Doom is to single player 3d shooter...

Post #41,367 by inthane-chan 6/6/02 2:34:16 AM Reply	Doom is to single player 3d shooter... ...as Quake is to multiplayer 3d shooters. Revolutionized the genre. (Side note: There's no excuse for MULE not to be on that list - there are games older than it on the list.) Here are games that IMO don't belong on that list, and why: Unreal - Yeah, it's pretty. Quite frankly, the single player didn't do much for me. The AI was overrated (It's basically Quake/Doom level AI, except the critters move a lot faster, do a lot more damage, and take a lot more damage. The deathmatch bots were pretty good, though.) and the story made no sense (to me) whatsoever. Halo - I've already said why. I'd replace them with StarFlight, and Fallout/Wasteland. InThane - Now running Ashton rev 2.0
Post #41,368 by Meerkat 6/6/02 2:41:14 AM Reply	I really unjoyed Unreal But yeah, don't know if it really deserved a place on the list - after all is was pretty much a 'me-too' game. there's never going to be a list like this that everyone agrees with. Maybe that's why newspapers and magazines keep doing them. Incites discussion, leads to sales... Haven't played StarFlight or Fallout/Wasteland. Can't think, off the top of my head, of any games that should be on the list. Maybe The Settlers, just because it one of those games that for great stretched of time I simply couldn't put down. On and on and on and on, and on and on and on goes John.
Post #41,387 by static 6/6/02 8:31:55 AM Reply	Definitely. Doom was a whole new experience. I remember playing the shareware version a friend gave me on my old laptop - I flattened and charged the batteries 3 or 4 times in one sitting! I'm glad to see Diablo was high on the list. Although I never bought the first one (only played a borrowed copy in multi-player), I can understand why it took off. Especially how I have bought Diablo II and am enjoying it immensely. I'm also glad Wipeout 2097 was on the list, though I would have rated it higher. It, too, was a Defining game for the PlayStation. IMO, it was one of the few games where it felt like you were going the speed you were going. Wade. "Ah. One of the difficult questions."
Post #41,488 by pwhysall 6/6/02 11:27:24 PM Reply	WipEout 2097... ...was the reason I bought a PlayStation in the first place. I still play it now. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #41,493 by static 6/7/02 12:35:12 AM Reply	grin "Ah. One of the difficult questions."

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