/vr/ - Retro Games

Doom is the only "greatest" retro game of all time

We each have our own great experiences, for example it was Ultima 4 and Zork 1 for me, but if you say that something other than Doom is the best retro game of all time you just aren't being objective or truthful with yourself.

I would also accept SF2 as "the best retro game of all time" but it wasn't as pervasive and as high quality as Doom.

Could somebody explain in layman's terms how height works in Doom? I understand why there can't be a room on top of a room and why your shots only have to line up horizontally and why monsters can melee you from 300ft above you as long as you're both against the wall/ledge.

But how does it work when a place is reachable only by running off of a ledge because it's too high from the ground? Or when you can't return the way you came because you fell from a ledge? Why is that line passable only from a certain height?

Just curious.