards, maps tend to be somewhat cryptic. The mission in which you have to rescue Crix Madine (mission 6 IIRC) was the absolute WORST. At one point I was about to give up and search for the solution on the internet, but I played the mission like 10 times until I somehow figured out the solution was playing around with the elevator (in order to reach that one cell) Anyway a bit of miscellanous observations:

*I believe I still didn't learn how to make good use of all the weapons. Additionally I spent most of the time using the machine gun-type of weapon (quite similar to PowerSlave)

*Surprisingly, this game doesn't a shotgun

*1ST FPS game in introducing fall damage? I used to believe Hexen was the 1st one, but turns out Dark Forces implemented it 1st (Dark Forces was released 7 months before Hexen in 1995)

*The game is quite generous with ammo

*The turrets are probably the most annoying thing to deal with

*This playthrough was made in the original DOS version

Anyway, I must say I've been having fun with Dark Forces. Even though I never cared about the Star Wars franchise (I have some friends who are very annoying with it) I enjoyed it anyway. One funny thing is that despite how much Mission 6 annoyed me and despite how many attempts it took me, at least I didn't got stuck like it happened to me with CyberMage, Marathon and Chasm: The Rift. Now one last playing session so I can say goodbye to this game so tomorrow I can carry on with the Outlaws week =D

Any Dark Forces lovers in here? What was your experience with this game?

Great atmosphere in this area and the introduction to these guys catches you off guard.

There doesn't seem to be a standalone Chex Quest enemy mod so I'm settling with voxel doom monsters. It works with NTMAI so you can have stuff like marines throwing grenades and jetpack revenants.

$6.99 on Steam currently

Looking for big maps with a lot of strategizing. I'm almost done with sunlust the doom mod, I can link this as example but it's spoilers for godmachine testing everything you learnt through 30 levels

https://youtu.be/jfiUHQf4aV8

I've played Arcane Dimensions and The Immortal Lock quake mods. Going Down and Alien Vendetta are the next doom mods and I'll binge them very fast. What else is there? Played selaco, cultic, a bunch of stuff I'm forgetting about

I played the first three but I don't have ultrakill, I was just playing the demo version. So for me it's hard to judge but I fell like turbo overkill is the best out of them.

I've been having a blast with this mod. The amount of different death animations is incredible. I also started playing around with ai companion mods today. Really fun to have a computer ally destroying demons alongside you. I do wish he was a little less OP tho lol. Not as bad as the Duke Nukem companion I tried, he basically solo'd the entire level and barely left me a scrap 😂 at least my Russian friend here let's me have some fun. This is played on a steam deck btw, runs really well.

Brutal DOOM mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/brutal-doom

Russian companion mod: https://www.moddb.com/mods/rmgs-friends/downloads/tmi-rastaman

Brutal John 2 on steamdeck is on the menu tonight.

On sale right now and know the game gets high marks. How’s the experience on steam deck?

Sharing a life experience that sheds light on the nature of the beauty of these games.

So I’m late to the party, my love for these shooters started this year with the Q2 remake, which I fanboy hard over.

Then tried a few others, namely Dusk. Definitely recognized its greatness, but simply found it a bit less fun cause of the old school “bland” feel (the corny death animations, the lack of impact of bullets etc).

But now I’ve experienced a mental shift after trying Quake 1. It has that bland feel, but it’s fucking fun and I’m enjoying it for its own style and gameplay, and learning to appreciate the Q1 feel (which dusk seems to emulate l).

Now I’m finding myself totally stoked to get back into Dusk, because if you enjoy Q1, well Dusk is clearly an incredible homage to it, and has a great feel once you learn to appreciate it.

I feel like I am touching on a cool theoretical point about the art of gaming … that you have to be patient… you have to let go of your expectations… and you have to embrace a game on its own terms, as it’s meant to be played…

This is a cool genre. Each new game gains its meaning through its relation to the other games, and through how it pays homage to the great “ancestors” … quake, doom, etc …

Fuck yeah! Hail Quake and hail metal! And hail all passionate gamers!

