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Re:OK Doomer by Andrew_nenakhov on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:27PM (#22220727)
When the shooters moved from 2.5D sprite-based (Doom 1&2, Duke Nukem 3D) to 3D ones, something important was lost: restriction on performance many that no longer you could fight hordes of enemies, because computers of the day couldn't display them all fast enough. So, enemies got fewer, but tougher, and no longer you could experience the same sheer carnage as fighting hundreds of imps at once.

It was quite a while since I last played a 3D shooter (likely, HL2 Episode 2), so I don't really know if there is something out there that has a similar feel to good old Doom games.

Re:OK Doomer by wishinghand on Sunday February 02, 2020 @08:32PM (#22220748)
The newest Doom released in 2016 brings back that onslaught in a modern 3D engine. I forget the exact name but I think Mount and Blade had a lot of enemies on screen. It’s a medieval combat game. I’m not sure if Devil Daggers counts because it looks so primitive it might be an engine running 2.5D.
Re:OK Doomer by Andrew_nenakhov on Monday February 03, 2020 @02:58AM (#22222284)
It doesn't count if you can't mow down enemies with a chaingun. I presume there is no chaingun in Mount and Blade.
Re:OK Doomer by yread on Monday February 03, 2020 @03:33AM (#22222445)
There is lance charge though!
Re:OK Doomer by zentiggr on Monday February 03, 2020 @09:54AM (#22224603)
I have the original Mount and Blade, never got a chance to delve deeply. Does it handle well on Win10?
Re:OK Doomer by glouwbug on Monday February 03, 2020 @11:42AM (#22225853)
Checkout Expanded Gameplay 3 for the original Mount and Blade. It's probably the most fun gaming experience I've had (second to Brutal Doom though).
Re:OK Doomer by zentiggr on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:37PM (#22260027)
Might be too late to get a response but do you have a TLDR of the differences?
Re:OK Doomer by glouwbug on Friday February 14, 2020 @10:27PM (#22332988)
It's so much faster paced. You feel powerful. Weapons feel real. Horses have real inertia. It's more arcadey, but that's the premise. It's just plain brutal fun.

Give it a whirl, and make sure you choose The Olde Knight or the Steppe Prince. And please reply if you do try - it's a lost masterpiece that the original mount and blade should've been

Re:OK Doomer by ascagnel_ on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:13AM (#22224801)
I played it a few weeks ago on Win10 without issues.
Re:OK Doomer by neurostimulant on Monday February 03, 2020 @11:06AM (#22225380)
It's been a while but I remember having a lot of fun fighting hordes of cannon fodder enemies in Serious Sam series.
Re:OK Doomer by Aardappel on Monday February 03, 2020 @10:27PM (#22232082)
Yup, that is exactly what I wrote in ~99 about Doom, that compared to modern games of the day (Q3, HL2) a lot had been lost. Besides the hordes of enemies, openness of the levels, and many other things: http://strlen.com/maps/pnf_columns.html
Re:OK Doomer by peex on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:53AM (#22245965)
Play Serious Sam. It has all of what you described in 3D. Multiplayer coop is a lot of fun.