3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
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Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#2Maybe I'm getting old but man, I miss the 90's gaming era (you can "ok, boomer" me).
Quake, Half Life, Unreal, Hexen, Heretic, Blood...
If anyone is interested in a modern 90's style FPS, I recommend you try Dusk.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#3Maybe I'm getting old but man, I miss the 90's gaming era ( you can "ok, boomer" me ). Quake, Half Life, Unreal, Hexen, Heretic, Blood... If anyone is interested in a modern 90's style FPS, I recommend you try Dusk.
Dusk is honestly amazing. It has great movement/weapons/levels and at times does horror better than most horror games.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#4Maybe I'm getting old but man, I miss the 90's gaming era ( you can "ok, boomer" me ). Quake, Half Life, Unreal, Hexen, Heretic, Blood... If anyone is interested in a modern 90's style FPS, I recommend you try Dusk.
> I miss the 90's gaming era (you can "ok, boomer" me).
Uh, that's more “Ok, Millenial” isn't it? I mean, I'm from the latter half of Gen X, and I miss the late-80s/early-90s era of sims.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#5It's interesting that 3D Realms, a company that was crushed by Duke Nukem Forever chasing the latest/greatest engines and gameplay trends, it making a big comeback with shooters with a focus on solid art style and "classic" gameplay over graphics and gimmicks.
Ion Fury was great and Wrath: Aeon of Ruin and Graven both seem to be on track to be great as well.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#6Finally! I hope it's a faithful return to the simplicity of no-nonsense hack-&-slash (and of course zap), untainted by "quests" and "missions" etc.
Even the Doom revival somewhat fell prey to complexity for the sake of complexity.
There's certainly a lot of merit in reviving old ideas for a new era, even if none of the original fans were alive to bank on the nostalgia alone.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#7There seems to have been a renissance of this old school early / mid 90's FPS genre lately. I love it!
I think Quake and Hexen for the Sega Saturn were two of the first FPS games I ever seriously played through, the former running on the exceptional Lobotomy engine that also fueled the fantastic Saturn exclusive 'Exhumed'. :)
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#8I love these kind of games, check out WRATH: Aeon of Ruin by the same studio, I truly recommend it! So much fun, reminds me of being young and silly.. wasting afternoons exploring and admiring the same level for countless hours (back when internet was only very limited by my parents haha)
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#9Maybe I'm getting old but man, I miss the 90's gaming era ( you can "ok, boomer" me ). Quake, Half Life, Unreal, Hexen, Heretic, Blood... If anyone is interested in a modern 90's style FPS, I recommend you try Dusk.
OK Xenial, leave Deus Ex off your list.
Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II
#10Finally! I hope it's a faithful return to the simplicity of no-nonsense hack-&-slash (and of course zap), untainted by "quests" and "missions" etc. Even the Doom revival somewhat fell prey to complexity for the sake of complexity. There's certainly a lot of merit in reviving old ideas for a new era, even if none of the original fans were alive to bank on the nostalgia alone.
Oh, there's plenty of original fans alive. And plenty of them still game! For many of us I'd say that some of the newer games leave us behind because we don't have all the spare time that we did when we were younger. Hack, slash, and zap with a decent linear story and some problem solving are very much still a good flavour if done well. As are games you can pick up and have 10 minutes of fun in and it doesn't matter overall. Eg Just Cause.