Interesting Horror game using Doom 2

[Bottom]

What do you all reckon to this:

 

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-05-23-total-chaos-is-a-beautiful-open-world-horror-mod-for-doom-2

[Sotha]

If it is free, I'm definitely playin' it!

[grayman]

Hard to believe that's sitting on top of Doom 2.

[MacD11]

Hard to believe that's sitting on top of Doom 2.

 

Perhaps at first, but isnt every ID engine a further iteration of a past ID engine? Basically meaning that you could replicate some features of even Doom 3 within Doom if you do enough coding.

 

Anyway, looks impressive for the most part graphically, especially since this is based on the doom engine. However, I wasn't really impressed with the jump scare at the end of the video. I liked the stalker-like inventory system, however.

 

I'll give it a shot when it comes out, seems like it has some promise!

[motorsep]

The whole charm of Doom/Doom 2 is in sprites.. I don't get why add 3D models into 2.5D engine.. It sucks.

[New Horizon]

The whole charm of Doom/Doom 2 is in sprites.. I don't get why add 3D models into 2.5D engine.. It sucks.

 

Because this isn't supposed to be doom 2? They just decided to use it as their starting point. I think the work they've done looks great.

[Baal]

It's the Gzdoom engine that's based on and evolved from the original doom engine. I guess featurewise it is propably more on the level of the quake engine.

 

The mod looks interesting. I already have Gzdoom installed for another great mod called Brutal Doom (play it if you like fast shooters), so I'll definitely try this out when it's released.

[7318]

Basically meaning that you could replicate some features of even Doom 3 within Doom if you do enough coding.

 

well technically that's what coding in an open source environment is all about, you can actually code anything outside the initial scope of the original creators of the engine. so when people say, this engine can't do that, or that... its totally bs you can always code it in. the only advantage of an open source engine is that you're already given a lot of work done, and in the case of ID tech it's quality code what you're given.

[SeriousToni]

looks interesting

Edited May 24, 2014 by SeriousToni

[PranQster]

I thought Doom 2 was just a different .WAD file for Doom...

Never knew original Doom/II could do that

Edited May 24, 2014 by PranQster

[grayman]

This is also interesting to me from a different perspective.

 

Doom2->Boom->ZDoom->GZDoom

 

I worked on Boom with three other guys. Back in the day.