Bobinator
My thoughts on your posting
Watch the trailer here. This forum won't let me embed Youtube videos, so seriously, just watch it.
So, yeah. I'm pretty hyped for this. I've always been a huge fan of this game, ever since I was old enough to use a keyboard. I never thought they'd make anything related to this game ever again, since the company who made it (3D Realms), died out a long time ago, but... damn.
Now, some of you might be wondering, what IS Rise of the Triad. Basically, it's an FPS that came out pretty much right after Doom 2, while using an engine that wasn't quite as powerful as Doom's. While it wasn't as pretty, I'd personally say it had a lot more style. The music was better (in my own opinion, anyway), there were some really cool weapons, like the Flamewall, which shot out a wall of fire that skeletonized enemies, and there was a God Mode. No, I don't mean the cheat mode. I mean there was a powerup that you could pick up that would literally turn you into the hand of God, who constantly made silly "wooooooom" noises. Also, gibs. Tons and tons of gibs. LUDICROUS GIBS, you could say.
If you want to know more than that, I've written an article on it for a certain game site I'm on.
If you want more of an idea on what this remake will probably be like, you can download Return of the Triad, a fan-made sequel in the ZDoom engine, which keeps pretty much all the awesome stuff from the original game while adding in new levels. Or you can buy the original game off of GOG for $6.
So, yeah. I'm pretty hyped for this. I've always been a huge fan of this game, ever since I was old enough to use a keyboard. I never thought they'd make anything related to this game ever again, since the company who made it (3D Realms), died out a long time ago, but... damn.
Now, some of you might be wondering, what IS Rise of the Triad. Basically, it's an FPS that came out pretty much right after Doom 2, while using an engine that wasn't quite as powerful as Doom's. While it wasn't as pretty, I'd personally say it had a lot more style. The music was better (in my own opinion, anyway), there were some really cool weapons, like the Flamewall, which shot out a wall of fire that skeletonized enemies, and there was a God Mode. No, I don't mean the cheat mode. I mean there was a powerup that you could pick up that would literally turn you into the hand of God, who constantly made silly "wooooooom" noises. Also, gibs. Tons and tons of gibs. LUDICROUS GIBS, you could say.
If you want to know more than that, I've written an article on it for a certain game site I'm on.
If you want more of an idea on what this remake will probably be like, you can download Return of the Triad, a fan-made sequel in the ZDoom engine, which keeps pretty much all the awesome stuff from the original game while adding in new levels. Or you can buy the original game off of GOG for $6.
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