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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

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Post by Razengan »

anakaine wrote: post #10
Razengan wrote: post #6

Finally! 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…

> Oh, there's plenty of original fans alive.

I meant hypothetically, in some farther future, as I'm sure there will always be plenty of old games to revive. :)

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by weyland108 »

Razengan wrote: post #6

Finally! 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.

Doom eternal is awesome ... I would say the doom revival couldn’t be any better.

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by robin_reala »

lostgame wrote: post #7

There 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'. :)

All hail Ezra Dreisbach! Eurogamer managed to get an interview with him a decade ago: https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/death-tanks-ezra-driesbac...

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by test1235 »

dragonwriter wrote: post #4
ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #2

Maybe 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.

apparently ,'xennials' are a thing now

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xennials

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by ido »

badlucklottery wrote: post #5

It'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.

It has been somewhat marred by yielding to review bombers regarding some trans- and homophobic content https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Fury#Controversy

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by jariRG »

ChuckNorris89 wrote: post #2

Maybe 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 can recomment HROT, it is still in development but you can try the demo on Steam. It is awesome. Fun fact: it looks like Quake engine but not, it is written in Pascal.

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by iakov »

If you find yourself itching to play a retro FPS on your modern machine, give DUSK [0] a try.

The style is on point. This game is ugly where it counts, the environments are blocky and grotesque. The guns have satisfying sounds and animations, the enemies are numerous and the bosses are fun. This game really makes me feel like I'm a kid playing video games instead of last classes of school.

I'm waiting for HROT [1] to be released. It's supposed to be similar to DUSK, but set in Czechoslovakia. The screenshots are very promising...

[0] https://store.steampowered.com/app/519860/DUSK/

[1] https://store.steampowered.com/app/824600/HROT/

Re: 3D Realms announces Graven, the spiritual successor to Hexen II

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Post by kristopolous »

ido wrote: post #16
badlucklottery wrote: post #5

It'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.

It has been somewhat marred by yielding to review bombers regarding some trans- and homophobic content https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Fury#Controversy

It's unfortunate these people said/did that but can we please stop conflating the personal transgressions of employees as if it's reflective of the company as a whole?

It's a few employees, probably early 20s, making some insensitive and off color remarks. That's it, nothing more

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