/vr/ - Retro Games

>>8018836
I'm playing through Ancient Aliens with its respective set and am loving it more than my vanilla run.
>Knife
I prefer berserk fists, but its fun using the bow and Za Worldoing demons with it I guess.
>Bow
More useful than a chainsaw, it freezes time for one enemy for a bit and is great against archviles when I remember its a thing.
>Pistol
Overpowered, but I rarely use it. Its got a nice, satisfying sound to it. Kills zombiemen in one hit most of the time.
>Shotgun
In terms of the sound, I like it a lot. It sounds punchier than vanilla, but it seems to do roughly the same damage.
>Super Shotgun
Not a huge fan. Its boring to look at and its not as satisfying to fire as the vanilla, but it seems to fire more pellets and again, does slightly more damage. Not game breaking, it barely does any more damage.
>AK47
I like it. Its a nice chaingun replacement, again, doesn't have any noticable power over the original but being a rusted AK its understandable that its not that powerful.
>Photon Staff
Functionally the same as the rocket launcher, outside of the projectile gaining power over large distances (odd design choice, since most AA maps are small). Love the Stargate look.
>Alien Rainbow Gun Thing
Can't remember what its actually called, the plasma replacement is overpowered. I thought it sucked at first, and the initial few bursts are situational and shitty, but the full power beam just melts anything that isn't a boss. The flavour text mentions its the same gun the cloaked aliens use, which is bullshit because AA would be unfair if their guns did what this can do.
>Illuminator
BFG replacement with meme illuminati symbol when firing, frankly its cheating. This thing feels like it was ripped from Russian Overkill because the beam just deletes everything. The good news is that Skillsaw made sure to include very few BFGs in the wad and they're all in really tough sections near the end of chapters anyway.

So yeah, I like this set.

Finally. Die you "alien" bastards!
Are the secret maps worth it? I have a choice of going to the next level or map 31.
The Final Doomer BFG continues to turn deadly situations into a joke. Its good you only get it right at the end of the level, although the cyberdemon basically played it for me once I found the best places to bunker down.
>found a secret invuln when everything is already dead
Y-yeah, thanks.