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by Jerry Whorebach 04/08/2008, 6:24pm PDT |
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Left to right: moon, moon, DOOM.
I just beat DOOM for the first time last night, somehow I never got around to actually registering my shareware copy BACK IN THE DAY. Verdict: not bad! Much more like Duke Nukem 3D and much less like any of the Quakes than I remembered, which is definitely a good thing. I thought the overworld maps lent a sense of place and scale to the proceedings. They're like menus, but crazy and fun! Nothing saddens the little autistic gentleman in me like the death of maps - except maybe the death of scores. DOOM actually overlayed your scores from the previous level right on top of your map. Right away that makes it one of the best games ever.
Platformers and RPGs used to be the map-lover's bread-and-butter. What happened? |
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Was Doom the first and last FPS to chart your progress across an overworld map? NT by Jerry Whorebach 04/08/2008, 8:07am PDT 
It wasn't the last. by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 12:51pm PDT
TEAM FUCKING FORTRESS TWO NT by Fortinbras 04/08/2008, 12:56pm PDT
Hm, no, there's no overhead map in that. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 1:48pm PDT
OF said overworld map, not overhead NT by Last 04/08/2008, 2:37pm PDT
Well there's neither in TF2 anyway, there's not even a minimap. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 2:38pm PDT
In Hydro and Dustbowl it tracks your progress across different maps GOOD SIR NT by Fortinbras 04/08/2008, 2:52pm PDT
Yes, Turok also. NT by Vested Id 04/08/2008, 1:53pm PDT
That's right Turok. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 2:37pm PDT
Turok is the last game with one. Okay thread over let's all go home. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 2:38pm PDT
Oops no wait, not Turok. by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 2:56pm PDT
I don't remember Turok having an overworld map by Fortinbras 04/08/2008, 2:57pm PDT
Re: I don't remember Turok having an overworld map by Vested Id 04/08/2008, 3:13pm PDT
And it's easy to get lost in all that fog. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 3:32pm PDT
Re: I don't remember Turok having an overworld map by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/08/2008, 3:32pm PDT
Apparently there's some (SOME) confusion about what I meant by "overworld map" by Jerry Whorebach 04/08/2008, 6:24pm PDT
Quack 2 had a map, pretty much just like Doom. NT by laudablepuss 04/08/2008, 6:27pm PDT
True confession: I never played the single-player campaign in Quack II by Jerry Whorebach 04/09/2008, 1:14am PDT
Caek 2 single player was fuckin garbitch. NT by Jhoh Creebul, Witch Toucher O_O 04/09/2008, 2:00am PDT
You are basically crying out to have someone tell you to play Serious Sam NT by Bananadine 04/08/2008, 7:05pm PDT
Last month I finally bought Deus Ex for PS2, could Serious Sam for Xbox be next? NT by Jerry Whorebach 04/09/2008, 1:37am PDT
Or, I don't know, any Metroid Prime game. Maybe one of those. by evidence on the ground. 04/08/2008, 7:14pm PDT
I would be all over those if I had a Wii. by Jerry Whorebach 04/09/2008, 1:41am PDT
Team Fortress 2 qualifies in that case NT by Fortinbras 04/09/2008, 11:34am PDT
Look, he said EFF PEE ESS, FPS, First Person Shoota NT by you dumb cunts 04/08/2008, 7:57pm PDT
Oh Metroid PRIME I thought I read Super Metroid. NT by Luckily I ATOR'd that one 04/08/2008, 7:59pm PDT
Not so fast! It's still a serviceable burn on Fortinbras (Psychonauts?!) NT by Jerry Whorebach 04/09/2008, 1:44am PDT
Backpedal faster, fucker NT by Fortinbras 04/09/2008, 11:24am PDT
does BF2142 count? if the overworld is just one map NT by Grumah 04/09/2008, 6:17am PDT
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