/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9198640
>All difficulties implemented
Well. I'm gonna follow the rules, but, to be honest - this is one of the most gayest rule outta there.
I understand when the some real hardcore mappers take some time and consideration into their map balances, because some of their maps can be absolute bangers while the difficulty curve is downright sadistic, but 99% of the folk just play UV and the rest is taking it alright on the automatic balance change without any fiddling with the enemy/items placement.

>>9002019
Beat the Blood first time in my life. Did it on Fresh Supply with the Extra Crispy diffculty. I know this is a so-called "coop mode", but god damn that was pretty hard.
I have no idea how people did it back in 1997 on DOS version even in coop.
Underwater sections are pure cancer with close to zero hit detection and I did my best to avoid them as much as possible, even if that would cost me hp or jumpboots resource. Hitscanner enemies are all over the place, but unlike Doom or Duke Nukem, where you could easily kill them, they are something else - they can see you from behind, don't make any noise while idle, have pinpoint accuracy, hurt like hell and very fucking hard to kill, especially when they go prone. With any other enemy being easy to outmaneuver - these fuckers are basically pace-stoppers.
And this trend is felt all over the game: we run out of enemies? Just make more bullet-spongey version of the previous one! Or the more annoying like hands and spiders. And making levels pitch-black with almost no way to see what is ahead is just fucking mean. Also level design became more and more bland and weaker towards the end just like in original Doom. It felt like game designers run out of steam midway through. Boss fights are insanely gay too. On Extra Crispy they are even double the gay.
Fresh Supply don't fixing many levels bugs was a bummer too. Nightdive did one hell of a job with the Powerslave - but Fresh Supply is just meh. Well, I pirated it so no hard feelings there.
At least weapons are fine and dandy. Sound is nice too. CD-tracks are pretty atmospheric and reminded me of "Fueled by Hate" track from "Manhunt".
Outside of the atmosphere and some minor cool details Blood is kinda regular for it's kind. I understand why people love it so much, but PSX Doom and Doom64 did the same, but were left out of the focus.