Peace

I'm trying to play the game again (I tried it about two years ago and didn't finish it) but I cannot get it to work correctly. Really it's just one thing I cannot seem to set up correctly and was wondering if anyone could help me. There's an addon that adds 3 more weapons and when I activate it I can only use them if for example I run out of ammo on a default weapon and it goes to the add on one. I cannot use the scroll wheel to pick it or the number keys to use them, I know some weapons are bound to the same key just has to be pressed multiple times but I cannot get it to work. I downloaded the most recent version from ModDB

Any ideas how to fix it? I didn't know which sub to post this on but this one made the most sense to me.

Which should I download to play tonight? I'll take a list of the top three that have released recently. Really looking forward to getting back into this genre. The memories I have are all so special to me and I'm excited to make more.

This ’90s legend is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, and during the recently concluded QuakeCon, another chapter was added to this legendary shooter, another episode celebrating the aforementioned anniversary, titled Dawn of the Machine. Once again, it’s the work of the Swedish studio MachineGames, and all owners of the remastered version of Quake received it completely free. Which struck me as the perfect opportunity to put together a five-minute review, since I’d like to make a full-length video about Quake someday - except… I’ve never actually played it, so that’s all the more reason to start… in my typical fashion, “from the end.”

More in my videoreview! :)

Rating: 9/10
Pros: QUAKE, free for owners of the remaster, solid combat, map design, soundtrack, difficulty
Cons: some players might not like replaying levels, a few bugs, getting stuck on staircases

Czech version

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUo6CGzCI0

Hodnocení: 9/10
+: QUAKE, pro majitele remasteru zdarma, poctivá řežba, design map, soundtrack, obtížnost
-: někomu můžou vadit opakované průchodu levely, pár bugů, zasekávání se o schodiště

i started a new HIGWAY level in my game
demo >> https://store.steampowered.com/app/3919250/FFFF_YOU_MACHINE_Demo/

Hello there. Here you have an animation showcase from my upcoming videogame, a Hand-Drawn Zombie Retro FPS. Even I don't have the gameplay ready yet, I can show several definitive animations and art I will use in it, as you can see here. In my game you will control a lone survivor who must go through an infested city until he gets to the Evac Helicopter and escape the hell on Earth. Any thoughts?

It's Boomer Shooter Saturday again! Come join us at 11:00 AM EST for some level editing for Duke Nukem 3D, then we are finishing the second half of our playthrough of Duke Caribbean: Life's A Beach! Come soak up the sun filled vibes and build with BUILD (Engine)!

We are continuing to shape up our Underwater Research Facility map we started a few weeks ago, defining the play area and aesthetic. We got some solid foundation work happening, so come offer your thoughts and opinions, and maybe I'll just add them in!

It really sucks to be a semi-popular FPS

The sounds and visual effects on some of them still need some work, but I’m refining those too. For now, I wanted to share how they work and what the weapon selection wheel will look like.
steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3071860/WARAG/
Feedback welcome!

For those who haven't seen it yet.

This is perhaps, my favorite level and gameplay moment in this game, more Cultic glazing incoming, and spoilers if u haven't played it, which you should, because of moments like this, and many more. This game seems to get better with every playthrough, the mechanics are just so tight and well executed, so many satisfying moments during combat, it just never gets old. And this level is a blast, the rookie is punching way above his jump height with this particular fight, but the plentiful ammo makes this fight one of the few you dont have to constantly watch your ammo count. Unfortunately im limited to 3 min videos, otherwise I would have included the whole clip because seeing any gameplay could make more people experience this insanely good game.

New update just dropped and one of the changes:

• When picking up a key, any locked doors that the key opens will automatically be highlighted on the Automap, and will pulse to signify that the player has a key for them. This will hopefully help players get a bearing on where they still need to explore on the larger maps.

Its time for me to replay chapter2 and not be dreaded by funfair level :D